Classic Kim Holman Landfall Class Ketch for sale in Devon United Kingdom

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Kim Holman Landfall ketch built by Whisstocks Boatyard Ltd, Suffolk, UK in 1958.

She was the first yacht of 6 built to this Kim Holman design and gave her name to the class. Built for Claude Whisstock, the owner of the boat yard, she was therefore the ‘boss’s boat’ and would have been built with a little extra care and attention. Owned by Whisstock for 25 years, she then had another long ownership before being given a major refit between 1998 and 2004.

Bought by the previous owners in 2006 and sailed to Devon where she was modified and prepared for long distance cruising and live aboard sailing. After cruising the West country in 2007, the then owners departed in 2008 for a 15 year cruise, arriving back in the UK in 2023. Their cruise took them south to the Cape Verdes, across the Atlantic to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina before travelling north through the western Caribbean, into Cuba, USA and Canada before heading home via the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Azores. The voyage covered 29,000Nm with over 400 anchorages and moorings.

The boat has behaved impeccably throughout that period and has never gave any cause for concern. She was a comfortable and safe cruising home, easily handled by her 2 crew in all conditions and much admired wherever she went.

Sold in February 2024 to the current owner, refit work was carried out to remedy issues highlighted in the 2023 survey and the boat sailed to her new home in Dorset. Unexpectedly back on the market after only one season due to personal circumstances of the owner, this is a great opportunity for someone to acquire a spacious, capable and comfortable cruising yacht with great pedigree and provenance.

Full survey report available from November 2023 along with a list of actions taken since to satisfy the insurance company.

Specifications

• Length on Deck: 38’ / 11.6m
• Length Overall: 42’ / 12.8m
• Length Waterline: 31’8” / 9.7m
• Beam: 11’2” / 3.4m
• Draft: 5’6” / 1.67m
• Thames Tonnage: 16TM
• Displacement: 14.6 tons

Construction Hull

Carvel planked in 1 1/8” iroko fastened with copper rivets to steam bent oak timbers.

Garboards renewed in 2020 using angelique. Hull recaulked in 2013. Underwater hull stripped to bare wood and re-painted in 2024.

Sawn oak floors across the centreline with some bronze strap floors in the ends of the hull.

Professional repairs to floors and mast step to remedy surveyor comments.

External iron ballast keel of 4.25 tons. Keel bolts were fitted in 2000, wrought iron bolts coated in epoxy.

Some internal lead trimming ballast.

Deck and Cockpit

Deck laid in 1” plywood on larch deck beams, sheathed in Cascover then overlaid with a teak deck. Painted toe rail all round with an oiled iroko capping. Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guard rails.

Self draining cockpit split into 2 parts for the helms person and crew. Oiled iroko coamings and varnished teak thwarts with lockers below.

Wheel steering with cables to the rudder quadrant. Cables adjusted and greased this season.

Teak gas box on the aft deck.

Superstructure

Superstructure has a coachroof with a raised doghouse aft giving protection to the cockpit and companion hatch.

Iroko coamings finished in white paint with chromed bronze port lights and windows.

Coachroof deck of GRP sheathed 1” plywood. Chromed bronze dorade vents on the coachroof.

Rig

Bermudan ketch rig on keel spruce masts.

Main mast is a built hollow section and the mizzen is solid.

Spruce slab reefing main boom. New mizzen boom. Douglas Fir bowsprit.

Most spars are finished in oil not varnish so are easier to maintain.

Stainless steel standing rigging from 2003 to internal galvanised chain plates.

Seafurl 3250 roller furling headsail system for the jib.

Self tacking staysail for easy handling.

Sails

Full suit of working sails and storm sails mostly from 2003. Full details in the inventory list below. Working sails professionally serviced in 2023.

Winches

• Gibb Sheetmaster cockpit sheet winches.
• Antal W8 cockpit jib furling winch.
• Pair of mast winches.

Machinery Engine

Perkins 4,236 80hp diesel completely rebuilt in 2000.

Engine serviced 2024. New stainless steel heat exchanger, starter motor and water pump in recent years.

Borg Warner Velvet Drive gearbox to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. Cruising speed of 5 knots, max speed of 7 knots.

Fuel consumption of 1.5l/hr – 2.5l/hr.

Tanks

• New fuel tanks 2021. 2 x 135 litre aluminium tanks.
• 300 litre galvanised water tank under the saloon sole. Separate 100 litre flexible tank.

Batteries and Electrics

• 1 x 12 volt engine start battery. 4 x 6 volt domestic batteries.
• Charging via 130 amp engine alternator or shore power system with 240/110 volt battery charger. Solar panel with regulator for trickle charging.

