MINNEHAHA is a rare Gozzard 44 Mk1 with the B interior. In fact, she was the first and only B interior Mk1 that was built. Adding to the rarity of this particular boat is the fact she has been a Great Lakes (read fresh water!) boat her entire career with only one owner having been sailed on the waters of Lake Michigan, Huron and Superior. A boat that is sailed in these waters, also means she spends 50% of her time out of the water while hauled on the hard during the winter months. All to suggest that she is in unusually good original cosmetic condition having only seen a fraction of the wear and tear that a normal sistership might be subjected to.
MINNEHAHA features a dark blue hull with the limited addition color scheme and Awlwood MA brightwork finish on the teak. The interior has an unmolested natural patina on the beautiful cherry woodwork which creates a lighter colored, yet rich appearance highlighting the exquisite wood working demonstrated throughout the boat.
Boat Details
| Make | Gozzard | Class | Cutter |
| Model | G44 Mk1 | Year | 2000 |
| Name | Minnehaha | Hull Number | 17 |
| Price | $280,000 USD | Boat Location | Drummond Island, MI |
Information and Features
Engine – 2000 Westerbeke 82B
Engine Type:
Power:
Inboard
82 HP
Drive Type:
Engine Hours:
Direct Drive
1136
Fuel Type:
Propeller Type/Material:
Diesel
3 Blade/Bronze
Dimensions
LOA:
LWL:
50 ft
37 ft 3 in
Beam:
Max Draft:
14 ft
5 ft 5 in
Length on Deck:
Max Bridge Clearance:
44 ft
60 ft
Weights
Ballast:
11699 lb
Displacement:
30000 lb
Concept
The B interior concept was designed to incorporate an Island queen sized berth with on suite head stateroom forward without having to revert to a center cockpit deck which are typically not as sea kindly as an aft cockpit model. With a more traditional dinette amidships opposite a two-place navigation area (with built-in chairs), there is a large L shaped galley to starboard aft and a day located just forward of the standard aft stateroom normally found on all G44s. The dinette table is similar to the A model using the coffee table as the base with the tabletop stored behind a seat back when not in use. It is a refreshingly unusual interior for a Gozzard and one that lead the way forward for many of the Mk2 builds that followed.
Tankage
- Fuel: 115 gallons
- Fresh Water: 120 gallons
- Water Heater
- Waste: 50 gallons
Accommodations
The interior is extremely light and airy with a warm cherry interior and teak and holly sole. There are numerous opening ports and hatches for excellent ventilation. Wooden skylight (behind mast).
Layout from forward to aft:
- Aft to starboard is an L-shaped galley with a refrigerator and freezer, propane stove, propane sensor, sink, and storage lockers. Magma BBQ Party Size (2022) plumbed to the propane tank.Enter text
- Master cabin forward with centerline berth and en suite head.
- Main saloon with L-shaped settee to port. The coffee table converts to a large dining table. The removable tabletop is stored behind the settee back cushion.
- Force 10 propane fireplace aft of the forward bulkhead near the centerline.
- To the starboard is a two-place navigation area with built-in chairs.
- To port is a day head located just forward of the aft stateroom.
Other features:
- Weems and Plath clock and barometer
- Screens for the ports and hatches
- Screens for the companionway, including overhead.
Galley
- Refrigerator and freezer
- Propane stove/oven
Deck
- Maxwell electric windlass
- 60 lb CQR anchor with 300′ 5/16″ HT chain
- FX37 anchor with 20′ chain and 150′ nylon rode
- Bow thruster
- Stern anchor
- Jack lines
- 2007 Walker Bay 10’2 RIB with 2009 4hp Tohatsu outboard
- Motor crane and outboard motor bracket
- Brightwood finished in Awlwood
- Dodger, bimini & center section with Eisenglass windshield
- Fresh and seawater washdown system
- Three AERE fenders
- Dorades with cowl vents
- Cockpit shower with hot and cold water
- Magma BBQ Party Size (2022)
Electronics and Navigation
- Standard VHF radio with two rechargeable RAM mics
- Raymarine RL70C 7″ Chartplotter/Radar display (2003)
- GPS- Raymarine autopilot
- Raymarine ST60 Tri-Data wind, speed, and depth instrument
- Raymarine radar (mast mounted)
Mechanical and Electrical
- Panda 7.2kW generator with sound box
- 2500-watt inverter with 120-amp charger
- Link 200R
- 1200 amp-hour batteries (new in 2022)
- 190 amp alternator
- Rev. cycle air conditioning (2 zones – forward and aft)
- High water alarm
- Forward bilge pump in addition to the standard electric automatic/manual bilge pump
- Reverso oil change pump
Sails and Rigging
- Cutter rigged
- In-mast furling
- Schaefer headstay furlers
- Mast-mounted downwind pole
- Electric halyard winch
- North sails furling main, genoa, and staysail
- Quantum V3 asymmetrical gennaker with snuffer and ATN collar
Construction and Exterior
The hull is molded from female production tooling. The laminate as with all Gozzard Yachts is a “sandwich” cored construction. The Lloyds-approved end grain Baltek Balsa core increases panel stiffness, strength, impact resistance, and sound/thermal insulation while maintaining an excellent weight to strength ratio.
All penetrations are solid FRP. Most of the weight saved by designing the cored laminate is then re-applied in extra skin thickness on either side of the core, making the laminate schedule, robust in the Gozzard tradition.
Marine-grade Vinyl-ester laminating resins are used in the hull laminate below the waterline. The hull laminate is constructed of knitted double-bias E-glass RM (0-90) and XM (45-45) cloth.
Additional reinforcing is utilized in the bow, trail-board, chain plate, mast step, and transom areas. The core material measures ¾” in thickness. It has a density of 6 pounds per cubic foot. The core is installed using both vacuum bagging and hand-laid techniques. The core runs from the cove stripe to approximately 10” from the centerline. The coring material is eliminated and replaced with a solid glass laminate in the areas of the sheer line, centerline, keel, rudderpost, and thru-hulls. The deck is finished with Cook “Buffback” Off-white gelcoat and is a molded FRP sandwich construction with ½”, ¾” and 1” Baltek Balsa core. In areas where equipment is to be installed, the coring material is eliminated creating a solid laminate. The outer and inner skins are built up to a thickness of approximately 1/4”. The deck flange is solid and built up to ½” in thickness. Extra reinforcing is added to the cleat, mast step, and winch attachment areas as well as high-stress areas and corners.
The hull deck joint is bedded in 3M 5200 and bolted on 6” centers with 5/16” Stainless Steel machine screws with locking (aircraft) nuts.
All main or structural bulkheads are glassed to the hull and later the deck before the interior trim work is installed. While some manufacturers install a grid-like structure with the cabin sole screwed down onto the tops, Gozzard Yachts prefers to use a closed grid structure by combining the floor and the stringer surfaces into assemblies. This not only makes the floor nice and solid underfoot it also compartmentalizes the areas you can not easily access normally. The center section is accessed with removable bilge panels to provide access to tanks and pumps.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Our exclusive Gozzard Yacht Brokerage partners Wagner and Stevens, have the listing posted on yachtworld.com with additional details.
https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2000-gozzard-44-mark-i-9476371/
Lying Drummond Island MI – Reduced to $280,000.00 USD
For more information and details contact Mike Gozzard at 519-524-2120 or mike@gozzard.com
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