MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION AS OF MAY 6, 2013
NEW ASKING PRICE: $112,000 

A Little History
The idea behind yacht designer and Brooklin Boat Yard founder first boat of the Center Harbor 31 series, Grace, was to update L. Francis Herreshoff’s Quiet Tune to improve that boat’s performance and make use of Brooklin Boat Yard’s skill at cold-molded, wood-epoxy construction. She’d have the same short-ended hull with low freeboard and a low trunk cabin, but her under water profile would be very different. The ballast keel and rudder would be more modern and separate appendages and not the traditional full keel, keel hung rudder of her inspiration. This underbody configuration would allow her to move through the water with less resistance than Quiet Tune and because the hollows of the hull shape would be minimized the more modern fin / bulb keel and balanced spade rudder would lend themselves well to the cold-molded building process.

The owner of Grace, the first of the Center Harbor 31 series, requested a ketch rig similar to Quiet Tune and a relatively shallow draft, long cord length keel. Before Grace came to full fruition a second boat was ordered. The owner of this second boat having come from a background of racing sailing had very different ideas of how he wanted his boat not only to appear from an aesthetic point of view but also he wanted to optimize the boat as much as possible for speed and pointing ability. This second boat named Linda would be rigged as a sloop with an increased sail plan giving her all the horsepower she could handle and balanced by a deeper, and even more modern foil-shaped fin / bulb keel. To date all of the Center Harbor 31 series boats built since the launching of Linda have followed in her footsteps as sloop rigged boats with deep fin / bulb keels and balanced spade rudders. Linda is now named Petunia (Center Harbor 31, hull #2)

With the exception of a couple of years since being built Petunia has been stored with and maintained by Brooklin Boat Yard for her owner who has had the boat kept in impeccable condition and made upgrades to the boat throughout his ownership. During the summer sailing seasons when Petunia has not been under the care of Brooklin Boat Yard she has been under the watchful eyes of a full time professional captain. Petunia is being offered for sale with our highest recommendations.

Principle Dimensions & Information
Designer: Joel White
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
Year Built: 1996
Construction Type: Cold-Molded, Wood-Epoxy
LOA: 32’ 3”
LWL: 25’ 2”
Beam: 8’ 5”
Draft: 6’ 0”
Displacement: 7,916 lbs.
Sail Area: 473 sq. ft.
Propulsion: Westerbeke Diesel, Model 12C2, 2-Cylinder, 12 HP
Engine Hours: 444 (September 2012)

Hull & Deck Construction
Cold-Molded, Wood-Epoxy Construction
Hull Planking: ¾” Cedar Strip planking overlaid by 2 layers of 1/8” Mahogany Veneers at +/- 45 degrees
Inner Stem: Laminated 3/16” Atlantic cedar
Outer Stem: 1/8” Mahogany
Keelson: Lamination (Layers 1, 3 & 4) of 7/8” Mahogany and 1 (layer 2) of ¾” Mahogany plywood.
Keel Deadwood: Build-up of 1 7/8” Spanish Cedar
Modern fin / bulb keel
Floor Timbers: 1 ½” Mahogany
Transom: Three layers of ¼” marine plywood with varnished Mahogany outer face
Deck is of ½” marine plywood over spruce deck beams with a (6 oz) fiberglass cloth upper surface with finish of painted non-skid.
Trunk Cabin top is a lamination of 3 layers of ¼” marine plywood with a (6 oz) fiberglass cloth upper surface with a finish of painted non-skid & smooth borders. Cabin sides and front are solid 3/16” Mahogany.
Exterior hull is painted White with Gold leaf cove stripe and Dark Green boot stripe.
Transom is varnished Mahogany.
Decks, cabin top and cockpit sole are painted light tan non-skid with smooth borders.
Cockpit bulkhead and sides are painted white
Toerails, cabin sides, cockpit coamings, companionway hatch & trim are all of varnished mahogany.
Cockpit seats are of bare teak