Systems

2 x manual bilge pumps and 1 x auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation Berths and Headroom

6 berths including 2 quarter berths, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 single berths in the forecabin which can be converted to a double.

6’ headroom through the cabin.

General Description

Steps down from the cockpit into the doghouse with a seat either side and a quarter berth outboard under the side decks.

Half height bulkheads and vertical grab rails with steps down from the doghouse.

Galley to port and chart desk to starboard.

Chart desk is half admiralty size and faces outboard with instruments under the side deck.

Bulkhead with bi-fold mahogany doors into the saloon.

Port and starboard saloon settee berths with storage beneath and behind. Dropleaf mahogany saloon table offset to port. Varnished sole boards and coamings with white painted deckhead.

Original joinery with lockers either side at the forward end of the saloon.

Pair of original mahogany doors at forward end of saloon, port side into the heads and starboard side into the forecabin.

Forecabin has 2 large single V-berths with an infill piece to create a large double for use in harbour. Original fold down net shelves either side with varnished mahogany slats on the hull. Forehatch above the berth.

Galley

L-shaped galley with a Nelson Spinflo 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. New gas pipe work. Twin stainless sink with pressurised water. Plumbing in place for a hot water system but no calorifier tank. 12 volt fridge locker under the chart desk.

Heads

Heads compartment has a new Lavac sea toilet that discharges directly overboard. Stainless hand basin. The heads has a second door from the forecabin making that cabin an ensuite.

Equipment

• Sestrel SIRS Navigation Major II steering compass
• B&G sounder
• B&G log
• Anemometer (needs repair/replacement)
• Handheld Plastimo Echofish 300
• ICOM IC-M56 VHF
• ICOM IC-M71 handheld VHF radio
• AIS Quark QK-A024/026
• Raymarine SmartPilot S1 autopilot
• Hydrovane VXA2 M/H/E wind vane steering system
• Iridium 9555 satellite phone with red box optimizer
• B&G GPS/plotter needs repair/replacement
• Superior Offshore Stream 4 person liferaft, new 2023. Service due 2026
• 4 x life jackets
• 1 x lifebuoy
• EPIRB
• Flare pack in date
• Danbuoy with lifebuoy and light
• MOB Lifesling recovery buoy
• Emergency VHF antenna
• Global 12 sea anchor
• Jack stays
• Bolt cutters
• Emergency tiller
• 3 x Fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• 2 x Gusher Titan 30 manual bilge pumps
• Whale auto electric bilge pump
• Radar reflector
• 45lb CQR anchor
• 75m x 10mm chain
• Lofrans Tigres TG electric anchor windlass
• 20kg Delta kedge anchor. 6m x 10mm chain + 44m x 18mm warp
• Danforth 25lb kedge anchor
• 29kg angel weight
• Anchor buoy with line
• Mooring warps
• Fenders
• Anchor ball
• Bunk and berth cushions
• Cabin paraffin lamps
• Nelson Spinflo gas cooker
• Twin stainless steel galley sink
• 12 volt refrigerated locker
• Galley equipment
• Stainless steel heads hand basin
• Baby Blake sea toilet
• Various gas bottles
• Spare fuel jerry cans
• 4 x 6 volt AGM domestic batteries, total 400ah
• 1 x 12 volt AGM 105ah engine start battery
• Engine spares
• Dolphin Premium 15 amp 240 volt battery charger
• Shore power system with cable (240 and 110 volt capable)
• 2 x Kyocera 40W solar panels
• Aquair 100 wind and water generator with spare impeller

Sails Condition

• Mainsail 298sqft pre 2006 Fair condition
• Mizzen 96sqft Fair condition
• Jib 236sqft 2003 Good condition
• Staysail 124sqft 2003 Good condition
• Cruising chute 2007 Excellent condition
• Mizzen staysail 245sqft Good condition
• Trysail 108sqft Good condition
• Storm jib 74sqft 2003 Good condition
• Spare mainsail Good condition (needs altering)
• Seafurl 3250 roller furling headsail system
• Alloy spinnaker pole
• Mainsail, mizzen and staysail covers
• Dodgers
• Sprayhood
• Cockpit bimini cover
• Anchor windlass cover
• Forehatch cover
• Skylight cover
• Bowsprit sun cover

Dinghy and Equipment

• GRP pram dinghy with oars and rig
• Lehr propane 2.5hp outboard motor
• Deck brush
• Bucket
• Boarding/swim ladder
• Boat hook
• Davey Grabit boat hook