$99,900
St. Petersburg, Florida
Category
-
Length
42'
Posted Over 1 Month
1984 Brewer 12.8 Cutter
After her extensive refit in the past two years, Marathi is an excellent example of one of the original 10 Brewer 12.8 Cutters designed by Ted Brewer, and built by Ft. Myers Yacht & Shipbuilding in 1984, for members of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club on Long Island, who wanted an improved and updated version of the legendary Whitby 42. Brewer incorporated their ideas, had new molds built in Ft. Myers, and the 12.8 designation makes these yachts truly unique from all the other Whitby, Brewer 42 and 44 yachts.
Major changes from the Whitby 42 included a Cutter Rig instead of the Whitbys Ketch Rig, a modified long fin keel with a centerboard and a skeg-hung rudder. With improved engineering such as having a Central Sea Chest for all Sea water intakes instead of multiple through-hull and sea cock fittings, the fleet of Brewer 12.8 yachts are lighter, stronger, faster, and carry more ballast for stability than the Whitby 42. With a Sail Area to Displacement ratio of 16.74, Marathi has comparable performance and handling characteristics to the renowned Valiant 37 & 40, designed by Bob Perry, but with the added advantage of being able to gunkhole in many sheltered harbors in Florida and the Caribbean, not accessible to deeper draft bluewater cruisers.
Her 4'6" draft is ideal for cruising the shallow waters of the West Coast of Florida and the Bahamas, yet with the centerboard down, her 9' draft provides plenty of stability, upwind pointing ability, and offshore performance with a well-balanced helm.
The Listing Agent has sold and sailed on two other Brewer 12.8 vessels, and owned and sailed on his personal Brewer-designed yacht for the past 15 years with a similar underbody configuration, except a modified bulb keel instead of a centerboard, and can attest to the excellent sea-kindly, yet lively performance you can expect from this 1984 Brewer 12.8 Cutter.
If you are looking for a turn-key bluewater cruiser with all the right gear and recent updates; look no further because these are but a few of the recent Upgrades: 2005 Yanmar engine, Dell computer with a fully-integrated suite of Navigation Electronics, including Radar, Autopilot, Active & Passive AIS B, Depth, Speed, SSB, VHF with DSC, displayed on a 19 Acer high-resolution Monitor utilizing Maptech & SeaClear GPS Chartplotting programs. New 16,000BTU A/C, new MASE 4.5Kw Generator with only 121 hours, Two 12V Electric Primary Winches, Marine Village 48 GPD Watermaker, Mack 2015 Full-Battened Mainsail, 440W Solar Panels, 1800W Inverter, SS Rails instead of Lifelines, 2013 SeaFrost 12V Refrigeration, 8 @ 125 Amp Trojan Batteries, new interior light fixtures, & new Lewmar Deck Hatches. This 1984 Brewer 12.8 is also equipped with a custom aluminum Stern Arch for Solar panels, antenna and integrated Dinghy Davits, plus an aluminum Swim Platform with SS Swim Ladder.
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