1984 Ta Shing Skye 54 Boat in Thomaston, ME 04861 US

DOVE has been maintained and refit at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston, Maine every year since 2020, per the yard's service records.

2020

• New GMT Composites carbon fiber main and mizzen spars, new standing rigging, and full rig assembly/step/tune
• New carbon fiber spade rudder (Composition Composites, Van Gorkom design); original skeg removed
• New Nanni N4.115 auxiliary diesel engine installed; engine room cleaned, painted, and re-insulated
• Custom sugar scoop transom extension designed, built, and faired to the hull; new transom door, hinges, and latch
• Bottom media-blasted, primed, and painted; hull topsides painted waterline-to-toe-rail in Awlgrip
• New push pit corners with seats, bow pulpit re-bent and reinstalled, new stern cleats and chocks, new swim ladder

2021

• New Westerbeke 10.5 BTD generator installed
• Five corroded seacocks replaced; steering system replaced and modified for the new rudder
• New AGM battery banks (engine start, house, and generator) with new cabling and switches; new Victron Centaur battery charger
• Electrical system overhaul: DC helm panel repairs, AC shore power/ELCI upgrade to current ABYC standards, anchor windlass wiring replaced, general electrical clean-up
• Propane system upgraded with new LPG lines, solenoid shutoff, and fume alarm; new galley stove installed
• Fuel hose (fill-to-center-tank) replaced; interior woodwork restored following systems work
• Fire extinguishers replaced

2022

• Shaft shark/line cutter installed on the propeller shaft
• Hull and deck buffed and waxed
• Swim step ladder sourced and designed

2023

• Cabin house windows (port lights) replaced
• Refrigeration system upgraded
• Life raft and life raft cradle replaced
• Forward head seacock replaced
• Engine start panel replaced; secondary bilge pump added; anchor light and winch upgrades assessed

2024

• Bottom repainted (primer plus three coats SeaHawk BioCop TF)
• Mast collars ground to eliminate chafe on standing rigging
• Mast tri-light/anchor light circuit troubleshot

2025

• Seawater system serviced (seacocks, impellers)
• Sails sent to North Sails for wash, inspection, and repair
• Ongoing commissioning and sea trials under the current, in-process work order

DOVE offers a contemporary, traditionally styled interior with a large central salon, aft galley, and a dedicated navigation station, all finished in varnished teak veneer and teak trim.

• Large central salon with U-shaped port and starboard settees and a varnished teak dining table with fiddles
• Aft galley with L-shaped Formica countertop, single-basin stainless sink, gimbaled 3-burner stainless stove with oven, and hot/cold pressurized water plus foot pumps
• Two refrigerator/freezer compartments with Sea Frost compressors and digital controls (12V DC / 120V AC), recently updated
• Dedicated navigation station with large chart table, DC/AC distribution panel access, and communications suite
• Two staterooms forward plus an aft master stateroom with two quarter berths; forward v-berth/focsle used as storage
• Two heads (forward and aft/day head) with Wilcox Crittenden and Raritan manually operated toilets, separate shower stalls, and 12V DC sump pumps
• Three reverse-cycle heat/cool 120V AC marine air conditioning zones (salon x2, master cabin)
• Raritan 12-gallon water heater (120V AC shore power or engine heat-exchanger coil), replaced 2021
• Teak and holly veneer sole over plywood; varnished teak bulkheads, trim, and hull ceilings throughout

The deck is laid out for serious offshore cruising, with a forward and aft cockpit, teak decks, and a purpose-built custom sugar scoop transom added during the recent refit.

• Aft cockpit with helm and T-shaped bench seating; forward companionway cockpit with U-shaped seating
• Custom sugar scoop transom (built and faired 2020) with integral swim platform and fold-down boarding ladder
• Strip-teak decks over molded FRP/balsa-cored subdeck (solid FRP at high-load areas: mast partners, winch pads, traveler tracks, windlass mount)
• Maxwell 3500 chromed-bronze electric windlass with polished stainless anchor rollers and 73 lb KEFA CQR anchor
• Polished stainless bow pulpit, custom stern rail with teak seats (customized 2020), double stainless lifelines and stanchions
• Nine Goiot aluminum-framed deck hatches with canvas covers; forward hatch serves as escape hatch
• Four teak Dorade boxes with acrylic tops and stainless guards for ventilation
• Weathertight transom door to steering lazarette; designated, vented propane locker with new LPG lines, solenoid shutoff, and fume alarm (2021)
• New stern cleats and chocks (2020); wash-down fitting at foredeck

As a full-keel-influenced, fin-keeled Alden ketch with a modern carbon rig and a new, lightweight carbon rudder, DOVE combines classic offshore seakeeping with meaningfully improved performance and handling versus the original specification.

• Ketch rig with double-headsail capability for balanced, easily-reefed offshore sail plans
• Total sail area (100% fore and main, per manufacturer): 1,077.42 sq ft
• New carbon fiber spade rudder (2020) saves a reported 350 lbs versus the original skeg-hung rudder, improving helm balance and reducing wetted drag
• New GMT carbon fiber main and mizzen spars (2020) significantly reduce weight aloft versus the original rig, improving stability and motion comfort
• Hydraulic Nav-Tec running backstay adjusters with manual pump control in the aft cockpit for quick rig tuning underway
• Two-bladed, 21-inch bronze feathering propeller for minimal drag under sail

DOVE's navigation and communications suite was commissioned and upgraded as part of the recent refit and is centered at a dedicated navigation station.

