Whitecap | Gulfstar 44' 1981
Annapolis, MD
Bernie Jakits & Kate Christensen
Hi, I'm Bernie Jakits. After 20 years of owning and running a successful brokerage in Annapolis, my partner Kate Christensen and I have merged our company with David Walters Yachts. We are happy and excited to be a part of something bigger and continue to live our passion that started long ago. When I was an engineer in the aerospace industry I had lots of time to read every sailboat review and follow every development in the industry. I dreamed of one day owning a distinctly different brokerage firm and it all came true when in 1997 I started RogueWave Yacht Sales It came out of a passion for the sea and love for the beautiful vessels that sail on her. My vision was to create a new kind of brokerage dedicated to honesty and integrity and desire to help people be successful and achieve their bluewater sailing vision. Kate Christensen joined me in 2001 to share that vision and bring her talents and expertise in business and marketing as well as her passion for sailing her Bristol Channel Cutter. Over 20 years, we built an incredible brokerage and consulting firm specializing in ocean going vessels and live aboard cruising sailboats. We have advised and guided over 800 Clients worldwide from as far away as Hong Kong, Brazil, Australia, Europe and everywhere between, so that they too can also achieve their dream of owning and cruising with a capable bluewater vessel to find and reach their own horizons. We have the experience and expertise required to really help people.
For over 45 years, I have sailed, delivered and worked on hundreds of different types of vessels. Representing many clients, I have sailed in the North Sea to Med, across the Atlantic, and in the South China Sea and the, Pacific, the Caribbean Islands and also both Coasts of the USA. Having owned and maintained over 3 million dollars worth of sailing vessels, I have vast experience with incredible sailing vessels from the Hallberg Rassy 53 or a Valiant 40 & 42, a Norseman 447, a PSC34, and a BCC28. I've sailed to many foreign ports and also lived aboard while raising a family. Kate and I have had the opportunity to have incredible sailing adventures aboard our boats from the amazing Bristol Channel Cutter to the Hallberg Rassy 53 and finally our Valiant 42 that we built new in 2008 when we were Valiant Dealers in Annapolis. We have sailed far and lived aboard; we have led the Caribbean 1500 to the Bahamas. We have raced to Bermuda. We have delivered boats from the North Sea to the Med and from Guatemala to Annapolis and of course from the Caribbean to Annapolis many times. Through that experience we can help cruising couples make the right decisions. I have decommissioned and shipped many vessels and put them back together again, for myself and also for our clients. I have upgraded each vessel we owned installing every system imaginable, and maintaining every boat properly. I have taught and advised clients so that they themselves will have a pleasant and rewarding experience. Being a fellow boat owner and having personally experienced both sides of being a buyer and a seller, I understand your concerns.
With these many years of experience I have come to know and appreciate what a truly high caliber blue water sailing yachts is and should be. As a licensed & bonded professional yacht broker, please give me the pleasure of helping you define your requirements and help choose your next passage making/offshore capable sailing or power yacht. My experience is gained from having had a 100 Ton USCG Master License, being a Captain on several ocean races, having been a Marine Surveyor, and of course my background as an MSME Mechanical Engineer. And most important of all, I have sailed over 100,000 offshore miles, on my own boats and delivering countless boats for client to about everywhere.
Now as the RogueWave Division of David Walters Yachts, Kate and I carry on the RogueWave traditions as Your Choice for Bluewater Boats! We continue to specialize in the bluewater boats we love; the vessels of quality, style, and substance. We are skilled in understanding the unique requirements of each individual to find them the right boat. Our mantra of Honesty, Integrity, Love for our Ocean, and Appreciation for the Beautiful Vessels that Sail on Her, remain the passions that we share with all of you. Sailing isn't a hobby to us, it's a lifestyle. And we remain your choice for bluewater boats.
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Basic Info
| Yacht Name: | Whitecap |
| Builder: | Gulfstar |
| Model: | Ketch Cutter |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Location: | Annapolis, MD |
| Hull Material: | Fiberglass |
Do not miss this opportunity! The owner since 2003 spent over 175K upgrading and maintaining this lovely classic yacht. She completely refit!
The new 70hp Lugger diesel engine, all new rigging, painted mast and booms, new chain plates, new electric furler for mainsail, bow thruster, complete galley refit and so much more! The new flag blue Awlgripped topsides Corinthian Blue are beautiful. She had la lovely interior with new air-conditioning, new opening ports, two heads and one electric toilet. She is one beautiful classic yacht! There is so much new on this boat that she is amazing. Keep reading!
