1981 Whitby 42 Ketch Dealer listing

BESAME DOS VECES is a standout Whitby 42 Ketch – this classic, family-sized bluewater cruiser sports a fresh 2024 full overhaul and refit – almost everything was touched!
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Layout includes 2 cabins, 2 heads with showers, convenient centerline folding dinette, dedicated nav station, U-shaped Chef’s galley, and workbench pass-thru hallway with engine room access.
Her cruiser-ready inventory & updates include:
NEW Chainplates
NEW S/S Forestay
NEW Dyneema standing rigging
NEW Running rigging
NEW Bottom job (stripped, sealed, and painted)
NEW Beta Marine 50 engine (with transferrable warranty!)
NEW Hydraulic transmission
NEW Drive shaft
NEW Shaft seal and cutlass bearing
NEW Ewol Feathering S/S propeller
NEW Macerator
NEW Toilets in both heads
NEW Raw water washdown pump
NEW Fridge compressor
NEW Garmin chartplotter (cockpit)
NEW Stereo system
NEW Hisense TV (salon)
NEW Airmar Speed/Temp/Depth w/ Bluetooth
NEW Deep Cycle start battery
NEW 2500 W Inverter
NEW 130V/40A LiFePO4 Battery Charger
NEW Solar panels
NEW 2000 W Windlass
NEW Masthead Tricolor lights
NEW LED Spreader lights
NEW Dyneema lifelines
NEW Dodger
NEW Bilge pumps, manual & electric
✅ All thru hulls lapped and serviced (late 2024)
✅ All winches serviced (late 2024)
✅ Mast pulled and re-wired (late 2024)
✅ Echotech watermaker, with new HP pump motor (late 2024)
✅ Starlink, with davit mount
✅ Garmin electronics package
✅ Hydrovane system
✅ Garmin electronics package
✅ Honda 2200i portable generator
✅ 11-ft Achilles Dinghy included
✅ Yamaha Enduro 15hp outboard included
✅ Heavy-weather drogue system

Located in San Carlos, Sonora (MEX) and ready for your inspection. For more information or to book a viewing, contact our lead broker –
Josh Hannigan
☎️ +1 888 391 7550
📞 +52 646 341 2609
📧 boats@blueyonderyachts.com

// Dimensions

Builder: Whitby Boatworks/Ft. Meyers Yacht and Shipbuilding

Designer: Edward S. Brewer

LOA: 42 ft

LWL: 32.67 ft

Beam: 13 ft

Draft: +/- 6 ft

Displacement: 23,500 lb (Heavy)

Bridge Clearance: 58.5 ft

Ballast: +/- 10,000 lb

Dry Weight: +/- 31,000 lb

Keel: Long/Full

Hull Material: Fiberglass

// Propulsion

Engine Make: Beta Marine

Engine Model: 50

Engine Year: 2023

Engine Power: 50hp

Engine Hours: < 250

Engine Type: Inboard

Engine Fuel: Diesel

Drive Type: Direct Drive

Propeller: Ewol Feathering, Stainless Steel

Max Speed: +/- 7.5 k @ 2800 RPM (theoretical)

Cruising Speed: +/- 5 k @ 1500 RPM

Gal / Hr (Max):
– 2 L/hr @ 1500 RPM

– 9 L/hr @ 2800 RPM

Other:
– Engine was replaced along with new transmission, new drive shaft, new Tides marine shaft seal, new Cutlass bearing, and new S/S Ewol feathering prop. The warranty is valid through 10-11-2028 (or 2000 hours) and is transferrable.

– Zinc anode (custom for prop) replaced Nov. 2025, with one spare anode on board.

// Tanks

Fuel Tankage: 2 x 60 US Gal each (Total ~120 US Gal), Steel

Water Tankage: 2 x 75 US Gal each (Total ~ 150 US Gal), Steel

Holding Tankage: 1 Tank (capacity unknown), Plastic

// Accommodations

Starting forward is the guest v-berth cabin, with large mattress suitable for a couple. Recessed storage shelving lines both sides of the berth, with spaces below the berth, for ample storage. There’s ensuite access to the forward head. The forward head, also accessible from the main salon, features a single stainless steel sink, and manual toilet with shower.

Entering the main salon you are greeted by a sizeable space with centerline folding dinette, perfect for relaxing under passage or entertaining guests. To starboard is a tall, vented storage locker for wet gear, a single bench settee with storage behind, and a fold-down table over the settee for dining or drinks. To port is an L-shaped settee with access to the mounted TV and more storage cupboards and cubbies in-behind. Running along the ceiling are racks to hold up to six fishing rods. The main salon settee converts into a double berth, while the starboard settee can serve as a single berth.

Aft of the salon and to port you’ll find the chef’s galley with double stainless steel sink, cavernous fridge/freezer compartment, and 3-burner stove with oven for cooking underway. In behind the stove are the sliding-door storage compartments for all your pantry needs.

Aft of the salon and to starboard is the nav station and chart table. Moving further aft you will pass through the workbench area with access to the engine compartment.

In the stern is the owner’s aft cabin with large queen, custom-cut, memory foam mattress with storage compartments along each wall, above and below berth. The aft cabin has a private ensuite head with manual toilet and shower.

