1961 Peter Duck Ketch

• Wood carvel construction
• Iroko on oak (all believed sound and free of softness or rot)
• Coachroof, decks and hull below the waterline all Cascover sheathed
• Long keel with cast iron ballast
• Transom hung rudder
• Self draining aft cockpit with lots of locker space
• Decks and coachroof cream with wood trim
• Hull topsides painted in black Teamac Bitumastic (thus reflecting traditional working boats such as East Coast sailing barges and Broads wherries)
• Antifouled in black International Micron 350 July 2019
• Keel bolts inspected visually Nov 2107 and deemed satisfactory
• No recent survey report (although thoroughly inspected by current owner, a Master Mariner, prior to his purchase in Nov 2017)
• Gross tonnage : 7.85

• Volvo Penta MD2002 inboard diesel engine (serviced February 2020)
• Engine winterised and serviced professionally under current ownership
• Shaft drive to 3 blade prop
• 200 litre steel fuel tank
• Starting handle for manual start when no power available
• Single lever control
• Tiller steering
• Volvo Penta engine instrumentation panel in cockpit (hours counter not working)
• Various engine spares
• 2 x 12V batteries (1 x 90Ahr and 1 x 75Ahr)
• 1/2/both/off battery selector switch
• Small solar panel
• Voltage monitoring panels for both batteries at chart table (to assist with trickle charging as solar panel can be switched to charge either bank)

• Bermudan masthead ketch rig
• Wood masts (new main and mizzen masts 2011 by Dan Tester of Faversham, Kent) and spars (in very good condition)
• Main mast deck stepped in galvanised tabernacle
• Mizzen mast deck stepped in cockpit
• Stainless steel standing rigging renewed 2011
• Running rigging all in very good or new condition
• 2 x sheet winches
• Jib (tan, good serviceable condition) on roller furling gear
• Slab reefing mainsail (tan, good serviceable condition, single set of reefing points)
• Mizzen sail (tan, good serviceable condition)
• Spinnaker
• Old sails (main, mizzen and hank-on jib)
• Sail covers for both main and mizzen

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• Light, bright interior with white cabin sides/bulkheads and deckhead, and varnished beams and trim
• Upholstery in excellent condition (forecabin cushions in storage at time of photographing)
• Partial bulkhead separating navigation (to starboard) and galley (to port) areas from main saloon
• Saloon with 2 x settee berths (storage under, plus lockers and shelves over)
• Mahogany saloon table
• Forecabin with 2 further single berths (storage shelves and lockers under)
• Galley comprises gas stove (2 burners, grill & oven, not used by vendor), stainless sink (cold supply) and dedicated stowage plus worktop
• Various pots, pans, crockery, etc.
• 200 litre steel freshwater tank
• 2 x Calor gas cylinders (not full, housed in cockpit locker)
• Chart table with chart rack
• Taylor’s cabin heater with dedicated paraffin tank (temporarily converted by previous owner to take a gas canister for easy/instant use, original Taylor’s parts and burner included in sale, heater not used by vendor)
• Heads compartment with sea toilet (no holding tank), stainless bowl sink (pressurised cold supply) and stowage
• 12V outlets (cigarette lighter sockets, screw terminal & 2 pin DIN types) throughout
• 12V cabin light (some with LED bulbs)
• Gimballed oil lamp
• Drawer under bottom companionway steps used for rubbish storage
• Floor coverings where fitted
• Dorade and mushroom vents throughout interior
• Good standing headroom throughout
• Good handholds and grab rails throughout

Navigation Equipment

• Navigation lights
• LED anchor light
• Sestrel bulkhead compass (dual sided) with LED bulb for night use
• Seafarer Seavoice 550 VHF radio
• Masthead VHF antenna
• Garmin 72 handheld GPS
• Traditional Brookes and Gatehouse (B&G) instruments
• B&G depth sounder (repeater in cockpit)
• B&G speed/log (repeaters in cockpit)
• Autohelm
• Clock and barometer
• Emergency VHF antenna
• 12V portable searchlight (can also be powered by rechargeable battery)
• Rechargeable torch with spare battery and charger

Safety Equipment

• 12V auto bilge pump (2018)
• Manual bilge pump
• Pilot gas alarm
• Fire extinguishers and fire blanket
• Various lifejackets
• Danbuoy
• Lifebuoy
• Stainless steel pushpit rails
• Stainless steel pilot rails (2018) and wooden handrails on coachroof

Deck Equipment

• Simpson Lawrence manual windlass
• Twin single bowrollers
• 35lb CQR anchor and chain
• Fisherman’s anchor
• Foul weather seat (slots in companionway for use with Autohelm)
• Corner seats for cockpit
• Cockpit cushions
• Wooden cockpit table
• Mast crutch (plus further metal mast supports which can also be used to support a cockpit canopy when mast is unstepped)
• Overall summer cover (2020)
• 2 part boom tent
• 3 part winter cover
• Various warps
• Various fenders

Tender

• Avon Standard 3 person inflatable dinghy
• Pair of paddles
• Pump for inflating dinghy

Famous for having originally been designed for English author Arthur Ransome (‘Peter Duck’ being the third book in his Swallows and Amazons series), the Peter Duck Ketch is an attractive and unashamedly traditional motor sailer designed to take you almost anywhere! Having cruised the UK and mainland Europe with her previous owner, this example was purchased in Aberystwyth Harbour by the current owner in November 2017 and returned to her county of origin (having been built locally at Wroxham) by road for further adventures and some sympathetic renovation works. Understood to be in good structural order with a sound hull (free from softness and rot), and with a number of works and improvements carried out under the current ownership, the vendor has now regretfully decided to downsize for local sailing and this delightful East Coast classic is therefore looking for a new owner. She is equally suited to returning to sea for long term/extended cruising, or alternatively, as a motor sailer with a draft of just 3ft 7in and an air draft of only 7ft, for use under motor alone locally here on the Norfolk Broads. Offering lots of potential, she is sensibly priced for a quick sale.

This vessel is British Part 1 registered.