65' William Garden Custom Ketch

Were looking to sell our beloved 1969 William Garden Ketch in Los Angeles, CA. Rosebud is a one of a kind, 65 cruising steel ketch, thought to be the prototype for Gardens Formosa 51 line. While she needs a good owner willing to put in some serious and extensive work into updating her systems, her bones are solid and she will make for an excellent and comfortable expedition cruiser. We are looking to sell her as-is, where-is. Many details listed below, but a lot more to discuss than I can write here as well as additional photos. Due to time and logistical constraints on our end, we only want to show the boat to people we know can put the time and effort into fixing her up, so message me with your questions first and we can start a conversation about her.

Asking $45,000 USD.

LOA: 65
LOD: 50
Beam: 15 3
Draft: 8
6 3 standing room throughout the interior of the vessel

Construction:
3/16 formed Corten Steel plate hull
⅛ Corten Steel deck and cabin
Poured concrete ballast

Propulsion:
Engine: 160HP Volvo Penta MD70A, runs beautifully
Replaced water pump 2024
Did a coolant flush of the in-keel coolant system 2024

Tanks:
Fuel: 365 gallons in 2 integral steel tanks
Water: 265 gallons in 1 steel and 1 stainless steel tanks
Black Water: 50 gallons in 1 styrene plastic tank
Grey Water: 50 gallons in 1 integral steel tank
Propane: 2x 14lb steel propane tanks

Equipment:
Whisper 6 6KW Generator - needs servicing
Seaward Water heater- needs servicing or replacing
Dometic Marine Air Conditioning Unit - 16k BTUs
Racor Fuel Filters for engine and generator
Tank Tender tank level reader- connected to all tanks
FCI Aquamiser Plus Watermaker - 500 GPD capacity
4 stroke Tohatsu 9.8HP Outboard
2 Stroke Tohatsu 3.5HP outboard
Defender Hypalon Dinghy
2x 110lb navy type bow anchors
1x 140lb CQR spare anchor
Lewmar hydraulic dual-gypsy windlass- original to the boat, needs replacing
Automatic Bilge Pumps- need servicing or replacing
Electric Bilge Pump
Freshwater Pump
Grey Water Pump- needs replacing
Standard Horizon VHF
Icom IC-M504 VHF
Airmar Transducer and Simard Depthsounder display
Wind gauge and display
Wood Freeman Autopilot - works but is very old and outdated, needs replacing
Life raft
Fire Extinguishers and Flares- too many items to list here
LOTS of spare parts

Sail Inventory:
Dacron main - old but usable
Dacron mizzen - old but usable
Staysail - old but usable
Storm jib- old but usable
2x 110% Yankee headsails (hank on) - old but usable
1x 110% Yankee headsail (luff tape for furling) - old but usable
NEW C430 Profurl roller furling kit for outer forestay- needs installation