$88,895 1996 Seabird Custom Boat for Sale in Tobermory, Ontario for sale

Seabird 1896 William Fife gaff rigged 39 feet sailboat. five feet. 5 ins. draft 8ft. 6 ins. Beam. She weighs 8,500 lbs dry and the lead keel is almost 40% of the weight. She is similar to an R boat but a little wider and looks and performs like a six or an 8 meter. What is extremely rare about this boat is she was probably 1 of the 1st fin keeled boats ever built. When built there was no engine in her but in the 40s or 50s a hole was cut in her for an outboard (in the port cockpit seat) we installed an inboard diesel during the restoration. She has inboard sheeting for upwind performance and will point as high as any modern racer. When sailing of wind you use the outboard sheeting. There are 2 sets of sheets on the boat. She has 2 running backstays lead to 2 winches in cockpit. All the halyards are lead aft on cabin top to winches. There are 8 sets of winches on the boats, 2 for the fore sail, 2 for the runners and 4 for the cockpit sheeting. For more details about the history and restoration of this sailboat see the owner’s website: Seabird 1896 Yacht Story: (https://seabirdyacht.wordpress.com/). Mahogany 1- 1/8 Th. planking Built in Scotland 1895-6. Boat professionally restored 1989 to 1996 and is kept inside in the off season and has been maintained to very high standards since the restoration. She also has a tandem trailer. Mahogany 1- 1/8 th. planking Stainless steel fasteners pre-owned throughout in restoration 8 ft 6ins wide Fin keel (lead) removed and reinstalled with new keel bolts Spade rudder composite, marine ply, encapsulated with glass and epoxy Stainless shaft Wooden spars and hoops Sitka Spruce mast and Douglas fir boom and Ash mast hoops 2 sails, main /jib. (Taylor) BMW D seven Diesel; Type D7H06T1-151B Engine serial no, 58108XXXXXX Engine has generator for charging battery Wheel steering. fourteen ins. Quadrant (¼ ins cable steering) Toilet / 30 gallon glass holding tank Galley / stainless sink / hand pump Aluminium seven ½ gal fuel tank one way anti siphon valve and shutoff Engine muffler / rubber, fastened inside transom Two 2 ins cockpit drains 5 bottom thru hulls stainless ball and Teflon seating Engine intake and toilet intake Cockpit drains and galley drain Automatic bilge pump (wired and fused direct to battery) Seven 12 v cabin lamps plus one 12 v outlet One 12 v battery (Nautilus) new with Perko twelve volt master shutoff