** “SEA ROSE” IS A CLASSIC CATBOAT IN VERY NICE CONDITION !! **
“SEA ROSE” is a 1962 Wooden Catboat designed by Eldridge McInnis and built as a custom hull by Grinnel in Freeport MA. 26 ft long, 12 ft wide, 2′ 11″ draft with swing keel, 6 ft of headroom down below and a head you’d be proud to use. No recent survey.
Builder: M.H. Grinnel Westport MA 1962
Designer: Eldridge McInnis
LOA: 25’ 9”
Beam: 12’ 3”
LWL: 25’ 6”
Minimum draft: 2’ 11”
Displacement: 13,000 lbs
Cedar planking over oak beams
Accommodations
Mahogany galley table
Large galley prep counter
2 berths with custom mattresses
Stainless steal galley and head sinks
Large private marine head forward with 20 gal plastic holding tank forward of head
6 feet headroom down below
Built in ice box and drink cooler with built in drains
Teak and Holly cabin sole
Pressurized hot and cold fresh water
Cassette stereo with inside and out speakers
Edson folding cockpit table
Cockpit cushions
Custom “berth” in cockpit
Mechanicals
Wheel style helm with pilot seats port and starboard.
38 hp Westerbeke diesel inboard w/ 160 hrs
built in engine instruments below helm
Two 40 gal fuel tanks in lazerettes
Two self tailing winches on cabin top. Starboard is electric.
Port and starboard lazy jacks
Plastimo compass and depth gauge on bulkhead.
Plath compass on pedestal
Electronic depth/speed above pedestal
Pedestal mounted VHF radio and GPS
3 strand Dacron running
Large anchor with 6 ft of chain
Swing keel with winch
Mainsail new in 2010
Mainsail cover
Deck
Deck and cockpit are FPR over 1/2 marine plywood
Cabin top is FPR over 3/4 marine plywood.
Solid teak varnished cabin top handrails, toe rails, molding, cockpit combing, hatches, and hatch doors.
Wood and bronze blocks
Bronze cleats and fittings
Sea Rose Major Repairs History :
2010
• Purchased Jun 2010 in Westport MA
• Replace swing keel
2014
• Repair split in gaff scarf joint
2015
• Replace rudder
• Replace mast hoops
• Strip and refinish mast, boom, gaff, transom
2023
• Drill out and replace prop shaft sleeve
• Remove old 12v refrigeration system
• Remove old salt water washdown system
• Replace freshwater pump
• Replace forward hatch lens
• Install voltage sensitive relay between house and crank battery charging systems
• Rebuilt metal galley table pole mounts
• Remove old galley stove
• Replace galley and head faucets
2024
• Mainstay replacement
• Replace boom crutch
• Remove old cabin heater
• Repair skeg keel aging with epoxy mix
• Sandblast and refinish bottom
2025
• Rebuild helm guts (gears, chains, wires, pulleys)
• Add bilge counter
• Replace head tank seacock and thru hull
• Repair hull rot around starboard drain plug
• Remove old shore power and inverter system
• Replace marine head
• Repair engine starter
• Repair wood damage below both forward portlights and wooden cabinets in head
• Repair wood damage to cabin top near main hatch
• Replace bilge pump wiring and floats
• Replace and relocate freshwater pressure tank
• Empty and clean fuel tanks, replace port fuel pickup and both fuel gauges
• Replace fuel pump
• Repair analog batter voltmeter
• Refurbish fuel Racor assembly
• Replace wire centerboard pennant with dyneema
• Clear all decrepit wiring in engine compartment