This one is special! The Gulfstar 44 is often overlooked by cruisers and liveaboards today and maybe most of them are growing tired, but not Whitecap because she is completely refit! While the Gulfstar of the early years in the 70s were not regarded has top quality, but 1980 the Lazzara factory had started building a high quality and surprisingly modern sailing vessel of solid hand laid glass and lead keel with the interior built in the way real boats are build. No liner here! Designed by Vince Lazzara she is a surprisingly modern sailing vessel with her raked bow leading aft to a slight sheer with an attractive counter stern. Walking through the boat yard, you’ll do a double take when you see the long fin cruising keel and full skeg mounted rudder. On the deck, the low cabin house is pleasing and looking aft the boat is shapely with the beam in her displacement weight of 28,000lbs and 8500 lbs of ballast she sails beautifully. Her waterline of over 35 ft with a beam of only 13’2” she is shapely and actually fast. On deck you see her pretty lines with a fairly sharp entry neatly curving to the middle tapered at the transom. She looks exactly like a real boat. She’s very pretty. With her ketch cutter rig, she is a gorgeous classic under sail. They say that Vince Lazzara was “the master of beauty above, speed below, and comfort inside.” We are very pleased to bring you “Whitecap” the 1981 Gulfstar Ketch Cutter. There is so much to love and appreciate in this boat.
You will see that in many aspects she was modern for her times and mostly everything has been refit, rebedded, replaced or updated. She’s lovely. The fixed salon windows with stainless steel frames are quite modern and allow a lot of light below. There are pull down pleated window treatments that are all perfect. There are plenty of opening ports and hatches as well and all were replaced and rebedded. The door to the engine room is like a real engine room door on a ship with a window. And when you open it, you are surprised to see a big beautiful Lugger diesel installed in 2003. It is about as good as you could get and it has about 420 hours on it.
Why not! Her owner of many years, owned a boat yard and had a love for beautiful boats. Whitecap has a new Awlgrip paint job in beautiful Corinthian blue in addition to the gorgeous diesel with only 420 hours on it. For her age, she is lightly used. The stove looks like it was never used at all. The interior is romantic in a really good way with unique features like a built in liquor cabinet with a roll down door that slides perfectly as the day she was new. And I don’t think it is from use! It just fits and works right. The teak joinery is impressive and the interior is in lovely condition and overall it is very pleasing.
In fact the interior layout on the whole is quite wonderful with a traditional “real” V-berth in the forward cabin with the head aft to port and storage to starboard forward of the main bulkhead. The salon just aft is large with an l-shaped settee to port and a straight settee/berth to starboard with a large centerline drop-leaf table. You can seat a crew of at least six. The galley tucked to port at the companionway is just perfect with plenty of counter space and storage. There’s a real sit down forward facing navigation station to starboard with a big chart table with a custom inlaid compass rose and a gorgeous custom leather seat. Then the walkthrough to the aft cabin where there is incredible storage to starboard and the amazing engine room under the cockpit. The aft cabin is awesome with wide berths port and starboard and a beautiful settee in the centerline for dressing. Of course it has a filler to make the entire space a huge king sized berth. It’s awesome and the cushions look like they were never slept on.
This boat really deserves your consideration. She is a 1981 boat designed and built in a time when real boats were built really well. She has been completely refit and continually maintained and upgraded along the way. It really shows.
Here are the highlights:
- New rigging with electric mainsail furler
- Masts and boom painted in Imron
- New vang
- New Profurl furlers for the genoa and staysail
- Ketch cutter rig with furling for all sails
- New Awlgrip in Corinthian Blue
- New bow thruster
- New Lugger diesel engine (440 hours)
- Maxprop installed, three-blade
- Steering system completely refurbished
- New air conditioning system with three zones
- New Frigoboat 12v refrigeration and freezer – keel cooled
- Galley refit with new Force 10 stove, hood, and microwave oven
- New galley cabinets and countertops
- New double deep stainless steel galley sink and faucet
- Additional opening ports added for even more ventilation
- New custom headliner with teak battens
- All new cushions and upholstery
- Solid teak cabin sole, not an overlay, solid teak planking
- Fresh water electric flush toilet in owners ensuite head
- Flat screen TV hides behind the oil painting in the salon!
