Basic Information
- Builder:
- LITTLE HARBOR
- Category:
- Cruising Ketch
- Sub Category:
- Motorsailor
- Model Year:
- 1972
- Year Built:
- 1972
- Country:
- United States
- Cockpit:
- Yes
Dimensions
- LOA:
- 59' 6" (18.14m)
- LWL:
- 48' 4" (14.73m)
- LOD:
- 60' 0" (18.29m)
- Beam:
- 16' 4" (4.98m)
- Min Draft:
- 5' 10" (1.78m)
- Max Draft:
- 0' 0" (0.00m)
Speed, Capacities and Weight
- Cruise Speed:
- 8 Kts. (9 MPH)
- Max Speed:
- 10 Kts. (12 MPH)
- Displacement:
- 100000 Pounds
- Water Capacity:
- 805 Gallons
- Holding Tank:
- 150 Gallons
- Fuel Capacity:
- 450 Gallons
Accommodations
- Total Berths:
- 6
- Sleeps:
- 9
- Total Heads:
- 3
- Crew Cabin:
- 1
- Crew Berths:
- 2
- Crew Sleeps:
- 2
Hull and Deck Information
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- Deck Material:
- Fiberglass
- Hull Configuration:
- Centerboard
- Hull Color:
- Blue
- Hull Finish:
- Fiberglass
- Hull Designer:
- Hood/Maas
Engine Information
- Engines:
- 2
- Manufacturer:
- Perkins
- Model:
- 4-236
- Engine Type:
- Inboard
- Fuel Type:
- Diesel
Overview
NORTHERN LIGHTS is perhaps best described as a “Modern Classic.” She is the product of two of the most creative and talented names in the boat business of her time, yacht designer Ted Hood and Dutch boat builder, Frans Maas.
Hood’s design was truly innovative both in vision and execution - twin screws for speed and maneuverability under power and a foil shaped centerboard for upwind performance, all together in an offshore sailing vessel with a raised-deck salon and cockpit. Add shoal draft for good measure, and you have NORTHERN LIGHTS, the wonder boat that happily does 8 knots under power and sails upwind with alacrity.
Dutch boat builder Franz Maas’ talent and innovation are evident in NORTHERN LIGHTS’ state-of-the-art for the time Airex-cored fiberglass hull and lovely teak joinery and detail, all of which only begins to paint the picture of this special boat.
That’s not all… NORTHERN LIGHTS has been loved and conscientiously cared for during a long-term ownership and is in very fine condition.
This is one unique and wonderful vessel.
NOTABLE FEATURES
- Varnished teak
- Dutch workmanship
- Exceptionally strong FG/Airex hull
- Hood Whale body design (seakindly, very heavy displacement, exceptional interior volume/ shoal draft)
- Large raised deckhouse
- Raised cockpit on deck level
- (3) Staterooms with en-suite heads, plus a crew cabin
- Twin diesel engines
- Exceptional fiberglass water and fuel tanks
- Large engine room
ACCOMMODATIONS
STATEROOMS
Three staterooms: Master aft and two forward, three en-suite heads, and crew cabin in the forepeak.
- Master stateroom, aft, is full-width and features an en-suite head with shower and tub
- Guest staterooms are forward, port and starboard, each with upper and lower berths. The starboard guest cabin’s lower berth converts to a double, and both cabins have en-suite heads with hand-held showers
- Crew quarters are forward in the forepeak with a built-in single berth and a fold-down pipe berth above.
SALON
- Large, high-backed L-shaped settee to starboard
- Gimbaled teak dining table with fiddles and extra leaves
- Ample storage for long passages
- Cushions in the salon are blue Ultrasuede (in good condition)
- Joinerwork is of yacht-quality construction, solid teak and teak plywood, very good condition
- Interior finish is painted overhead, varnished teak, and laminate counters in good condition
- Bulkheads are teak-faced plywood, glass-tabbed to hull and set into deck beams, in very good condition, no signs of movement
- Soles are varnished teak and holly over plywood, in very good condition
- Ventilation and escape routes are very good, through large opening hatches in the main salon and via the companionway
- Nav station to port features a full-sized chart table with storage within and under, and cushioned seating
GALLEY
The U-shaped galley is located aft and to starboard, open to the main deck, and shares the abundance of light, natural ventilation and visibility of NORTHERN LIGHT’s wonderful raised salon.
Galley Equipment Includes:
- Shipmate 3-burner stove with oven and broiler
- Grunert refrigeration, front-loading
- Grunert freezer, top-loading
- Haier microwave oven
- Pressure hot and cold water and large sink
ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT
- Sony CDX-GT200 AM/FM/CD with speakers
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GENERATOR
Northern Lights generator is located in the Engine Room, forward of the starboard engine.
