1977 Formosa Center Cockpit

The classic Bill Garden island trader staysail ketch, this vessel makes a wonderful liveaboard or world cruiser. Flush decks provide lots of room above, while belowdecks has the luxury of hand carved and fitted teak, a grand saloon, and a full headroom master stateroom aft with with transom windows. Adjacent the master stateroom is a head with full tub. There is a second stateroom forward with a second head. The owner wants to buy a power boat and is motivated.

Displacement: 52000#

Cruising Speed: 7.5
Max Speed: 8.5

Fuel: 120
Fresh Water: 225
Holding: 60

Layout from the bow: Chain locker aft to forward stateroom with double berth down and single up, both to Starboard. Enclosed head with entry from both forward stateroom and main saloon. Hanging lockers and storage across. Aft to Main saloon with port "L" shaped sette with table. Starboard is an entertainment center and settee. Aft to port is a navigation station and to starboard is a "U" shaped galley. Port aft of the the nav station is the passage way to the master stateroom and quarter bert. Across is a walk-in engine room with workshop. Grand aft stateroom has double berth, three through transom galleon style windows, sitting settee and dressing table. The master head is attached and has a tub.

Princess 3 burner + oven 120vac stove, Norcold 120ac/12dc refrigerator/freezer. Double stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressure water. Ample stowage space.

6" Danforth Constellation binnacle mounted compass, Gemtronics VHF, Voyager Loran C, Signet anemometer-wind direction, Signet Knotmeter, Signet Depth Sounder(Signet system is complete but non-operable). Benmar autopilot.

Onan 7.5 Kw model 7.5MDJE-3CR mounted over main engine, Heart Interface Freedom 25 - 2500 watt inverter/130 amp smart charger(New 1997), Link 2000 battery monitor (New 1997), Specialized commercial deep cycle marine batteries for house bank(New 1997), starting bank with conventional 4-D marine batteries. 50amp/125vac shorepower inlet.

Yankee, club footed staysail, main and mizzen sails. Spars: boxed hollow Sitka spruce main and mizzen masts, repainted in 1997. Main and Yankee halyards are wire, remainder of running rigging is dacron. Standing rigging is 1X19 stainless steel. There are ample winches. A traditional belaying pin rack surrounds the main mast.

1 45# Plow anchor with 50'X3/8" chain + 300' 7/8" 3 strand nylon line, 1 55# Delta anchor with 300'X 3/8" chain, Simpson Lawrence Type 800 12vdc windless. Cockpit dodger, sail and winch covers are blue.

A stainless steel art deco fireplace and stained glass overhead panel are inside by main companionway into the vessel. There is a second companionway to exterior from master stateroom. With the exception of the center cockpit and romantic bench seat forward, the deck is flush both forward and aft creating huge areas to work the vessel under sail, relaxing at anchor or in the marina.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.