Particulars
- See This Boat's Main Listing on the Web
- Length:
- 27 ft
- Type:
- Power
- Hull Material:
- Wood
- Designer:
- Bill Garden
- Builder:
- George Fryatt
- Year Built:
- 1995
- Power:
- 70hp Isuzu Inboard Diesel
- Asking Price:
- $62,000
- Name:
- KISMET
- Location:
- Brooklin, ME, US
- Contact Name:
- Alec Brainerd - Artisan Boatworks
- Contact Phone:
- (207) 337-9812
- Contact Email:
- info@artisanboatworks.com
Off Center Harbor's Remarks
We have loved this design ever since we saw naval architect Bill Garden sketch her out on a napkin. Without doubt, West Coast boats have a charm all their own, but it would take a spatial genius like Garden to lay out a 27’ boat that feels so roomy below, even to six-footers. Because she has been so lightly used over her relatively short life span, was built of first-class materials, and was in the hands of owners who knew how to keep her right, she is quite a bargain.
Description from Boat's Main Listing
KISMET is a wonderful little cruiser based on the commercial salmon trailers of the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1995 by George Fryatt of Vancouver BC to William Garden’s POLLYWOG design, of which at least two other examples have been built.
Maynard Bray wrote a thorough review of the design in WoodenBoat Magazine #119, in which he describes her as such: “Like her progenitors she’s not speedy, but she’ll have their seakindly ways. She is thoroughly practical for a crew of two at all times, with space for sleeping guests on the 6-foot double berth formed by converting the pilothouse dinette. There’s a basic galley opposite the dinette, plus good steering stations below deck and on deck over the engine box. Below, forward are V-berths with an enclosed toilet between. At the after end of the pilothouse, on the port side, is a hanging locker. A combination heating and cooking stove is part of the galley; and in KISMET’s case this is a charming little solid fuel stove with a single alcohol burner. Altogether, this is a snug little cabin from which to watch the world slide by as she chugs along.
On deck, the self-bailing cockpit, which is accessed from the cabin through a Dutch door, has space for a couple of deck chairs under the shelter of a canvas awning. At the forward end of the cockpit, the engine box runs all the way to the port side, where it doubles as a standing platform for the helmsman. While on the subject of platforms, there’s another important one outboard of the transom that can be used for swimming as well as for turned-up-on-its-side dinghy stowage when underway.”
KISMET has been well maintained and continuously upgraded by her current owner, who recently completed a 1400-mile loop from Brooklin, Maine down to New York Harbor, up the Hudson River, through the locks to Lake Champlain and back again. A Raymarine autopilot was installed for the journey and very much appreciated.
She is in excellent condition, both structurally and cosmetically – as attested to by a 2019 survey with is available for review.