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Price:	USD 260,000 Per Vessel       |        AED ALL AMD ANG ARS AUD AZN BBD BDT BGN BHD BIF BMD BND BOB BRL BSD BWP BYR BZD CAD CDF CHF CLP CNY COP CRC CVE CYP CZK DJF DKK DOP DZD ECS EEK EGP ERN ETB EUR FJD FKP GBP GEL GHC GIP GMD GNF GTQ GYD HKD HNL HRK HTG HUF IDR ILS INR IQD IRR ISK JMD JOD JPY KES KGS KHR KMF KRW KRW KYD KZT LAK LBP LKR LSL LTL LVL LYD MAD MDL MGA MKD MMK MNT MOP MRO MTL MUR MVR MWK MXN MYR MZN NAD NGN NIO NOK NPR NZD OMR PAB PEN PHP PKR PLN PYG QAR ROL RON RSD RUB RWF SAR SBD SCR SDD SEK SGD SHP SIT SKK SOS SRG STD SYP THB TND TOP TRY TWD TZS UAH UGX USD UYU VEB VND WST XCD XOF XPF YER ZAR ZMK ZWD
Location:	Caribbean Tortola British Virgin Islands
Advertiser:	SeaBoats
Reference:	406686
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Monsoon is a classic sea going sailing yacht, ketch rigged. She is professionally designed and built and well equipped for the most demanding open ocean voyages having made 3 Pacific Ocean crossings. She carries all furling sails, a 185 horsepower marine diesel engine, and twin diesel generators. Monsoon has a pleasant and comfortable interior and plenty of seating in sun and in shade, ample space for sunbathing on the beautiful teak decks. Monsoon’s current owner/skipper has been living aboard and exploring the world since 1993, sailed Monsoon twice via Easter Island across the Pacific Ocean to and from New Zealand. Together over 19 years they have travelled more than 75.000 nautical miles and has done many years of charters. Now it is time for some new adventurers to enjoy the life that Monsoon offers

Vessel name: 72ft Don Brooke Wheelhouse Ketch Vessel type: Sailing Yacht : Cruising Yacth Designer: Don Brooke Make: Brooke Model: 22m Year constructed: 1978 Guests: 25 Berths: 12 Cabins: 5 Heads: 25 Engine model: GM/Detroit Diesel model 6-71 Engine power: 185 HP Fuel type: Diesel Crusing Speed: 8 Knots Maximum Speed: 10 Knots Nominal length: 72' 00" Length over all: 72' 00" Beam: 18' 10" Maximum draft: 8' 00" Hull material: Steel Keel type: Full Keel Displacement: 56 tons Fuel capacity: 7300 Litres Water capacity: 200 Gallons Holding tank capacity: 300 Gallons

Main engine is a natural aspirated GM/Detroit Diesel model 6-71, which had Dec 2009: new piston rings and injectors. She will have in March 2011about 6000 hrs on her counter. The main engine rates approx 185 HP (injector type N70) at 1900 rpm and gives a max speed of 10 knts Cruising under power at 1600 rpm the ship will show a speed of approx 8 knts. There are over a 200.000 of these engines around, so parts and service is easy to find.

The Allison hydraulic gearbox is the model is used on engines up to 350 HP, has a reduction from 3 to 1.

The 14 kW KOHLER generator engine is a YANMAR 4-cilinder turbo charged diesel (11000 hrs/Jan 2010), 26HP at 1500 rpm, with an automatic shut off control in case of low oil pressure or high coolant temp. (gauges are in the pilothouse.) Kohler derated this Yanmar diesel which originally produces of the same engine block, pistons and shaft 55 -77 HP at 3600 rpm.

Mechanical and engine room
Spacious engine room with fast access hatch,12 ft long, is located under the main saloon and enclosed by two bulkheads, has a headroom of 4' 8" and contains on port and starboard sides the fuel tanks each 900 gallons or each 3700 liters diesel; total 7300 liters= 1800 US Gallon diesel in 2 tanks.
Detroit Diesel 6-71, 6 cylinder in line
Kohler generator - 4 cil Yanmar - 14 Kw
Panda generator - 3 cil Kubota - 8 Kw
24 volt Batteries 740 Amp hrs
12 volt Battery Trojan 225 Amphr

Electrical 12 V DC, 24 V DC, 220 V / 110 V AC / 50 Hz, from 14 KW Kohler generator and 8 Kw Fisher Panda generator .
2 separate battery banks, chargers/inverter etc etc.
There are no 50 Hz versus 60 Hz problems.

