40' Coolidge Staysail Schooner (1982) - TILLICUM 1

Best built, stiff and solid this 40’ waterline ( 50’ ) overall, 12’ beam, 6’ draft Staysail Schooner is a perfect coastal cruising boat that doesn’t disappoint ….. remarkable upwind, generous off the wind this is really something to consider with it’s lengthly pedigree and proven sailing acumen as described below.

A recent marine survey ( May 2025) is available for interested parties.

Tillicum 1 is a staysail schooner, residing in Lunenburg Nova Scotia ( originally Victoria B.C.), she was designed by Lee Coolidge and built in Anacortes, Washington in 1982 by Kenneth Powell.

She is finely detailed inside and out, (10 types of wood total), built of Western Douglas Fir planking (carvel planked on 2×2 steamed oak frames), deck and foremast. She has been updated with hollow masts, the main being Sitka Spruce and oversize standing SS standing rigging. Keel bolts were replaced with stainless steel fall 2024 . Last survey May 2025. Tillicum has been wooded to it’s douglas fir planking, refastened with stainless screws and refinished with a linseed oil paint.

She has competed in the San Francisco schooner race in 2009 to a third finish in a fleet of 8. She won first place in the Gloucester schooner race, small vessel division and best overall time of 14 boats. Other notable finishes include ; Mayors cup in Gloucester Massachucetts, 1st place Betty Ramsey trophy, NSSA races, 1st place Edward Murphy Cup, NSSA races 1st place Morris Tea Tray, NSSA races 1st place Founders trophy. She has also been a feature vessel in the Anacortes wooden boat festival.

As a cruising boat, she has completed a transit of west coast to east coast of Canada leaving Vancouver June 2009 cruising the West coast, visiting 10 countries, transiting the Panama Canal and arriving in New York City in July of 2011. In the summer of 2013 she completed the return to Canada arriving in Yarmouth and travelling up to Lunenburg. Overall distance travelled in excess of 11,000 miles.

Tillicum now calls Lunenburg it’s home port and takes great advantage of the many cruising coastal bays, coves and beaches.

A list of some assets are as follows:

Engine

Total Power: 44 HP
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Engine Model: 4JHE
Engine Type: Inboard/Outboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: 2 blade propeller
Drive Type: Stern drive
Engine Power: 44 HP

Tanks

Fresh Water Tanks: 2 (70 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (80 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (20 Gallons)

Accommodations

Number of double berths: 2
Number of heads: 1

Electronics

Depthsounder
Log-speedometer
Plotter
Autopilot
Compass
GPS
VHF
Rigging
Tiller

Inside Equipment

Electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Battery charger
Marine head
Refrigerator
Electrical Equipment

Outside Equipment/Extras

Solar panel
Cockpit cushions
Manual windlass

Design & Construction

Lee Coolidge Design
Douglas Fir over oak
Oak Ribs
Yellow cedar Stem
Full Keel
New stainless keel bolts
Bronze Stanchions
Wooden Gunwales
Wire to chain bobstay
Iron wood samson posts
Bronze Anchor Roller
Hull refastened Stainless

Navigational & Electrical

12 Volt DC
2 x 6 volt house batteries plus 1 x 12 volt starting battery
55 amp alternator on engine
Two Sharp 80 w solar panels
Standard Horizon VHF
Furuno Radar
Furuno GPS Navigator CP-70
Garmin GPSmap 76CSx
Garmin GPSmap76S
Ritchie Compass
Sony Stereo system

Engine Details

Yanmar 4JHE
44HP at 3600 rpm
Diesel
1.25″ stainless steel prop shaft
Compression stuffing box
Raw water to heat exchanger cooled
ZF 30 M transmission

Sails & Rigging

Main mast Sitka Spruce
Fore mast Douglas Fir
Wire rigging replaced in 2004

SAIL INVENTORY:

One (1) UK mainsail.
One (1) UK staysail.
One (1) Friday Harbor Sailloft inner jib.
One (1) UK fore jib.
One (1) nylon fisherman.
One (1) nylon gollywobbler.
One (1) UK Dacron gollywobbler.

Accommodations

Manual Marine head
Double Stainless sink
Fridge and freezer
For 10-3 burner propane cooker with oven
Cockpit Cushions
2 x double births