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1981 Kaufman Skye 51

$114,900

Used

Boat in Saint Augustine, FL 32084 US

builtBuilt in 1981
Year the boat was built
model

Skye 51

Boat model
engine

1 Engine (Perkins)

Engine type and count
length

50.9 feet

Overall boat length
fuel

Diesel

Fuel type
material

Fiberglass/Reinforced

Hull material

"Arbella"

Skye 51

Designed by Kauffman and Ladd and a close relative to John Kretschmer's Quetzal

Built in the Mao Ta Shipyard during the golden years of Taiwanese yacht construction

Notable Upgrades:

new standing rigging (including chainplates), rebuilt mast step, new transmission, recently factory rebuilt engine, new sails, rebuilt hydraulic autopilot, new steering cable and sprocket, new seacocks and Thru hulls, two new fuel tanks, new Furuno radar, rewired mast and a myriad of other projects. The teak deck has been replaced since the original and is glued down with no fasteners penetrating into the foam cored deck.


"Arbella" is a truly impressive and beautiful bluewater sailboat, incredibly built to cross oceans quickly and comfortably (average 160 to 175 mile days easily).She is a flush decked ketch rig with inner Forestay for when the weather kicks up and features an elongated fin keel and skeg hung rudder with a super fine entry forward. No pounding upwind on this boat! She is coming off of a major refit period and has been thoroughly shaken down over the last 5 months. She safely sailed her owners through heavy weather on the way to Bermuda this fall and just completed a season of cruising the Caribbean. (around 4000 miles total) proving her robust construction and systems. She is truly a turnkey vessel and ready to continue cruising the world!




Nominal Length
50.92ft
Length Overall
50.78ft
Length at Waterline
42.92ft
Beam
14.25ft
Max Bridge Clearance
70ft
Max Draft
7ft
Displacement
38708lb
Cruising Speed
8.78kn
Cabins
3
Heads
2
Seating Capacity
8
Fresh Water Tanks
200gal
Fuel Tanks
140gal
Hull Material
fiberglass
Hull Shape
monohull
Engine 1
Engine Make
Perkins
Engine Model
4236 - Factory Rebuilt!
Total Power
80hp
Engine Hours
800
Engine Type
inboard
Fuel Type
diesel
Engine Year
1981
Deck Layout

Aft cockpit with aft 10 feet of boat devoted to engine space and storage lockers

Huge cockpit with small bridge deck forward before companionway

Custom made spray dodger with massive Eisenglass windows (incredibly clear and doesn’t restrict visibility fwd at all)

Awning for cockpit when at anchor

Wedge deck forward with very wide side decks

4 winches in cockpit (2 Barient 35s and 2 Barient 32s)

2 winches on each mast

3 cabin top winches aft of mainmast for reefing

4 Dorades for ventilation at sea

Large hatch over fwd sail locker

5 opening Lewmar hatches (new hatches and rebuilt sills)

5 portholes in aft cabin and aft head

Interior Layout

After descending companionway steps there is a full u shaped galley to port.  To starboard is an aft facing navigation station.

Aft of companionway a door leads to the captain’s cabin. Double bed to port. Small bench centered along aft bulkhead.  Huge hanging lockers to starboard aft and the en-suite head starboard fwd.  Vanity with drawers just to starboard of door.

Fwd of galley is a large saloon with table and u shaped settee to starboard.  Easily seats 6.  To port is a long bench settee which doubles as a bunk, and a pilot berth outboard. Fwd of salon is a bunk room with a folding single top bunk and a double bunk below.  To port are hanging lockers and a small settee.  Fwd of the bunk room is the second head with large storage lockers, toilet and sink.  Fwd of the head is an enormous forepeak.  Currently being used to store sails, deflated dinghy, outboard motor, lines, etc.  It is a huge storage space.

All bunks have fans and lights.

90% of lighting on boat is LED and in-ceiling LEDs were added in the main salon and galley.

