1979 Gulfstar MRK II Ketch13m

Flavorwave is a beautiful boat in good condition. She has always been kept in Lake Michigan and to my knowledge the only Freshwater Gulfstar 43 Mrk II, she is a 1979 model, hull #86, the last boat built. This is a spacious, light interior with two separate staterooms and two heads. Quality built in the United States. MarineAir reverse cycle heat and air.

The interior is spacious, with plenty of room for cruising with your family and friends. The woodwork of beautiful solid teak throughout the boat adds to the ambiance and is in very good condition. The grain of the wood is matched throughout the boat. She has a teak and holly cabin sole, refinished in 2019. There is built-in storage everywhere! And there is plenty of light and ventilation with lots of opening hatches and ports.

There is a stateroom forward with a spacious vee berth, a large hanging locker, and plenty of storage to make a longer cruise comfortable. There is a head forward with a shower. Next aft is the elegant salon with a settees to port and starboard. Both settees extend to form additional berths for guests. There is a huge beautiful centerline drop-leaf table for entertaining. You could easily seat eight for dinner. There are individual storage cabinets behind the port and starboard settees, with shelves for additional storage.

There are overhead hatches with built-in screens with teak frames. At the front port corner of the salon, is a built-in large hanging locker. Brass clock & Barometer
The sit-down, outward-facing nav station has a huge working surface for all of your charts and reference materials. She has a swing out navigator's stool that locks in position.

The instruments are mounted in easy-to-read positions in a pod over the companionway so that everything is visible from the helm. There is also a B&G Vulcan 7R at the steering pedestal. A complete set of B&G sailing instruments were installed in 2018, see below.

Across from the nav station is the galley. She has deep, double S.S. sinks on the centerline with a hot and cold pressure water system and a dockside water system. There is an S.S. Shipmate 2 burner stove, gimbaled with oven, propane safety shut off, great counter space, plenty of storage for all of your galley equipment with dish lockers and utensils drawers. She has a huge top loading ice box with new Adler Barbour Cold Machine refrigeration. The walk-through to the aft cabin is to starboard aft of the galley.

The walkway has 5'8'' headroom and very large hanging lockers on the port side, with great access to the engine room on the inside.

The master stateroom is an aft cabin designed with two large singles (or small doubles), one on each side of the cabin arranged in a large vee configuration. A filler cushion could be easily added to make a huge aft berth if desired. There is plenty of head room, plus great light and ventilation. There is also a private head inside the stateroom with a shower. Plenty of room for everything you need, designed for easy access.

Features at-a-glance
LOD .................... 42' 7"
Beam .................... 11' 10"
Draft ...................... 5' 0"
Displ .......... 23,000 # approx.
Ballast ........ 8,000 # approx. lead ballast
Sail Area ........ 731 sq.ft.

Electronics,

All B&G electronics new in 2018
3 B&G Triton II sailing instruments mounted in Pod above the companionway.
DST800 Transducer, Depth & Speed
B&G 213 windwand.
Vulcan 7R, With C- Map MAX-N+ chip, with Radar custom mounted at Helm
Broadband 4G 36 mile color radar, mounted on main mast
12'' Zeus II, with Radar & sailing instruments interfaced, at Nav table
NAC-3 Autopilot with high current Autopilot computer
Factory rebuilt Ray Marine autopilot motor in 2022
VHF 50 Radio with new RG 58 cable and new Antena at masthead.
VHF 50 Remote hand held, wireless
Balmar Battery Monitor - New in 2022

Deck and Hull

Center cockpit with full dodger, bimini with full enclosure. The windows on the side and back roll up to allow screened ventilation. The front panels of the dodger are premium isinglass for clear vision underway. Cockpit cushions. St. Croix rotating dingy davits. 35# CQR anchor with chain and rode. Danforth style anchor with rode. Lewmar anchor windlass with wireless controller. 3 Blade MaxProp feathering prop adjusted, cleaned and greased 2022 emergency tiller, USCG safety package, swim ladder, fenders and lines. New anchor, steaming foredeck lights & wiring 2019. The Gulfstar 43 was built in Florida, with a solid glass hull and deck sandwiched with balsa. Yacht Specialties pedestal with destroyer type wheel and engine controls on pedestal, Ritchie 5" compass on the steering pedestal.

Sails and Rigging

Ketch rig, painted aluminum spars with the main mast stepped on the keel and the mizzen stepped on the deck, internal halyards, Spartite mast chock, Hood SeaFurl roller furling, S.S. standing rigging, manual boom vang, UK mainsail , Hood 150 roller furling genoa, and a Hood & UK mizzen. Mainsail boom covers. She also has a spinnaker with pole and sheets & Guys. Also included are a staysail and gennaker.

Mechanical & Electrical

Perkins 4-108 50hp FWC diesel, Borg-Warner hydraulic transmission (rebuilt in 2021), Fireboy Automatic Fire Extinguisher in engine room (new in 2021), Magnetek Converter/battery charger, deluxe electric control panel with circuit breakers, 12V ships system, 110V AC system, 3 battery system with 3 heavy duty batteries for ship's service, and 1 for engine, with switch, new batteries 2022 engine alarms, emergency engine stop, Marine Air 16,000 BTU central air & heat with digital controls.

Improvements and Repairs 2020, 2021, & 2022

Resealed forward stateroom hatch
Replaced aft head
Replace aft bathroom water lines
Replaced galley sink faucet
Replaced fridge cooling system
Transmission Professionally Rebuilt
Replaced fuel tank with custom 25-gallon tank
Removed abandoned forward head water lines
New engine and transmission oil lines
New starter
New heat exchanger
Alternator and Regulator upgrade to Balmar high Amp
Serpentine belt upgrade
New Water Pump
New Oil pressure sensor
New Water Temperature Sensor
Repainted engine
Reworked AC water intake
Moved house battery bank out of engine room
Added starter battery near engine
Replace rear engine oil seal
Autopilot motor rebuilt by factory
Bottom Paint - VC Off Shore
Replaced aft head holding tank (15gal)
Replaced black water hoses
Installed Balmar Battery Monitor
Replaced fluorescent lighting with LED
Replaced all engine gauges
Reupholstered saloon cushions
Installed new engine room fire extinguisher
New engine room blower
Installed Windlass Wireless Remote

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.