1988 Little Harbor 53

The Little Harbor 53 is a center-cockpit ketch designed by Ted Hood and built in 1988. Her hand-laid fiberglass hull features an Airex foam core and cast lead ballast, while the deck is similarly hand-laid fiberglass with Divinycell core and a teak overlay. At 53 feet overall with a 15-foot beam, she displaces 49,000 pounds and draws between 5 feet 8 inches with the board up to 11 feet with the board down. The reduced rig height makes her suited for cruising the Intercoastal Waterway.

A single 108-horsepower Yanmar diesel engine powers the yacht, delivering a cruising speed of 8 knots. The boat accommodates three cabins and two heads, providing comfortable sleeping and sanitary facilities for cruising.

The yacht has benefited from recent updates throughout her systems and structure, maintaining her as a capable blue-water cruising platform. The center-cockpit layout and ketch configuration offer traditional seagoing design paired with the construction quality characteristic of Little Harbor's build standards.