- Model: M753W2.3, S/N: 7532-39860C
- Voltage: 120/240
- kW: 8
- RPM: 1800
- Hrs: 700
- Fuel System: Type A1 hose, Racor 500 filter
- Cooling System: Fresh water through heat exchanger
- Sea Strainer: Perko Bronze internal
- Electrical System: 12-volt alternator
- Exhaust System: Raw water through hose and Vetus Waterlock muffler
- Ventilation: Jabsco blowers in engine room
- Drip Pan: Steel
A/C
- Shore Power, Connections and Cables: (2) Legs Hubble 30A 125V connectors, 30A/125V 50’ cordsets
- Distribution Panel: Bass panel circuit breaker panel
- Meters/Polarity Indicators: Polarity Light, volt and ammeters
- Inverter: 2011 Newmar Model 32-2400IC
- Wiring: Marine-grade tinned copper stranded wire
D/C—12V (Engines & Electronics)
- Batteries: (4) 12-volt batteries
- (3) 8D for port and starboard engine start and house electronics
- 6D for generator start
- Alternators (2): Delco-Remy 65 amps on port and starboard engines
- Charger: 2011 Newmar Model PT-40W 95-amp @ 12-volts
- Combiners: Newmar for (3) 8D batteries
D/C—32V (House Banks
- Batteries: (12) 8 volt batteries— series wired in sets of 4 for three 32V banks
- Alternators (2): Leece Neville 115 amps on port and starboard engines
- Charger: Newmar Model 32-2400IC 100-amps @ 32-volts
Isolators/Switches/Etc.
- (6) Perko on/off switches
- (4) Guest on/off switches
- (4) Cole Hersee on/off switches
- Cole Hersee selector switch
- Distribution Panel: Bass panels, circuit breakers
- Meters: Volt and Ammeters; Cruising Equipment Co. E-meter 32-volt system monitor
- Wiring: Marine Grade
- Bonding/Grounding Plate: Dynaplates on port and starboard side bottom aft, common bonding system, corrosion monitor
ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
- Radios: (2) Icom IC-M80 VHF, Icom IC-M700 SSB
- GPS: Furuno GPS/WAAS at nav station; Raymarine E120 chartplotter at helm
- Radar: Raymarine E120 display with Raymarine RD418HD 4kW digital radome
- Fathometer: Datamarine model 3030, Raymarine i70 (2016)
- Speed/Log: Raymarine i70 Speed (2016)
- Wind: Raymarine i70 Wind (2016)
- Clock/Barometer: Chelsea, brass
- Autopilot: Robertson/Simrad AP26 with rudder position indicator, Simrad model IS15
- Nav lights
ENGINE/MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
Engine room measures 13’ X 16’.
- Engines: Twin Perkins, Model: 4-286, 85 hp each, 2,800 rpm
- Fuel System: A1 Hose, (2) Racor 500 filters, shut-offs at filters and manifold
- Cooling System: Fresh water through heat exchangers
- Sea Strainer: Bronze external and (2) Perko internal basket type
- Exhaust System: Raw water cooled through riser and hose to Vernalift mufflers
- Electrical System: Delco Remy 65 amp/12-volt alternators; Leece Neville 115 amp 32 volt
- Ventilation: (4) Jabsco blowers
- Reduction Gear: Borg Warner Velvet Drive 2.10:1, P/model AS671C, S/N 26265; S/model AS771C, S/N 32850
- Engine Beds: F.R.P.
- Drip Pan: F.R.P.: clean with absorbent diapers
- Instruments and Monitoring: VDO gauges
- Controls: Morse single lever, cable, Synchronizer
- Fuel Consumption: 2.6 gals/hour
RUNNING GEAR
- Shaft: 1 ¾” stainless steel with spurs cutters
- Coupling: Evolution flexible, model EFSC #6
- Stuffing Box: PSS dripless
- Bearings: Cutlass at stuffing boxes and struts
- Strut: Cast S/S
- Propellers: (2) Maxprop 21” (factory reconditioned, 2015)
STEERING
- Rudder: F.R.P. construction over stainless steel flange and rudderstock
- Skeg: F.R.P.
