Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Kim Holman Landfall Class Ketch
Kim Holman Landfall ketch built by Whisstocks Boatyard Ltd, Suffolk, UK in 1958.
She was the first yacht of 6 built to this Kim Holman design and gave her name to the class. Built for Claude Whisstock, the owner of the boat yard, she was therefore the ‘boss’s boat’ and would have been built with a little extra care and attention. Owned by Whisstock for 25 years, she then had another long ownership before being given a major refit between 1998 and 2004.
Bought by the previous owners in 2006 and sailed to Devon where she was modified and prepared for long distance cruising and live aboard sailing. After cruising the West country in 2007, the then owners departed in 2008 for a 15 year cruise, arriving back in the UK in 2023. Their cruise took them south to the Cape Verdes, across the Atlantic to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina before travelling north through the western Caribbean, into Cuba, USA and Canada before heading home via the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Azores. The voyage covered 29,000Nm with over 400 anchorages and moorings.
The boat has behaved impeccably throughout that period and has never gave any cause for concern. She was a comfortable and safe cruising home, easily handled by her 2 crew in all conditions and much admired wherever she went.
Sold in February 2024 to the current owner, refit work was carried out to remedy issues highlighted in the 2023 survey and the boat sailed to her new home in Dorset. Unexpectedly back on the market after only one season due to personal circumstances of the owner, this is a great opportunity for someone to acquire a spacious, capable and comfortable cruising yacht with great pedigree and provenance.
Full survey report available from November 2023 along with a list of actions taken since to satisfy the insurance company.
Construction
Hull
Carvel planked in 1 1/8” iroko fastened with copper rivets to steam bent oak timbers.
Garboards renewed in 2020 using angelique. Hull recaulked in 2013. Underwater hull stripped to bare wood and re-painted in 2024.
Sawn oak floors across the centreline with some bronze strap floors in the ends of the hull.
Professional repairs to floors and mast step to remedy surveyor comments.
External iron ballast keel of 4.25 tons. Keel bolts were fitted in 2000, wrought iron bolts coated in epoxy.
Some internal lead trimming ballast.
Deck and Cockpit
Deck laid in 1” plywood on larch deck beams, sheathed in Cascover then overlaid with a teak deck. Painted toe rail all round with an oiled iroko capping. Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guard rails.
Self draining cockpit split into 2 parts for the helms person and crew. Oiled iroko coamings and varnished teak thwarts with lockers below.
Wheel steering with cables to the rudder quadrant. Cables adjusted and greased this season.
Teak gas box on the aft deck.
Superstructure
Superstructure has a coachroof with a raised doghouse aft giving protection to the cockpit and companion hatch.
Iroko coamings finished in white paint with chromed bronze port lights and windows.
Coachroof deck of GRP sheathed 1” plywood. Chromed bronze dorade vents on the coachroof.
Rig
Bermudan ketch rig on keel spruce masts.
Main mast is a built hollow section and the mizzen is solid.
Spruce slab reefing main boom. New mizzen boom. Douglas Fir bowsprit.
Most spars are finished in oil not varnish so are easier to maintain.
Stainless steel standing rigging from 2003 to internal galvanised chain plates.
Seafurl 3250 roller furling headsail system for the jib.
Self tacking staysail for easy handling.
Sails
Full suit of working sails and storm sails mostly from 2003. Full details in the inventory list below. Working sails professionally serviced in 2023.
Winches
Gibb Sheetmaster cockpit sheet winches.
Antal W8 cockpit jib furling winch.
Pair of mast winches.
Machinery
Engine
Perkins 4,236 80hp diesel completely rebuilt in 2000.
Engine serviced 2024. New stainless steel heat exchanger, starter motor and water pump in recent years.
Borg Warner Velvet Drive gearbox to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. Cruising speed of 5 knots, max speed of 7 knots.
Fuel consumption of 1.5l/hr – 2.5l/hr.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
6 berths including 2 quarter berths, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 single berths in the forecabin which can be converted to a double.
6’ headroom through the cabin.
