The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Freest Gaff Ketch Ex-Baltic Fisher, Now Cruising Liveaboard.

Fisher, Charter, Live-aboard.
£0 Sold / Unavailable
  • Boat REF#  ·  230400
  • LOA  ·  14.90m
  • Year  ·  1943
  • Construction  ·  Wood
  • Underwater profile  ·  Full-displacement
  • Berths  ·  8
  • Engine  ·  1 x Diesel 110hp, DAF 615 (1983)
  • Lying  ·  Milford Haven
Boatshed Wales
Boatshed Wales
Mike de Graaf

The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Extra Details

Builder Freest
Lying Milford Haven
Fuel capacity 900.0 ltr (198.0 G) Total - 2 Tanks
Water capacity 1,000.0 ltr (220.0 G) Total - 1 Tanks
Last survey 01/01/2012

Mechanical

Engine 1 x Diesel 110hp
Engine make and model DAF 615 (1983)
Engine Hours engine1= 3500
Engine Cooled Indirect
Steering Wheel
Drive Shaft
Prop(s) 4 Bladed Bronze
Fuel consumption (approx) 6.0 ltr (1.3 G) /hour At Cruising Speed
Cruising speed (approx) 8 knots
Max speed (approx) 9 knots
Generator output 15KVA
Engine spares

Dimensions

LOA 14.90m
LWL 13.50m
Beam 4.50m
Draft Min 2.50m
Draft Max 2.50m
Displacement 33,000kg (72,765.0lbs)
Headroom 2.00m
Storage On marina

Rig

Ketch rigged Wood spars (1994) with galvanised standing rigging (1994)

Sails

Mainsail - Slab (1994) 2 Reefs
Headsail - Hank on (1994)
Other sails Stay Sail (1994)
Mizzen (1994)

Electrical Systems

24 volt battery, 8 batteries charged by: engine, generator

Construction

Construction Wood
Underwater profile Full-displacement
Finish Paint finish

Oak hull, Larch deck, spars Larch and Douglas Fir. Note: the repairs shown in the photos are complete and are merely included to illustrate work previously completed.

Accommodation

Total # of berths 8
No. of double berths 2
No. of single berths 4
Cabin(s) 4
Handbasin 2
Shower 1
Heads 1 heads (Sea Toilet)

Kabola Boiler for hot water & heating

4 burner Electric cooker/stove

Accommodation

Cooker/stove
Grill
Oven
Sink
Refrigerator
Freezer
Carpet
Cabin heating
Pressurised water system
Hot water system

Kabola Boiler for hot water & heating

4 burner Electric cooker/stove

Deck Gear

Sail cover
Warps
Fenders
Boathook
Davits

4 sheet winches
Electric Lofrance windlass
2 anchors
(CQR Bruce)
180.00m of chain

Nav Equipment

Compass
Speed
Log
Radar
VHF
VHF DSC radio
GPS
Navtex
Weather fax
Clock
Barometer
Navigation lights
Echo sounder

Safety Equipment

Liferaft
Life jackets
Life buoys
Searchlight
Danbuoy
Safety harnesses
EPIRB 406MHz
Boarding ladder
Emergency steering

6 bilge pumps (0 manual / 6 Electric)

Broker's Comments

Currently owned by a very competent shipwright and engine fitter who, with his wife, has lived aboard and cruised Freya for the last three years, this little ship has an interesting history. Built in 1943 at Freest in eastern Germany, she was to fish the Baltic and Helgoland under engine power for fifty years. Retired from fishing she was purchased by a Dutchman who spent almost ten years refitting her in Holland and then used her as a sailing charter boat. During her extensive re-fit he replaced everything, including some frames, planks, deck, deck-house, engine, generator - the list goes on. A Dutch naval architect designed the rig and appropriate ballast (line drawings and rig calculations are held with the vessel) and she was coded for work as a charter boat - indeed she only requires upgrade of safety equipment to satisfy re-coding requirements. Her present owner - a committed 'work boat' enthusiast who has owned several similar 'Little Ships' has used her for live-aboard cruising since his purchase in 2013. As our photographs show, successive owners have continued to maintain her in proper fashion, replacing timbers as required. So, here's the question; are you tired of cloned plastic boats? Do you have the urge to own a proper piece of maritime heritage? We await your call!

NOTE: Further photographs will be taken of her interior in the next couple of weeks, when her owners return from abroad.

These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.

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