La Paz Yachts

45′ Hardin Voyager

$110,000.00

Located in: Mazatlan, Mexico
Year: 1982
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Yachtworld Number: 4040120

Designed in the 1970s and built well into the 1980s by Taiwan boat-building pioneer Bill Hardin, the Hardin 45 Voyagers are well-crafted built-to-last vessels.  An extremely rugged, heavy displacement staysail ketch designed for live-aboard cruising in safety and style, ‘Voyagers’, as the term suggests, were made for smooth passage-making and comfort.  About 160 Hardin 45s were built. Consequently, they are now sought after boats, well on their way to becoming classics.  One might say they are the high seas equivalent of the venerable British Motors Land Cruisers.

This particular Hardin Voyager, Carricklee, has been very well cared for and loved. She is in excellent condition, serviced regularly, and ready to go. A proven vessel that has sailed all over the world, her previous long-time owners wrote a well-regarded cruising guidebook to the Hawaii Islands aboard her, which went through three editions before the authors retired.

Hardin 45’s have an almost cult-like following as bluewater live-aboards. Due to their full-keel design, they are the embodiment of a ‘smooth ride’. A Hardin owned by Gordon and Joan Mery has been credited with a nine year circumnavigation; they commented after 38,000 miles under their keel, “it isnʼt that fast for a boat, but sheʼs pretty quick for a house”.

This is a classy, solid offshore vessel with graceful lines and anopen center cockpit layout. She will take you safely around the bay or around the globe, gaining admirers along the way. With her custom-made hard dodger, Carricklee is a unique yacht. She beckons the adventurous to a life of discovery in safety, style and comfort.

Located in Mazatlán, one of Mexico’s most alluring cruising destinations on the Sea of Cortez, Carricklee also lays in an ideal ‘follow-the-tradewinds’ point of departure for Hawaii and the South Pacific.

Over the past decade, Mazatlán, the ‘Pearl of the Pacific’, has breathed new life with an ongoing renewal program that continues to bear fruit. The result is something truly special: Two full-service marinas in a touristic zone next to an historic resplendent colonial district only a short walk from a 20km-long crescent of sandy beach. Let our experts show you how easy it is to own a yacht in Mexico and begin your cruising dreams today.

 

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.

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La Paz Yachts
Tom Murray, Broker
La Paz, BCS, Mexico 23000
011 52 (612) 123-1948
EMAIL ME

Length

45'

Model

Hardin

Ubicación

Mazatlán

Full Specs

Speed & Distance

Cruising Speed6kn
Max Speed7.5kn

Dimensions

Length Overall46.42ft
Beam15.75ft
Cabin Headroom8.08ft
Length at Waterline34.42ft

Tanks

Fresh Water Tank2 X 200 Gal (GRP)
Fuel Tank2 X 190 Gal (GRP)
Holding Tank1 X 40 Gal (GRP)
Engine MakePerkins
Engine Model4-236
Engine Year1998
Total Power83hp
Engine Hours7787
Engine TypeInboard
Fuel TypeDiesel
Propeller Type3 Blade
Propeller MaterialBronze

Boat History

A brief glimpse into 50,000 ocean miles aboard CARRICKLEE, by Bob and Carolyn Mehaffy

“We bought CARRICKLEE in San Diego in June 1992 on a return trip from Mexico, having left months earlier from San Francisco abord our Columbia 40, RESOLUTE. During the year period between 1992 and the end of 1996, we made many trips along the California coast between Bodega Bay and the Offshore Islands of Southern California. In those same years we made numerous offshore passages from San Francisco to the Farallon Islands, carrying reserach scientists to and from those Islands. We also made trips from San Francisco to the California Delta, exploring this amazing water world between the San Francisco Bay and the cities of Sacramento and Stockton.

While we were learning to cruise aboard CARRICKLEE in the 4 1/2 year period between 1992 and late 1996, we also began to outfit the boat for ocean cruising. When we had bought the boat, it was virtually new and not equipped for cruising; this we spent those first years getting it ready to go to sea.

