1996 Custom Bolger PH Shoal-draft Ketch

HULL & DECK:

• Carvel planked Cedar over White Oak frames.
• The planks were re-fastened in 2009.
• All fastenings and keel bolts are silicon bronze.
• Decks are Dynel over marine ply and painted with beige Interlux paint.
• White hull is painted with a single part Interlux urethane paint.
• Her green sheer stripe and green accents on the eyebrow are painted with two-part Interlux Perfection.
• The white bulwarks, cockpit and house sides are also painted with two-part Interlux Perfection.
• The exterior varnish work is sprayed as hatches, ladders, light-boxes, dorades, deck boxes, doors etc. are easily removed, and it is in first class condition. 
• The handrails are varnished in place.
• Plumb stem and fantail transom, very handsome lines.
• Deck and house are Dynel and plywood, painted white.    

DECK FITTINGS:  

• Stepping on board MISS NINA you are immediately struck by the ease of access through the port and starboard opening side doors in pilothouse allowing easy access to the expansive aft cockpit, companionway to the pilot salon and the weather decks to the foredeck and bow.
• Directly aft of the opening side doors is the spacious cockpit.
• Bright teak cap rail.
• Bronze chocks port and starboard; bronze stanchions and double lifelines.
• Singe bronze aft cleat.
• Flag staff and mount.
• Wrap around seating in cockpit.
• New custom Sunbrella cushions.
• Ritchie Compass.
• Dual Throttle Kobelt controls.
• Stainless steel helm wheel.
• Harken #53 self- tailing 2-speed winches, port and starboard.
• All sheets run to the cockpit for ease of single-handed sailing.
• Fusion marine indoor/outdoor speakers port and starboard.
• Beige non-skid painted decks. 
• Varnished mahogany sliding door to pilot salon. Harken #53 self- tailing 2-speed winch on pilothouse bulkhead.
• Continuing forward on deck port and starboard of the pilot house is are wide and well protected weather decks that allow access to the fore-deck, up three steps at the forward end of the weather decks.
• Bright teak cap rails continued forward from the cockpit.
• Outboard sheet tracks on top of the cap rail port and starboard.
• Bronze mid ship cleat on top of cap rail port and starboard with chafe plates outboard.
• Twin sheet clutches to port on cap rail.
• Bronze pad-eyes installed inboard on the bulwark below the cap rails port and starboard.
• Varnished mahogany sliding doors port and starboard accessing the pilot salon.
• Throw rings mounted on the pilot salon external bulkhead port and starboard.
• Removable bright teak steps with traction pads on each tread port and starboard.
• Beige non-skid painted decks port and starboard.
• Bronze fuel and water fills in-deck.
• Drainage hole forward port and starboard.
• Double lifelines and bronze stanchions from pilothouse doors forward.
• Between the port and starboard weather decks is the pilot house with a very clean and well utilized roof.
• (4) Bright teak capped dorade boxes with chrome cowlings Harken traveler.
• Bright teak butterfly hatches.
• Bright teak running light board port and starboard.
• Bronze single trumpet horn.
• Chrome search light.
• Beige non-skid painted surface.
• Painted green visor over the pilot salon forward facing windows.
• Moving forward up the weather deck steps to the fore deck is an expansive well protected deck with storage and lounging.
• Stanchions with plastic coated life lines port and starboard.
• Toe rails with bronze cap plate.
• (4) Bronze cleats.
• (3) Aluminum framed acrylic deck hatches.
• Heater stack.
• Bright teak capped benches with built in dorade boxes and cowlings port and starboard.
• Beige non-skid painted decks.
• Bronze cleats port and starboard.
• Deck wash down fittings.
• Deck drains port and starboard. 
• Simpson Lawrence electric windlass with foot switches. Sampson post. 
• (2) Stainless steel anchor channels with rollers.
• Anchor chain locks.
• (2) Plow anchors, 35 lb & 45 lb CQR’s.
• Aluminum deck hatch.  

TANKAGE: 

Fuel: 225 gallons in 2 aluminum tanks; 112.5 gallons each, in engine room.

Water: 160 gallons in 3 tanks, 2 aluminum tanks and 1 poly tank.

Holding: 84 gallons in 2 poly tanks; 28 gallon and 56 gallon.

Propane: 2 tanks, 20 lbs each.  

ENGINE & MECHANICAL:  

• Twin Cummins 4BT diesels, 76 hp each; total 152 hp.
• Serial # port: 45211401; starboard: 45167649.
• Engines reported to have been rebuilt in 2008.
• Estimated that there is less than 4000 hours on each engine (no hour meter).
• Hurth transmissions – HSW630H1.5.
• Hynautic hydraulic wheel steering.
• S/S shaft.
• Rope cutters.
• 3 blade propeller.
• Keel cooled, wet exhaust.
• Northern Lights generator, model TF318B (Serial # 4948) with 489.6 hours.
• Wesmar Bow thruster. 
• Espar diesel heater.   

ELECTRICAL: 

12V DC system:

• (3) DC electrical panels.
• DC digital volt meter.
• DC digital amp meter.
• 2024 (3) 8D batteries, Delco AGM’s – 1 engine start and 2 house.
• Xantrex battery charger 2011 (50 amp Victron).
• (2) 100 amp alternators.    

