2002 Bruce Roberts

53’ Bruce Roberts Pilothouse Ketch

$99,000

LLYR is a Roberts 53’ ketch commissioned in 2002 as the personal vessel of American NOAA mapper, Captain Ben Smith. She’s a modified Bruce Roberts 45’ steel ketch with a 16’ beam, full keel and skeg rudder. She has a raked bow with a rounded chine. The rudder is on an extended rudder shoe, and the transom is plumb with a boarding ladder. She has an 80 hp freshwater cooled Perkins diesel engine, carries 193 gallons of fuel, 343 gallons of fresh water and 35 gallons waste water. On deck forward is a welded-on steel bowsprit with double anchor bow rollers, stainless steel bow railing, and genoa furling unit. Aft of the sprit are the anchor lockers, twin stays for the staysail, and an electric anchor windlass. Moving aft from the foredeck, the raised cabin trunk is fitted with stainless steel handrails and Lewmar deck hatches on top and opening ports along the sides. Further aft, the cabin trunk steps up to form the pilothouse, which has fixed windows on all sides. The decks are surrounded by short gunwales and stainless steel lifeline stanchions with double courses of lifeline wire. The cockpit has built-in surround-bench seating and a console-mounted stainless steel wheel. The steering console is fitted with folding table leaves and also supports engine controls and a Raymarine hybrid-touch multifunction chart plotter. The aft deck area is flush and is fitted with four deck hatches that open to the LPG tank locker and deck gear storage. The aft deck is surrounded by stainless steel railings. There is a set of dinghy davits over the transom.

Survey completed 12/22 by All Island Marine Survey LLC

New exterior paint, deck paint and bottom paint 09/21

(6) Trojan 6vdc battery bank 09/21

Raymarine 12’ chart plotter 01/19

New standing rigging 05/17

B&G gages 01/17

ICOM IC M710 SSB transceiver with AT-130 Auto-tuner

Standard Horizon VHF/AIS

12’ Achilles tender & 5hp motor

Equipment: - Cruising speed: 6.5 kn - Cruising speed RPM: 2200 - Max speed: 7 kn - Max Speed RPM 2600 - Range: 1100 nmi

• LOA: 53 ft
• LWL: 42 ft
• Length on deck: 45 ft
• Max draft: 5 ft 6 in
• Windlass: Hydraulic
• Electrical circuit: 12V
• Life raft capacity: 8

• Dry weight: 28,000 kg

• Total Berths: 8
• Number of single berths: 2
• Number of double berths: 3
• Number of cabins: 4
• Number of heads: 2
• Engine make: Perkins / Sabre
• Engine model: M90 4 326
• Primary engines: Inboard
• Drive type: Shaft drive
• Engine year: 2001
• Engine hours: 6444
• Power: 80 hp
• Propeller: 3 blade
• Propeller material: Bronze