Builder: Marten Marine (NZ)
Navalarchitect: Tripp Design Naval Architecture
Designer: Robinson Marine
Type: Ketch
Year: 2003
Lying
Currently in Palm Beach FL, soon in Newport, RI for the summer Flag BVI – Road Harbour
Price: USD 1,800,000 – ex VAT
COMMENTS:
This 77 ft. (23.4m) fully custom yacht is designed for unlimited blue water cruising, with an emphasis on passages and autonomy in remote places such as the Pacific atolls. Lady K is one of numerous “off-road boats” by Tripp Design and is still in the hands of her original owner.
LADY K is in pristine condition, and this included a comprehensive re-fit at Pendennis Shipyard in 2015/16.
She is light displacement with a fully cored Aramid/E-glass construction.
Kevlar was chosen for maximal impact strength. For ease of maintenance while traversing the globe, Lady K does not have teak decks. She does, however, have an engine room with standing headroom and a workbench as well as a layout that allows access and service to all equipment.
Being purpose built, she has many features to support distance sailing and easy handling by a small crew. The centered cockpit is very well protected, with shelter behind the raised pilot house. She is particularly good for sailing at night or under hard conditions with all winches, furlers and sail functions controlled from the cockpit. The cockpit is directly accessed from the Pilot House and the boat can be handled from the inside steering station.
The absence of any backstays on the swept spreader ketch rig allows square top main and mizzen sails. These sails are easy to control, and reef very well with the furling boom systems. As a ketch, all the sailing loads are lower than a sloop and the boat heels less. The boat is very fast with eased sheets, reaching and running with the ability to fly numerous sail combinations safely and easily.
The dinghy lives in a well on the large aft deck for easy deployment and allows the transom garage to be used for storage of all necessary gear and toys. The aft steps allow safe and easy access to the boat by dinghy, without having to deploy a transom door.
The centerpiece of the design is the upper salon and helm station which are raised above the engine space. Extensive curved (chemically strengthened and laminated) glass provides panoramic views. Below deck, the boat has been thoughtfully laid out for blue water cruising. Aft of the engine space are two guest cabins, a laundry space and a spacious owner’s stateroom. Forward there is an open galley and lower salon with plenty of seating. Fully forward there is an office desk as well as an additional guest cabin and crew quarters. Here too the boat has been beautifully maintained, and her gleaming woodwork belies her age.
Construction: Fully cored Aramid/E-glass construction with Kevlar
Construction:
*Hull: Light Blue
*Superstructure: White
*Deck: White
Cabins:
1 x owner full beam cabin aft
2 x guest (1 double bed & 2 twin beds) Crew cabin forward (twin beds)
Length overall: 23.40 m
Maximum beam: 5.50 m
Draft: 3.70 m board down 2.01 m board up
Displacement: 40.00 t
Keel: Lifting Keel
Spars:
MARTEN SPARS carbon masts
LEISURE FURL hydraulic booms
Standing rigging: EC6
Furlers: RECKMAN hydraulic for jib & staysail
RECKMAN electric for mizzen staysail
Sails:
Complete set of DOYLE SAILS. 7 years old, but well looked after with annual cleaning and inspection
Deck hardware: Hydraulic HARKEN winches
SPINLOCK jammers
Bow Thruster: 30 HP hydraulic twin prop
Engine:
360 HP YANMAR / 6 cylinder (new 2017)
Four blade folding prop
*Consumption: 10 l/h
*Range: 2,000 NM
Generator:
Batteries:
Fuel:
NORTHERN LIGHTS M844L 24V
8 x AGM, 850 amps for House (24v)
2 x AGM for Electronics
3,800 l (2 x 1,900 l)
Water: 4,400 l (2 x 2,200 l)
Water maker:
Refrigerator:
60 gallons/h AQUA WHISPER (new)
1 large custom, compressor replaced early 2023
Deep freezer: 1 large custom, compressor replaced early 2023
Air conditioning: DOMETIC, 7 electrical units (dual cycle)
Electronic:
Furuno EasyTouch Plotter & Raymarine Multifonction
Display for : redundancy
2 EasyTouch Screen and 1 Havelin Screen below deck
2 independent Furuno Autopilots
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
VHF ICOM M 506
MOORING
Windlass: Nielsen 24v electric with remote and chain counter
Anchor: 70 kg stainless Delta folding anchor on arm
Chain: 110 m high tensile 10 mm short link
Spare anchor: 1 Fortress and 1 Folding
SAFETY
Life raft:
Complete set of safety equipment
Life raft up-to-date
TENDERS AND TOYS
Nautica 13 ft tender with Weber 130 hp waterjet (12 years old, but well maintained)
Crew tender: LeGrand inflatable with 6 hp Suzuki 4-stroke outboard
REFIT
The 2015/16 refit at Pendennis included:
- Taking out the rig and replacing the wiring
- Repainting the rig
- Repainting the topsides nonskid and hull
- Removing the keel and replacing the keel rams
- Replacing the bow thruster
- Replacing the hydraulic computer system and overhauling the hydraulics as needed
- Servicing the vangs and replacing the seals
- Removing and servicing the steering system
- Replacing the rudder bearing and the autopilot relay system
- Replacing the cutlass bearing and shaft seals
- Checking the shaft and gearbox
- Servicing or replacing the Aquadrive
- Replacing the water heater and water maker and various other smaller repairs
Since the refit in Pendennis:
- ALL the navigation electronics and batteries have been replaced
- The mast was taken out and serviced 18 months early during Covid
- The standing rigging which is now all E6
- All the white sails have been replaced
- Running rigging gets replaced as needed
- The main engine was replaced (New 2017)
- The generator was replaced in about 2017
- The main halyard, mizzen halyard and cockpit winches were replaced
- The washer and dryer, dishwasher, trash compacter, freezer plates, primary anchor, cockpit cushions have been replaced
- The lifting keel was pulled off and all components stripped down and the ram seals replaced
VAT STATUS
Not paid
Detail given in good faith with no guarantee nor warrant for accuracy or conditions. A Buyer should instruct his surveyor to investigate such details as he desires validated. This is NOT a contractual document.
