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CYGNET
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CYGNET Custom Ketch 39 1968 4 $2700/week $1500 N. E. Harbor GPS, Radar

Designed by Thomas Gillmer and built by Joel White at the Brooklin Boatyard in 1968, the 39' ketch CYGNET is our most popular charter boat. CYGNET was built from strip planked wood and has a clipper bow and a very traditional two cabin, mid ships cockpit design, with a centerboard and wheel steering. She is available from Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine. CYGNET measures 39' LOA, 29' LWL, 10' 8" Beam and 4' 9" draft, board up, 9' draft, board down. She has a Westerbeke diesel 4-107 and carries 84 gallons of fuel.

  • Accommodations: CYGNET has two separate cabins, divided by the self bailing cockpit. The forward cabin/salon with 6' 3" headroom has three berths, a dining area with drop leaf table. There is pressurized hot/cold fresh water system with integrated shower in the forward head. There is a "Chummy" stove which burns charcoal (120 pounds of charcoal is carried). Aft is the galley with a SS deep sink with fresh and salt water, a four burner gimbaled propane stove with oven. Refrigeration is a large portable ice chest on deck with 75 lbs. capacity, and a small chest below. Aft is the enclosed head with marine toilet with macerator/chlorinator, SS basin, cabinet and cupboard. Aft cabin (on has 4' 2" headroom and two berths, one each side of the head. CYGNET has a set of SS cooking utensils, dishes for eight, flatware, charcoal grill, 12 blankets, and 6 standard sized pillows. Three SS tanks carry 120 gallons of water. Lighting consists of incandescent and fluorescent lights. Generator and alternator charge 3-12 V batteries (one for engine start, two house batteries). There are portholes for ventilation and light along sides of trunk cabin. Drop boards for companionway and screens.

  • Sails & Rigging: Dacron main, mizzen, and roller furling jib and staysail. Aluminum spars with halyard and sheet winches.

  • Ground Tackle: 50 lb. Yachtsman and 18 Danforth hi-tensile anchor. 200' of 5/16" BBB chain and 250' of ¾" nylon rode. Electric windlass.

  • Safety Equipment: automatic bilge pump, portable hand pump, fire extinguishers, 36" double life lines with gates.

  • Navigational Equipment: GPS, RADAR, Micrologic, VHF, VDO Sumlog, Depth Finder, 5" Danforth compass in binnacle, bell, charts and navigation tools (parallel rules, dividers).

  • Tender: 9' GRP rowing dinghy with small outboard motor (tows and rows well).

  • Additional Equipment: Fenders, tool kit, boat hook, Jacob's ladder, ratlines on stbd. Side, fog horn and hand megaphone.
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