For Sale: 40' Steel Ketch, Joshua Design, Gulf Coast

[whitebean]

40' Steel Ketch, Joshua, Full Keel, Smooth Hull, Gulf Coast
“White Bean” – 40’ Steel Sailboat needing some TLC - $25,000 or best offer – Joshua design (proven blue water boat design sailed byBernard Moitessier) , cutter-rigged ketch sail plan - about 1000 s.f. of sail, center cockpit, full keel, canoe stern round hull. 40’ length on deck with 4’ bowsprit. 6’ draft. 12’ beam. Built 1974 Venice, Italy. Refit in 1991. Sailed until 1998, then on the hard since, derigged, 75 miles inland from Gulf Coast in Alabama. Blue water steel cruiser designed to go anywhere. Has sailed extensively in the Med and Caribbean with several transatlantic passages. Sleeps 7 in sea-worthy bunks plus more on the lowered dining table. Forward and aft cabins each can be sealed off with watertight hatches to main cabin. 55 hp Ford diesel with 3 blade prop. Aries self-steering wind vane. She loves open water and can almost sail herself. The spars, rigging and sails (rolling furled jib, cutter jib, mizzen, main, spinnaker, and spares) in good condition have been stored in conditioned space. Profurl Genoa furling, several anchors, whisker poles, life raft, propane stove, Baby Blake head, water-collecting awning, wind scoop, wind generator, etc!!!! Gorgeous shaped hull needs general overhaul and refit. If cannot reach through this post (we had a previous contact that was caught in spam) ok to email directly at dcoleman07 @ sunplans . com (delete the spaces)

[gizcomplete]

I will give 5,000 because its such in bad shape, and what its going to cost to get it moved. Thanks, Melvin

[whitebean]

Thanks for your interests Melvin, but at this time we would not accept $5,000. There are just too few Joshua's around the world these days and we are not in a hurry to sell her at this time.

[Reiziger]

These are absolutely one of the most beautiful and seaworthiness hulls ever build.

Wished I had the time and the money. Do you have some more pics of the repairs to be done on the hull.

Link: From Ocean Racer to Production Yacht

Cees

[windjami]

hi is this boat still on the market it is a collecters item thats for sure, bernard is my guru, let me know what you expect to get financially

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by gizcomplete

I will give 5,000 because its such in bad shape, and what its going to cost to get it moved. Thanks, Melvin

Geeez!...I can't believe you actually said something like that. A little insensitive.

[Badsanta]

Get that tree overhang cut back.

[aur]

What a ripper!,
Im presently guardian of a Joshua by Vennekens and am try to refit to an extent.
Sailed to Australia from France by an Italian navigator.
I made some repairs including hull welding before organising assistance to sail to South Australia.
skipper for Australian leg was one-over by the sailing characteristic.

[tmoandj]

Do you have a rough idea of what needs to be done to this boat to get it cruise-worthy? I assume its more than just painting the hull?

[whitebean]

Originally Posted by Reiziger

These are absolutely one of the most beautiful and seaworthiness hulls ever build.

Wished I had the time and the money. Do you have some more pics of the repairs to be done on the hull.

Link: From Ocean Racer to Production Yacht

Cees

Just seeing this post. Thanks so much for the kind words and link to the Joshua 40!

[whitebean]

Originally Posted by windjami

hi is this boat still on the market it is a collecters item thats for sure, bernard is my guru, let me know what you expect to get financially

Thanks for your interest. We were away for the holiday so just now catching up with posts. We are selling her because we have been dragging our feet at getting estimates to have her ready to sell so that is why we don't have any thing exact and so much depends upon whether you do the work yourself or have a yard do it. Full time jobs for both of us make it hard to coordinate the work. It's much easier to be motivated to work on her before you sell her instead of after we have finished our sailing. If we had time to put together the list and coordinate the work we'd be doing it ourselves. That is why we respectfully request that interested persons come visit her and see for yourself. We have one very interested party at the moment that is putting together his estimate after a visit. At this time the $25,000 or best (reasonable) offer still stands, but we do not have a deadline for when we have to sell her. We have discovered that it is expensive to move her too far from the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

[whitebean]

Originally Posted by Badsanta

Get that tree overhang cut back.

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[whitebean]

Originally Posted by aur

What a ripper!,
Im presently guardian of a Joshua by Vennekens and am try to refit to an extent.
Sailed to Australia from France by an Italian navigator.
I made some repairs including hull welding before organising assistance to sail to South Australia.
skipper for Australian leg was one-over by the sailing characteristic.

What an inspiration! Thanks.

[whitebean]

Originally Posted by tmoandj

Do you have a rough idea of what needs to be done to this boat to get it cruise-worthy? I assume its more than just painting the hull?

Thanks for your interest. yes, its much more than painting the hull. Working on some detailed lists in case we decide to do the work ourselves, but we are selling her because (other than being through with sailing) we don't have the time with full time jobs now, but in general:
Sandblast exterior and paint (inside still look good in most places)
Some hull repair spots (two on either side of bow are about 12" diameter, and about a dozen other misc. spots around fasteners where water pooled)
One yard told us about $10,000 to $12,000 for the steel repair, blast and paint.
New Electric since its been sitting.
Plumbing checked.
Back cabin needs new wood work since it was wood laminate unless the painted bare steel is acceptable (main cabin is mostly solid mahogony and teak)
One of the 7 berths needs plywood repair due to a water leak.
New stanchions needed since rusted through in spots.
May need one new hatch over galley area.
Sails (about 10 including one new storm never used) and rigging all in good shape and should not need any work.
Diesel engine check, but it was in great shape when we last used her.
Would you want to have her shipped some where? If so where? Would love to show her to you!

[Kenichi]

I loved 'The Long Way' and have Joshua on my screen lock on my phone. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us, I'd love to see more and see the boat. I also work full time, and would become living proof of BadSantas take...I couldn't afford to have the boat repaired, I wouldn't be able to finish it myself even though I'd try, and I'd lose a lot of prime sailing time from the prime of my life.
But it's nice to dream and think of this as 'one that got away'! GOOD LUCK and FAIR WINDS!