General Description
Steps down from the cockpit into the doghouse with a seat either side and a quarter berth outboard under the side decks.
Half height bulkheads and vertical grab rails with steps down from the doghouse.
Galley to port and chart desk to starboard.
Chart desk is half admiralty size and faces outboard with instruments under the side deck.
Bulkhead with bi-fold mahogany doors into the saloon.
Port and starboard saloon settee berths with storage beneath and behind. Dropleaf mahogany saloon table offset to port. Varnished sole boards and coamings with white painted deckhead.
Original joinery with lockers either side at the forward end of the saloon.
Pair of original mahogany doors at forward end of saloon, port side into the heads and starboard side into the forecabin.
Forecabin has 2 large single V-berths with an infill piece to create a large double for use in harbour. Original fold down net shelves either side with varnished mahogany slats on the hull. Forehatch above the berth.
Galley
L-shaped galley with a Nelson Spinflo 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. New gas pipe work. Twin stainless sink with pressurised water. Plumbing in place for a hot water system but no calorifier tank. 12 volt fridge locker under the chart desk.
Heads
Heads compartment has a new Lavac sea toilet that discharges directly overboard. Stainless hand basin. The heads has a second door from the forecabin making that cabin an ensuite.
Equipment
Sestrel SIRS Navigation Major II steering compass
B&G sounder
B&G log
Anemometer (needs repair/replacement)
Handheld Plastimo Echofish 300
ICOM IC-M56 VHF
ICOM IC-M71 handheld VHF radio
AIS Quark QK-A024/026
Raymarine SmartPilot S1 autopilot
Hydrovane VXA2 M/H/E wind vane steering system
Iridium 9555 satellite phone with red box optimizer
B&G GPS/plotter needs repair/replacement
Superior Offshore Stream 4 person liferaft, new 2023. Service due 2026
4 x life jackets
1 x lifebuoy
EPIRB
Flare pack in date
Danbuoy with lifebuoy and light
MOB Lifesling recovery buoy
Emergency VHF antenna
Global 12 sea anchor
Jack stays
Bolt cutters
Emergency tiller
3 x Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
2 x Gusher Titan 30 manual bilge pumps
Whale auto electric bilge pump
Radar reflector
45lb CQR anchor
75m x 10mm chain
Lofrans Tigres TG electric anchor windlass
20kg Delta kedge anchor. 6m x10mm chain + 44m x 18mm warp
Danforth 25lb kedge anchor
29kg angel weight
Anchor buoy with line
Mooring warps
Fenders
Anchor ball
Bunk and berth cushions
Cabin paraffin lamps
Nelson Spinflo gas cooker
Twin stainless steel galley sink
12 volt refrigerated locker
Galley equipment
Stainless steel heads hand basin
Baby Blake sea toilet
Various gas bottles
Spare fuel jerry cans
4 x 6 volt AGM domestic batteries, total 400ah
1 x 12 volt AGM 105ah engine start battery
Engine spares
Dolphin Premium 15 amp 240 volt battery charger
Shore power system with cable (240 and 110 volt capable)
2 x Kyocera 40W solar panels
Aquair 100 wind and water generator with spare impeller
Mainsail 298sqft pre 2006 Fair condition
Mizzen 96sqft Fair condition
Jib 236sqft 2003 Good condition
Staysail 124sqft 2003 Good condition
Cruising chute 2007 Excellent condition
Mizzen staysail 245sqft Good condition
Trysail 108sqft Good condition
Storm jib 74sqft 2003 Good condition
Spare mainsail Good condition (needs altering)
Seafurl 3250 roller furling headsail system
Alloy spinnaker pole
Mainsail, mizzen and staysail covers
Dodgers
Sprayhood
Cockpit bimini cover
Anchor windlass cover
Forehatch cover
Skylight cover
Bowsprit sun cover
GRP pram dinghy with oars and rig
Lehr propane 2.5hp outboard motor
Deck brush
Bucket
Boarding/swim ladder
Boat hook
Davey Grabit boat hook
