- Builder:
- ISLAND GYPSY
- Category:
- Motor Yacht
- Model Year:
- 1996
- Year Built:
- 1996
- Country:
- United States
Unfortunately, this boat is not available for sale. It will be removed from the website soon.
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Lucky Dog is a very well-kept 1996 Island Gypsy 44 Motor Cruiser. Built in Hong Kong, the Island Gypsy 44 was constructed to provide safe and comfortable long-range, blue-water cruising. The vessel was built by the well-respected Kong & Halvorsen Company, which built vessels under the Kong & Halvorsen, Island Gypsy, and Halvorsen names.
Lucky Dog features walk-around decks which lead to a large bow area. The large hard-top covered flybridge with forward guest seating is the perfect place to relax at the end of a long day of cruising, while at anchor, or docked at your favorite marina. The teak interior highlights the pedigree of this beautiful vessel. The dark blue hull and teak transom evoke yachts from an earlier era.
The original owner was an owner of one of the oldest insurance agencies in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, so Lucky Dog has cruised the Virgin Islands and West Indies. The current owner is the fourth owner, and purchased Lucky Dog in the Upper Chesapeake Bay in Maryland in 2016. He single-handed her to Florida then cruised the Florida Keys and the Bahamas before settling in Palm Beach Gardens.
In 2020 Lucky Dog was put on the hard for two years and had a complete and thorough bottom job. The topside, flybridge, decking and dinghy deck were all repainted with Awlgrip and Alexseal paints and the exterior teak was all refinished. The windows were all resealed in November, 2022.
Lucky Dog has been approved by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the Department of Transportation for a coastwise endorsement for a foreign-built vessel which will carry no more than 12 passengers for hire, so she is eligible to use as a charter vessel, and has been USCG inspected.
It is now time for Lucky Dog to find a new master so she can move on to her next adventure.