Boats For Sale - Ketch

The Skye 51 is a sought-after ocean cruiser from the golden era of Taiwanese production — a Kaufman & Ladd design that has earned a strong following among serious offshore sailors. The centre cockpit, encapsulated lead keel and skeg-hung rudder give confidence for extended bluewater passages, while the ketch rig offers exceptional versatility and ease of handling for a shorthanded crew. It is no surprise the design has been described as an ideal choice for tradewind circumnavigators.

 Blue Zulu is a premium example. She received an extensive refit in 2016 with new engine, teak decks and standing rigging and was refreshed again in New Zealand with new electronics, batteries, solar and more. She is genuinely ready for offshore life: well-equipped, well-maintained, and well-documented with a full maintenance log.

 For off-grid passages, the package is hard to beat. 600W of solar with Victron MPPT controllers and a 1560Ah battery bank keep the watermaker, refrigeration and electronics running with ease. A Hydrovane windvane serves as a fully independent backup to the Raymarine autopilot. Starlink is already fitted for global connectivity underway.

Name................................................. Blue Zulu

Year........................................................... 1983

Builder................................... Mao Ta Shipyard

Designer............................. Kaufman and Ladd

LOA......................................................... 50’10”

LWL......................................................... 42’11”

Beam......................................................... 14’3”

Draft................................................................ 7’

Displacement................................... 38,708 lbs

Ballast.............................................. 15,500 lbs

Sail Area ............................................. 1260 ft2

Hull                                           Solid Fiberglass

Deck...................................... Cored Fiberglass

Steering.................................................. Wheel

Keel............. Modified Fin Keel - Encapsulated

Rudder............................................. Skeg hung

Fuel............................... 132 gals/500 l Approx

Water............................... 87 gals/330 l Approx

Hot Water................................................... Yes

Holding Tank.............................................. Yes

CONSTRUCTION

• Robust solid fiberglass hull
• Modified fin keel – encapsulated so no keel bolt worries.  Lead ballast
• Skeg hung rudder for maximum reliability

COCKPIT

• Center cockpit – a comfortable and safe location whether at sea or at anchor.
• Bimini and dodger
• Cockpit cushions

INTERIOR

• High quality teak joinery throughout in good condition.  It is too expensive to build boats like this anymore !
• Beautiful cavernous saloon with the galley and chart table an easy reach from the companionway.
• The saloon features a large table to starboard and settee to port. Lots of seating and storage.  Additional liquor storage in the saloon table.
• Substantial navigation station/office to starboard with additional electronics, a large chart table and the electrical controls.
• Superb large owner’s cabin aft with private head and … a separate shower !
• Forward of the saloon there is a guest cabin with a double bed and a fold down single.  Small settee and drawer storage.
• Forward again is the convenient guest head,
• And in the forepeak there is a bed for two more people or for a massive storage location.
• Massive bright engine room with access to all the key systems including inverters, the engine, watermaker, steering, many of the seacocks and more.  Includes storage mount for the outboard when at sea !
• Deck prisms for more natural light and dorades for ventilation in all conditions.
• Heater: Diesel heater (new 2023)

GALLEY

• Excellent seaworthy galley.
• Lots of storage and preparations space.
• Force 10 stove/oven (new 2023)
• Refrigeration:  Frigoboat thermostat 

MECHANICAL

• Yanmar 4JH4 TE with Yanmar SD60 saildrive 75 HP
• New in 2016 with 3469 hours
• Yanmar instruments with LCD and RPM, engine temperature and oil pressure.
• Saildrive seals replaced in 2025.
• Amazing engine room with excellent access from the interior or the cockpit.
• Automatic fire suppression system

ELECTRICAL + PLUMBING

• Batteries: 1560 amp-hrs of wet cell batteries (new in 2023)
• Solar: 600W with Victron MPPT controllers (new 2023)
• Yanmar alternator with Sterling Pro Alt C advanced charge controler
• Blue Sea Battery monitor – colour display
• Inverter: Victron Pure Sine Wave Phoenix 12/1200.
• Charger: Sterling Pro-Charger Ulra 40 amps – Global Charger – it will work worldwide !
• Sterling Automatic Crossover System.
• 220V wiring with NZ Warrant of Fitness (2023).  Can operate in North America using the global battery charger and inverter
• Watermaker: high efficiency Schneker Smart 30.

