For Sale: 46' efficiency trawler Winnie the Pooh, $85k

[richterpooh]

Winnie the Pooh is the pilothouse trawler a sailor can love. Great Live aboard; perfect for ICW, Bahamas or the Great Loop. Simple, roomy, comfortable, unique, unsinkable, economical. Charley Morgan designed Heritage West Indies 46 ketch, built 1978 in Clearwater, FL. Completely rebuilt as a trawler from the keel up in 1997 by mechanical engineer Mark Richter. 80hp John Deere, cruises 7.5 kts @1.5 gph. Workshop fwd, A/C queen stateroom aft, propane cooking and heat. Comfy, roomy pilothouse. Dims 46’ x 15’ x 4.6’ draft. Displacement 36,000 lbs. Beautiful interior in white with teak and cherry counters and trim. Recent topside paint.

Asking $84,900. Docked in Ortona, one hour east of Ft. Myers, FL. Much more info and many pix at trawlerpooh.blogspot.com

[janice142]

She' beautiful...

[Zach]

I agree, pretty boat.

[CatalacOwner]

Curious as to blister history, if any?

[richterpooh]

While rebuilding Pooh prior to his 1997 re-launch, small to moderate blisters were repaired by long-term drying, sanding out the blisters, and filling with epoxy putty. A number of years later, an epoxy barrier coat was added after removal of all the bottom paint, which proved to be a mistake as there were no visible blisters at that time. At last haulout, one side of the hull near the waterline exhibited some small blisters, but these proved to be in the epoxy barrier coat and not in the gelcoat. Pooh has been docked in fresh water behind my house for the last 6 years, on the Okeechobee Waterway, one mile east of Ortona Locks.