• Simrad NSS7 Evo 3 chartplotter/MFD with integrated depth sounder
• Standard Horizon Matrix AIS GX2100 VHF radio with integrated AIS receiver
• ICOM IC-M700 single sideband (SSB) radio at navigation station
• Raymarine helm-mounted autopilot system with cockpit control head
• Qualcomm satellite phone, stored in a watertight case in the master stateroom
• Danforth Constellation 6-inch pedestal compass; Danforth Corsair compasses at navigation station and master stateroom
• Pioneer AM/FM/CD stereo with cabin speakers
• Victron Energy digital battery monitor plus analog voltage/amperage gauges

The engine, generator, and all major mechanical systems were replaced or substantially refit at Lyman-Morse between 2020 and 2021, giving DOVE essentially new systems with low hours.

• 2020 Nanni N4.115 four-cylinder turbocharged/intercooled marine diesel, 115 hp at 2,600 RPM (approx. 143 hours)
• ZF Marine ZF 45A transmission, 2.03:1 reduction
• 2021 Westerbeke 10.5 BTD three-cylinder marine diesel generator, 12.5 kW / 120-240V (approx. 98 hours)
• New engine room insulation, exhaust hoses, and wet-exhaust system installed with the 2020 repower
• Corrosion-resistant bronze alloy seacocks; five corroded seacocks replaced in 2021
• Fully refit DC electrical system (2020-2021): new DEKA Marine AGM battery banks (engine start, house, and generator), new cabling, switches, and overcurrent protection
• Victron Energy Centaur 12/50 three-bank battery charger
• A.C. system updated to current ABYC standards with new ELCI shore power breaker and main breaker (2021)
• Edson cable-and-sheave steering system, rebuilt and modified in 2020-2021 for the new rudder and carbon quadrant
• 12V DC electric bilge pump plus cockpit-mounted manual diaphragm pump

DOVE's entire rig was replaced in 2020 with a lightweight, high-modulus carbon package built by GMT Composites, engineered specifically for this hull.

• New GMT Composites carbon fiber main mast and mizzen mast (2020), finished in white Awlgrip gloss
• Double carbon fiber main mast spreaders and carbon fiber mizzen mast spreaders
• GMT Composites carbon fiber pocket-type main boom
• Aluminum main mast step (replaced 2020) and stainless steel mizzen mast step
• Polished stainless steel mast collar/deck pass-through and cabin-top safety rails
• Rig assembled, stepped, and tuned by Lyman-Morse riggers; no known issues reported on the main or mizzen spars as of the most recent inspection

Standing and running rigging were replaced alongside the new spars in 2020, with hydraulic backstay control for easy underway adjustment.

• New stainless steel rod-type standing rigging with 1x19 stainless steel running backstays (2020)
• Stainless steel closed-barrel turnbuckles and cap-type swaged terminals
• Nav-Tec hydraulic running backstay adjusters with manual pump control in the aft cockpit
• Profurl roller furling system and foil for the headsail
• Six bronze Barient self-tailing cockpit winches (two each of #27, #32, and #36) plus five Barient self-tailing cabin-top winches (one #27, four #23)
• Main and mizzen sheet traveler tracks with cars; genoa and jib sail tracks with cars on both side decks
• Line-on-cable halyards (owner may wish to consider a Dyneema upgrade)
• Note: the removable inner forestay chainplate and its foredeck padeye show corrosion and are flagged for repair/replacement prior to use of that stay

DOVE's working sail inventory is built by Quantum in laminated construction, supplemented by an older, more extensive inventory built by Doyle.

• Quantum laminated mainsail
• Quantum laminated mizzen main
• Quantum laminated staysail
• Quantum laminated genoa (patched)
• Legacy inventory (not recently inspected, per prior sales literature): main, mizzen main, staysail, two 155% genoas, two spinnakers, and a Doyle storm trysail

Practical, well-maintained canvas covers the cockpit and companionway for offshore and at-anchor comfort.

• Forward cockpit dodger/shelter with stainless steel frame and tan canvas
• Tan canvas hatch covers for eight of nine deck hatches
• Conventional varnished teak companionway boards with a sliding acrylic hatch

DOVE carries a full offshore safety inventory that meets or exceeds current USCG requirements, including a recently-noted item for service.

• Viking 8-person life raft, cradle-mounted on the cabin trunk top (service interval/hydrostatic release currently due for renewal)
• Five USCG-rated dry chemical fire extinguishers (three Size I, two Size II), exceeding USCG minimums
• Life jackets: two Type I, eight Type II, two Type V
• USCG-approved horseshoe buoy with floating strobe lights
• Current flares and distress flag aboard at time of survey
• Handheld air horn; copy of the Inland Navigation Rules aboard
• Both USCG-mandated placards (Oil & Garbage) properly posted
• 12V DC electric bilge pump with float switch, plus cockpit manual diaphragm backup pump
• USCG Type III certified holding tank system with deck pump-out

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.