47' Custom Monk Ketch w optional Moorage (1941) - MARINER

History and Specs

Built in the Vic Franck’s yard in Seattle, Washington, Mariner was launched on December 7, 1941. Designed by Edwin Monk Sr., she is a 47’ long, 13 ½” wide wood ketch, with 1 3/8” red cedar planking (carvel) over 2 x 2 ½” bent oak frames on 10-inch centres. Her spars are solid Sitka spruce.

She was built for Dr. Peter Schranz, a local Seattle dentist, who spent much of his time, with his dental-assistant wife, providing ‘floating’ dental services up and down the BC and Alaskan coast to the isolated inlets and small communities that lacked these services.

She has been to Hawaii, Mexico and up and down the Pacific Northwest, and has been a live-aboard her entire life. With five berths, two of which are double, she has a cozy and functional interior, including an engine room with storage, a small work area, and 6’4” headroom to stand.

As the 5th owners of Mariner III (her name changed when she was registered in Canada), and after 14 years of living aboard, we have decided it is time to pass along this historic vessel to another, who will continue to preserve her.

Recent work on Mariner

2019, 2020, and 2023 were spent doing a full refit of Mariner. Details below.

Engine

– removed, rebuilt, reinstalled Isuzu DA220 4-cylinder diesel engine, including transmission
– all new hoses installed for engine system
– 24-volt alternator fully rebuilt (came with engine)
– 12-volt Balmar house alternator and matching charge controller
– 2 new 12-volt starter batteries (24-volt starter system)
– 4 new Rolls 6-volt golf cart batteries (12-volt house system)
– refurbished Victron inverter/charger

Hull and Deck

-removed, replaced, reinstalled new copper keel cooler
– refastened the entire hull (2690 stainless steel screws)
– 19 new planks (re-caulked)
– ribs sistered (only two sections, about 10” high)
– replaced the outer layer of cotton caulking on all planks below the water line and added additional cotton along the bulwark and around the coach house base. We were told that the original oakum was still in such good shape, the seams really tight, that the shipyard did not feel it was necessary to replace the oakum
-removed, cleaned and re-installed the bronze thru-hulls that were useable, and replaced the others with new ones
– installed a new transponder for depth sounder
– replaced 5 of the 6 keel bolts with new bronze bolts (the 6th was replaced in 2010).
– deck is 3/4” plywood under tongue-in-groove red cedar. Deck was in great shape, only 3 cedar planks needed replacing, entire deck re-fastened
– fiberglass over red cedar deck, painted, then kiwi-gripped
– all teak deck trim was removed, stripped, sanded and re-installed with stainless-steel screws and varnished with Cetol (Natural teak)
– all deck hardware was removed, inspected, cleaned and reinstalled
– replaced coaming (both sides) around cockpit and new teak cap rails on coaming
– replaced bulwark cap rail with Sapele (after removing old cap rail and inspecting bulwark for rot (there was none)
– replaced sheer rails with Sapele
– removed rusted, wrought iron chainplates and chainplate bolts. Replaced with new, cast, silicon-bronze chainplates
– removed old (1941) manual windlass and replaced with newer, bronze electric windlass
– removed, enlarged and installed two new cockpit drains with back-flow preventers

Rigging

– removed, stripped, inspected main and mizzen masts, both booms, and spreaders. No rot or water ingress. All repainted with Interlux Brightside Enamel.
– Mast fittings related to new standing rigging replaced with custom bronze fittings
– standing rigging removed and replaced with Spectra
– running rigging all replaced
– new Schaefer system 2100 furler
Note: She will need new sails as the old ones are long past their retirement date (and have been donated to a community in Haiti who were using shower curtains to power their fishing boats!)

Interior

– interior galley and salon repainted
– new hot water tank
– new plumbing and water pump
– new electrical throughout (2025)
– new Blue Sea electrical AC/DC panel
– water tank (v-berth – 210 litres) and the two diesel fuel tanks (140 litres each tank) are made of Monel.
– new aluminum diesel day tank (80 litres)

Other

– 1941 Wilcox Crittenden bronze toilet system – rebuilt
– Sigmar diesel stove and convection oven
– Dickinson bulkhead heater
– Davidson 9’ sailing dinghy with outboard (optional)

Live-aboard!

A unique opportunity for someone interested in living on waterfront property in downtown Vancouver – South False Creek!

We are moving ashore and are offering Mariner III up for sale with the opportunity to also became live-aboard members at Spruce Harbour Marina.
A legal, live-aboard co-operative that was started in 1976, we are located just east of Granville Island (www.spruceharbour.com) in False Creek, Vancouver, BC.

With 55 live-aboard members (approx. 110 people ranging in age from 1 to 93 years old) it is a lovely community right in the heart of the city.

The marina includes a central ‘lounge’ building with showers, sauna, toilets/sinks, laundry (5 washers and dryers) and an upstairs party room that has a full kitchen, two full -size barbeques on an outside deck, big screen tv and sit-down dinner for 14 or stand-up cocktail room for 50. There is also an 80-car underground parking garage (for vehicle and bicycle storage with the option for 2nd vehicle parking).

At a monthly cost of just under $550 US (which includes moorage, internet, water, hydro, laundry, lounge use, parking) it is an extremely affordable way to live in downtown Vancouver…and did we mention on waterfront!!

We are asking $139,000 US for the boat and should you want to remain living at Spruce Harbour, shares would be available, subject to Co-op approval, providing the opportunity to bypass the 12-year waitlist. The membership shares are currently valued at $36,000 US (which you get back if you were to leave the co-op)

Please contact us by email at marinerboatforsale@gmail.com if you have any further questions and if you’d like to come see her.