- Edson wheel, pedestal, chain, cable and quadrant
AIR CONDITIONING
- (3) Cruisair 12H 12,000 BTU
PUMPS
- Bilge: (2) Rule 2000 with Groco pneumatic switches in forward port and starboard engine bilges, Rule 3700 secondary in stbd. fwd. engine bilge; Whale gusher 25 manual in cockpit locker. Groco float switch high water alarm
- Freshwater: Flojet 4325-443
- Refrig: Flojet 4325-443
- Misc: Cruisair model PMA1000
- (3) Fuel transfer pumps in manifold
- Magnetek 115v AC waste overboard pump
ADDITIONAL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
- Bow thruster: Vetus 130 kgf/10 hp
- (2) 32-volt Grunert compressors for refrigeration
- Water Heater: Raritan Model 172011; Groco PST-2 expansion tank
- Raritan Atlantis fresh water toilets in stbd. and aft heads
- Raritan electric salt water toilet in port head
- Hood Stoway motor
SAILS AND RIGGING
- Spars: Painted aluminum Stoway main mast, mizzen mast and booms, anodized spinnaker pole
- Rod Headstay: Selden Furlex 400S
- Standing Rigging: 1x19 stainless steel wire, stainless steel swaged fittings on mizzen, Norseman stainless steel fittings for main mast, chrome-plated bronze open barrel turnbuckles
- Running Rigging: Stainless steel wire and low-stretch braided halyards and braided sheets and control lines
- Mast Step: On keel, stainless steel fabrication with stainless steel tie rod to deck for main, stainless steel fabrication with same tie rod to deck for mizzen
- Rig: Ketch: I= 67.5’, J=24’, P=61’, E-20’, PY=38’, EY=12.5’
Ratings:
- PHRF: Racing 66, Cruising 78
- Bluewater Sailing Club: Racing 66, Cruising 87
Sails:
- Hood Stoway mainsail (2008)
- Hood mizzen (2008)
- Rouse roller furling genoa
- Hood spinnaker and mizzen staysail
- Hood storm trysail and storm staysail
- Misc. Hood sails
Winches:
- (2) Barient wire halyard winches on main and mizzen
- (5) 3-speed English line halyard winches on main and mizzen
In cockpit:
- (2) Barient #36 electric 2-speed, self-tailing
- (2) Barient #28 electric, 2-speed, self-tailing
- (2) Lewmar #55 electric; centerboard wire pennant winch
HULL AND CONSTRUCTION
- Hull: Blue Awlgripped topsides (2015)
- Deck: Awlgrip paint with non-skid (2018/2019)
- Cabin Top: Awlgrip (2019)
- Exterior Teak: Wooded, with (8) coats varnish (2018)
- Bottom: Red
- Keel: Ted Hood “Whale Body”
NORTHERN LIGHTS draws 5’-10” with centerboard up, and 13’-10” with board down. This vessel is well built and well suited to its intended purpose as a bluewater cruiser.
Construction: The hull is hand laid with a layup of 5/8” outer and inner fiberglass skin sandwiching a 3/4” Airex foam core; grounding plate: 1/2 “ stainless steel. The deck is conventionally framed of (2) layers plywood (5/8” and 3/8”) over timber deck beams finished with (2) layers of 22 oz. glass/epoxy outside. This is very strong construction built to high standards.
- Varnished teak joinerwork throughout
- Centerboard\Trunk: Welded Corten steel encased in glass/epoxy for main centerboard, trunk is F.R.P. reinforced inside with stainless steel
- Deck Hardware: Lewmar main traveler, sheet blocks, and jib turning blocks, Harken jib cars, furling line lead blocks and deck blocks
- Chainplates: Stainless steel bar stock heavily glassed in along hull sides and hanging knees
DECK AND DECK EQUIPMENT
- Stanchions and Lifelines: Stainless steel tube bow rail, stern rail and stanchions, double stainless steel wire lifelines
- Hatches and Portlights: Hood/Mainship stainless steel hatches (1) 32x32 on foredeck, (2) 25x25, (3) 18x14, (3) 20x20; opening ports in hull
- Ground Tackle: Rocna 55kg on bow roller with 200’ ½” chain; 66 lb. Bruce with 375’ ¾” braided rode and 1” 300’ 3-strand in stern lazarette
- Chocks and Cleats: Cast stainless steel
- Anchor Windlasses: Ideal vertical capstan and gypsy, model BHW, S/N H753
- Compass: Kelvin White Danforth Constellation 6” on Edson pedestal
- Propane locker in cockpit with Xintex propane remote solenoid control
- Teak deck chairs
CANVAS
- Sand Sunbrella dodger with clear Lexan panels
- Sand Sunbrella cockpit cushions
- Helm and winch covers
- Gray Sunbrella mizzen sail cover
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
- P.F.D.s: (8) Type I adult, (3) Type I child, (3) Type II child, (2) Type III child
- Lifesling and Horseshoes
- Portable Extinguishers: (9) ABC I, (1 in each cabin, head, galley, and 1 by nav station); (1) Halon by nav station, (1) CO2 in engine room
- Fixed Extinguishers: Fireboy Halon 1301, Model 150CG
- Flares
- First Aid Kit: Coastal Marine first aid kit
- Sound Signals: Manual air horn and ship’s bell
- Search Light: 12-volt hand-held spot
- Cockpit Drains: Scuppers thru-hose out thru-hulls, aft scupper drain hoses in aft lazarette
- Wooden Plugs: Affixed around each thru-hull
- Sensors/Alarms: Fireboy Xintex S-2A propane fume detector, Fireboy Xintex CO detector in aft cabin, and First Alert in passageway by forward cabins
- Emergency steering: stainless steel tiller in aft lazarette
- Misc: Jack lines, harnesses and tethers
- Storm covers for deckhouse windows
EXCLUSIONS