For Sale: Plan on Selling the Ugly Duckling Soon.

[delmarrey]

Its not officially ready to go but will take inquiries, unless you want to do the minor maintenance due. (reseal deck hatches and paint touch up) So, if you're looking or know someone looking, please post here, or PM me.

My recent decline to my 67 YO health is getting to a point that it's getting hard to maintain the boat up to snuff, in my opinion. I can sail fine but my back and shoulders can't take the work anymore.

I'm asking 45K, which if I were just to sell all the fairly new equipment as parts, would go for more then that. Closer to 60k+, not including the intensive labor involved. Have all the receipts. The old timers on here know what time and $$$ I've put into her. She is almost 40 YO but one wouldn't know it unless they looked at the serial #. The survey a few years ago put her at over 200k placement value, w/o all the new electronics installed.

I also have a 6' X 12' enclosed trailer packed full of accessories, spare parts and maintenance tools/products that I'll give along with the boat, reasonably.

She is sitting in Blaine, WA right close to the San Juan Islands, in sight of Canada.

Here are a few pictures. The specs I'll put in the 4th post, from the iPad. Interior pictures on the next next post. I have hundreds of pictures so please ask, if seriously interested!

[delmarrey]

A few interior pictures..............

[delmarrey]

Interior continued..............

[delmarrey]

Here are the specs........

Choate 40 90% restored w/upgrades. Everything installed/replaced was new during restoration.

Boat Specs:
Choate 40 1979
Fin keel lead
Hull- IOR design, Fiberglass foam cored
Max. LOA =42' w/windvane
LWL =33'
Beam = 12' 6"
Draft = 7'
Displacement 16,000 dry/empty
Spade rudder
Cruising speed = 7.5 kt @ 75% HP/speed

Electrical:
Garmin- GPSMAP MFD 6208 w/gps antenna 19x
Garmin- GPSMAP Display 441s
Garmin- display GMI 10
Garmin- Radar GMR 18xHD w/self leveling mount
Airmar- Heading sensor H2183
Maretron- display DSM 150 NMEA 2000
Maretron- ultrasonic wind/weather sensor WSO100 NMEA 2000
Vesper Marine- AIS transponder XB-8000
Shakespeare- antennas (1) Galaxy 5400 XP (VHF), (1) Galaxy (AIS)
Metz- VHF antenna Manta 6
Standard Horizon- VHF radio w/GPS Intrepid GX1206
Standard Horizon- VHF radio w/AIS & fog horn Matrix GX2000
Standard Horizon -VHF radio hand held w/GPS HX851
Hummingbird fishfinder/depth gauge Matrix 27 w/wide angle transducer
Xantrex- sine wave inverter PROwatt SW 2000
Sharp-TV 120V LC-13C3U w/remote
Mintek- DVD player MDP-1730 12/120V w/battery & remote
Interstate- (2) Deep Cell 12V battery SRM 27 600 CCA (brand new)
Interstate- Deep Cell 12V battery SRM 24 550 CCA (brand new)
Interstate-(2) Deep Cycle Extreme battery 232 ah each (New July 2013)
Yamaha- 1000 watt gas generator

Sails:
Main sail- Quantum, loose footed, 442.7 sf, 8.62 (HA) 100%, 2 reefs, 4 full battens, with strong track system
RF Genoa- Quantum,135% @ 551.6 sf, 7.3 (HMW) 100%, leach cord, acrylic UV cover, foam luff
Stay sail- Doyle, 10.3 oz on a removable inner stay with running back stays.
RF Racing Genoa- Kevlar laminate 150%
Spinnaker 1 OZ

Rigging:
Zspar Mast- Z701, 59', keel stepped, with double spreaders, deck light
Zspar Boom- Z480, 17' w/casted ends and 6'car w/track at clew end
Navtec- hydraulic backstay and pump
Furlex- 300s with double sail track
Inner Forestay- 5/16" with removable tensioner
Forestay-3/8"
Shrouds- (2) 5/16" & (1) 1/4" per side
Fold away lazy jack system
Dutchman- Boom brake, 500B
Forespar- Boom vang
Forespar- spinnker pole 4" x 15.5'
Lewmar- Mainsheet traveler Sz2 w/ball bearing sheaves

Deck Gear:
Anchorlift- Windless Mako 1500 w/5/16" gypsy, 60 of chain and 250' of 5/8" multiplait rode
ROM winches- (2) #32 @ 16.5:1, (2) #28 @12.5:1
Barient winches- (2) #23 self tailing
Lewmar winch #14
SS Arch- Heavy duty with the mainsheet traveller mounted at eye level

