Sailing yachts
Kim Holman Bermudan Ketch
(REF: 34443)£33000
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Kim Holman Bermudan Ketch
34′ Kim Holman ketch built by Whisstocks Boatyard, Woodbridge in 1966. She has had several owners who have cruised the boat extensively over the years, including widely around Europe and across the Atlantic to the Caribbean proving her as a capable, safe and comfortable cruising boat.
With a new deck laid in 1996 (re-caulked 2021) and a major hull and engine refit by the Elephant Boatyard in 2016/2017, she has been maintained to a good standard over the yea
Her snug ketch rig makes her easy to handle when sailing alone or short handed with a spacious cockpit, wide side decks, roller furling headsail and self tailing sheet winches.
She is a deceptively spacious yacht below decks with a healthy beam and a good depth in hold due to her underwater shape, typical of many Holman designs of the period which offer a lot more internal volume than yachts from other contemporary designers. The raised doghouse offers a separate space aft for the quarter berths and chart desk which is rarely found in a yacht this size.
2025 survey available.
Length on Deck 34’2”
Length Waterline 27’
Beam 10’4”
Draft 6’
Displacement 9.2 tonnes
Thames Tonnage 14TM
Construction
Hull
Carvel planked in iroko all copper fastened to steam bent Canadian Rock Elm timbers. Topsides are splined for a fair finish.
Several sawn oak floors across the centreline with large galvanised throat bolts. Galvanised strap floors between the heavy oak ones. Strap floors removed and re-galvanised with new floor bolts 2016/2017.
External iron ballast keel fastened with ferrous bolts. 6 out of 10 bolts replaced in 2016/17.
Decks and Cockpit
Yacht laid teak deck bonded over a marine plywood subdeck with no screw fastenings that can cause water ingress. Deck laid by Fairlie Yachts in 1996. Re-caulked in 2021.
Iroko toe rail and rubbing strake all round.
Spacious self draining cockpit with laid teak thwarts that loft to access cockpit lockers. Scrubbed teak sole gratings.
Varnished iroko cockpit coamings.
Tiller steering on a transom hung rudder.
Stainless steel stanchions, pushpit and pulpit. Teak gas locker hung on the pushpit railing.
Superstructure
Coachroof with a raised aft doghouse all with varnished iroko coamings and alloy portlights.
Sheathed plywood coachroof deck.
Starboard side offset sliding companion hatch.
Varnished iroko forehatch in the coachroof.
Rig
Spars
Bermudan ketch rig on deck stepped gold anodized Selden alloy masts.
Slab reefing alloy booms on main and mizzen.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging to internal galvanised chain plates.
Main mast cap shroud chain plates in stainless steel.
Twin spreader mainmast.
Selden RCB 22 fully battened mainsail mast track.
Schaeffer 2100 roller furling headsail system.
Main mast control lines led aft on the coachroof with clutches and a self tailing winch for easy handling from the cockpit.
Mainsheet track across the top of the coachroof with a jamming cleat.
Sails
Fully battened mainsail from Ratsey, (1996).
Mizzen from Dolphin Sails (2019).
No.1 Genoa from Dolphin Sails (2018).
No.2 jib from Dolphin Sails (2019).
Cruising Chute from Gowan.
Mizzen staysail from Gowan.
Winches
2 x Lewmar 48ST cockpit sheet winches.
Lewmar OP1 ST electric winch on coachroof for running rigging.
Lewmar 8 mast winch.
Lewmar 16 mast winch.
Machinery
Engine
Volvo Penta MD2040 39hp diesel engine. Engine stripped and given a zero hours rebuild in 2016/2017.
3 blade Darglow Featherstream propeller, new 2021. 6-7 knots cruising speed.
2021 new Deep Sea Seal stern gland, new shaft coupling, new exhaust system.
Tanks
300 litres of diesel in 2 separate stainless steel tanks.
90 litres of fresh water in a flexible tank under the forecabin berth.
Calorifier hot water tank connected to the engine plus a 240 volt immersion coil.
Batteries and Electrics
3 x 12 volt 85ah batteries for engine start and domestic use.
Charged from the engine alternator with an Adverc battery management system.
Installed shore power system with Victron battery charger.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
6 berths including 2 quarter berths, 2 saloon settee berths and a double berth in the forecabin.
General Description
Steps down over the engine box into the doghouse with a quarter berth either side.
Electrical panels and navigation equipment in the bulkhead behind the companion steps.
Starboard side entrance the main saloon. Galley to port and fridge compartment to starboard.
Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon.
Port and starboard settee berths with a dropleaf pine saloon table. Shelves and lockers above the settees under the side decks.
Port side passageway going forward with a delightful original pitch pine locker unit to port. Heads to starboard.
Forecabin has a double berth offset to starboard.
Galley
L -shaped galley with twin stainless sinks. Hot and cold pressurised water.
Plastimo Neptune 4500 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill.
Frigomatic FM100 12 volt top loading fridge compartment built into the joinery on the starboard side.
Heads
Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard.
Hand basin with hot and cold water.
Shower drains into a sump tank, pumped out
Equipment
Steering compass
Raymarine HybridTouch chart plotter in cockpit
Raymarine HybridTouch chart plotter in the cabin
Raymarine radar
Raymarine Evolution Tiller Pilot, P70s Control Head – ACU-100 & Tiller Drive (2019)
Raymarine ST60 wind indicator
Raymarine ST60 speed log
Standard Horizon GX2100 DSC VHF with AIS
Clock and barometer
Gas alarm
EPIRB
6 person Seago Seamaster life raft (new 2022)
Carbon monoxide alarm
Horse shoe lifebuoy
MOB throwing line
Radar reflector
Day shapes
3 x fire extinguishers
Lofrans Tigres 1200watt electric anchor windlass
Windlass cover
Rocna 20kg anchor with chain
CQR kedg anchor with chain and warp
Mooring warps
Fenders
Bunk and berth cushions
Plastimo Neptune 4500 gas galley stove
Frigomatic FM100 12 volt fridge
Jabsco manual sea toilet
Hot and cold pressurised water system
Shower
Fusion MS-IP600 music system
Paraffin cabin lights
Portlight curtains
3 x 12 volt 85ah batteries
Adverc battery management charge system
2 x Lewmar 48ST cockpit sheet winches
Lewmar OP1 ST electric winch on coachroof for running rigging
Lewmar 8 mast winch
Lewmar 16 mast winch
Fully battened mainsail from Ratsey, (1996).
Mizzen from Dolphin Sails (2019).
No.1 Genoa from Dolphin Sails (2018).
No.2 jib from Dolphin Sails (2019).
Cruising Chute from Gowan.
Mizzen staysail from Gowan.
Mainsail cover (2019)
Mizzen cover (2019)
Genoa sock (2019)
Swim/boarding ladder
Tiller cover
Forehatch cover (2019)
Cockpit thwart cushions
Ensign and staff
Wetline inflatable dinghy
2.2hp Suzuki outboard
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