- Beautiful wine or liquor storage built into the bulkhead with roll up door
- Gorgeous nav station and chart table with inlaid compass rose and leather chair built in
- Electric anchor windlass with controls at the helm
- Teak cockpit grate and teak wheel with teak cockpit table
If you are looking for real liveaboard cruising boat with style and substance you will really want to see this boat. Whitecap is a fortunate vessel that has enjoyed living in the owner’s boatyard and being completely rebuilt, refit and made ever more beautiful. This ’81 Gulfstar 44 is better built that many boats of her time or anytime. She is really beautiful.. If you compare her to any boats in the realm, you will not be disappointed whatsoever. So call now and make your appointment. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
- Dimensions
- LOA: 44 ft 8 in
Beam: 13 ft 2 in
LWL: 35 ft 6 in
Maximum Draft: 5 ft 6 in
Displacement: 26000 lbs
Ballast: 8500 lbs
Bridge Clearance: 58 ft 0 in
Headroom: 6 ft 4 in
- Engines
- Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Lugger
Year Built: 2003
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 440
Engine Power: 70 HP
- Tanks
- Fresh Water Tanks: (160 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (80 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (30 Gallons)
- Accommodations
- Number of single berths: 1
Number of double berths: 3
Number of heads: 2
Full Specifications Accommodations The Gulfstar 44 was designed and built for comfort. In her time she was a yacht of style and substance. You will instantly see her quality and loveliness. She is a two stateroom center cockpit vessel with ample space and storage for everything. She sleeps seven including the two staterooms and the salon berths. With two heads and one stall shower she’s pretty decadent. The electric fresh water toilet is a nice update. The teak joinery is largely factory completed and of the highest quality. The custom features are done so nicely they look as though they were always there. The cabin sole is real teak planking. The custom nav station, wine cabinet, and hidden flat screen and the updated including the air conditioning vents are so well done, you won’t even know it was not original. The new galley is perfect and I don’t think the stove was ever used. The cabinhouse windows are lovely and the window treatments totally work. The ventilation is very good with extra opening ports, overhead hatches, dorades, and fans. As you enter the companionway, the galley is tucked to port with the nav to starboard and the spacious main salon spreads out before you. The L-shaped dinette to port converts to double berth and there is a straight settee berth to starboard. The teak cabinetry outboard is just right. The centerline drop-leaf table opens to seat at least seven and likely eight. Original oil painting on the bulkhead is craftily hinged to hind a flat screen TV! She’s sleathy in her technology, but it is there. The large, sit down forward-facing, nav station has a beautiful leather seat and the chart table has a custom inlaid compass rose. The passage to the aft cabin has incredible storage outboard in three lockers with boat hanging and shelving. Of course the engine room access is fantastic and functional. The U shaped galley on the port side was completely refit and it is completely functional with ample storage and counter space. The owner's stateroom is amazing with the two wide berths and settee between which can convert to a king size berth. There are ample hanging lockers, drawers and cabinets. The ensuite head is large with a separate stall shower. The guest stateroom is up forward, with spacious true V-berth with an insert to make a full double. There is a private entrance to guest head from the forward cabin which makes it really nice for guests. There is ample stowage in lockers, shelves, and drawers. The guest head forward of the bulkhead to port has access from the main salon as well as from the forward cabin. It has a features vanity with a sink and shower faucet and the toilet. The boat actually sleeps seven including the salon berths. The boat is delightfully romantic with a light and bright feeling. With the totally workable galley and a spacious salon with nice big dining table she is great for entertaining or showing the grandkids the ropes. The Teak interior is warm feeling with plenty of light from the windows and ports. The joinery is excellent with many nuances of the period that you will never find on a Clorox bottle boat. She’s lovely. Cabinets have l louvered doors for ventilation. The teak and holly sole is in good condition. There is great ventilation with fans, dorades, and opening ports and hatches. The upholstery is pleasing and she has a lovely ambiance. Creature Comforts:
Galley & Plumbing The galley was completely refit with new cabinets, new counter, and all new everything. It is really nice with everything you need and want. Galley Details:
Propane for galley stove
Plumbing Details:
Electronics & Navigation New Garmin in 2010 with Raymarine sailing instruments circa 2003.Beautiful navigation station down below.
Systems: Mechanical & Electrical Systems The owner of Whitecap has refit the entire boat and every inch has been inspected and replaced as necessary. He has kept every receipt showing over 175K! MECHANICAL:
Other Mechanicals
ELECTRICAL: Electrical system has been inspected and all mast wiring replaced when the masts were pulled and painted. DC 12v Electrical System
AC 110v Shore Power System:
Rig and Sails Inventory All new rigging and chain plates. All sails are on furlers.
Winches
SAIL INVENTORY
Hull Construction and Design Features
Deck Details:
Cockpit Details
Ground Tackle:
Additional and Safety Specifications & Items
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Dimensions
| Length: | 44' |
| Beam: | 13' 2 |
| Draft: | 5' 6 |
| Power: | 70hp |
| Engine Hours: | Bernie and Kate |