Steering gear:
Steering wheel 30", or tiller
Kobelt Hydraulic pump and cylinder w/adjustable steering lock, all SS or bronze hydraulic fittings w/copper tubing as arteries.
Monitor/Scanmar wind vane with (2) size of vanes
Raymarine 4000 tiller pilot

Propulsion (all installed 2010):
Yanmar- 3JH3e diesel 39 hp, fresh water cooled, 360 hours with Kanzaki KM4A2 transmission and Pythondrive attached and thru a PSS
Prop shaft- 1-1/8" aqualoy 22
Prop - Max-prop adjustable 3-blade, feathering, w/grease gun

Interior Gear:
Spectra- water maker Ventura VT-150-D-12V w/extra filters & pump head kit
Norcold- refrigerator DE-0788B 3.1 cf 12/120V
Engel- refrigerator/freezer MT45F-U1 40 qt. 12/120V
Force 10- propane stove/oven 3-burner all SS
Water Tanks-(3) total =60 gal.
Fuel Tanks- (2) total =60 gal.
Waste Tank- (1) total =18 Gal.

Safety Gear:
Forespar- MOB pole (could use a rebuild but functional)
Plastimo- life raft Cruiser 4 (man) #35235
Life Jackets-6
Flares & Rockets -up to date
First Aid kit
Fire extinguishers- (3) chemical, (1) Halon (engine room)
Horseshoe- life ring
Lifesling

Covers:
Hard Spray windshield
Bimini Top
Cockpit cover
Winch covers

Bottom paint (Trinidad SR- 2 coats) Still have ALL the receipts, manuals and paperwork. The surveyor, 3 years ago gave it a replacement value of over $200K before the water maker, extra water/fuel tanks and electronics were installed.

[senormechanico]

Del,
I'm sorry to hear you have decided to sell.

For anyone reading this, I can vouch for Del's work, he's a very knowledgeable mechanic and a perfectionist.
This is one nice boat and at that price it ought to be quickly snatched up.

[DeepFrz]

Sorry to hear you are selling Del. You have put so much love into that boat.

[delmarrey]

Thanks guys! I really hate to see it go. It'll be like sending a child off to war. I'll be willing to give the new owner support into the systems and maintenance for as long as needed. I'm hoping the snow crap here clears up pretty soon. I'd still like to do a trip or two to Johns Is.

BTW the motor now has around 500 hours on it now. I'll check the next time on the boat.

[Therapy]

Wow!
Sorry to hear you have to move on.
Sure is pretty.

[Orion Jim]

Great looking boat, very well equipped. Why are the steps on the main cabin ladder notched?

[delmarrey]

Originally Posted by Orion Jim

Great looking boat, very well equipped. Why are the steps on the main cabin ladder notched?

They are notched for safety and ease of use. At first the steps were straight across. Which only allowed about 2" of step if you went down facing forward. only ones heel would catch, and sometimes not, allowing one to slip and fall.
Now one can get almost to whole foot on the step going down. And going up in a hurry, one would bang their knee, especially in a hurry. Those dangers are all gone now!

Plus, I added some nonskid grippers on the edges that dig into rubber soles while going down.


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[carlheintz]

One Beautiful boat... only wish it were closer to me....

[redhead]

I am so used to walking past her every day, Duckling is truly a beautiful boat.

[Suijin]

Originally Posted by delmarrey

I'll be willing to give the new owner support into the systems and maintenance for as long as needed.

This right here is worth it's weight in gold, speaking from the experience of buying a boat from a largely uncommunicative and unhelpful previous owner.

Sorry that you're letting her go, and best of luck with an easy and smooth sales process.

[medic1957]

Hi would be interested in coming to take a look at your boar once it warms up a bit We are fairly new to sailing and wanting to do a live aboard and do lots of sailing Have been looking for a boat to do a trip to Alaska and maybe south for the winters please keep in touch and let me know when could come and see boat and maybe do some sailing with you if that is possibly
Thanks. Chris

[roverhi]

At $45000, someone better snap Del's boat up quick. It won't be around long and waiting for the snow to melt could be fatal. Saw the boat before he built the interior but had finished much of the exterior and mechanical work. Del is a perfectionist and sure it would easily take multiple six figures to duplicate the boat. Del is a machinist and the cost of his custom hardware probably exxeeds his asking price. For someone wanting to do trips up and down the West Coast, the windward ability of this boat would be a big bonus.