David Thomas custom Junk-rigged ketch

Tystie was built in the UK and has sailed half the world including South Africa, Panama Canal, Australia and Alaska. She can deliver 150nm+ runs. Junk-rigged sailboats are easy and fun to sail. They reef instantly from the cockpit. She is duty paid in New Zealand. Not currently registered anywhere.

The basics:

Design: Junk-rig ketch with bilge boards. Glass over ply construction. Launched 2000.
Designer: David Thomas
Length: 10.5m
Beam 3.25m
Draft: 1.0m (slightly more with the boards down)
Headroom: 1.75m
Main mast: 13m above deck, alloy
Mizzen: 7m above deck, alloy / timber hybrid
Sails: Weathermax80 cloth, 7.5% camber, alloy yards, battens and booms. All new 2021
Engine: Beta BD722 (Kubota) 19hp with Kiwiprop
Tankage: 150L diesel and 150L water in internal glassed-in tanks. External lockers for extra jerry cans
Electronics: Furuno GP-33 GPS, Furuno FI-503 sounder/log, RayMarine ST6000 autopilot, Maretec AIS transponder, Icom IC-M422 VHF, Iridium Go, EPIRB, 1500W and 600W inverters
Batteries: 240A house, 100A engine, 100A windlass
Charging: ZM4 smart charger on alternator, 200W and 100W solar panels
Anchoring: Lofrans Tigress windlass (corroded housing but working well), Primary 20kg Rocna + 35m 8mm chain + 50m 16mm rode; Secondary 17kg Manson CQR + 20m 8mm chain + 80m 16mm rode; Third 10kg Rocna
Galley: Maxie 2-burner meths stove, foot pumped fresh and salt water, Isotherm BI29 fridge
Head: Composting style head, hot pressured shower in cockpit (engine heated)
Other: Parachute anchor, drogue, self-steering windvane, davits, Dickinson diesel heater, Phil Bolger Nymph rowing dinghy.

You can see a short video of Tystie crossing the Tasman in 2011 which is interesting:

https://youtu. Be/FFKptl7oqT0

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