Bristol 54.4 Center Cockpit for sale in Key Largo, FL United States of America

PRICE REDUCED FOR IMMEDIATE SALE

TRUE BLUE WATER CRUISER

IDEAL LIVE ABOARD OR LONG RANGE CRUISER

Centerboard design with 5 ft 4 inch draft for shallow areas – 11 ft 6 in with board down for better sailing ability

Center cockpit with wide walk around decks

Large Bimini top with full dodger

Large foredeck for easy ground tackle handling and docking

Aft deck with large storage lockers, and tender davits

High teak toe rail around entire deck

Large aft cabin full beam owner’s suite with private head and shower

(2) forward cabins with upper and lower berths – Port cabin has private head and shower

Access to forepeak workshop through Port Forward cabin

Comfortable Salon for extended live aboard cruising with rotating Barrel chairs to Port, and large dinette to Starbd

Extensive Storage cabinets and lockers

Vessel is in good condition as the result of the owner's extraordinary attention to maintenance and improvements. A very comprehensive refit was completed in 1994. After many years of cruising, she returned to Ft. Lauderdale in 2002/2003 for a second comprehensive overhaul directed by Martin Harris that included the installation of a new 110 hp Isuzu diesel and rebuilding the generator. The hull was repainted in 2005d again in 2017

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Accomodations

3 cabins – 3 heads w/showers – Sleeps 6

Owner’s cabin aft features centerline Queen berth with storage below and in several lockers to Port and Starbd.  A large head with shower is private to this cabin.

Descending the companionway ladder into the main cabin finds the galley aft to port, the navigation station opposite aft to starboard and the saloon forward, which features easy chairs to port and an L-shaped settee and double drop-leaf table to starboard.

 The forward cabin features guest staterooms to either side with over-and-under pilot berths and a head aft to starboard.

 Forward of the guest staterooms a marine toilet is forward to starboard with the sail locker and chain locker in the forepeak.

 The walk-through to the owner’s suite is abaft the navigation station, which also provides excellent access to the machinery.

The aft cabin features a head forward to port, a hanging locker and more storage forward to starboard and a queen size berth aft amidships.

Additional storage is provided outboard to either side of the berth.

Interior Accommodations Bristol interior accommodations are among the most comfortable and practical for offshore cruising and liveaboard. The magnificent handpicked varnished teak woodwork is attractive and is engineered to enhance the structural integrity of the solid fiberglass hull. The high gloss teak cabin sole is 5/8" thick with contrasting light inlay. Storage space is exceptional with numerous lockers, drawers and storage compartments. All the locker and cabinet doors are louvered for proper ventilation. Many opening ports, deck hatches and dorades provide excellent ventilation and light in all cabins. The interior volume and headroom in all the cabins compare favorably with considerably larger yachts.

This vessel’s interior layout offers a large comfortable main salon, roomy galley and navigation center, spacious master suite aft and two comfortable guest cabins forward. The aft cabin has a centerline queen berth and ensuite head with separate stall shower. There are two forward cabins, each with ensuite heads and wide upper and lower berths. The starboard lower berth as well as the salon sofa convert into doubles.

Salon And Galley

Salon:

Salon is well ventilated with overhead hatches, and well lit with her large ports

It is very comfortable and homey with large dinette to Starbd, and (2) barre3ll chairs to port

The Salon has extensive storage lockers and cabinets

Galley: New 12v refrigeration

• Large U-shaped galley with excellent counter space and storage
• New galley sink plumbing including new faucets and accessories (2002)
• Hot water tank replaced (2002)
• New propane gas system installed with new valves, hoses and fittings (2002)

LOCATION…… Port side aft in main cabin.

REEFER…. Grunert holding plate system with freezer in holding plate locker, top-opening freezer, top or front-opening reefer. ICE BOX….. Flush beneath aft galley counter

. ICEMAKER……. Isotherm 120VAC automatic icemaker installed in saloon.

