Wooden Ships Comments on this Kim Holman Landfall Ketch Designed by Kim Holman and built by Whisstocks of Woodbridge in 1972. The last of 7 boats known as the Landfall ketch, they were designed as comfortable yet capable passage makers and built to a high standard with good quality materials. She is not an old boat and has only had 3 owners, with a major refit in. Her cruising grounds have been the east coast, North Sea, English Channel and Northern France, but the Landfall has been proven as a good offshore boat for comfortable live aboard cruising and she could easily be taken further afield if desired. Of particular note is her shallow draft, at less than 5' she is able to access cruising areas off limits to most boats of her size. Long list of recent work done between 2017 and now, including replacement of some planking and decking due to fresh water ingress. A very comfortable and well found yacht with excellent pedigree and a well documented history of maintenance. Priced very low as the owner is moving abroad and needs the boat sold this summer. Length Overall 40'4" Length on Deck 40'4" Beam 11'2" Draft 4'11" Thames Tonnage 17TM Construction Carvel planked in Iroko all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak frames Massive sawn wooden floors, believed to be oak, across the centreline External iron ballast keel Yacht laid teak deck glued to a plywood subdeck with no through fastenings to allow water ingress. Painted toe rail with a varnished capping rail all round. Galvanised stanchions with stainless guard wires. Varnished Iroko coamings with aluminium framed windows. Epoxy sheathed plywood coachroof deck with varnished teak handrails and dorade boxes. Sun lounge cushions fitted to the coachroof. Deep self draining cockpit with separate space for the crew and helmsman, separated by a bridge deck through which the mizzen mast is stepped. Deep lockers either side with varnished Iroko thwarts. Scrubbed teak gratings. 2018 refit included some replacement of topsides planking and some new areas of deck where necessary. Rig Bermudan ketch rig on gold anodised aluminium spars. Deck stepped main mast and keel stepped mizzen mast. Alloy z-spars slab reefing booms fitted 1997. Alloy spinnaker pole. Stainless steel standing rigging new in 1997 to internal galvanised chain plates. Roller furling genoa, furling system fitted in 1997. Pair of Lewmar 48 self tailing sheet winches on cockpit coamings Pair of halyard winches at the mast including a new Andersen 28 self tailing Mainsail, mizzen and genoa by Suffolk Sails in good condition. Mizzen staysail and older genoa included. Machinery Perkins 43hp 4cylinder marine diesel fitted new in 1997. New injectors 2003. New exhaust system 2017. Single lever controls to the gearbox with a stainless shaft to a centreline 3 blade Brunton Autoprop H5 propeller. New cutlass bearing 2017. Shaft brake fitted. 160 litres of diesel in 2 separate stainless tanks either side of the cockpit. Vetus 80kw 2000 electric bow thruster New batteries 2016. 1 dedicated start battery, 2 x domestic batteries and 2 x bow thruster batteries. Batteries charged from engine alternator or shore power system with a Merlin 240v charger. Calorifier hot water tank run from the engine or the 240v supply. Accommodation 5 berths including 2 doubles. Doghouse has a pilot seat each side with full standing headroom over the engine box. Steps down into the main saloon with the galley to port and chart desk to starboard. Galley has a Neptune 4500 gimballed 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single deep stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water. Isotherm Cruise 49 12 volt fridge located opposite the galley. Ample storage space for domestic equipment in lockers and shelves around the galley. Chart desk faces outboard and lifts to access a single pilot berth. Chart stowage beneath the desk and electronic instruments to hand. Half height bulkheads with vertical grab rails separate off the main saloon. Port side U-shaped settee converts to a double berth. Single settee berth to starboard. Centreline dropleaf varnished saloon table seats 6 people comfortably. Starboard side passageway going forward. Heads compartment bi-fold door comes back to close off the passageway entirely and make a large private space. Blakes manual sea toilet to port, discharges directly overboard. New seals on heads and new seacocks 2018. To starboard is a stainless hand basin and storage space. Forward into the fore cabin with a large double V-berth and plenty of storage space. Full headroom beneath the coachroof, hatch above for access. 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