Interior Accommodations & Features
Passageway to the interior spaces is by way of the companionway which slightly off centerline to starboard. The companionway being slightly shifted to starboard gives room below decks for an enclosed (private) head space to port.
The head space is equipped with a manually operated marine toilet which is plumbed so that discharge can be directed either directly overboard or to the holding tank which can then be pumped out by way of the deck fitting. The head space is well ventilated by the overhead Lewmar opening hatch and well lit by electrical lighting and fixed portlight.
Opposite the head area is a modest galley area with polished stainless steel sink basin and hand water pump, drawer and cabinet storage space.
Next forward is seating port and starboard with storage under and outboard of the seats and furthest forward is sleeping accommodations for two persons in a Vee-berth configuration with storage under the sleeping platform.
Generally the interior spaces are painted white with varnished Mahogany trim and cabin sides. The cabin sole is of bare teak planking.

Spars & Rigging
Double spreader, fractionally rigged, carbon fiber mast painted white
Aluminum boom painted white
Stainless steel 1x19 standing rigging wire with stainless steel turnbuckle adjusters on shrouds.
Adjustable backstay
Harken roller-furling headstay
Harken Quick Vang
Harken main sheet traveler
Self-tacking jib with Harken jib car track
Lazy Jack system for main sail
Jiffy reefing system for main sail
Harken turning blocks at mast base and as spinnaker sheet blocks
Masthead burgee halyard
Windex at masthead
Cockpit Winches: Harken #32 self-tailing, two-speed (2ea)
Sail Control Winch (port cabin top): Harken #16 self-tailing, single speed (1ea)
Sail Control Winch (starboard cabin top): Harken #32 self-tailing, two speed (1ea)
Halyard / Rope Clutches (port cabin top): Antal Grip 10 for use with self-tacking jib sheet, spinnaker halyard, jib halyard & vang
Halyard / Rope Clutches (starboard cabin top): Antal Grip 12 for use with Reef 1, Reef 2 & main halyard.

Sails and Canvas
All sails by Maine Sailing Partners
Fully battened mainsail
Self-tacking jib
Asymmetrical Spinnaker in Snuffer / Sock
Main sail cover

Engine & Fuel
Westerbeke Model 12C2, 2- Cylinder, 12 HP, diesel engine
Engine Hours: 444 hours (September 2012)
Westerbeke engine panel with gauges for tach, engine temp, oil pressure and voltage indicator
Single lever throttle / shift control
Perco raw water strainer
Remote coolant expansion tank
Vetus fuel tank (plastic) 6.8 gallon capacity
Racor fuel filter

Steering
Balanced carbon fiber spade rudder with varnished mahogany tiller

Electrical System
12-Volt system with 2 batteries for ship’s systems and engine ignition
Guest master selector switch
Electrical panel with master DC switch and individual circuits for all ship’s systems. Panel also includes automatic bilge pump switch, 12-volt outlet and voltage meter.
110-Volt shore power system with Wheems & Plath master panel and accessory panel for 110 outlets and charger.
Guest model 2610 battery charger

Electronics & Navigation
Ritchie bulkhead mounted compass
Raymarine ST60+ AWI (wind direction & speed)
Raymarine ST60+ Tri-data (depth speed & log)
Raymarine ST60+ Graphic Multi display
Garmin GPSMap 910 Chartplotter
Apelco 4500 VHF radio

Ground Tackle
West Marine “Traditional” 13 lb Danforth type anchor with chain and rode held in custom teak chocks and stored in forepeak area.

Safety Equipment
Type ABC fire extinguishers (2ea)
2ea Type IV PFD’s (cushions)
5 ea Type II PFD’s (life jackets)
Flares Kit
Horseshoe lifering buoy
Whale Gusher manual bilge pump
Rule electric automatic bilge pump
Navigation lights

Other Equipment
Docklines and fenders
Varnished ensign staff