INSTRUMENTS

• New electronics suite installed 2023
• Raymarine Autopilot with colour control screen at the helm (2023)
• Raymarine Axiom Touch Screen (2023)
• Raymarine Digital Radar (2023)
• Raymarine ST60 instruments x 4– wind, speed, depth and more
• AIS: Comar CSB200 Class B Transmitter/Receiver.
• Chartable Chartplotter – Raymarine E80
• VHF: Icom IC-M423G with integral GPS and DSC
• Brass barometer and clock
• Sony Stereo

SAILS & CANVAS

• Ketch rigged – perfect for offshore with maximum versatility and easy performance.
• Fully battened mainsail with stackpack and lazy jacks
• Fully battened mizzen with stackpack and lazy jacks
• Jib on furler – 140% (new 2023) plus two spare jibs (one new in 2016 roughly 120% very high clew, one original roughly 160% very low clew and poor condition)
• Staysail which doubles as stormsail
• Symmetrical spinnaker – for those downwind trade wind days !

RIGGING

• Standing rigging replaced: 2016.
• Forestay Replaced August 2024
• Staysail stay on recessed Highfield lever.  Maximum flexibility – easy to rig when required otherwise it tucks out of the way.
• Cockpit, foredeck and masts have large self tailing winches including two powerful Barient 36’s (equivalent to a modern 64)
• Mast pulpits (aka Granny Bars) at the mast 
• Offshore rated spinnaker pole

DECK GEAR

• Windvane: Hydrovane self steering plus acts as an emergency rudder 
• Windlass:  mighty Lofrans Tigres
• Anchor: big Rocna 40kt – sleep well at night at anchor !
• Rode: 100m (330 ft !) of chain new in 2024. 
• Spare rode: 30m of chain
• Backup/Kedge anchor: Folding Fortress Anchor w/ rode

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• Tender: AB aluminum bottom RHIB – 2.7m with hyperlon tubes 2017.  With protective chaps and beaching wheels.  All ready for the tropics again.
• Outboard: Yamaha 15 – a sought-after reliable solution. Can be stored in the engine room at sea on its own bracket.
• Liferaft: Survitec 6 pax ISO Ocean standard with hydrostatic release (recently expired – Dec 2025)
• Fishing rod holder and fishing equipment.
• Full set of safety equipment for offshore passages including 2x EPIRB
• Very extensive collection of spares.

MAINTENANCE

• Last haul-out and anti-fouling: Last antifoul September 2024 Last H/O – May 2025
• Last zinc(s) change: Changed on saildrive in 2025, other zincs checked and not changed as in good condition.
• Last engine oil change: April 2026
• Teak decks – new in 2016 and lots of life left.
• Most of the seacocks and through hulls converted to composite Tru-Design – no more corrosion issues !
• Full maintenance log

 Listed by Max Shaw at the Port Sidney Marina location.

Designed by Philip Rhodes, whose boat Weatherly won the America’s Cup against Gretel in 1962 among numerous international awards, Temeraire was part of a small series of large motorsailer ketches built around the same lines that produced the well-known La Belle Sole series, Temeraire shares her underwater shape with Rhodes' celebrated racer-cruiser Thunderhead. She is a hull built for good performance under sail and not just comfort at anchor.

This heritage is evident on the water: Temeraire points close to the wind and moves well off it thanks to a flat run aft that most heavy centerboard ketches of her era do not share. Her centerboard draft opens up gunkholing and shoal anchorages that a deep-fin cruiser of this size could never consider while still giving her the stability and load-carrying volume of a full-keel steel yacht. Her ketch rig adds to that same easy, offshore-minded flexibility: sail area is divided across three more manageable sails rather than one or two large ones, so reducing canvas as weather builds is quick work, and she balances comfortably, or heaves-to, under the mizzen alone. Temeraire’s main mast and mizzen were set up for modern reefing, including a new mizzen boom by professional riggers. This included new furlers for both the genoa and staysail and an electric winch at the bottom of the main mast for the halyard/furling. 

At the same time new stainless steel fairlead blocks for the genoa and staysail, running backstays were lead back to the Barient coffee grinder 2 speed winch & a pair of winches on the aft deck for the staysail & running back stays.

There is an electric winch on the aft deck for handling the two furlers and the davits for the dinghy.  

The current owner has carried out one of the most extensive, best-documented restorations of any yacht in her class: structural steel deck and hull renewal, a repaint with Alexseal, a fully rebuilt rudder, rudder post, and stern tube, an overhauled main engine and transmission, and a comprehensive 2025/26 electrical rewire, all carried out to a consistent standard and recorded in detail year by year.