 STOVE……. Stainless, gimbaled three-burner with oven. STOVE FUEL….. Propane [LPG]

. MICROWAVE…... GE Spacemaker XL.

 SINK(S)……... (2) stainless.

 STORAGE……….. (3) outboard cupboards, locker under sinks, (4) drawers and shelves beneath forward galley counter.

 COUNTER TOPS…. Off-white mica.

 WASHER/DRYER….. Splendide 120VAC combo unit.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

Electronics:

Simrad GPS at Helm

Sea 322 SSB

Dytek sea water temperature

GPS at nav station

 Robertson autopilot 

Ritchie Powerdamp compass at navigation station

Brookes & Gatehouse depth sounder repeater in cockpit

 Brookes & Gatehouse wind instrument and knotlog repeater in cockpit

Dockside telephone and cable TV systems

TV in salon

AM/FM/CD player

VHF Radiotelephone West Marine VHF680

Autopilot Simrad AP22

Depth/Wind

Boat Speed/Log/Wind

Simrad NSS8

Stereo Clarion M455

n Compact VHF Sailor RT

Depth Sounder Hercules System 390

Master Display unit Hercules System 390

Electrical:

Electrical System

• 12 volt DC and 110 AC electric system
• Westerbeke 11 KW 110 volt generator recently rebuilthours
• Electric breaker panels for 12 volt and 110 volt with monitoring gauges
• Two banks of house batteries and separate engine and generator starting batteries (new batteries 2007)
• Battery charger (2003)

New batteries 2020

AC system:

SHORE POWER INLET(S)…. (1) Hubbell 50-amp/125-250-volt and (1) Hubbell 30- amp/125-volt.

 INLET LOCATION……On starboard cockpit coaming.

 MASTER BREAKER… (2) four-pole breaker switches.

. MAIN AC PANELBOARD… 14-gang breaker switch panel. MAIN PANELBOARD LOCATION……. Navigation station

METERS ON MAIN PANELBOARD…… (1) AC Volts, (2) AC Amperes, (1) Frequency.

. BATTERY CHARGER……. Xantrex True Charge 40+

INVERTER…… Freedom Marine 20

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS……. In all cabins.

. OTHER USES OF AC…… Air conditioning, reefer, water heater, icemaker, charger, washer/dryer, microwave and plug-in appliances.

 WIRING……….. 600-volt boat cable

DC System:

STORAGE BATTERIES….. Group 4 12-volt. BATTERY LOCATION…… Beneath saloon sole.

. SELECTOR SWITCH(ES)……. (3) Guest SELECTOR SWITCH LOCATION……… Navigation station seat.

 MAIN DC PANELBOARD……. 33-gang breaker switch panel. MAIN PANELBOARD LOCATION…… Navigation station

. METERS ON MAIN PANELBOARD…… (1) DC Volts, (1) DC Amperes. AUXILIARY DC PANELBOARD………. 11-gang breaker switch panel.

 AUX. PANELBOARD LOCATION……. Navigation station

. WIRING……. 600-volt boat cable.

Engine And Mechanical

• Isuzu 110 hp engine (2004)  1,000 hours

ZF Hurth transmission

1 ½ inch propeller shaft

• Three air conditioning units - 16,000 BTU each (Custom stainless units (2000))
• Two aluminum fuel tanks
•  head pumps and discharge hoses (2002) 
• Engine room totally redone and refitted and covered with new fire retardant insulation (2003)
• Starboard fuel tank, fuel intakes and lines installed (2002)
•  fuel polishing pump and Racor filter installed to service both fuel tanks (2002) 
• fuel distribution manifolds created and labeled (2002)
•  pumps and discharge hoses for heads (2002) 
• high water alarm installed (2002)
• engine shut off mechanical switch(2003)