120V 30 Amp AC system:

• Northern Lights genset.
• 120-Volt AC panel.
• AC digital volt meter.
• AC digital amp meter.
• Inverter.  

ACCOMMODATIONS:  

Pilot Salon/Station:  Entering the pilot salon from the cockpit you are immediately impressed by the amount of light and superb visibility offered by this open space. Overhead dome lighting. Overhead hatch. Dorade vents. Windows on all four sides of the structure. Fire extinguisher mounted on the aft bulkhead. L-shaped settee to port. Varnished single leaf teak table. Varnished teak bench seat with custom upholstered cushion.  (3) Sliding doors with access to the cockpit and port and starboard weather deck. Custom upholstered director’s chair for helm. Beige painted floors. Single bright teak stool with upholstered seat. Opening center forward front window. Built in bright teak storage racks.      

Pilot Station: Full suite of electronics (see electronics). Stainless steel helm/wheel. Danforth binnacle compass. Dual Kobelt throttle controls. Bilge alarm interface; 3 bilge pumps. (2) Engine panels: Volt meter, Tach, Temperature meter, Fuel gauge. Electrical panel (See electrical system). Genset panel. Bow thruster control.

Forward Salon: Moving forward in the pilot salon there is a companion way to port that drops down into the forward salon featuring a well equipped U-shaped galley, and a dinette for 6 to starboard.  Seating has blue upholstered cushions. Varnished table top that drops down to create an additional berth. Overhead lighting. Built-in glass rack overhead. Dorade vents overhead. Reading light. Smoke alarm mounted on aft bulkhead. Fire extinguisher mounted on aft bulkhead. Built in bright storage rack above table. Large fixed port light with curtains. Storage below raised sole.

To port of the salon is the aft head: Overhead dome lighting. Opening port light and hatch. 12V Marine head. Vanity mirror. Single basin sink with handheld shower. Hot/cold fresh water.  Gray painted floor.   

Moving forward to starboard is the large galley with great storage and fantastic light: Overhead lighting. Large port light above work surfaces. Storage above and below work surfaces. Force-10 3-burner propane stove with oven. Large counter top opening ice box with Adler Barbour cold plate. Single basin S/S sink. Moving to port is a Paul Luke soapstone wood stove and small double seat with lee cloths. Overhead dome lighting. Large portlight with curtains. Vizeo TV. Fusion MS-AV700i audio center.  12V fan. Reading light. Chelsea barometer and clock. Bulkhead mounted fire extinguisher. Shelf storage.

Forward Berths: Moving forward from the lower cabin is a forward stateroom with two berths, one to port and one to starboard, which is a double berth. Forward is a head.      

The forward cabin features: Oiled cedar ceiling. Port lights port and starboard with curtains. Reading lights. Storage above and under the bunks. 120-volt outlet. Fire extinguisher mounted on bulkhead below port berth. Varnished sole.      

The head is forward of the cabin: Overhead deck hatch. Towel rack. Marine manual head. Vanity mirror. Single basin sink. Hot/cold fresh water. Locker storage below work surfaces. Access to chain locker through forward bulk head. Gray painted sole.  

ELECTRONICS: 

• Located in the pilot salon.
• (2) Garmin GPS Map 4208, chart plotter/radar. 
• Garmin repeater.
• Garmin autopilot.
• Data Marine Depth CD400.
• Data Marine Speed CS100.
• Moor wind meter.
• Standard Horizon CMP347W marine VHF.
• Fusion Radio MS-AV700i.  

SAILS & RIGGING: 

• Sails are well maintained.
• Roller furling jib.
• Club footed staysail.
• Main furled in mast.
• Mizzen furled in mast.
• Solid S/S wire standing rigging.
• 2010 Double braid running rigging.
• Aluminum masts and booms, painted white.  

EQUIPMENT: 

1 LPG bottle.

100 lb Fortress (hurricane) anchor.

Fenders, docklines, fire extinguishers, boathook, bell.

Swim ladder.

COMMENTS: MISS NINA is a 55' Phil Bolger pilothouse shoal-draft ketch built by the renowned Story Shipyard in Essex Massachusetts in 1996. The current owners purchased her in 2009 and performed a full refit, restoring her Carvel planked hull and all her systems in North Carolina, before motoring her back to Maine to complete her restoration. Upon her arrival in Maine she was taken to Searsport, Maine where MISS NINA spent 8-months indoors undergoing an extensive restoration bringing her back to her current shape. In 2011 MISS NINA was relaunched and her knowledgeable owners operated her as a day charter vessel in the Belfast Maine area. They are marine professionals, owning and operating a successful boat yard in the Belfast, Maine where MISS NINA is stored inside and maintained to an exacting standard.  She has been launched July 2024 and is now ready to take new "stewards" South. An insurance survey done in 2024 is available and all recommendations have been done. This vessel is in outstanding condition. She is an ideal liveaboard for a family to cruise the East Coast and Bahamas with her spacious interior and shoal draft. Please call us for your inspection. Thank you for your interest.

Potential purchasers should assume that items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. Vessel subject to sale, price and inventory changes, and withdrawal from market without notice.   

Mechanical Disclaimer: Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meter. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise, and major overhauls as well as ALL other representations noted on the listing.  

DISCLAIMER TO BOARD VESSEL: In the event the Buyer boards the vessel either on land or in the water without a broker or owner, the Buyer(s) agrees and understands he boards at his sole risk and liability.