1966 SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 65 ASKING $430,000 Cdn

• LOA        65' 0"
• Beam     16' 0"
• Draft        6'  0" board up
• Draft       14' 3' board down
• Displacement      73,510 lbs
• Ballast                  22,360 lbs 
• Fuel            400 gal
• Water          400 gal
• Waste           40 gal

CONSTRUCTION

· Aluminium Hull with round bilge design of welded construction with a traditional overhanging transom and spoon bow stem 

· Aluminium Deck with Teak Planking [Both New 2006]

· Fibreglassed marine plywood Cabin Trunk 

· Shallow full keel with an amidship centerboard and an aft centerboard 

· Aluminium Rudder filled with vegetable oil

· Teak Veneer Plywood Bulkheads

· Masts stepped to bilge for the main and stepped to the aft cabin top for the mizzen 

· Aluminium Chainplates welded to the inside of the hull frames 

ENGINE and PROPULSION

MECHANICALS and HARDWARE 

· Working Engine Room located Amidships bilge (under cockpit), Entered via aft Stateroom

· 1990 Cummins 6BT-5.9 Turbo charged diesel 210 HP (2023 new hoses, starter, pumps and heat exchanger with working spares on hand for each)

· Serial # 44510703

· 3750 Engine hours

· Three blade feathering bronze Max Prop Propeller

· 2” diameter Solid Stainless Steel Drive Shaft with pillow block bearing

· Shaft Brake that is operational in the engine room

· Twin Disc MG5050 2:1 reduction Gear Box, s/n: 5BE226

· Bow Thruster 10” 32v

· Wagner Hydraulic Wheel System Steering

· Raymarine Rudder Angle Indicator (2023)
 

· Racor Water Separator (two) 

· Water cooled Exhaust with Heat Exchanger [2023]
 

· Neoprene and Copper Fuel Line

· Mechanical Fuel Pumps

· Overboard Overflow

· Fuel Tank Grounded and Vented to atmosphere

· Fuel manifold with Shut Off Valves
 

· Two Fuel Fill Intakes in the cockpit floor, on each side of the steering pedestal [twinned]

· Twin Racor Filters for main engine, one Racor for the generator 

· One Electric Fuel Transfer Pump

· One Electric Fuel Priming Pump

· Natural intake and exhaust Engine Room Ventilation

· Aluminium Engine Bed

· Fuel, Water Temperature, Tachometer, Voltmeter, Hour Meter and Oil Pressure Gauges

· Groco Electric Engine Oil Change System

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

· Vapor Lock Master Battery Switch in Engine Room

· 12v and 120v Switch Panel at port side of Main Salon aft bulkhead 

· 32v DC House Battery System, (4) wet cell [2024]

· 12v Starting System, (2) wet cell (2023)

· New 24v DC Dedicated Bow Thruster Battery Bank with Victron Charger [2024]

· Batteries Secured in Aluminium boxes, that are lined in fiberglass 

· 32v Blower in heads and galley
 

· One 12v Alternator

· One 32v 80 Amp alternator on main engine 

· 30amp 120v AC Shore Power

· AC Panel Polarity Indicator 

· Newmar 32-12 35amp converter

· Lewco 3240A 32v 40 amp Battery Charger

· Victron 24vDC for Bow Thruster

SAILS and RIGGING

· Double Spreader extruded Aluminium Main Mast

· Single Spreader Aluminium Mizzen Mast

· Stainless rod Standing Rigging with open turnbuckles

· Mizzen Mast overhauled (2023)

· Dineema Running Rigging (2023/24)

· Aluminium Spinnaker Pole and a Reaching Strut 

· Stearns Boom Vang

· Two Barient #36 electric two speed ST Primary Winches

· Barient #28 two speed ST

· Three Barient #10

· Barient wire reel

· Harken 44 ST

· Two Barient #22

· Three Barient #28

· Furling Mainsail (rebuild 2024)

· Quantum Sails genoa (2019)

· Spinnaker

· Mizzensail

· Staysail 

· New Harken Drum-type Mainsail Furling on a jackstay, aft of the mast [2024]

· Schaeffer 4100 Headsail Roller Furling System (2006)

· Dutchman flaking system on Mizzen

· Turnbuckle Backstay Adjuster

ELECTRONICS and NAVIGATION

· Danforth/White 11” Binnacle Compass

· Icom IC-M602 VHF Radio

· Raymarine i70 Depth (2023)

· Raymarine i70 Knotmeter (2023)

· Raymarine Chartplotter (2023) + Helm Repeater (2024)

· Raymarine Autopilot (2023)

· Raymarine Wind Speed and Direction (2024)

· Raymarine Radar (2023)

