Yacht Windcastle for sale by owner: Photos

Departing San Diego, California for Mexico, Oct. 2004

Profurl jib furler, leading the way at forward end of bow platform

Typical cockpit view on passage NZ to Tonga June 2012

Yachtie friends enjoying Windcastle's cockpit anchored La Cruz Mexico Feb. 2005

Underway NZ to Tonga June 2012

Aft (skipper and partner) sleeping compartment, looking aft.

Anchored in Bay of Islands NZ October 2011

Anchored in another beautiful spot, Bay of Islands, North Island, NZ October 2011

Underway Tonga to American Samoa June 2012

Ashore for shelling and a hike, with Avon dinghy, Bay of Islands NZ, October 2011

100% Jib out, zero % main; Bay of Islands NZ, October 2011

Sunset on last evening of 9-day passage from NZ before arriving Savusavu, Fiji, June 2008

Double reefed NEW mainsail (with tackle outhaul at clew) on passage NZ to Tonga June 2012

In Ashby/s boatyard, Opua, NZ; about to go back into water with new 'bottom', June 2011

Expert crew Bob Fassio on passage from Opua, NZ to Savusavu, Fiji June 2008

Bob Fassio working topside, jacketed, harnessed, and hooked to starboard Jackline

'Canard' jib setting, Bob adjusting double-reefed mainsail on passage to Fiji June 2008

Bottom end of bobstay; fresh bottom and bootstripe paint (both antifouling)

Looking forward from berth in aft compartment; teak cabinetry to right, shop bench beyond door

Anchor locker with doors open, with main chain falling from deck windlass, plus secondary chain on shelf

Cockpit configuration for in-port or at-anchor condition: with radar display and
autopilot controls stowed (looking toward aft port quarter)

In main salon looking aft toward steps to cockpit; passageway under cockpit straight ahead

Typical example of skipper Doug's documentation of diligent maintenance and upgrades:
These are diesel engine exhaust mixing elbows: Old on left, new on right (installed April 2011).

Cockpit forward bulkhead showing companionway doors (locked), hatch, and sailing instruments

Moored Port Vila, Vanuatu, 2010

Bow deck gear: ballards, washdown spigot, windlass, handle, shock cord (from chain hook to starboard ballard), and bagged staysail hanked on. Anchored Viani Bay, Fiji, July 2008.

Main breaker panel (upper) with '1-2-both-off' switch, and secondary breaker panel

plus Link-2000 battery control panel below

Small logs and handheld GPS in rack above seatback in nav station, looking toward starboard

Sailing with just 100% jib, Bay of Islands NZ, Oct. 2011

Yachtie friends enjoying dinner in Windcastle's main salon, anchored Papeete, Tahiti July 2006

Underway from Nuku AlofaTonga with double-reefed main, reefed staysail, to New Zealand
(on 9-day, 1200-mile passage) via brief 6-hr stop at North Minerva Reef, then onward south to Opua, NZ
November 2006 [see video clip]

Equipment on radar mast at stern: backstay with antenna lead shield; above hard dinghy on davits under solar panel, 8-hp Honda 4-cycle outboard motor under gray cover on right.

Double spreader rig and the 13 wires holding it all up!; (SSCA Commodore's flag
flying on starboard flag halyard), deck lights on lower spreader

Upper portlights (and clock) in aft sleeping compartment

Lots of electronics in Nav Station: Radar display, two SSB radios, autopilot control, computer screen, antenna switch, SWR meter, Pactor III modem, local and GMT clocks, exernal harddrive, laptop, notebooks, etc. (and Stick'em Post-it notes!)

Chart rack on overhead (at left), skylight hatches (Butterfly), mast compression post; in overhead above salon table; looking toward port bow

More stuff: Top to bottom: Toggle switch for galley water pump alarm buzzer, hand searchlight, propane control panel, watermaker control panel, tank gages (inoperative!), life jackets on hooks, handle and steps to cockpit -- looking toward port side aft from galley sink.

Counter on starboard side of aft sleeping compartment, with tv and books; cabinets below, bunk to right

Forward head entrance (door open), and sleeping compartment beyond, and passage to chain locker -- looking forward from main salon.

Main salon table with U-shaped seating for ~5; stowage in doored compartments behind and beneath cushions. Mast compression post with small lamp attached for table illumination

Fatty Knees 8 ft sailing dinghy included.