Below decks, her raised salon and wide windows, reached entirely by stairs rather than ladders, are unusual in a boat of this size and era, and a world away from the dark, low-ceilinged interiors common to yachts of her vintage. The galley is located low and at the turning point of the boat to reduce motion while sailing. Four distinct sleeping cabins, a forward VIP cabin/library, a V-berth, an aft guest cabin, and a private aft master suite with its own ensuite, give her real live-aboard and small-charter flexibility alongside a genuinely comfortable owner's layout.

Currently lying at a desirable marina in Brentwood Bay, BC with assumable moorage.

An amazingly robust and comfortable vessel for adventures whether cruising the Pacific Northwest or heading further afield, Temeraire is a rare opportunity to acquire a rugged, unusually well-documented offshore ketch with real sailing pedigree behind her comfort.

Name............ TEMERAIRE (ex Hanseatic II)

Year....................................................... 1970

Builder.... Krogerwerft, Kiel Canal, Germany

Designer.................................. Philip Rhodes

LOA...................................................... 64' 9"

LWL...................................................... 47' 6"

Beam.................................................... 17' 4"

Draft (board up / down)............. 5' 9" / 11' 6"

Displacement..................................... 54 tons

Hull............................... Corten steel, welded

Deck....... 3/16" welded steel, anti-slip epoxy

Steering............................................... Wheel

Keel...................... Full keel with centerboard

Rudder.................... Skeg-hung, rebuilt 2022

Fuel.................................. 450 gals (3 tanks)

Water................................ 450 gals (3 tanks)

Hot Water................................................ Yes

Holding Tank........................... Yes (2 tanks)

Registration..... US flag- Held by a Delaware LLC

CONSTRUCTION

• Built at the well-regarded Krogerwerft yard on Germany's Kiel Canal, later acquired by Lurssen and used to build the 115m superyacht Pelorus, among other notable vessels.
• Robust, go-anywhere construction throughout - Corten steel hull and superstructure, welded, with watertight bulkheads
• Full deck and structural steel replacement (2008/09): 3/16" wheel abrated steel including forward and aft trunks and cabin walls where deck meets hull, coated in anti-slip epoxy.  Supervised by the professional engineer owner whose previous career was engineering steel bridges !
• Multiple hull sections rebuilt below the waterline since 2008 (engine room, galley, V-berth, forward head, ¼ berth, chain locker, bow area), sandblasted and sheathed in structural fibreglass epoxy (Proset LAM 125 with 6 layers of 1208 biaxial fibreglass) to eliminate ongoing hull maintenance
• Stern tube replaced and rebuilt with fibreglass liner (2022) to eliminate corrosion
• Rudder, rudder post, and bearings rebuilt (2022)
• Full exterior repainted in Alexseal from the waterline up, including hull, topsides, main mast, mizzen, and booms (2008/09, topsides touched up 2025)
• High, solid bulwarks and safe, uncluttered upper decks

INTERIOR

• Old-world comfort with genuine ergonomic sense throughout: as comfortable as a home ashore, yet fully ready for worldwide adventures
• A few easy steps down into the raised salon, no ladders anywhere below; large windows and excellent sightlines to the outside, not some dark cave
• Large Raised Saloon – Great sightlines.  Comfortable settee to port, large navigation station with chart storage, and a desk to starboard.  Classic opening portlights with solid scuttles
• Day / guest head forward of the salon
• VIP guest cabin / library forward to port: queen berth, full-height hanging locker, full-height bookcase, and drawers
• V-berth forward, with a removable insert convertible between a queen and two separate berths, substantial storage, and access to the chain locker through a watertight bulkhead; private ensuite with shower
• Master suite aft for quiet and comfort, with cross ventilation: full island queen berth with generous storage on all sides, private ensuite with a Thinktank waterless toilet, and a separate shower area
• Guest cabin aft of the salon: single bunk with additional storage
• Teak and holly cabin sole throughout, with the exception of the main salon sole, which was refinished in 2025
• Heating: Dickinson Diesel Heater 
• Deck prisms throughout for natural light below

COCKPIT

• Large, secure enclosed centre cockpit with solid sides and opening doors; full four-season enclosure for adventures anywhere
• Comfortable settees with cushions
• Full engine controls in the cockpit, including bilge and lighting controls, Kobelt engine control, and jet thruster control
• Large wood binnacle with full instrumentation and a helm chair
• Separate radar enclosure finished in matching brightwork

GALLEY

• Professional sized galley with very extensive storage and preparation space only a few steps from the saloon
• Two independent fridge/freezers with a total of four front opening doors – lots of refrigeration space !
• Double stainless steel sinks
• Three-burner LPG stove and oven
• Magic Chef microwave

