TA CHIAO 47


$175 000
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All the hard work is already done on this beautiful and extremely rare yacht.
If you're in the market for a solidly built, well designed, blue water cruiser, this Kaufmann & Ladd designed cutter is a far better option than the "average white boats" you'll see here, because there's no lightweight parts with easily damaged surfaces. No thin hull, no thin deck, no minimum spec hardware. Just good, solid, honest yacht.

You don't get acres of open plan entertaining area, but you do get well designed areas that offer plenty of hand holds for when you're in rough conditions.
You don't get "turn around on a $2 coin" manoeuvering, but you do get a yacht that can sail true all day without the autopilot doing much at all.

K-Sera 2 is a 14.7m Centre Cockpit, cutter rigged Sloop that has been carefully set up for permanent live aboard and trouble free cruising.
Over the past 10 years, we've gone through this beautiful boat and repaired, refurbished, redesigned and upgraded all the key areas of the vessel, with a focus on functionality and reliability.
The main upgrades were:
Conversion from cable to HyDrive Hydraulic Steering, with entirely separate Hydraulic Auto Pilot.
Full electrical re-wire of both 12v and 240v systems and replacement of all light fixtures with LED units.
Design and installation of custom saloon and cockpit lighting system.
Replaced all battery chargers and batteries. Fitted high performance solar panels and controller.
Full rebuild of all water plumbing. Potable water system rebuilt with PEX pipe and fittings. New 40 Litre Hot Water and new taps/fittings.
Replacement of all skin fittings and sea cocks, using Tru-Design equipment.
Redesigned and refurbished foredeck / anchor windlass / chain locker to ensure easy and reliable anchoring. Fitted oversized anchor.
Designed and installed a comprehensive fuel management system ('polishing', transferring etc).
Redesigned cockpit coamings to keep cockpit dry.
Replaced all electronics with current model B&G / Simrad equipment.
Aurora 3.1m RIB Tender (with tube covers), fitted with 15hp Suzuki 4 Stroke Outboard.

Other things worth mentioning:
Oversized everything - Mast, boom and standing rigging is all oversize for this vessel (mast section is recommended for 60 - 80ft boats). LARGE primary winches for easy trimming.
Large, solid davits
DRY cockpit with wrap around Perspex windscreen and hard top
Lots of fuel and water capacity
190cm headroom in some places
Good fridge and freezer
75hp Yanmar Turbo in good condition
International Registration
Custom lighting throughout

What does it need?
A coat of paint... Step aboard, go sailing and enjoy yourself while you're getting to know the boat and working out what colours you want where.

Why are we selling her?
We've had the pleasure of calling K Sera 2 home for the past 10 years. During that time, we've cruised the Queensalnd coast, met a lot of great people, drank a lot of wine and seen more amazing things than we could possibly write about here. But now it's time for us to move on to the next part of our lives, where we buy a house again, start paying all those household bills we've avoided for 10 years and get to play with the grandkids.

A full list of all the work we've done is available on request, as is more pics and an explanation of why she's so rare.


INVENTORY

MAKE:
Ta Chiao
MODEL:
Centre cockpit
HULL MATERIAL:
Fibreglass/GRP Over 100mm thick at turn of keel and all SOLID glass.
DECK:
Solid GRP and GRP/Hardwood Sandwich
LENGTH:
14.7 M
BEAM:
4.01 M
DRAFT:
1.83 M
DISPLACEMENT:
13,333 Kg
VESSEL NAME:
K-Sera 11
LAUNCH YEAR:
1986
CRUISING SPEED:
6 Knts
Engine:
4JH4-TE
Engine Make:
Yanmar
Number Engines:
1
Horsepower:
75
Fuel Type:
Diesel
Engine Hours:
Approximately 5000 (typical yanmar display failure means data is there, but cannot be seen)
Fuel Consumption:
4L/hr
Max Speed:
8kts
Propulsion:
Inboard Shaft Drive
Genset:
N/A
Fuel:
650L
Water:
700 Litre
Dinghy:
Aurora CL310 RIB with custom tube covers. (Dinghy has it's own registration, so it can be used as a normal boat, not just for tendering)
Outboard:
15hp Suzuki 4 Stroke
Covers:
Boom Bag, windscreen
Accommodation:
Sleeps 5 adults and 2 - 3 kids in teak lined comfort
Cabins:
2 plus large saloon
Berths:
2 Adults in master berth (aft), 2 Adults in forward cabin, 1 Adult on Pilot Berth (in saloon)
Shower:
Separate shower in aft ensuite. Hand Shower in fwd ensuite. All Hot / Cold
Toilet:
Aft - Manual LAVAC with holding tank. Fwd - TMC Macerating Electric
Entertainment:
Smart TV. High quality Kenwood Stereo with VOLL Speakers
Air-Con:
N/A
Galley:
Extensive storage right where you need it. Deep 2 bowl sink. Plenty of counter space. Room for Microwave and good ventilation
Refrigeration
OzeFridge Eutectic system in @ 120 Litre top opening fridge (size is a guess, but it's plenty big enough for 2 adults)
Freezer:
Engel 38 Litre (permanently mounted in dedicated enclosure)
Stove:
Force 10,3 Burner + Broiler on Gymbals
Water-Maker:
Installed, but not in use
Hot Water:
Isotemp 40 Litre with 240v and Engine heating
Ground Tackle:
Lofrans Project 1500 Windlass. 80m x 10mm short link Chain. 36 Kg Sarca Excel Main Anchor. Also large CQR as spare
Safety Gear:
Jack Stays, Safety Harnesses, Life Ring, Strobe Beacon, Recovery Sling
Bilge Pumps:
Low mounted 'day' pump and high mounted 'emergency' pump. Custom made controller
Life Raft:
Present, but no longer in test.
Epirb:
1 currently registered and operational. One no longer registered, but still functional
Life Jackets:
1 manual inflation
Flares:
Full offshore kit (with extras in tender)
Fire Protection:
Fire blanket in galley. Numerous fire extinguishers
Electrics:
720w High Efficiency Solar Array and Victron MPPT Controller. Enerdrive 40a AC Charger. Enerdrive 50a DC-DC Charger. Enerdrive 2Kva Full Sine Wave Inverter. 240v Outlets throughout vessel. All lighting in vessel is LED. All wiring replaced in last 10 years.
Electronics / Navigation:
(All B & G / Simrad) Zeus S9 Chartplotter, Triton MFD, AP44 Autopilot Controller, NAC3 Autopilot, V3100 AIS, NSPL 500 Splitter, Precision 9 Compass
Airmar DST 810 Transducer. Also Raymarine radar head (works, but is analogue and not connected)
Sail Inventory:
Slab furled Main (with bag and lazy jacks). Sail in very good condition. Bag is 6 months old. Roller furled Yankee (jib) and staysail. Both still functional, but require replacing.
Mast / Rigging:
Oversized Selden Aluminium 2 piece, keel stepped Mast, Stainless rigging. All in good order and all oversized for this size vessel. Last surveyed 2023
Deck Gear:
All winches are BARLOW Self Tailing in very good condition. 2 x 6" on the mast. Cockpit layout is symmetrical, starting with a small (6") winch behind a set of clutches Moving aft you then see the very large (10") Jib winches, followed by a medium sized (8") spinnaker winches. Portside, at the back of the cockpit, is a 6" winch for main trimming (after the 5:1 blocks). Jib sheets run through adjustable cars, all the way aft, to double turning blocks. Staysail sheets also run through adjustable cars.
Remarks:
Vessel is available with or without tender. Please note that the tender is separately registered, so must be sold in separate transaction.
LOCATED:
Tin Can Bay Qld