Main salon looking forward from port side next to freezer compartment; steps with

beefy handrail to cockpit on right.

Starboard side engine-room doors open, showing Lehman-Ford engine and main fittings

Engine exhaust outlet on port side of hull amidship at waterline; new antifouling paint, June 2011, NZ

Equipment in space above engine, view from starboard side of engine room: 2000-watt inverter upper left, open rack for filters & additives, Tecumseh refrigeration compressor lower right, etc.

Anchor locker doors, closed; in forward bulkhead of forward sleeping compartment

Cockpit forward area looking toward port bow; entrance to companionway and main salon; engine instrument panel below bridge deck.

Forward berth, it's like a pilot berth!, with shoulder and foot sideboards, looking forward toward chain locker and two (of four) round portlights in the compartment; large stowage bin to left of berth.

Freezer and reefer doors in counter on port side of main salon area, looking toward port aft

Hull with fresh silver primer paint before red antifouling paint was applied; Ashby's Boatyard, Opua, NZ,

May 2011.

Galley systems on starboard side of main salon: waste bin in counter, double deep-stainless sink (with plastic drain rack in one side), range and oven, counter, microwave oven, cabinets and drawers beneath.

Galley starboard side; double sink, range and oven, microwave (recently replaced with new one

and moved to above left counter)

New microwave is now in place behind pinrail to left in this scene; steps to cockpit on right

Four burner propane range with oven and broiler below, gimbaled for at-sea operation

Hard dinghy on foredeck in rainwater-collector mode (water decanted into tank via side-deck filler fitting)

Engine is spotless, and looking closely one can see the injection pump is labeled with key instructions.

Navigation nstruments in place at helm for passagemaking: L-to-R: Autopilot remote control with rudder-angle indicator; radar and chart-plotter data LCD-display monitor (giving GPS position coordinates, course, speed, etc.); handheld GPS, 6" magnetic compass; view is looking forward from steering position through polycarbonate windows in dodger; VHF transceiver (with AIS receiver display) on overhead (microphone cable dangling in view!)

Cruising compinion Jeana (sailing partner and First Mate) on passage NZ to American Samoa) with fresh load of provisions in hard dinghy, for ride from shore back to boat at anchor in Pago Pago harbor,
July 2012

Partner Jeana jacketed, harnessed, and clipped on -- even in cockpit (that's the underway rule!)

Jeana in galley cooking and baking (she's very good at both!)

Jeana on aft deck, suited up, about to surface-dive for scallops; anchored in Bay of Islands, NZ

November 2011

Another look at starboard side of engine, showing 2 engine fuel filters, engine-oil heat exchanger (red with black hose leading to it), and oil filter cartridge (white)

Main salon again, table with seating to left, stainless steel compression post under mast, piano keyboard in bulkhead rack, passage on right to forward head and sleeping compartment, and on to chain locker, etc.

Salon with settee across on starboard side, book shelf above, storage lockers and drawers behind cushions; settee has leecloth fitted (stowed under cushions) for use as sea berth

Navigation station, with seat, desk counter for laptop (with bin beneath), radio gear and other instruments arrayed for easy operation; main breaker panel and printer/copier to left;

view is looking aft toward port quarter.

Fresh bottom paint and new zincs, Opua, NZ May 2011

Double reef in brand new mainsail (made by Ross Harold, Opua, NZ), view at the clew; underway to Tonga June 2012

6'-10" headroom in aft compartment, with TEN opening portlights in

this compartment alone, for light and ventilation

Plumbing for forward toilet and macerator pump

(under bunk boards in forward compartment, looking aft)

Passageway on starboard side from galley to aft compartmdent, under cockpit seat; old microwave oven shown on galley counter, but it has been replaced with new.

Port side counter with freezer and reefer underneath; top-loading doors beneath fruit basket; front-loading door of reefer in lower center

Port side view of diesel engine, engine room doors open on this side; showing large frame Leece0-Nevelle alternator, air intake filters, starter, exhaust manifold, etc.

Propane tanks in aft-deck compartment, looking down into open locker from deck; plumbing, valves, pressure gage, remote solenoid valve, etc. visible.

