51' Skye 51 Skye 51

MASSIVE PRICE REDUCTION OF $65k!
NOW ASKING $114900!!

Our life changes are your gain! You wont find a bluewater boat like Arbella anywhere near this price point! Need to sell the boat ASAP! Get in touch to schedule a viewing.

Due to life changes we are looking for a new owner for our beloved Skye 51. She is a beast of a bluewater boat built to cross oceans quickly and comfortably (average 160 to 175 mile days easily). Designed by Kauffman and Ladd and a close relative to John Kretschmers Quetzal she was built in 1981. She is a flush decked ketch rig with inner Forestay for when the weather kicks up and features an elongated fin keel and skeg hung rudder with a super fine entry forward. No pounding upwind on this boat! She is coming off of a major refit period and has been thoroughly shaken down over the last 5 months. Two gales on the way to Bermuda this fall and a season cruising the Caribbean (around 4000 miles total) has proved her robust construction and systems. She is truly a turnkey vessel and ready to continue cruising the world.

Some of the notable upgrades include new standing rigging (including chainplates), rebuilt mast step, new transmission, recently factory rebuilt engine, new sails, rebuilt hydraulic autopilot, new steering cable and sprocket, new seacocks and Thruhulls, two new fuel tanks, new Furuno radar, rewired mast and a myriad of other projects. The teak deck has been replaced since the original and is glued down with no fasteners penetrating into the foam cored deck.
There are a few cosmetics repairs that could be done but are not necessary. Mainly a few areas with failing varnish belowdecks.

Please reach out for more detailed information on the boat, refit period and inventory.

Boat is currently in Miami. Reach out to schedule a viewing.

Call Tucker at (207) 620-4178 or email trmitc@gmail.com

Engine:
Perkins 4236
80 hp
Factory Rebuilt with 800 hrs since rebuild
New Hydraulic Transmission August 2025
New Transmission Oil Cooler
Regularly Serviced

Generator:
Mase I.S. 4.0
Serviced regularly
Secured and operational but could use new mounts

Electrical:
Generator and Shore power connected to Freedom Marine 20 (100 amp) battery charger
Backup Truecharge 40 amp battery charger
AC outlets throughout boat
Xantex 1800 watt sine wave inverter
600 amp hour AGM house bank (new July 2024, never discharged below 55%)
Victron Shunt and Victron Color Control display
Balmar Smartguage for engine alternator
2x 160 watt solar panels mounted on rails
Victron MPPT solar charge controller

Navigation:
iPad running navionics with built in GPS
External Garmin GPS Antenna
Raymarine instruments (wind, depth, newer models)
Furuno NXT radar with 10 inch display at chart table (top of the line unit, new August 2025)
Simrad HLD 2000 autopilot (rebuilt October 2025)
2 autopilot control screens (at helm and fwd in cockpit) and autopilot remote
Vesper Cortex AIS (acts as gateway between NMEA2000 network and boat WiFi so instrument data can be displayed on iPad, new September 2025)
2x Uniden ES UM525 VHF with DSC (one at chart table and one in cockpit)
2x Standard Horizon handheld VHF
IridiumGo with external marine antenna
Danforth compass at helm

Tankage:
Diesel- 2x 27 gallon under starboard settee, 1x 60 gallon under port settee (currently not commissioned, needs to be leak tested)
Manifold to select from three tanks
Separate 15 gallon diesel tank for generator
Water- 40 gallon tank under starboard fwd bunk (new July 2025)
5x tanks under cabin sole with 160 gallons
Total water tankage of 200 gallons
2x self draining propane lockers aft in cockpit

Rigging:
Ketch rigged with removable inner Forestay
All New Standing Rigging in Summer of 2025
All chainplates replaced over last 5 years
Running rigging in good condition and has been replaced as necessary
Main mast is keel stepped and Mizzen is deckstepped
Both pulled from boat for inspection and servicing including greasing sheaves, all new electrical wiring, new anchor light/tricolor
Rebuilt Mast step for mainmast in October of 2025 (new 1/2 316 stainless steel plate)
Backstay tension controlled by Navtec hydraulic adjusters (system serviced professionally in summer 2025)
Winches regularly serviced
2x whisker poles for both Genoa and staysail
New steering cable and sprocket

Sails:
New Main and Mizzen from Rolly Tasker (Summer 2025)
Both are full batten with the harken rollerbearing cars
Both in zip up stack packs with lazy jacks
3 reefs in both with conventional slab reefing for simplicity and ease reefing off the wind
110% Genoa from Elvstrom (serviced by professional sail loft in 2025 and in good condition)
Asymmetrical Spinnaker
Code 0
Hank on Staysail (slightly oversized but works well with the 1st reef point in)
Storm Trysail
Storm Jib x2

Galley:
Force 10 3 burner gimbaled stove with full oven
Top and side loading Fridge
Top loading freezer
Both run on water cooled isotherm compressors
2 bay large sink
Carbon filter for drinking water tap
Exhaust fan over stove
Saltwater foot pump for dishes

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