'Cecily', an S&S 42 Ketch for Sale
by owner Christine Templeman

'Cecily' is a solid centre-cockpit bluewater cruiser with encapsulated full cruising keel. Good volume vessel with spacious layout and good stowage throughout. She offers spacious decks and a safe, secure cockpit. She had extensive upgrades in 2020 before her Atlantic crossing and again in 2025.

'Cecily', at anchor

Designer: Sparkman & Stephens
Builder: RG Halstead
LOA: 42ft
Beam: 3.53m
Draft: 1.8m
Displacement: 10 Tons
Hull & Deck: GRP
Keel: Fully encapsulated
Launched: 1978

Engine: 42hp Vetus (1270 hours) 200L Diesel storage in GPR tank, 6 x Lifeline AGM Batteries 840 APH total, 3-blade fixed prop with new prop shaft, stern tube, cutless bearings and seals.

Steering: Bulkhead wheel push/pull steering with new rudder shaft and seals (2020).

Accommodation: Total berths: 6 – 2 cabins, 3 double berths, Heads: Jabsco toilet, stainless hand basin, shower head – hot and cold, grey water tank, mahogany and holly flooring, oak wall panelling varnished in good condition, large saloon and galley arrangement with walkthrough to aft cabin, entrance to aft cabin also through cockpit companionway, white headliners throughout.

Galley: 2-burner cooker with oven, 70L Lumar fridge/freezer 12v/220v, 2 gas bottles, single GPS sink, pressurized hot and cold fresh water systems, Valiant gas water heater.

Plumbing: 175L water storage in GRP tank, 1 manual bilge pump, 4 electric bilge pumps, cockpit/deck fresh water shower, Water pressure pump, Schenker 30L/hour water maker.

Winches: Total: 6 – 2 Primaries, 3 mast, 1 Genoa, Loftans windlass, 3 winch handles.

Sails: Quantum main, Mizzen, Genoa Gennaker A-Symmetrical, roller furling. All sails in good condition.

Rigging: Ketch, Paul Green aluminium masts, boom and mizzen, spinnaker pole stowed on mast, roller-furling unit, stainless steel standing rigging.

Electronics: 2 VHF’s – fixed and handheld, Furuno radar, Raymarine GPS chart plotter, Echo sounder, Raymarine log and wind instruments, Raymarine auto pilot, Binnacle compass, Garmin chart plotter with AIS send and receive.

Solar: Two 250w solar panels with Vectron regulators installed on stainless steel frame with dinghy davads, 3 x 150w flexible solar panels deck mounted.

Safety: Mantas main anchor 60m chain, CQR spare anchor, 10 life jackets, C&N flags, radar reflector, boat hook, wooden bungs, bosun’s chair, 3 x safety harnesses.

Extras: Stainless steel sissy bars, hatch covers, stainless steel gas BBQ & gas bottle, fenders and mooring lines, selection of hand tools. Shore power connection and cable, CD/radio, 1 x 1000w 220v Inverter.

Asking Price & Contacting the Seller

'Cecily'

'Cecily' is currently moored at Hog Island in Grenada, West Indies, where her owner is asking $42,500 for her.

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