Laying: Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email for additional information: adrian@twentynine.ca
The Kittiwake 23 is a full-keel sailing sloop designed by Carl Alberg and built by the Kenner Boat Company of Knoxville, Arkansas. The is similar to the much-loved Alberg 22 built near Toronto, but much bigger. Those 18 inches really make a difference! She sleeps four down below, and features a spacious cockpit for day sailing. We have actually slept in the cockpit on pleasant evenings a number of times.
We bought this sailboat almost two years ago as an experiment to see if we would enjoy sailing. When we bought her in Ottawa in 2012, she had been out of the water for several years. Her sails had barely ever been used since they were purchased in 2007! And she was sitting on a virtually brand new cradle. She had (and still has) an excellent long-shaft 5hp 2-stroke Mariner outboard that sits in a motor well behind the cockpit and hadn't seen much use.
Last summer we outtfitted her and cruised her for two weeks from Ottawa to Toronto via the Rideau Canal and Lake Ontario. The boat performed excellently in a variety of conditions, and posted some surprising distances (Trenton to Toronto in one day!) for such a small pocket cruiser. In fact, we beat a 43’ trawler through the canal! We have enjoyed it far beyond our expectations, but have outgrown our beloved Kittiwake and moved up to a larger boat. That's why we have reluctantly decided to sell her.
We’ve done a lot of work to the boat in the two years we’ve owned her and taken care of most of the problems we’ve encountered, and while we’ve decided to part with her for what we paid (CDN$2500), we are what are known as ‘motivated sellers’. If you’re interested in getting into a classic pocket yacht designed by one of the 20th century’s foremost designers, this is a great opportunity for you.
We don’t want to get into a long, drawn-out selling process. We’re moving up to a larger boat because our family has grown and we want more room for active young kids. This is a great pocket-yacht, strong and capable. We've always felt good daysailing her around Toronto and the trip home from Ottawa was a comfortable and fun adventure. If you think you might be interested in this boat, get in touch. Let's see what we can work out.