Equipment on aft radar mast crossarm: L-R: GPS antenna, Vhf antenna, radar scanner dome with TV omni antenna and metal radar reflector above, old Loran antenna, Hamstick SSB backup antenna, deck flood lights fore and aft below radardome

Screen over water inlet in hull to flush aft toilet (typical of forward toilet and salt-water intake inlets)

Main salon settee, starboard side, with stowage behind and below, plus battery bank #2 beneath aft portion; makes a good sea berth with lee cloth fitted (stowed under cushions)

Singer portable sewing machine included in boat gear; works great for making and repairing canvas covers, repairing other canvas or cloth items. Complete with accessories and special fittings (typical of what skipper Doug has added over the years to this vessel!)

Stowage bin (on left) and single pilot-like sleeping berth in forward compartment,

with chain locker beyond, showing two of four opening portlights in the compartment (looking forward)

Forward pilot berth with underway leeboard in place when berth is not used for sleeping; leeboard is cut away for access to chain locker forward

Sylvia and Bob on watch in cockpit during1200 mile passage NZ to Fiji ,June 2008

Good times abound aboard the well-found and spacious yacht. Dinning above or below decks.

Details like this bonding cable and over-size zinc anode are the difference between a NASA scientist and an ordinary boat owner.

Windcastle about to be picked up in the slings of the Travel Lift at Ashby's Boatyard, Opua, New Zealand -- ready to be put back into the water after extensive routine yard work, June 2011

Anchored Bay of Islands, New Zealand October 2011

Typical 14-inch diameter access plate to fuel and water tanks; this is starboard fuel tank at bottom of companionway steps; all tank plumbing (except filler pipe) is in access plate, including pick up standpipe, air vent, return fuel tubing, etc.)

Underway to a new anchorage in the many islands in the beautiful Bay of Islands

near the north end of North Island, New Zealand, Oct. 2011

View from aft sleeping compartment looking forward through open door to passageway past engine on left, shop and tools on right, to galley and main salon; wash basin under dome light on far left beyond bunk post.

Aft end of Windcastle in slip in Opua Marina, Opua, NZ, 2012; showing permanent handles mounted on hull from waterline to caprail, for climbing aboard from the sea if necessary. Also used as routine boarding steps from dinghy alongside while at anchor.

Hot water heater (with 10-gallon stainless tank) after minor leak repair and just before replacement in space beneath aft bunk; while in Opua, NZ, 2011.

Signet wind instruments showing wind direction (upper) and wind speed in knots (below) while anchored one day in Pago Pago harbor, July 2012.

Anchored Port Resolution bay, Tanna Island (next to its famous active volcano), Vanuatu, June 2009

Another view of port side of engine with engine room doors on that side removed; good view of engine and its numerous components; it's an 80-hp Lehman-Ford engine, 4 cylinder, with Borg Warner velvet drive transmission. Totally reliable, and hasn't missed a beat in 30 years!

Anchored Havannah Harbor (famous WWII US Navy warship anchorage) on Efate Island, Vanuatu, 2010

Anchored in quiet beautiful bay at village that was former early-20th-Century leper colony,

on Makagai Island, Fiji, August 2008

Anchored Oyster Island anchorage (on east coast of Epiritu Santo Island), Vanuatu, September 2010

Windcastle departing San Diego in October on the 2004 Baja-Haha Rally to Mexico, along with 160 other Rally boats; afterward continued cruising to visit Central America, Panama, and eventually crossing the Pacific to visit all the island countries along the way to New Zealand.

In slip in Opua Marina, Opua, NZ, March 2012

Moored Paray Bay, Port Vila, Vanuatu, December 2009

Anchored off historic village of Russell (formerly so-called 'Hell Hole of the Pacific' during 1800 whaling days), in Bay of Islands, New Zealand, May 2012

Good frontal view of Windcastle's hull shape, with deep keel and full girth; with new bottom paint, ready to go back in water, Opua, NZ, June 2011.

Refrigeration lines (black) and watermaker lines (green and white) on starboard side of engine, view from passageway alongside engine's starboard side, engine room doors removed; galley off to right

Engine room space above engine showing rack for spare filters, 120-vac electric refrigeration compressor (on left), engine starting battery (in white box), Fram primary fuel filters (beneath white box); cockpit drain hose (one of four) on right.

Jeana (First Mate and expert cook and crew from Hilo, Hawaii) at laptop computer in nav station, probably sending an email message to her daughter via Sailmail radio email system on Windcastle; In Opua, NZ, May 2012 prior to departure on 1200 mile passage to Tonga.