After we retired in January of 1997, we set out from San Francisco on a passage to the Hawaiian Islands. On this first trip, we sailed to each of the major Hawaiian Islands as well as out to Midway Atoll, doing research and writing for our second book, CRUISING GUIDE TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. In mid-1998 we set out on a passage from Honolulu to Seattle. We then spent time cruising all of Puget Sound, Canada′s West Coast area and Alaska as far north as Glasier Bay. We ended our 1997-1999 cruising in San Diego, crossing the border into Mexico on Jan.1,2000.

We spent the years 2000-2002 cruising Mexico from Ensenada far into the Sea of Cortes many times, visiting most of the Islands and villages in the northen part of the Sea, then hauling the boat each of those three years at Marina Seca in San Carlos.In late 2003, we continued cruising from San Carlos to Chiapas in Southern Mexico and on into Guatemala and El Salvador, leaving CARRICKLEE in El Salvador for the summer season. After returning to the boat in the fall of 2004, we sailed on to Nicargua, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. We spent 2004-2006 making passages to various destinations in Ecuador, including Guayaquil and the Galapagos Islands. From the Galapagos Islands, we sailed back to Costa Rica and Panama, where we took delivery of a new sportboat. We then sailed again to La Libertad, Ecuador, where we left the boat on the hard in the summer months while we returned to the USA.

In late 2006, we returned from Ecuador to Panama and transited the Panama Canal in January of 2007 into the Caribbean. We spent our first season in the Caribbean in Bocas del Toro and crossed to Cartagena, Colombia, where we hauled the boat for the summer while we returned to the USA. During the years 2007-2010 we cruised the coastlines of Colombia, Panama, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, the offshore Islands of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. While cruising the Caribbean, we returned to Cartagena each summer to store the boat while we flew back to the USA. Between late 2010 to 2012, we slowly made the long passage from Cartagena, Colombia, to Mazatlan, Mexico. This was one of the most enjoyable of our many
passages.

During the years between 2012-2014, we made many passages in Mexico between Zihuatanejo and Cabo San Lucas, and far north into the Sea of Cortes. During the years 2014-2017, we sailed from Mazatlan to the USA, spending our time reseaarching and revising our Cruising Guide to the San Francisco Bay area. When that book revision was complete, we also went on to complete the revision of our Cruising Guide to the Hawaiian Islands before returning to Puerto Vallata and Mazatlan in 2018-2019.”

It was at this point that the current owner purchased “Carricklee” from Bob & Carol in 2020 but has not had the opportunity to sail her much. All the while, though, he made a myriad small improvements and maintained her really well, thanks to the excellent service providers in Mazatlan.

Accommodations

Going down through the companionway, to port is an L shape galley with double stainless-steel sinks, a gimbaled oven/stove and lots of storage. The top & side loading fridge/freezer is located comfortably in the corridor connecting the galley to the aft cabin.

The corridor provides more storage area, a top counter for navigation charts and an access to the diesel engine and electrical panels.The aft cabin has a double bed orientated from beam to beam with lots of natural light coming from sides/aft portholes and a top hatch.

To starboard heading forward a door separates the cabin from the head/stall shower that can also be accessed from the starboard side corridor. Leaving the head going forward, the corridor is hosting a work-bench and is leading to the main cabin area straight into a diner-style dinette across from the galley.

Going forward from the Galley area, down two steps, is a large Salon with comfortable settees on starboard and port as well as Pilot Berths above the settees on both sides. A drop-leaf table is centered and can be passed on both sides when folded. Forward is the forward head.

Galley

  • REFRIGERATION: Adler Barbour
  • FREEZER: Yes – vertical
  • MICROWAVE: Yes
  • WATER SYSTEM: Pressure
  • WATER HEATER: Seaward 6 Gal
  • STOVE: Yes – Force 10 gimbaled 3 burner w/oven, propane
  • COOKING FUEL: Propane
  • SINK: Yes – double