Edson steering system - -cable and quadrant

w/40 inch destroyer type wheel

Plumbing

3 HEADS AND SHOWERS

Raritan manual toilets

• Three stainless steel water tanks (270 gallons)

Location of fresh water tanks – be=neath forward cabin sole

Water heater – 120 v electric

Holding tanks - -(2) BELOW CABIN SOLE – FIBERGLASS – (2) DECK PUMP OUT FITTINGS

Hull And Deck

Hull completely Awl gripped 2020

New anti-fouling paint 2020

TOERAIL… Treated teak on gunwales. …

SUPERSTRUCTURE…… Trunk cabins with cockpit coamings abaft amidships. LADDERS..…. (1) seven-step stainless re-boarding ladder with teak rungs extends approx. 24 inches below the waterline.

. PORTS..…… Aluminum-framed oval opening ports and fixed, oval portlights. VENTILATORS… Chromed scoops on teak Dorade boxes, stainless shell vent on transom and (2) stainless solar vents on aft deck hatch lenses.

 LIFELINES… Double plastic-sheathed stainless wire rope on stainless stanchions with side gates.

 BOW PULPIT….. Double stainless rail.

STERN PULPIT…Double stainless rail with amidships gate and outboard pad.

 GRAB RAILS.. Treated teak on coach roofs

. SCUPPERS… Bronze tapered plug valves.

CANVAS/COVERINGS/CUSHIONS.... Dark blue canvas cockpit Bimini and dodger with clear vinyl [Isinglass] enclosure, dark blue jib and staysail sun strips, dark blue mainsail pack, dark blue life raft cover and off-white canvas cover for steering pedestal.. BULKHEADS… Plywood. DECK CONSTRUCTION…….. Glass fiber reinforced plastic [

Hull & Deck Solid fiberglass hull construction. Cored fiberglass deck construction with teak decking overlay. The hull is molded with an integral internal flange. The deck is then bonded and bolted to the flange. The teak toe rail is also thru bolted further enhancing the integrity of the hull to deck connection. The lead ballast is installed within the hull structure eliminating the need for keel bolts and related potential water intrusion. The rudder and propeller are protected by a full length skeg.

Deck

• Bow anchor roller
• Transom mounted boarding ladder
• Two deck light prisms
• Full cockpit companionway dodger and cockpit Bimini

.Ground tackle - -

CQR plow w/ 5/16 chain

Danforth Aluminum fluke

SS anchor platform at bow

Windlass 0- Ideal vertical 12v DC

 Davits... Stainless dinghy davits at stern with manual tackle

NAVIGATION LIGHTS…. Single-unit red and green sidelights fixture on bow pulpit, stern light on after toe rail, masthead light just below lower spreaders and all-round and tri-color lights at masthead.

RUDDER(S)… hung from shaft and stepped on bronze gudgeon and pintel.

 THROUGH-HULL FITTINGS….. (2) two-inch bronze port and starboard aft [cockpit scuppers],  (1) 1 ½-inch on starboard abaft amidships [waste discharge], (1) bronze temperature probe on starboard abaft amidships, (1) 1 ½-inch bronze and (2) ¾- inch bronze on starboard forward of amidships [waste discharge and toilet inlets], (1) 1 ½-inch bronze on port forward [waste discharge], (2) 1 ½-inch and (1) 5/8-inch on port abaft amidships [waste discharge, toilet inlets]

. EXTERNAL STRAINERS……. Bronze clamshell on starboard abaft amidships, bronze clamshell on starboard forward of amidships and bronze clamshell on port abaft amidships [engine and A/C inlets].

 TRANSDUCER(S)…… ….. (1) leveled on starboard forward of amidships.