Propulsion

Engine: 

Perkins 4236

80 hp

Factory Rebuilt with 800 hrs since rebuild

New Engine Control Panel

New Hydraulic Transmission August 2025

New Transmission Oil Cooler

Regularly Serviced

Generator

Mase I.S. 4.0

Serviced regularly

Secured and operational but could use new mounts

Power Generation & Related Systems

Generator and Shore power connected to Freedom Marine 20 (100 amp) battery charger

Backup Truecharge 40 amp battery charger

AC outlets throughout boat

Xantex 1800 watt sine wave inverter

600 amp hour AGM house bank (new July 2024, never discharged below 55%)

Victron Shunt and Victron Color Control display

Balmar Smartguage for engine alternator

2x 160 watt solar panels mounted on rails

Victron MPPT solar charge controller

Navigation

iPad running navionics

External Garmin GPS Antenna

Raymarine instruments (wind, depth, newer models)

Furuno NXT radar with 10 inch display at chart table (top of the line unit, new August 2025)

Simrad HLD 2000 autopilot (rebuilt October 2025)

2 autopilot control screens (at helm and fwd in cockpit) and autopilot remote

Vesper Cortex AIS (acts as gateway between NMEA2000 network and boat WiFi so instrument data can be displayed on iPad, new September 2025)

2x Uniden ES UM525 VHF with DSC (one at chart table and one in cockpit)

2x Standard Horizon handheld VHF

IridiumGo with external marine antenna

Danforth compass at helm

Tankage

Diesel- 2x 27 gallon under starboard settee, 1x 60 gallon under port settee (currently not commissioned, needs to be leak tested)

Manifold to select from three tanks

Separate 15 gallon diesel tank for generator

Water- 40 gallon tank under starboard fwd bunk (new July 2025)

5x tanks under cabin sole with 160 gallons

Total water tankage of 200 gallons

2x self draining propane lockers aft in cockpit

2x Water Jerry cans

6x Diesel Jerry cans

Rigging

Ketch rigged with removable inner Forestay 

All New Standing Rigging in Summer of 2025

All chainplates replaced over last 5 years

Running rigging in good condition and has been replaced as necessary

Main mast is keel stepped and Mizzen is deckstepped

Both pulled from boat for inspection and servicing including greasing sheaves, all new electrical wiring, new anchor light/tricolor

Rebuilt Mast step for mainmast in October of 2025 (new 1/2” 316 stainless steel plate)

Backstay tension controlled by Navtec hydraulic adjusters (system serviced professionally in summer 2025)

Winches regularly serviced

2x whisker poles for both Genoa and staysail

New steering cable and sprocket

Sails

New Main and Mizzen from Rolly Tasker (Summer 2025)

Both are full batten with the harken rollerbearing cars

Both in zip up stack packs with lazy jacks

3 reefs in both with conventional slab reefing for simplicity and ease reefing off the wind

110% Genoa from Elvstrom (serviced by professional sail loft in 2025 and in good condition)

Asymmetrical Spinnaker

Code 0

Hank on Staysail (slightly oversized but works well with the 1st reef point in)

Storm Trysail

Storm Jib x2

Galley

Force 10 3 burner gimbaled stove with full oven

Top and side loading Fridge

Top loading freezer

Both run on water cooled isotherm compressors

2 bay large sink

Carbon filter for drinking water tap

Exhaust fan over stove

Saltwater foot pump for dishes offshore

Heads and Plumbing

1 head fwd and 1 in Captains Cabin

Raritan Marine Elegance electric toilets

Currently plumbed for freshwater but can be switched to salt

Both connected to holding tanks or direct overboard when offshore

Shower head in Captains Head

Also rinse off shower in cockpit

Exhaust fan in fwd head

New freshwater pump (February 2026)

New seacocks and Thruhulls (summer 2024/2025)

Safety Equipment

Viking 8 person Liferaft (inspected March 2025, next inspection 2028)

GlobalFix V6 EPIRB (new August 2025)

Emergency Tiller (6ft long and very effective)

New Flares

Forespar man overboard pole

Ground Tackle

Rocna 40kg primary anchor

Bruce 60 pound secondary

200 feet of chain

100 plus feet of nylon rode

Maxwell windlass with capstan

Windlass has remote for lowering and raising anchor

Without remote chain can freefall when dropping

Tender

Truekit Discovery 3.3 meter. A catamaran tender that is fully deflatable so it can be stowed belowdecks for offshore work. (New August 2025)

Yamaha 9.9 hp four stroke F9.9JMH (from 2023 and in excellent condition)

3 gallon gas tank


Disclaimer

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.

Price History

DateEventPrice
5/12/26Initial price$114,900

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