This River City built Kittiwake is a great boat for any sailor who appreciates traditional design, quality construction, and understands the expense and effort involved in rebuilding and upgrading this type of sailboat to better than new condition. With over 20K invested, she is for sale due to a change in the owners circumstances.
Purchased from the owner of River City Sailcraft and the last Kittiwake built before the molds were destroyed in a fire. She is a semi custom made boat that conforms to class specifications & sails exceptionally well against her PHRF rating. Construction differs from the more common Kenner built Kittiwakes in several ways:
deck cored with closed cell foam
mast supported by a compression post stepped on the keel
lead ballast cast to conform to keel cavity and glassed in place
foil-shaped vinylester rudder
no motor well
demountable motor bracket slides into a heavy tube glassed into the stern
motor and mount can be completely removed
mid boom sheeting with full width traveler
Complete rebuild included:
hull stripped and faired
bottom epoxy barrier coated with Interlux Interprotect
Awlgripped deck & topsides
exterior teak REPLACED and finished with Epifanes varnish
custom cast broze portlight frames
running rigging and most deck hardware replaced
all halyards run aft to cockpit
new Lewmar halyard winches and stoppers
Harken Heli-Foil jib furler - split drum can be removed for racing
new Harken traveler & ball bearing car
new continuous genoa tracks installed over new toe rail
new lifelines and stanchions
new interior cushions & paint
pressure cold water with 5 gallon flexible tank
new cabin lights
new running lights
new 12v electrical panel
guest battery charger
stored inside since being rebuilt
Sails:
Doyle flat-cut Dacron mainsail: excellent condition, little use
full length lower battens and two sets of reef points
Dutchman mainsail self stacking furling system
Harken luff track & delrin slides
155% mylar code zero genoa: never used
155% mylar genoa: used six times
155% dacron genoa, good condition
110% dacron working Jib, good condition
original Dacron Mainsail: fair condition
original spinnaker & equipment included but not installed
My boat has been sold just a few days after being posted on sailingtexas.com. Thanks again for all the assistance and super fast response to any questions. SailingTexas is an incredibly valuable resource for the sailing community.
Patchogue, New York
