1983 Dufour 12000 CT

This is a 1983 Dufour 12000 CT 45’ ketch rigged sailboat. She is a great family cruiser and many have been used to circumnavigate. This boat was built in La Rochelle France and sailed the Atlantic before crossing into the Pacific and spending years in Hawaii, Japan, and Alaska before returning. They only made a handful of these boats and most can still be found around the globe. My family of five lived aboard for about a year. We have sailed it around the Florida Keys and southern Florida. She has been an AirBNB for the past two years.

The boat is a working project. It was submerged in Hurricane Irma in 2017 for 24 hours before being floated. I am a marine ABYC mechanic and have rebuilt many of the systems on this boat. Most everything was removed after it sank. It has entirely new electrical wiring. Most of the electronics are new or repurposed used equipment. All the plumbing is new. There is a new washer, new hot water maker, new battery charger, new chartplotter, new many things.

The boat needs a lot of deck work. I have spot fixed it and used the boat as is. But it leaks in a few places and is spongy in others.

The genoa needs to be replaced. I ripped it out in January 2021.

The engine is an original 1983 Perkins 4.236. I’m unsure of the hours but I have put about 300 on it since I started keeping track. I recently replaced the entire exhaust system. It has a new starter, alternator, new fuel injection pump, new coolant pump, etc.

The boat was hauled in 3/2019 and the bottom was sand blasted and re-coated with 4 layers of epoxy and then bottom paint. The entire boat was painted at that time as well. All new zincs were installed as well as a new cutlass bearing.

The teak deck was removed and recovered with kiwi grip non skid in 2016.

The boat could sail the Carribean right now. In the last two years I’ve sailed her to Key Largo and back twice, Ft Myers, and back and forth to the Dry Tortugas 3x. Ive single handed her on most of these trips.

Equipment: I have a number of videos of the boat on Youtube:

1. Sailing to the Tortugas in Jan ‘21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjPyonJLBi8

2. Inside tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBftcPYL1Y

3. outside tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vzRxdYmJ0k

4. deck problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byYbXsM1bbA

Engine 1983 Perkins 4.236 (rebuilt in early 2000s) 85HP 300 hours (since I started tracking in 2017). About 2000 since rebuild. 3 blade propeller New fuel injection pump (2021) New cutlass bearing (2019) New zincs (2019) Complete service including oil, oil filters, transmission, transmission filters, coolant flush, belt. (2020) New alternator (2018) New Starter (2018) Entire new exhaust system and hosing (2019) New throttle and shift cables to outside helm Tanks, Plumbing and Sanitation Fresh Water (Stainless) 200 gallons (tanks are fine and original. All plumbing lines replaced in 2018) New water pump, new accumulator tank Plus Bosch Hot Water Tank (new 2017) 6 gallons Diesel (Stainless) 185 gallons Middle Holding Tank (New 2018) 10 gallons Forward Holding Tank (New 2020) 35 gallons Forward and Aft toilets, both new in 2020. All new plumbing lines throughout the entire boat. New macerator pump in 2018. Installed washer/dryer in 2019. It is not a new one, just a new install, but works great. New sump box in 2019. New shower in forward head in 2018, new showerhead 2020. Two bilge pumps replaced in 2019. New Gulper sump pump (keeps bilge totally dry on 24 hour timer) installed 2020. New kitchen faucet (2017) Installed alcohol stove in 2020. Accomodations Number of single berths: 4 Number of double berths 1 Number of cabins 3 Electronics Handheld VHF (2017) VHF at the inside helm Raymarine chartplotter at outside helm (new 2018) Raymarine Autopilot with type 3 hydraulic pump at inside helm and operable by Raymarine chartplotter at outside helm. This is a fresh install of an older system and works great. AIS transponder (2017) NOCO Genius 10 Amp battery charger for start circuit (2017) Charles 100 Amp charger for house bank 100 watt solar panel (2017) 300 Watt solar on arch (2020) 25 television Dvd, stereo, Bluetooth and cd player, radio too with fresh speakers installed throughout the cabin Raymarine thru hull speed and water temp transducer (2019) Raymarine in hull depth transducer (2019) Hawkeye depth transducer (2018) Galvanic Isolator Ground Tackle 2 x 45 plow anchors with 200 ft of 3/8 chain 1000 W Quick Windlass with its own battery bank and own charger. Additional Equipment 16000 BTU Webasto AC (new 2017) in main salon. 5000 BTU GE window unit (vents out aft lazaratte) in master cabin (new 2020) Dometic electric ice box main sail is in working condition.

Yard work compelted in 2019 Entire boat painted white. New boot stripe. New epoxy bottom coating and blister repair New cutlass bearing New zincs Fiberglass Repairs New bottom Paint