She is a big boat, yet she sails like a 50 footer, the sails are not enormous and the furlers easy to operate. The autopilot steers the vessel almost always and one man drops the anchors in the bay.

Monsoon has a sharp bow and a canoe stern. She is round bilged, has a wineglass shape hull with full keel with cutaway forefoot, medium/heavy displacement. 1/4 inch mild steel hull, alloy superstructure and teak decks. Built in New Zealand in 1978 by Kumeu engineering & P. Vos (Interior), she is a custom built ocean cruiser.

Accommodations
The alloy deckhouse galley/salon raises 4 ft above deck offers seating for 8 persons around the dinner table and gives a perfect panoramic view over the sea. All cabins, companionways, salon galley and pilothouse have a headroom of 6'and 6". The delightful semi-enclosed alloy pilothouse standing on deck level, offers seating around a big table for 8 persons with shadow, fresh air, permanent view over all ship system controls and protection against the sea. Aft deck half round / full width stern seating fits as well 8 persons. Lots of sunbathing spaces all around, enormous teak decking.

5 spacious cabins for 10-12 passengers/crew will give the travelers/sailors the feeling of being at home on board of Monsoon. (two head/showers). Aft there is Air Conditioning and also plenty of natural ventilation. During a day cruise Monsoon could give 20-25 persons pleasure and enjoyment with her good sail performance and spacious accommodations.

After 10 years of cruising, two pacific crossings and a bit of bad weather, we decided to do some modifications to the lay-out of the Monsoon. In seas 6 ft and higher you don't want to be forward of the main mast, because of the motion, unless you're a real seaman, and these are rare. When passage making in rough seas most people prefer to sleep aft so we created a big double and 2 single beds in the captain's cabin and added a pipe birth in the starboard guest cabin opposite of the aft bathroom. In this way creating excellent beds for 5 adults and a few kids during the rough weather passages. This is ample and enough capacity for a "family & friends vessel" like Monsoon, take into account you have always 2 persons on watch, which make a total of 7 adults + few kids.
Original we had 4 bunks and the galley forward of the main mast. We moved galley up into the salon area and made one comfortable double bed in the forward cabin we and created two extra double cabins around the main mast base. See the pictures below. Forward you'll find as well a small bathroom with head, shower, vanity, mirror. During easier passages and the nights in bays and marina's people swarm out over the whole vessel....into the big forward cabin with the big Lewmar hatch: lay in your bed and watch the stars. People move into 2 extra double cabins forward at starboard & port that we created under the main mast, where before we had the galley. People sleep in the pilothouse, in the salon, or in hammocks.In this way you can sleep comfortably 16 persons.
Salon-galley-dining. (12x14ft). On starboard side is an L- shaped sofa with a dinner table to seat eight persons, on the portside a nice and practical galley with big fridge/freezer, ice maker, 3 burner stove, warm and cold water, microwave, toaster, blender. All around mahogany paneling with various woodcarvings and on the aft bulkhead is the entertainment center w/Sony TV, DVD, and stereo.
The saloon has a solid half inch teak sole.

Water maker 15 gal/hr +UV
Drink water pressure
2 battery chargers
Freezer machine

The cooling system for both engines is identical: raw water, via a strainer, passes a salt water/ coolant heat exchanger and is injected in the engine's exhaust pipe and than runs together with the exhaust glasses all the way aft to the stern waterline.

Water and pump systems

Furuno radar/chart plotter 1834C - new May 2012 with 3KW BBFO sounder
B&G /depth
Furuno GPS 32 - 2005
+ Garmin 128 GPS and Magellan handheldt VHF
Furuno Fax 5
Simrad AP50 electric/hydraulic autopilot (2004).
Icom 700 SSB.

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