Navigation and electronics

  • SSB: Icom
  • RADAR: Garmin
  • RADAR ALARM: Yes
  • VHF: Standard
  • GPS: Garmin
  • GPS #2: Garmin handheld
  • AIS RECEIVER: Garmin
  • STEREO: Yes w/CD player
  • DEPTH SOUNDER: YGarmin
  • WIND SPEED/DIRECTION: Garmin
  • AUTOPILOT: Raymarine
  • COMPASS: Ritchie and Danforth

Electrical

  • HOUSE BANK1: 4-4D TYPE: AGM
  • START BANK: 1-4D TYPE: 4D Wet cell
  • BATTERY MONITOR: Yes
  • BATTERY SWITCH: Perko
  • INVERTOR: Heart 2000
  • GENERATOR: Honda 2000 portable, gasoline 2 KW 110 V
  • ALTRNATOR: 160 Amp house ample power
  • AC VOLTAGES: Yes
  • DC VOLTAGES: Yes
  • GEN HRS: 40 hrs
  • SOLAR PANELS: 5 panels, 450 Watts
  • WIND GEN: Yes, 4 Winds
  • SMART REG: 3 Stage
  • OTHER: Alt #2 engine 75 amp

Mechanical

  • BILGE PUMP: 2-elect / 1 manual
    Johnson 2500 W/Auto
    Whale gusher, 1.5″
  • RAW WATER SEA STRAINER: Yes
  • FIRE EXTINGUISHING: 5
  • FUEL FILTERS: Dual Racor 500, Perkins primary
  • FUEL SHUT OFF: Manual – 1 for each tank
  • FRESH WATER COOLING SYSTEM: Yes
  • HEAD TYPE: 1 electric / 1 manual
  • HOLDING TANK: 1- 35 gal
  • HEATER: Webasto
  • WATERMAKER: Katadyne power survivor 40E
  • PROPELLER: Max prop
  • EXTRA PROPELLER: 3-Blade
  • FULL SHAFT: 1 3/8″
  • STEERING: Hydraulic
  • TRANSMISSION: Borg Warner
  • WINDVANE: Sayes Rig Self Steering

Deck and hull

  • ANCHOR: 75CQR CHAIN: 330′ LINE: 3/8″ CHAIN
  • ANCHOR 2: 37 FORTRESS CHAIN: 40′ LINE: 200 3/4″ NYLON
  • WINDLASS: Maxwell 3500 Vertical, elec.
  • DINGHY: Hard bottom tender
  • BOW ROLLERS: Yes
  • NAV LIGHTS: Running Lights
  • SPREADERS LIGHTS: Yes
  • LADDER: Yes-wood
  • RAILS: Aft 43 SS pipe / fist 43 SS wire
  • DINGHY DAVITS: Yes
  • GATES: SS
  • DECK MATERIAL: Fiberglass
  • BOW PULPIT: Yes-SS
  • LIFELINES: SS
  • DECK WASH: Yes

Sail

  • MAIN: Yes, stab reefing
  • SPINNAKER: Rarely used
  • #1 GENOA: Yes, 150% w/Profurl
  • MIZZEN: Yes
  • STAYSAIL: Yes, w/Profurl
  • SAILS: Dacron, most are Neil Pryde
  • ROLLER FURL: 2
  • WINCHES: (2) Lewmar ST52, (1) Lewmar 30, (2) Harken 32ST, (1) Harken ST, (2) SP 25
  • BOOM VANG: Yes
  • MAST: 2 Rig Staysail Ketch, laminated spurce wood
  • STANDING RIGGING: Wire
  • WHISKER: 20′ adjustable
  • OTHER: 2 extra sails – Yankee and mizzen staysail
    Spinnaker pole and track

Safety

  • LIFEJACKETS: 10
  • LIFESLING: Yes
  • LIFERAFT: Viking – 4 person
  • STROBE: Yes
  • EPIRB: Yes
  • JACKLINES: Yes
  • HARNESSES: Yes
  • FLARES: Yes

Covers

  • DODGER: Yes
  • WHEEL/TILLER COVER: Yes
  • COCKPIT: Fully enclosed
  • BIMINI: Yes
  • HATCHER: 3
  • COCKPIT CUSHIONS: Yes
  • FULL WINTER COVERS: Yes
  • OUTBOARD COVER: Yes
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