SOLD – 32′ Kettenburg PC32 (1948)Email This Listing to a Friend

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m making this posting–this is an incredible sailboat, and one of the most enjoyable that I’ve ever owned…I recently purchased another older, bigger wooden boat that I live aboard, and having two old wooden boats doesn’t make much sense.

This is a special boat, one that I spent 2 months cruising the San Juan’s during covid last year, and then have raced a bit in the islands as well as Puget Sound. It’s incredibly fast in light air, well balanced, and a total joy to sail. It’s also a really, really pretty boat.

Built in 1948 in San Diego, it’s one of the last Kettenburg PC’s built (Hull #68), and one of four that were shipped to the PNW that have a raised cabin for cruising, forward v-berth, sink (and 15-gal water tank), built-in cooler, and a surprising amount of storage. The boat was recently refurbished in 2009, with a nearly $200k investment in sistering most frames and re-planked as needed, making it essentially a brand new boat.

Moorage near Ballard Bridge is transferrable ($320/mo.)

Sails:
– 2 Main Sails (Full-batten main (lightly used, currently rigged) and like-new racing main
– 2 class jibs (one used, one racing)
– 1 storm jib
– 1 spinnaker (used)
I also have a Harken roller furler that came with the boat but I switched out for hanks (with the intention of racing).
PHRF Rating: 173
Engine: 15 hp outboard (that drops through an engine well in the seat), low hours
New bottom paint in May 2020
New 12v battery September 2021
Ground tackle: 24# Delta with 15′ chain, 180′ rode
Full end-to-end cover (which is AMAZING, and I’ve rigged fairly lights that make boat-camping cozy and very dry in an otherwise exposed cockpit)

Surveys available, and all historical documentation of the rebuild, etc. comes with the boat.

I’m still not 100% sure I want to sell, but would also be open to co-ownership or some share of the cost. Open to helping deliver to anywhere in Puget Sound / San Juan Islands.

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