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sailor1924 · 03-06-2021, 12:17

Unfortunitly my health issues are catching up to me as I reach 74. Consequently I need to offer my well loved Pearson Countess for sale. @ $45,000.00 she's lying in LI Sound. The boat needs some cosmetics but it's not a project boat, she can be used and enjoyed immediately.

The Pearson Countess 44:

raised deck house, full powered ketch this one has the galley and dinette in the raised salon.

Built by; Pearson Co.
Designed by; John Alden Co.
45.5 foot LOD, 12 Beam, 5.5 foot draft, 30.5 foot waterline, 14 ton displacement
Tankage:
Water:
fwd 35 gallon, center 150 gallon seperately valved; hot and cold pressure
Salt water wash down on deck
Diesel fuel:
Port 68 gallon, stbd. 68 gallon both monel separately valved can be linked
Engine:
110 HP Universal diesel 1973, 3500 hours, New: starter, all hoses, throttle, shift and stop cables, heat exchanger, velvet drive transmission rebuilt under 100 hours ago. 200 amp alternator house, 60 amp start alternator

Electrics:
whole boat rewired with new panels switches
Nextgen 3.5 KW Diesel 500 +- hours
200 amp alternator house
Kiss Wind generator
800 watts Solar panels, split into 4 banks
Freedom 2000 inverter/charger with remote

Refridge:
Isotherm ASU water cooled

Stove:
Taylor;propane, SS 2 burner, griddle, grill, oven
SS propane BBQ grill on deck

Heat:
6 gal water heater; main engine cooling and AC
dual fan bus heater lower salon
Sigmar 16,000 BTU diesel heater Balanced draft with a seperate air intake and smoke head, no backdrafts on this installation

Batteries: floaded lead acid, 12v 600 amp hours house 2020, seperate isolated batteries for generator and main engine start

Head:

Jabsco quiet flush electric
35 gallon holding tank
seperate; tank emptying overboard macerator pump
Ground tackle:
Mantus 65#, original Bruce 40#, Danforth High Test 40#, & 70#, 275 feet 5/16 HT Chain new, Anchor Rescue, Anchor recovery system, 2 @ 200 feet 3/4 inch nylon rodes with short 3/8 inch chain leads, 100 foot 1 inch nylon aft, 200 foot flat nylon tube reel mounted aft.
Vertical windlass with up and down, remote control will operate from the
helm.

On Deck:

All portlights regasketed
Deck house windows replaced

Safety:

3 foot high 1 inch SS solid rails with a 2 foot intermediate rail out board.
3 foot height inner railings at the deck house, 3 foot high mast pulpits port and stbd
Life Sling MOB recovery system, SS folding companionway swim and boarding ladder extends 3 feet into water and folds up tobecome part of the rail system.
Lazy jacks on both Main and Mizzen
New sail covers
Barient two speed self tailing winches in cockpit and on main mast for jib halyards.
Roller furling Genoa, Solent Rig detachable stay for jib/staysail, Dual pole, Wright Britton, downwind sails on roller furling drum,
10 bags of light and heavy air sails
Edson Davits for transom mounted dinghy
Voyager windvane with wheel mounted drum
2 aluminum propane bottles
Bimini
Hard dodger

Electronics:

Ratheon R 40 Radar
Cetrek 715 Auto pilot with remote dodger
Garmin 540 chartplotter
Auto Helm; depth, speed with repeater (speed not working) Tri Data with wind
Matsutec AIS transceiver (aboard not installed)
Stardard VHF with remote microphone
Panasonic CF 30 Tough Book Laptop with dock Open CPN installed
32 inch Spectre Monitor
AM FM stereo with speakers throughout boat

Spares: too much to list but as a teaser;
Water maker new uninstalled, drive motor for auto pilot

The attached photos give an idea but don't include the raised railing, windvane steering, or solar panels.

KCDOBI · 17-06-2021, 07:08

Greetings,
I’m interested in talking to you about your Countess.
Could you email me a phone number?
Or, feel free to reach out to me at 970-946-5642
I’m not a broker.

Manateeman · 17-06-2021, 15:03

Yikes! I was at Pearson when the first hulls were done. What’s you hull number?
Terrific boats. Like the battery bunny...they keep going and going.
They will never let you down at sea. Worth rebuilding or repair or upgrade.
It’s a keeper. Well engineered and built.
Happy trails to you.
Mark

sailor1924 · 17-06-2021, 16:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manateeman

Yikes! I was at Pearson when the first hulls were done. What’s you hull number?
Terrific boats. Like the battery bunny...they keep going and going.
They will never let you down at sea. Worth rebuilding or repair or upgrade.
It’s a keeper. Well engineered and built.
Happy trails to you.
Mark

I don't know what number she is but was documented in 1966 which I was told was the first year of production. I'd welcome any information you might remember.

Thanks for the comment. I wish I was as sturdy as this boat. There was an unforseen value in overbuilding these boats. Not that I wasn't annoyed by how thick the glass when I've had to drill it to make some change.

sailor1924 · 17-06-2021, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCDOBI

Greetings,
I’m interested in talking to you about your Countess.
Could you email me a phone number?
Or, feel free to reach out to me at 970-946-5642
I’m not a broker.

I private messaged you with my number as your phone mailbox was full.

Manateeman · 18-06-2021, 05:26

Hi. Long time ago when survivability and gracefully designed yacht came off the drawing boards of experienced sailors.
First, the crews who built her were all very experienced. Pearson paid well. All the glass work was very carefully done. The small edges were laid up in fabric before any thicker material was used. Hand work. Very high glass to resin ratio.
I had worked in mold repair at O’Day and the molds at Pearson were flawless.
The hulls were not just thick but perfectly done. Everybody in the shop...every last person gathered to watch hull number one come out of the mold. Most were Portuguese and had built boats before joining Pearson. They truly took pride in their work. A lot had built wood boats or came from fishing families. Great bunch of boatbuilders.
Happy trails to the new owners.

Captain Mark

Searles · 18-06-2021, 06:00

Looks like the Lady Helene class,a couple in Adelaide south Australia built in Huon line in the early 1960s ,John guswell s yacht Treasure was also one .

sailor1924 · 21-06-2021, 07:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Searles

Looks like the Lady Helene class,a couple in Adelaide south Australia built in Huon line in the early 1960s ,John guswell s yacht Treasure was also one .

The Countess 44 is a scaled down version of the Lady Helene which is about 50 foot.
Pearson built 58 or 59 of the Countesses. It was intended as a family cruiser with accomodations to please a family and still be able to sail well enough for the weekend racer. John Alden described her as a full powered sailboat, she will make hull speed under motor and is capable of powering into a strong head wind and current.
Under power she handles much like a displacement hull trawler and with a clean bottom is quite economical on fuel consumption.

And she sails very well.