TAOS 41 KELANI KETCH

Good quality fittings on deck and a deep and safe feeling cockpit with good size lazarettes. Descending the companionway steps, the galley is set to port with the engine box opposite this along the centre line of the boat. This creates a secure feel when working at the galley and also results in excellent all-round engine access. 

A very well equipped chart table is to starboard, aft of which is a heads/shower compartment and the doorway into the full width aft cabin, which contains two generous sized single berths. The large saloon is forward of the galley/nav area, and as well as seating for guests around the table, the large settees also make good sea-berths whilst on passage. There is an additional passage berth above the port saloon settee and the starboard settee converts to a double. 

Forward of the saloon is a large heads/shower compartment and forward of this a double cabin with access to the chain locker. There is excellent stowage throughout the yacht, as you would expect from a boat of this calibre. She has a very solid and traditional feel about her, both above and below decks. 

Price: 100,000 euros
(VAT exempt)

Make
BUILDER / DESIGNER - Taos Yacht Co Ltd / Van der Stadt
MAKE / MODEL - Taos 41 Kelani Ketch
DATE BUILT - 1981
REGISTRATION / FLAG - British

Specifications
LOA - 12.5m
BEAM - 3.84m
DRAFT - 2.13m
KEEL TYPE - Displacement skeg with lead foot understood to be 4.5+ tons
DISPLACEMENT – Gross and Registered Tonnage 16.31
BALLAST - External lead 4.5+ tons
EPOXY TREATED - No - October 2006 Certificate that no osmosis for last 8 years
CONSTRUCTION - GRP with solid teak decks
COCKPIT - Aft
STEERING - Wagner hydraulic

Engine
MAKE - Volvo Penta
MODEL - MD21A
HP - 61hp (45.51 kW)
DATE INSTALLED - Manufactured 1978, installed 1981, rebuilt 2005
GEARBOX - Volvo Penta
COOLING SYSTEM - Fresh water with salt water heat exchanger
NO. OF CYLINDERS - 4
ENGINE HOURS - 185.6 hours since extensive rebuild
PROPELLER - 3 bladed bronze
SHAFT / SAIL DRIVE - Shaft supported by P bracket
OTHER - Heavy duty alternator

Tankage
WATER TANK - 4 large GRP tanks under saloon believed to exceed 110 gallons
DIESEL TANK - new stainless steel tanks believed to be 450 litres
OTHER - Several possible locations for installation of grey water tanks

Electrical System
BATTERIES DOMESTIC - x 2
DATE NEW - 2006
BATTERIES ENGINE - x 1         
DATE NEW - 2006
VOLTAGE - 12v
ALTERNATORS - Engine mounted heavy duty
BATTERY CHARGER - New 2006
BATTERY MONITOR - New 2006
SHORE POWER - 240v AC system extending along port side with 13amp sockets protected by circuit breakers and earth leakage circuit breaker
INVERTER - 240v AC in chart table for navigational computer
SOLAR PANELS / WIND GENERATOR - Small solar panel built into fan for forward heads
OTHER - Battery charger balances input to the three batteries

Navigation Equipment
LOG / SPEED - B&G
GPS - Commercial GPS on nav bulkhead
VHF - Sailor, serviced recently by Mantsbrite of Maldon, Essex
AUTOPILOT / SELF STEERING - Installed but not used
ECHO SOUNDER - Yes on nav bulkhead
CHART PLOTTER - Yes, via computer
WIND INDICATOR - Telltales in rigging
COMPASS - Main in cockpit secondary in saloon
OTHER - Marinised screen over chart table driven by built-in computer loaded with extensive nav programmes for Eastern Med, very large inventory of admiralty charts, matching clock and barometer in brass mountings on nav bulkhead.