COCKPIT:

Center cockpit vessel with extra-long seating

Sails And Rigging

Cutter rigged with fully battened Main

Double spreader rig with rod rigging

Hydraulic back stay adjuster

Sails & Rigging

• Mast pulled, inspected and painted (2003)
• Re-ended rod rigging except headstay in 2003
• Navtec hydraulic boom vang and backstay
• Hood Seafurl genoa roller furling system
• Spinnaker pole painted (2002)
• Fully battened mainsail, Harken bat cars -Mack sail - 2016
• 140% Genoa -Mack sail – 2016
• Staysail, roller furling- Mack sail - 2016
• Storm Trysail
• 100% Yankee
• Spinnaker with sleeve

Running backstays for staysail deployment

Safety Equipment

• Avon 8-person life raft – NEEDS RE-INSPECTION
• Three dry chemical fire extinguishers
• Type II and Type III lifejackets
• Flares
• Extinguisher in the engine compartment

DEWATERING SYSTEM… (2) manual diaphragm pumps operate from cockpit and aft stateroom

Electric Rule 2000 GPH 12VDC submersible pump with Rule-a-Matic float switch.

 COMPASS……. 5 ½-inch Ritchie in stainless binnacle and 3 ¼-inch Ritchie Powerdamp in navigation station.

 HIGH WATER ALARM…. Audible alarm.

 FUME DETECTOR(S)… … Xintex S-1 propane sniffer.

SMOKE DETECTOR………. Night Hawk

CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR…... Xintex CMD-2

]. LIFE RAFT…….. Avon MK2 eight-person inflatable in fiberglass canister (needs new inspection)

RADAR REFLECTOR…… Rigged at port lower spreader.

. DECK LIGHT(S)……. Double spreader lights.

 MAN OVERBOARD COMPONENTS... Lifesling man-overboard rescue system.

2002/2003 Refit Highlights

• New Isuzu 110 hp engine
• Westerbeke 11 kw generator rebuilt to '0' hours
• Engine room totally redone with new fuel polishing pump and Racor filters, distribution manifolds and fire retardant insulation
• Teak deck renewed with new caulking and new bungs as needed
• Furuno radar checked, serviced and tuned
• Mast pulled, inspected and painted
• Some standing rigging renewed
• Starboard fuel tank, fuel intakes and lines installed
• New batteries
• New battery charger
• New head pumps and discharge hoses
• New printer and scanner at navigation station
• B&G navigation instruments repaired and fully operational
• Re-certified fire extinguishers
• Spinnaker pole painted and chain inboard hoist was replaced
• Bilges were painted with Awlgrip
• Cabin sole re-varnished
• New galley plumbing including faucets
• New hot water tank
• Completely new propane gas system
• New high water alarm
• New engine mechanical shut-off switch operated from helm
• Prop shaft replaced and rudder stuffing box service
• All sails serviced
• New hoses for engine and generator strainers, air conditioning, refrigeration and bilge pumps
• New bilge pumps
• New engine room fire extinguisher
• Algea X fuel filters for main engine and generator
• Steering system and autopilot systems checked and serviced
• Centerboard dropped, pin inspected and cable replaced
• New fuel tanks (95 gallons to port and 70 gallons to starboard)

Broker Comments

Owner’s personal effects are excluded from the sale

Vessel has benefited from two extensive refitsand. The owner has always employed professionals to care for the yacht and oversee the two major refits. All boat systems are well cared for, including A/C, generator and holding plate refrigeration. The exterior was repainted during the second refit, and again in 2017, and interior varnished where required. She has a nearly new main engine. She is fully equipped and prepared for offshore cruising.

OWNER COMMENTS

This vessel offers all the design benefits of a semi-custom Bristol yacht - classic styling, rugged construction, beautiful teak woodwork, shallow draft, excellent performance and very spacious interior layout. The yacht's sea kindly hull form performs well in a wide range of conditions and can be handled by a couple. Her custom keel centerboard, with only 5' 4” of draft (board up), assures access to thousands of harbors not available to most sailing yachts of similar size. The centerboard is only lowered to enhance on-the-wind performance. She can be sailed to windward without the board lowered and the yacht's stability is not reduced with the board raised.