Designed by William Garden, built by Clair Oberley in
Japan
Hull #7
LOA 44', LOD 40', LWL 36'
Mahogany planks on oak frames
Fiberglass decks, (wood) over
plywood aft
deck and
cockpit.
Engine:
Perkins diesel, 4-236 (more about that below)
Name "Grace"
Location: Anchored off
Catalina Island, near
Avalon.
We bought this beautiful
boat to
live aboard, but our business has since taken a nosedive. We cannot afford to do the
work that she needs. She was in fairly good condition when we bought her, and we have been constantly doing
work on her and making improvements. No
project on her is huge (if you have woodworking skills as we do, or can pay someone who does), but we simply do not have the few thousand dollars we need to bring her to the mainland, have her
engine installed, haul her out, and
repair the spot where the previous owner removed the caulking. (see below for more about that.) She needs to have those things done before she can be berthed in a marina.
To be in great shape, she needs a new aft
deck (or
repairs to the existing one). The beam underneath the mizzen
mast has some
rot damage and needs to be replaced. There are a few areas in the
fiberglass deck that need to be patched, and the deck needs a new coat of
paint. The
cabin ceiling has a few places that need to be patched, as well, and the
cabin should have a nice new coat of
paint, as well. The engine (see below) needs to be installed. The
propeller is with the
boat. She is taking on
water slowly, from 18" of seam which the caulking was removed by a previous owner and from another leak. The
bilge pump works well and keeps the
bilge empty as long as the
battery has a charge, 1 deep cycle
battery lasts about a day. We can't afford the trips out to the island to change the battery any more and want to give her to someone who can.
The topsides have been sanded and have a coat of primer applied. We have the Paint it's Epifanes yacht enamel in dark green, the same color as the
dinghy. Very dignified, with lots of panache, and a great contrast to brightwork.)
The
interior woodwork is in good shape- a few areas need
sanding and varnishing, but most do not. The
galley floor is a bit scuffed and needs
sanding to be perfect. We had someone looking after her and they neglected the battery for a while and the
water came over the floor boards and damaged the
varnish some.
This boat is a custom order- she was made to run on a
Perkins 4-236 instead of the smaller Perkins that the other Mariners have.
Sleeps 7- Quarterberth with adjoining floor, v-berth with
mast between the two sides, pull-out double berth in the main cabin, and dinette converts to double berth.
The
head is a wetbath, but there is no
shower installed. The actual
head works very well, and is CLEAN.
Galley has
icebox,
stove, single-tub sink with foot
pump. To accommodate the larger engine, there is a spice-and-bottle rack instead of the standard forward counter that most Mariners have. (I have spent many weeks
cooking three
meals a day in this galley- it is a very nice and convenient workspace. When we bought the boat I though I would miss the extra counter space, but it is actually a nice size, and easy to clean.) The
stove is an old sea-dog CNG stove which we converted, with new orifices, to
propane. It is very hot and nice to cook on, even every day for three
meals a day. The heat inside is a bit variable, but it can roast chicken and bake bread and cake with the best of them.
Cooking on the Grace is NOT like camping. It is a civilized and pleasant
experience. (Can you tell it's the wife writing this?)
Varnished
wood interior, lots of beautiful custom woodwork. Lying on a berth in the main cabin, you look around and think, "Hey! Look at that neat little scroll! I didn't notice that was there!" She has large windows in the aft section of the cabin and in the galley, which make the interior very light and pleasant to live in.
We have a Perkins 4-236 which is not installed, that we can sell if you are interested. We had a very good
marine mechanic go over it- it needs to have the mounts and the
water pump replaced. We bought it out of another boat, and when it motored up to the place where they were going to crane it out, it was very quiet and smooth sounding.
The boat comes with a hard
tender. It is fiberglass, with a lapstrake appearance. It has fiberglassed wooden seats (the kind where they look like varnished
wood, but are impervious to the elements). The
tender is stored on the forward deck. she was freshly painted but has a few places where the paint was scrached off hoisting her on deck.
The aft deck is very spacious and comfortable. The taffrail and spindles are newly sanded and oiled.
She has a full suit of
sails. We don't know what condition all of them are in.
There are too many extras to mention- PFDs, flare gun, water jugs, 2 anchors(20kg Bruce, and similar size CQR), 1 150' and 1 90' all chain rodes, lots of line,
hardware, and tackle. She has a solid
bronze manual
windlass, original boarding ladder, beautiful original mahogany-on-oak
wheel, and
depth finder, although it isn't hooked up.
In conclusion, this boat is a lady. She will make her owner very happy. We really wish we could keep her.
Here is a link to our blog about the boat with more pictures:
Going Afloat
We are giving her away to the first person that can take her on and sign the papers.
the pictures below are from before the water problems but almost everything is about the same.
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