For Sale: Reliant 49 Ketch 49K OBO

[IceDog]

Comfortable live aboard sailboat in Florida 49 foot/$49K

I have been refitting the boat for about 4 months but our plans have changed and I don't want to just store the boat again. The boat is in the water at Green Cove Springs Marina. It has new bottom paint (September 2014), a robust new battery system (June 2014) much new standing rigging (October 2014) a good running low hours engine and great systems.
I have an insurance survey from June 2014 with an evaluation of above average condition. The boat still needs plenty of work though most of the remaining items are cosmetic. It is very livable and comfortable right now. She sails and steers well. The Genoa needs sun protection and the like new main and mizzen need very minor work to be able to secure the battens properly. The boat has a marine plywood cabin sole/subfloor which is functional if not terribly attractive. Further information including the recent
survey available upon request.

Boat Name: GARDEN OF EDIEN
Year: 2002
Current Price: US $49,000 OBO
Located in Green Cove Springs, FL
Hull Material: Wood/composite
Engine/Fuel Type: Single diesel

Specs
Builder: Custom Built
Designer: Glen-L Marine Designs
Flag of Registry: United States
Keel: Fin
Dimensions
LOA: 56 ft 0 in
Beam: 14 ft 4 in
LWL: 40 ft 0 in
Length on Deck: 49 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 6 in
Displacement: 36500 lbs
Ballast: 12400 lbs

Engines
Engine Brand: Perkins
Engine(s) Total Power: 85 HP
Engine Model: 4-236
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine Hours: 230

Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: (220 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (200 Gallons) currently has 150 gallons of usable diesel in them
Holding Tanks: (150 Gallons)

Accommodations
Number of single berths: 2
Number of double berths: 2
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 2

Outside Equipment/Extras
Electric windlass
Avon Redcrest dinghy
Nissan 3.5 HP motor
Lifesling 2 and MOB ring
New flares/whistles/air horn
New fire extinguisher
Intracoastal Waterway chart book

Construction
GARDEN OF EDIEN was built to plans by Glen-L Marine Designs of Bellflower, California. GARDEN OF EDIEN took more than two decades of work. The owner built her of cold molded marine plywood over white oak frames and battens using epoxy resin totally sheathed with FRP (fiber reinforced plastic). Athwartships reinforcement was by plywood bulkheads screwed and glued in place, with a plywood deck laid on top of shear clamps and screwed and glued in place, then wrapped with FRP. The only modification to the exterior was to give the coachroof a straight "run", rather than the "step-down" shown in the line drawings at the midpoint between the main and mizzen masts. The exterior hull was painted with white Awlgrip, and the ballast consists of 12,400 pounds of lead covered with concrete. The deck and cockpit were constructed with plywood sheathed with FRP and then painted with cream-colored Awlgrip nonskid. The bowsprit is red oak with a stainless steel dolphin striker and bobstay. The interior is tongue and groove ash, with a satin finish.

Accommodations
The owner modified the interior somewhat from the original Line Drawing configuration. Instead of three full double berths and two outboard pilot berths, there are two sleeping berths -- the forward V-berth cabin, and a pullman-style portside cabin. There are two spacious head compartments, one of which has a separate stall shower. Heads are by Wilcox-Crittenden.
Basins drain to below-the-waterline thru-hulls with Marelon seacocks. Shower drains to a plastic sump and is pumped overboard by a 12V Rule 500 bilge pump with automatic float switch
Head waste goes to either of two separate FRP/plywood holding tanks with macerator pumps, to be emptied through the deck fittings or pumped overboard. Y-valves are provided for both heads and pump-outs are on both the port and starboard side decks


Stainless steel portlights with screens
Teak table with drop leaves
Two settees with forest green leather upholstery
Electrical
12V and 120V electrical systems with electrical breaker panel
New 700AH Lithium ferrous oxide house bank plus new 2xTrojan T105 backup/engine bank
Perko battery switch
Engine-driven alternator
Xantrex MS2000 inverter/charger (12V/200 input and 120V/2000 watts continuous)
3 Kyocera 80-watt solar panels, with a Blue Sky 2512i solar boost controller
2 30-amp shorepower outlets
Pro Mariner ProSafe Zinc Saver 60
120V outlets with required GFCI
New Xantrex control panel
New bilge monitor
New Linkpro battery monitor

