"Imagine" is a 56ft (17m) Bruce Roberts Ketch with a 15ft (5m) beam and draws 2.5m. Built in 1979, she has sailed NZ, New Zealand, Asia and the South Pacific many times (15 Bluewater crossings in the past 8 years alone).
Imagine is a spacious boat able to sleep 7 people in three cabins and has been a comfortable home for the last eight years. She has been set up for light handed sailing.
The hardtop cockpit means you keep warm and dry while sailing.
Features
Galley:
Double sink
Salt and fresh water taps
120ltr Fridge
Two 80ltr freezers
Two burner stove with grill and oven (new 2024)
Safety Equipment:
6 person liferaft
Danbouy
2 liferings
8 adult PFDs and 3 children PFDs
Drogue
Offshore medical kit
Fire extinguishers
Smoke detectors
2 VHF radios plus 1 handheld
AIS
EPIRB
Flares
Iridium Go
Starlink
Electronics:
1200w solar panels
Silentwind wind generator
880ha housebank batteries
2000w inverter
Forward facing sonar
Sides scan sonar
12inch Raymarine MFD (with NZ, New Zealand and South Pacific charts)
4 other Raymarine displays (wind etc)
Autopilot
Radar
Other:
Furled Headsail
Furled Staysail
Main with stack pack (new 2022)
Mizzen
Spinnaker
Gennaker
Storm Gib
Trisail
New Standing Rigging (January 2025)
Sarca Excel main anchor (with 80m new chain 2024)
Rocna secondary anchor with 10m chain and 50m rode
Muir windlass (new 2022)
Hydraulic steering (new 2024)
Diesel heater (for winter)
Volvo penta D2 75hp engine
900ltr diesel tanks
360ltr water tanks
100ltr holding tank
120ltr per hour watermaker
Shower & manual toilet
Hot water cylinder
Large lazarette
Wet weather gear cupboard
Lots of under-seat and cupboard storage
Large gas bottle
RIB with outboard
Antifouled (January 2024)
Hull and deck painted (2024)
PowerDive diving system
2 person kayak
50 paper charts