· 12v DC Navigation Lights (main and mizzen lights new 2023/4)

COCKPIT

· Raised Cockpit with Seating port and starboard

· Cockpit Table

· Wheel

· Raymarine Navigation Instrumentation and Compass

· Engine Instrumentation

· Centerboard Controls

DECK

· Teak Decking over Aluminium deck

· Dockline Cleats - Two forward Two aft Three on the cabin top One each amidships 

· Keefe vertical mount 32v Windlass with fore deck Control

· Hard Dodger over the Cockpit with a Canvas Bimini (2023) rolled up on top of the Dodger 

· Double 7 X 19 Stainless Steel Wire Rope Lifelines

· Complete Stainless Steel double Bow Pulpit

· Complete Stainless Steel double Stern Rail

INTERIOR

FORWARD CABIN

· Galley Walkthrough to Forward Cabin

· Twin Berths

· Ample Storage above and below berths

· Hanging Locker

· Ladder Access to Overhead Hatch

· Private Head with Marine Toilet, Shower and Storage

MIDSHIPS CABIN

· Bunk Berths

· Ample Storage in Drawers under and beside berths

AFT STATEROOM

· Twin Double Berths

· Storage Cabinetry

· Large Stainless Opening Ports

· Private Head with Marine Toilet, Sink, Shower and Storage

SALON

· Raised Salon with Seating Port and Starboard

· Salon Table

· Library

· Additional Instrumentation

· 12v and 120v Control Panels

· Roll down large side centre windows

· Stainless Opening Ports

GALLEY

· Galley Down Configuration

· CNG Gas System Three Burner Stove with Oven with Solenoid Shutoff

· CNG (4) Cannisters in lazarette [recertified 2024] with Shutoff Valves on front of Stove & Tank 

· Litten 120v AC Microwave

· Holding Plate Refrigeration System in the galley 

· Freezer in galley and below the saloon cabin sole

· Ice Maker in freezer compartment below the starboard settee 

· Stainless Steel Galley Sink mounted in the countertop 

HEADS

· One Head in Forward Cabin, One Adjacent to Galley, One in Aft Stateroom

· Showers in head compartments

· Two Mansfield (Dometic) Vacuflush Head Systems 

· Holding Tank Capacity: 40 gallons in Engine Room (Polypropylene) 

· Vented to atmosphere

SYSTEMS and EXTRAS

· 12v DC Cabin Lights (mostly LED) and 120v AC 

· Sacrificial Zinc anodes on the hull and propeller shaft. 

· ElectroGuard Corrosion Monitor gauge 

· Wabasto DBW2020 diesel fired Heating System for hot water and forced air Northern Lights 8kw diesel Auxiliary Generator, model: M753-8N s/n: 7532-3391 with 3501 hrs (installed 6/1990). Wet exhaust lift box (2023)

· 12v Fresh Water Deck Washdown on the fore deck (2023)

· Chelsea 6” clock, Salem barometer 

· Forfjord 80lb Anchor, Danforth D2500 Anchor, Danforth 12H Anchor, Stainless steel plow, Wilcox- Crittenden 

· Ground Tackle - 3/8” chain x 300’, 25’ 5/16” chain and 300’ 3/4” rode 

· 3/4” three strand & braided nylon Dock Lines

· Pneumatic Fenders (8), fender boards (2)

· Canvas Sail covers (2024), forward hatch, winches and windlass, cockpit cover to lifelines 

· Pressure Hot Water heated by 120v or engine heat exchanger (new element 2024)

· Two Water Tanks, 400 gallons total

· Aluminium Water Tank under the Main Salon

· Plastic reinforced & copper Water Lines

FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT

· CO2 Fire Extinguisher System in engine room manually operated at helm

· Dry chemical Fire Extinguishers (5) 

· Teak boarding ladder

· 2 x Type IV USCG approved Horseshoe type Liferings

· Electric Bilge Pumps 32volt submersible automatic forward and engine room 32 volt diaphragm in the engine room for pickup in trunk, aft, engine room, grey water and forward bilge

· Twin horns on the mizzen mast 

· Ships Bell Mounted on Mizzen

· Aluminium Emergency Tiller welded tubing in aft lazarette

· Man Overboard Pole

GENERAL COMMENTS

· Full Library of drawings and manuals onboard.

· Full catalogued main spares and filters.

· Large general storage areas onboard (under main salon and after lazarette).

· Yacht was built for offshore cruising and racing. 

· Comfortable in a seaway and very manageable in a tight marina. 

· Easily solo or two-handed boat.

· Boat has been kept in freshwater for 40 years of its life. Was indoor stored each winter for 25 of those years.

· The boat has a custom-made steel I-beam cradle and can be stored rig up.

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.