45' Dufour 12000 CT

This is a 1983 Dufour 12000 CT 45' ketch rigged sailboat. She is a great family cruiser and many have been used to circumnavigate. This boat was built in La Rochelle France and sailed the Atlantic before crossing into the Pacific and spending years in Hawaii, Japan, and Alaska before returning. They only made a handful of these boats and most can still be found around the globe. My family of five lived aboard for about a year and our plans of cruising have been pushed off a few years for now.

I am a marine ABYC mechanic and have rebuilt many of the systems on this boat. It has entirely new electrical wiring. Most of the electronics are new or repurposed used equipment. All the plumbing is new. There is a new washer, new hot water maker, new battery charger, new chartplotter, AIS transponder, new many things.

The engine is an original 1983 Perkins 4.236 that was rebuilt by the previous owner in the early 2000s. I'm unsure of the hours but I have put about 200 on it since I started keeping track. I recently replaced the entire exhaust system and completely serviced the engine in 9/2019. I've been religious about engine maintenance the last two years.

The boat was hauled in 3/2019 and the bottom was sand blasted and re-coated with 4 layers of epoxy and then bottom paint. The entire boat was painted at that time as well. All new zincs were installed as well as a new cutlass bearing. Also, a new speedometer and depth thru hull was installed.

The teak deck was removed and recovered with kiwi grip non skid in 2016.

Sale includes a 2014 10 West Marine Dinghy with 2019 Honda 20 Outboard.

The boat could sail the Carribean right now. In the last year Ive sailed her to Key Largo and back twice, Ft Myers, and back and forth to the Dry Tortugas twice. Ive single handed her on most of these trips.

Engine
1983 Perkins 4.236 (rebuilt in early 2000s)
85HP
200 hours (since I started tracking in 2017). About 2000 since rebuild.
3 blade propeller
New cutlass bearing (2019)
New zincs (2019)
Complete service including oil, oil filters, transmission, transmission filters, coolant flush, belt. (2020)
New alternator (2018)
New Starter (2018)
Entire new exhaust system and hosing (2019)
New throttle and shift cables to outside helm
Tanks, Plumbing and Sanitation
Fresh Water (Stainless) 200 gallons (tanks are fine and original. All plumbing lines replaced in 2018) New water pump, new accumulator tank
Plus Bosch Hot Water Tank (new 2017) 6 gallons
Diesel (Stainless) 185 gallons
Middle Holding Tank (New 2018) 10 gallons
Forward Holding Tank (New 2020) 35 gallons
Forward and Aft toilets, both new in 2020. All new plumbing lines throughout the entire boat.
New macerator pump in 2018.
Installed washer/dryer in 2019. It is not a new one, just a new install, but works great.
New sump box in 2019.
New shower in forward head in 2018, new showerhead 2020.
Two bilge pumps replaced in 2019.
New Gulper sump pump (keeps bilge totally dry on 24 hour timer) installed 2020.
New kitchen faucet (2017)
Installed alcohol stove in 2020.
Accomodations
Number of single berths: 4
Number of double berths 1
Number of cabins 3
Electronics
Handheld VHF (2017)
VHF at the inside helm
Raymarine chartplotter at outside helm (new 2018)
Raymarine i50 at inside helm (2017)
Raymarine Autopilot with type 3 hydraulic pump at inside helm and operable by Raymarine chartplotter at outside helm. This is a fresh install of an older system and works great.
AIS transponder (2017)
NOCO Genius 10 Amp battery charger for start circuit (2017)
Charles 100 Amp charger for house bank
100 watt solar panel (2017)
25 television
Dvd, stereo, Bluetooth and cd player, radio too with fresh speakers installed throughout the cabin
Raymarine thru hull speed and water temp transducer (2019)
Raymarine in hull depth transducer (2019)
Hawkeye depth transducer (2018)
Galvanic Isolator
Ground Tackle
2 x 45 plow anchors with 200 ft of 3/8 chain
Windlass with its own battery bank and own charger.
Additional Equipment
10 ft West Marine inflatable hard bottom dinghy with 2019 Honda Outboard
Champion Inverter Generator 3100 Watts
16000 BTU Webasto AC (new 2017) in main salon.
5000 BTU GE window unit (vents out aft lazaratte) in master cabin (new 2020)
Dometic electric ice box
Jib and main sail are in working condition. Jib has a tear but is serviceable.
Yard work compelted in 2019
Entire boat painted white.
New boot stripe.
New epoxy bottom coating and blister repair
New cutlass bearing
New zincs
Fiberglass Repairs
New bottom Paint