MECHANICAL

• Detroit Diesel 4-71 160 horsepower, overhauled 2019 (cylinders and liners replaced); 400 hours since rebuild
• Borg-Warner Transmission overhauled (2019)
• Complete, custom engine exhaust system replaced (2022), shortening the exhaust run from the original design
• Twin Racor filters for Detroit Diesel
• Northern Light 8 kW genset
• Drive shaft removed and inspected, bushings replaced, dripless shaft seal installed (2022)
• 48V jet bow thruster (2022) with dedicated charger and AGM battery bank; electric motor and pump sized for a stern thruster as well, though bow alone has proven sufficient
• Large, well-lit engine room with a fitted fire suppression system and clearly laid-out systems
• Emergency bilge pump with a clearly labelled manifold
• Massive dedicated charging alternator (rebuild in 2026)
• Bisset high-pressure air system (new 2026)
• Full engine and genset instrumentation also in the engine room

ELECTRICAL + PLUMBING

• House battery bank replaced (2025): two parallel 32-volt banks of four 8-volt batteries (2 x 175Ah = 340Ah at 32V / approx. 11,000 Wh)
• New 12-volt alternator for the engine starting batteries (2022); 32-volt house alternator completely rebuilt with an updated voltage regulator (2026)
• Outback inverter/charger for 32 volt house bank
• Pro-Tournament 360 dedicated thruster charger and a Xantrex Tru-Charge 2 charger for genset & main starting battery 
• Comprehensive rewire (2025/26): bilge pumps re-plumbed with new wiring and switches, binnacle and cockpit instruments and the 12-volt ignition system rewired, mast rewired, all lighting upgraded to LED, 110-volt circuits redistributed to balance inverter loads, additional inverter breakers added for fridges, outlets, and galley appliances
• Grey water tank pump replaced with a new Gulpher pump (2026)
• Approximately 90% of hoses throughout the boat replaced (2026)
• Northern Lights 8kW genset
• Watermaker: Plumbing in place but old watermaker was removed

INSTRUMENTS

• Garmin 4200 navigation system: GPS, satellite weather, and depth
• Standard Horizon GX2400 GPS/VHF/AIS radio (2024)
• Robertson AP200 sail autopilot controller with wired remote
• Radar: Furuno
• Weems and Plath barometer

SAILS & CANVAS

• Ketch rig offers an easily divided, more manageable sail plan for offshore work, with the option to balance or heave-to under mizzen alone
• Ketch rig carrying genoa, staysail, and mizzen, all North Sails (2010), light use in Pacific Northwest conditions since
• Furlex staysail furler (2008/09); new Harken genoa furler and forestay (2018)
• New furling gear for the mainsail, both first and second reefs (2018)
• New tarpaulins, third full set since current ownership (2025)
• Sails well balanced under a three-sail plan; fastest with the main double-reefed with 2 foresails and mizzen, per current owner

RIGGING

• Extensive Harken and other premium rigging
• Electric Lewmar 54 winch at the main mast, for easy hoisting and reefing
• Two speed Barient coffee grinder winch on the aft deck for genoa 
• Custom stainless fairleads fabricated for the genoa coffee-grinder winch and for the staysail and staysail running backstays (2025)
• Stainless steel mast pulpit at the main mast
• Custom aluminum mizzen boom fabricated (2018) with furling lines
• Electric winch on aft deck for furlers and hoisting dinghy on davits
• Standing and running rigging for genoa, staysail, and mizzen brought up to date, along with main furling rigging (Extensively redesigned and updated by Blackline 2018 to 2022).

DECK

• High, solid bulwarks and safe, uncluttered upper decks
• Welded steel decks with anti-slip epoxy coating: watertight and straightforward to maintain
• Large foredeck with easy access to the V-berth
• Massive "Ideal" anchor windlass with a separate capstan, chain gypsy, and bitts; 
• Primary anchor 80 lb CQR with 300’ of chain plus backup 80 CQR with rope rode.
• Windlass motors and foot switch replaced (2026)
• Dorades throughout with teak dorade boxes and stainless steel guides
• Gleaming, immaculate brightwork throughout, with dedicated covers plus a full winter cover for the entire boat

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• New 13 ft inflatable dinghy (2025) with a 9.9 hp four-stroke Honda outboard (2018), on stainless steel davits
• DBC 6-person liferaft aboard (not in date)
• Full set of original design blueprints available through the owner; originals archived at the Mystic Seaport Museum, Philip Rhodes collection

MAINTENANCE

• Near-continuous, fully documented owner refit programme, 2008 to 2026: structural steel deck and hull renewal, engine and transmission overhaul, rudder, rudder post and stern tube rebuild, and a major 2025/26 electrical rewire

Listed by Max Shaw