Anchors / Warps
ELECTRIC WINDLASS - Yes
BOW ANCHOR - x 2
KEDGE ANCHOR - x 1
OTHER - Samson post for bow warps. Amidships COONEY cleats for Port and Starboard warps, further COONEY cleats on transom for stern warps
 
Rig and Sails
TYPE - Bermudan Ketch
MAST CONSTRUCTION - Extruded aluminium alloy with white finish. All stainless steel rivets were replaced during recent refit
STANDING RIGGING - All stainless steel, mainmast shrouds 10mm, baby stay and mizzen shrouds 7mm, and inner shrouds 6mm
MAINSAIL REEFING - Slab
GENOA FURLING SYSTEM -Yes, controlled by stainless steel wire supported by the bottom of port stanchions and controlled by a cockpit winch
MAINSAIL - By LUCAS. Battened 40ft 7in x 11ft 6in
GENOAS - No 1 furling genoa by LUCAS 41 ft x 24ft 3in
STORM JIB - No 2 furling genoa (unused) by LUCAS 36ft 6in x 23ft
TRYSAIL - Staysail probably by LUCAS. Unused but with a small stained area
CRUISING CHUTE / SPINNAKER - Unused. Team Sails with green, yellow and white horizontal panels
OTHER - Mizzen by LUCAS 33ft 6in x 8ft with slab reefing

Winches
PRIMARY - x 4 GIBBS on mainmast, x 4 GIBBS on mizzen
OTHER - x 2 large GIBBS for genoa sheets and x 2 smaller for mizzen sheets on side of cockpit together with the genoa furling winch
Cooney cleats on cockpit coaming, two large for genoa sheets and two small for mizzen

Accommodation
BERTHS - 8
CABINS - x 2 plus saloon. Forecabin with optional V or double berth, stern cabin with two large berths, saloon with pilot berth to starboard over single berth and optional single or double berth to port
TOILETS - x 2 with electrical pumps/macerators. Wash basin, mirror and medicine cabinet in forward heads together with hanging wardrobe and safe
SHOWERS - x 2 cold fresh water
OTHER - Second hanging wardrobe in saloon, many built in cupboards throughout, internal woodwork in teak, satin wood and ebony.  Large folding table in saloon made of solid satin wood and comfortably seating 6

Domestic Inventory & Equipment
REFRIGERATION - 12v dc fridge with icebox
COOKER - Gas cooker with two rings protected by fiddles, grill and oven
PRESSURISED WATER SYSTEM - Electrical pump operating the whole fresh water system but with cut-out over sink
MANUAL WATER SYSTEM - Auxiliary knee-operable system
HOT & COLD – Cold only
HEATING SYSTEM - Ac electric fan heater
GALLEY EQUIPMENT - Usual cutlery, pots, pans and crockery
GAS BOTTLES - 2x 32lb calor or similar stowed in lazarette
OTHER - Air circulation fans in forward heads and saloon, both new in 2007

Safety Equipment
BILGE PUMPS - Electric with automatic switch and manual
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - x 3
FIRE BLANKET -x 1
LIFE JACKETS - x 2 – [several self-inflating by separate arrangement]
HARNESSES - x 2
LIFEBUOY - x 2 ‘U’ shape with lights mounted on cockpit
DANBUOY - Yes
LIFE RAFT - 6 man in GRP casing mounted on starboard pushpit, new in 2006
RADAR REFLECTOR - FIRDELL
FIRST AID KIT - Extensive
EPIRB - Yes
OTHER - Gas cut-out valve in lazarette, earth leakage circuit breaker in shorepower circuit, port and starboard safety straps are mounted along the deck for attachment of harnesses

Deck Equipment
DINGHY - TBA
OUTBOARD ENGINE - 8hp
TENT - High quality green cover which also serves as sun awning
SPRAY HOOD - Yes, folds flat on deck
FENDERS - x 9
WARPS - Several including 2006 heavy duty stern warps with chains
DIESEL CONTAINERS - x 1
BOARDING LADDER - Stainless steel folding ladder mounted on transom extensible below water line
OTHER - Paserelle from transom mounting to shore, petrol tank for outboard kept in lazarette, spinnaker pole

All information given in good faith but without guarantee.