Gulfstar Center Cockpit Motorsailer boats for sale

1975 Gulfstar Center Cockpit Motorsailer

$145,000

Clearwater, Florida

1975 Gulfstar Center Cockpit Motorsailer "Chez Nous," the ultimate cruising motorsailer, owned and outfitted by marine author Tom Neale, is for sale. Do not miss this opportunity to own this cared-for classic with ALL the modern upgrades! Be sure to watch BOTH videos for shots of her underway, AND some great cruising tips from Tom & Mel Neale! This vessel has been owned, cruised, and maintained to the highest standards for the past 18 years by marine author Tom Neale. She's been outfitted as the ultimate family cruising boat, with incredible attention to detail, and is ready to go. She was purchased as a live-aboard vessel for the author's family of four, and she fits this description perfectly. She is spacious and seaworthy, built with a solid and thick fiberglass hull of incredible strength. Many, many custom upgrades have been made. See the list! She has a shallow enough draft to get into the most remote parts of the Bahamas, and her mast is short enough for the ICW. But she's tough enough to be taken anywhere. Among her many features are a 200 HP Yanmar diesel engine (new in 2007) with approx. 1000 hours on it, a 12 KW Kohler generator, 3 air conditioning units, refrigeration, a deep freezer, ice maker, three very spacious and private staterooms, two full heads with separate showers, an office with its own pure sine wave dedicated inverter, an entertainment center, a custom hydraulic dinghy lift and platform, electric winches, roller furling on main and jib, and a fully enclosed cockpit. "Chez Nous" is only of only 27 of these classics, built when they were built tough.  CHEZ NOUS Features:200 HP Yanmar diesel engine (new in 2007), approx. 1000 hoursCustom hydraulic tender lift and platform on stern, lifts tender w/ 25 HP motor and owner and gas and supplies with push of button, and serves also as swim and/or dive platform in lowered position. (Current tender does not come with the boat, but the lift will support a RIB or other tender easily).Manually operated stainless steel tender davits as back up method of securing tender. Reinforced by welded stainless piping cross bars12 foot Avon inflatable with 15 HP Mercury (2000) outboard60 pound CQR anchor, Fortress FX 5Bow pulpit rebuilt with stainless steel supported by stainless pipe and straps. Stainless secondary pulpit is under original teak bow pulpit for aesthetics. Ideally set up fo