Wellington Yacht Partners has listed the 56-foot Narwhal for sale at an asking price of $275,000.
The boat is lying in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, for onboard tours with a broker. Wellington Yacht Partners is based in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, with an additional office in Florida.
Built in 1987, Narwhal is a Staysail Schooner that has two staterooms and two heads, with the ability to accommodate a total of six people overnight. According to the brokerage house, the design—a clipper bow with a bowsprit, a schooner rig, low freeboard and raised bulwarks aft, along with varnished teak cabin trunk sides—is reminiscent of L. Francis Herreshoff’s Ticonderoga, as interpreted by John Cherubini.
“She is a proven performer in near coastal waters, on the racecourse and crossing oceans,” the brokerage house states. “Her combination of shoal draft, spirited performance, a well- balanced helm and easy sail handling, along with drop-dead gorgeous lines, make her a true standout.”
Narwhal has an aristo blue hull with a wide white shear stripe, matching single white boot stripe and red bottom. Her cabin top and decks are painted moondust nonslip with gloss white waterways. Bright-teak varnish is on the cabin house sides with teak eyebrows, trim, handrails, toe rails and cockpit helm seating. The boat’s spars are painted to match the nonslip decks, and the canvas is off-white.
Belowdecks is mahogany joinery with raised-panel bulkheads and hull ceilings painted white in Herreshoff style for a classic interior ambience.
At the transom for use as auxiliary power is a 115 hp Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE1 diesel from 2013. This engine reportedly has about 400 hours of use on it.
According to the brokerage house, Narwhal has cruised both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but in recent times has been based along the U.S. East Coast. For the past seven years, this yacht has seen only seasonal use in New England, with indoor heated storage as the norm during the off-season, and professional service as needed by Niemec Marine of New Bedford and The Concordia Company of South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Has Narwhal had any refits over the years? Yes, there was a big refit by the present owner in 2013-14, according to the brokerage house. That refit included the installation of a new Yanmar diesel, refrigeration, air conditioning and a new electrical system with all new wiring and chargers.
Where to learn more: Contact a sales broker at wellingtonyachts.com