Electronics
Furuno 24-mile radar and NavNet color GPS chartplotter
Simrad AP27 hydraulic autopilot
Raymarine ST60 Tridata speed/log/depth
Ritchie Powerdamp compass
Uniden VHF with DSC
Sony CDX-GT10M AM/FM/CD with 2 new Sony speakers
Galley
Princess LPG gimballed 3-burner stove and oven
Dedicated LPG locker with one aluminum 20lb tank
Double stainless steel sinks
Hot and cold pressure water, with on-demand faucet fixtures
Raritan 20-gallon 120V and engine-driven hot water heater

Rigging & Sails
Aluminum alloy masts -- main mast keel stepped on five-inch steel beam; mizzen is deck-stepped in an aluminum shoe
Aluminum alloy spreaders -- doubles on main mast, singles on mizzen
Shrouds and stays are 1x19 stainless steel wire with swaged terminals on the tops and Norseman mechanical fittings on the bottoms
Painted aluminum booms
Chrome/bronze turnbuckles
Stainless steel jaw type toggles
2 Harken two-speed ST48 winches, 1 Harken two-speed ST32 winch; 1 Harken single speed ST16
Slab reefing
Profurl roller furling
Sailrite mainsail and mizzen (like new) and 150 percent genoa (good)
Sailbag with stack pack for mizzen.
Mizzen boom gallows
most standing rigging is new October 2014

Deck
12V Lewmar horizontal windlass with Up and Down foot switches on the foredeck
70 lbs. Bruce and 70 lbs. plow anchors, plus 350 feet of 3/8-inch chain
2 stainless steel anchor cutes with rollers
Raw water anchor washdown
Sunbrella Bimini and Dodger cockpit enclosure with stainless steel frames
Sunbrella seat and back cockpit cushions
Stainless steel dinghy davits, manually operated
Stainless steel swim platform and boarding ladder
Fresh water cockpit shower
Teak grab rails, cap rails and hatches
White oak Samson posts and eight stainless steel mooring cleats

[IceDog]

More photos...

[IceDog]

And a few more. All photos in this thread are very recent. Most were taken today.

[Manos1955]

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Boat Name: GARDEN OF EDIEN
Year: 2002 "


Hi,
Year of build is 2002? and is she on the hard or sailing?
My wife and I are planning to be in Florida this weekend, and I wonder if we can see her

[IceDog]

The boat is on a mooring at Green Cove Springs Marina on the St Johns river. You are welcome to come and see her. We will be sailing locally this morning and will be around here all weekend.
The boat was built by the previous owner over a period of more than 20 years. He first registered it in 2002 and first launched it in December 2007.

[IceDog]

I have to leave soon to go back to work...I am dropping the price to $39k obo if I sell it prior to signing with a broker.

[bentonetc]

Oh god, it's so astronomically out of my price range but looks gorgeous. The perfect set up for the type of cruising I really want to break into. I'd love to come check her out, but I wouldn't want to waste your time.

[bentonetc]

Originally Posted by bentonetc

Oh god, it's so astronomically out of my price range but looks gorgeous. The perfect set up for the type of cruising I really want to break into. I'd love to come check her out, but I wouldn't want to waste your time.

I'll be honest, I'm considering taking out an idiotic loan for this. May I check it out this weekend?

[IceDog]

You are welcome to check out the boat this weekend. Where are you located?

[birdsey]

Hey Icedog,

I am coming to Florida for the next few days and would like to see your Reliant.

Garth Birdsey

garthbirdsey@msn.com or text to 865-809-611nine

[IceDog]

Garth, I sent you an email...

[jagdoc]

Hi,
What would it cost to store it on the hard?
I am retiring soon and would love to start sailing from there, but would want it in a secure site.
Bob

[jagdoc]

Hi,
Can u send the survey and more pictures?
Any more info on the construction methods too?
Cost to dock and put on land.
My email: jagdoc@sbcglobal.net
Thanks,
Bob

[IceDog]

Bob
I will send you the survey and more photos shortly. I was paying $220 per month on the hard and currently $160 per month on a mooring at Green Cove Springs Marina. I expect to haul it out in the next week or so at Reynolds Park yacht center/Holland Marine and will be getting prices from them this week.

[IceDog]

Anyone interested in cold molded boat construction can get a free download of the book "The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction" by googling it. I don't think I can post a link here but it is a great book by the developers of West System epoxy methods. There is a link for instance on the Wooden Boat Forum. My boat is 4 layers of 1/4" marine ply with epoxy and then an outer layer of fiberglass. It is very strong with 1" stainless keel bolts coming up through 3" oak floors and bolted into a 5" steel Ibeam every foot along the keel.