Unexpected Pleasure sure lives up to her name!

She is a 56-foot ketch designed by Steve Seaton and built in Florida in 1985 by Nautical Development.

These boats have a great reputation, and they are known for the quality of the build and strength of the hull.

This 1985 model has 4 double cabins with 4 heads, a large main salon, and a good working galley

On deck, there is an incredible amount of space to lounge when at anchor or a comfortable center cockpit while under sail.

She has a Ford Lehman marine diesel rated at 135 hp (2775 hrs) and a 15 kW Westerbeke diesel generator. A large bow thruster makes docking simple.

She is a centerboard 56, one of the 2 built with a draft of 7' with the board up and 11' when down.

She is perfect for chartering or a large family!

Unexpected Pleasure has a 4-cabin arrangement with 2 doubles forward and 2 aft.

The 2 doubles forward are not mirrored as the starboard cabin has over/unders berths. There is a hanging locker for storage and lockers below. There is also a hatch above for ventilation. Forward, there is a private head with a Goroco marine toilet, vanity, mirror, and storage beneath the sink. There is a communal shower between the two heads. off to port is the other cabin's head. This one features a Jabsco marine head, vanity mirror, and sink with storage beneath.

The port cabin has a comfortable double berth, a hanging locker, an opening hatch, and good lighting. 

Two more double berths, each with its own head and storage area, are in the aft section of the boat, which is accessed through the galley. They have numerous opening ports and a hatch above for terrific ventilation. There are fans and LED lighting as well

All cabins are fully air-conditioned with 2 X 18,000 BTU in the salon and aft cabins, and a 10,000 BTU forward. All units are Cruisesair.

The main salon is huge and has a custom table with seating for 6. Across is a comfortable 7' settee. Outboard on the port side, there are louvered lockers for storage and shelves for books or magazines. Across to starboard is a comfortable 7' settee berth. Above that is a smart TV. 

The interior joinery work is teak with a varnished parquet floor. There are two opening hatches above and opening ports.

On the starboard side, behind the salon, is the navigation station featuring an opening chart table with a comfortable seat.To the right is a Garmin GPS chartplotter, VHF radio, GPS and AIS. On the bulkhead behind the chart table is the electrical panel with both 110V and 12V breakers.

Aft of the nav station is a small room that was at one time the Captain's cabin but is now a utility room with access to the main engine.

• Large galley along the portside walk through to the aft cabins.
• 3 large Grunert fridge freezers with cold plates, 1 beer fridge
• Electric stove with built-in convection oven
• Numerous lockers for storage, shelves, drawers, and ample counter space for meal preparation
• Double stainless steel sink with custom faucet
• Sea Recovery watermaker
• 600 gallons of water in intergal fiberglass tanks (4)
• Hot water heater
• Brevelle microwave oven
• Fresh water filter

• 135 hp Ford Lehman diesel engine (2775 Hours)
• Sidepower bow thruster
• 3-blade Max Prop
• Hydraulic steering
• Electric centerboard, 7 ' up and 11' down
• New cutlass bearing (2025)
• Universal joint drive shaft system
• Sea Recovery Watermaker, serviced in 2024
• 15 kW isolating transformer
• Reverso oil changing system
• Engine and generator fire system

• Garmin 5312 GPS chartplotter at the helm
• Garmin 741 XS Chartplotter at nav station
• Standard Horizon VHF, GPS, AIS
• Standard Horizon Explorer VHF at the helm
• Garmin autopilot
• Supersonic 12V SMART TV
• NMEA 2000 backbone
• Custom Scott pumps for A/C, refrigeration, water
• Starlink

• 15 KW Westerbeke generator
• 3000-watt Victron inverter, 120-amp battery charger with remote at the nav station
• 80 amp charger for engine batteries
• 2 X 18,000 CruiseAir air conditioners, salon, and aft cabins
• 1 X 10,000 CruiseAir air conditioner, forward cabins
• Large house battery bank
• Engine battery bank
• Bow thruster battery bank
• Sony stereo
• 3 X 120-watt solar panels

• Aluminium mast and boom with an air draft of 74'
• 110V Plath windlass, mostly used in the logging industry for hauling logs
• 2 X 60 lb CQR anchors
• 1 X 130' of 1/2" chain and 100' of 1 " rode
• 1 X 50' of 1/2" chain  and 50' of 1" rode
• Double lifelines
• 8 opening hatches, numerous opening ports
• Oversized rigging, upgraded when needed
• 2 X fiberglass deck boxes
• 1 X fiberglass refrigerated deck box
• SS dinghy davits with solar panels on top
• Custom SS boarding/swim ladder
• In the mast furling mainsail with a rebuilt electric motor
• Genoa
• Mizzen sail 
• Hank on storm jib
• Asymmetrical spinnaker
• Lazerette with generator, watermaker, dive compressor, and storage
• Center cockpit with instrument pod on the pedestal and engine controls
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit table
• Teak cockpit sole
• Danforth Constellation compass, Hydraulic steering
• ST 65 sheet winches
• Various winches on the mast
• Dorades for ventilation
• Forward fiberglass dock box

• 8-man Superior liferaft (Next service 3/26)
• Proper navigation lights
• Numerous lifejackets
• Fire suppression system for the generator room
• Adequate fire extinguishers
• Eprib
• 12' Zodiac dinghy with 40 hp Yamaha 4-stroke outboard
• Adequate bilge pumps

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.