// Galley

Refrigerator / Freezer:
– Technautics Cool Blue (compressor replaced Dec 2024)

– Cold plate in freezer compartment

Stove: 3-burner propane with oven

Sink: Double S/S

Water System:
– Hot and Cold water, and Salt water

– Hot water is supplied by electric and engine freshwater exchange

// Electronics & Navigation Equipment

Chartplotter:
– Garmin (2012) 9″ at Nav Station

– 7″ Garmin (2024) at Helm

AIS Receiver / Transponder: AIS Receiver, integral to VHF

Radar: Garmin (2012) with proximity alarm, integrated with chartplotter

Radar Detector: Reflector

VHF: Standard Horizon

Autopilot: Garmin (2012) – needs troubleshooting for component replacement

GPS: Yes, integral to NMEA 2000 network

Depth Sounder: Yes

Wind Speed & Direction: No

Knot Meter & Log: Yes

Hailer: No

Stereo: Yes (installed Dec 2024)

TV: Hisense (installed Dec 2024)

Wi-Fi / Starlink: Gen 1 Starlink, mounts on davits. Currently not active.

Other:
– Hydrovane system (new Nov 2011), fully operational

– Airmax Speed/Temp/Depth (NMEA comms) with Bluetooth capability to do keel offsets (new Nov 2024)

// Electrical Systems

Batteries:
– House Bank: x2 Redodo 240 Ah LiFePO4 (240 Ah each)

– Start Bank (isolated): x1 Deep Cycle (new Nov 2024)

Battery Switch: Perko

Battery Monitor: Balmar SG200 with Bluetooth module, including temp sensors for House bank, and Balmar MC-618 Regulator (also with Bluetooth)

Inverter: Generic 2500 W (new Nov 2024)

Battery Charger:
– 130V/40A LiFePO4 (new Nov 2024)

– Start battery charged in isolation from House bank via Orion 20A DC-DC charger with Bluetooth

Smart Regulator: Yes

Solar Panels: x2 450W (new Nov 2024)

Alternator: Balmar 170 Amp, installed with new engine

Generator: Honda 2200i portable

// Sails

Main:
– Far East Sails (2010), Dacron. Used little, in very good shape.

– Main running rigging replaced late 2024

Jibs:
– Jib, Far East Sails (2010), Dacron

– Spinnaker: Far East Sails (2010), Dacron. Used 3-4 times, like new.

– Mizzen: Far East Sails (2010), Dacron

– Storm: Sail (never used)

Traveler: For both Main and Mizzen

Roller Furling: S/S Forestay for jib (replaced Nov 2024)

Winches: Manual winches (serviced Nov 2024)

Boom Vang: Yes, main and mizzen

Mast: Main pulled and re-wired Nov 2024

Standing Rigging:
– High Modulus Polyethylene (“Dyneema”), replaced late 2024

– All chainplates replaced (Nov 2024)

Lines Led Aft: Yes

Spinnaker Pole: Yes

// Deck

Anchors:
– Mantus 75# with 200 ft 3/8″ Galv chain and 5/8″ 8-strand ~200 ft

– Fortress 24# with 30 ft 3/8″ Galv chain

Windlass: Anchorlift 2000 W (new Nov 2024)

Bow Rollers: Yes

Nav Lights: Masthead Tricolor (new Nov 2024)

Spreader Lights: Bright LED (new Nov 2024)

Lifelines: Replaced with HMPE (Nov 2024)

Gates: Yes

Ladders: At swim platform

Swim Step: Teak platform at stern

Pulpits: Bow

Dinghy: Achilles 11 ft (2011)

Dinghy Outboard: 2010 Yamaha Enduro 15hp

Dinghy Lift: Yes

Deck Washdown: Yes (salt water)

Covers & Curtains:
– Dodger (new Nov 2024)

– Wheel cover

– Hatches

– Main and mizzen sail cover

– Genoa cover

– Bug screens

Other:
– Bottom stripped to gelcoat, repaired as needed, sealed with 3 coats epoxy primer and 3 coats ablative bottom paint (late 2024).

– Enough ablative bottom paint on board for 1-2 more applications.

// Mechanical

Air Conditioner: No

Bilge Pump: Manual and Electric (new Nov 2024)

Raw Water Sea Strainer: Yes

Bilge Blower: Yes

Fuel Filters: Yes

Fuel Shutoffs: Yes with tank controls

Fresh Water Cooling System: Yes

Sea Water Pump: for Deck Washdown (new Nov 2024)

Head Type(s):
– x2 Heads, manual (New Nov 2024)

– Macerator replaced Nov. 2024

Hot Water Heater: Electric and engine heat exchange

Watermaker:
– Echotech 18 Gal/hr 12V

– HP pump motor replaced Nov 2024

Thru Hulls: Bronze, lapped and serviced Nov 2024

Transmission: Hydraulic, new with engine repower

// Safety Equipment

Lifejackets: Yes

Lifesling: Yes

Jacklines: Yes

Flares: Yes

// Additional Equipment

– Heavy Weather Drogue system with custom 1″ diameter, 3-strand nylon yoke system

– Jerry cans

– Extra lines

– Spares and repair materials

// Excluded Equipment

– Fishing gear

– Some tools

– Sewing machine and sewing supplies