1975Vagabond 47

The interior of PERFECT LOVE is stunning. She features high-quality, handcrafted joinery made of ash and teak. There are two cabins, two heads, a spacious salon, an L-shaped galley, and a proper navigation station.

The forward cabin has a double V-berth, a large overhead hatch, cabinets outboard, two hanging lockers. The Ensuite head features a sink, vanity, and a toilet. There is a built-in dresser to starboard and storage in the head area.

Aft of the forward cabin is the spacious main salon. There is a U-shaped settee to port with a rotating coffee/dining table, and a settee to starboard with a movable bench. A flat screen TV is mounted on the port bulkhead. There are cabinets above each settee and storage below the settees. Eight opening stainless steel ports and a large overhead had provide plenty of natural light.

The navigation station is located aft of the salon on the port side of the companionway stairs. It features a bench seat and an opening navigation desk. The electrical distribution panels are mounted outboard. The primary head is located aft of the navigation station and is well designed with a dedicated shower area, toilet compartment, and sink with vanity.

The galley is situated on the starboard side, aft of the salon. It includes a top-loading freezer, a top-loading refrigerator, a stainless steel sink, a 4-burner stove with oven, a full-height pantry with pull-out shelves, and ample counter and storage space. The stove is an Alpes 4-burner with oven, and there is a microwave. Refrigeration is by Technautics

CoolBlue, with the freezer also from Technautics CoolBlue. Aft of the galley is the master cabin, featuring a large berth, striking transom windows, and generous storage. The headroom is 6’3” in the main salon. 

Additional berths include two single beds in the main salon, port and starboard couches. The vessel has two heads, one porcelain and one electric, with a freshwater flush. The cabin sole is made of ash framing with 0.75” marine plywood inserts and teak-like vinyl surfaces. LED (12V) lighting is used throughout. The engine, generator, and water maker are all easily accessible.

• Synthetic decking by PlasDeck out of Akron, Ohio (2016)

• Aluminum bowsprit, windlass base, and anchor rollers (2016)

• Winches (2016)

• Cleats (2016)

• Dorade cowlings (2016)

• Dodger: hard, fiberglass, mounted on a heavy stainless steel tubing frame

• Bimini: heavy Sunbrella, black, covering entire cockpit, Isinglass clear window material enclosing entire cockpit (2017)

• Cushions: cushions for the entire cockpit seating area, grey, waterproof

• Black Sunbrella sail covers for main and mizzen (boom roller furling)

• Stainless steel bow pulpit and stern push pit (2017)

• Stainless steel davits (2017)

• Lifelines (2017)

• Windlass: Lofrens Falcon (foot pedal controls mounted in deck next to bowsprit)

• Dorades: 5, stainless steel, red inside

• Stainless steel dinghy davits

• Wheel: wood, original, refinished

• Coast Guard Gear: standard safety equipment

• Permanent stainless steel stern ladder, removable port and starboard rope ladders

• Tender NOT included

• Cutter rigged, ketch

• Genoa tracks and cars (2016)

• Aluminum Main Mast (2016)

• Aluminum Mizzen Mast (2016)

• LED deck lights installed on main and mizzen spreaders (2016)

• Main sail

• Mizzen sail

• Furling Staysail

• Furling 110% Genoa

• Code-O (red)

• Schaffer boom furling system on the Mizzen and Main

• Knot: Raymarine I-70

• Wind: Raymarine I-70

• Depth: Raymarine I-70

• Repeaters: I-70

• Chart Plotter: Raymarine Es98 (9 inch)

• GPS: Raymarine

• Radar: Raymarine HD color

• VHF: Raymarine Ray60

• Auto Pilot: Raymarine P70, EV1, ACU, Koblet model 7201 drive unit

• Compass: Ritchie Globemaster, binnacle (Edson) mount

• Raymarine AIS650 transceiver and AIS350 receiver

• Cockpit Speakers: Bose wi-fi (portable)

• Interior Speakers: Bose wi-fi (portable)

• TV (s): Large LG flat-screen in main salon, small LG flat-screen at navigation station

• Beta Marine 105 HP diesel engine (B-105 HE) with 1,025 hours. Serial #: K24316

• Oil Change System: manual

• Fuel Water Separators: Dual Racor

• Packing Gland Type: dripless

• Generator: Kuboto single cylinder diesel Size: 3.5Kw-220E Hours: 90

• The refrigerator and freezer (2016)

• Engine: Beta Marine B90 (2016)

• The refrigerator and freezer (2016)

• Hydraulic steering (2016)

• Bow Thruster

• 15 HP Outboard (2017)

• Bow Thruster: Vetus Falkon (joystick control mounted on binnacle in cockpit)

• Air Conditioning: (3) Dometic 16,000 BTU Reverse Cycle Heat Pumps

• Water maker (2016)

• Saniflow Sanimarin model 35 up-flush toilet (forward head - 2016)

• Saniflow Sanimarin model 31c (aft head - 2016)

• Water Heater: 10 gallon

• Bilge Pump: 3 Electric: 2 Manual: 1

• Sea Water Pump: deck wash pump forward near the bowsprit

• Galley: fresh water pump

• AC and DC distribution panels

• (6) 6 volt AGM batteries yielding 1200 amp hours (2019)

• Inverter: Xantrex Size: 4000 watts

• Battery Charger: Xantrex TruCharge 2,

• 60 amp Balmar digital duo-chargers

• Generator: Kuboto single cylinder diesel 3.5Kw-220E with 90 hours

• Perfect Love's LOA, including the davits and bow sprit, is approximately 61'

• Deck Layout: midship cockpit, low profile with high coamings

• Hull Type: full keel, moderately cutaway fore-foot, well-protected rudder and prop

• Hull Material: one piece heavy molded polyester fiberglass, .5” thick at deck, .75” thick at waterline, 1.125” thick at keel

• Hull Color (paint or gel): platinum, Interlux Perfection paint

• Bottom Paint: black, Sea Hawk ablative (May, 2022)

• Resins (polyester, vinylester, epoxy): polyester

• Deck Material: one piece, fully molded F.R.P. with 8” bulwarks forward of poop deck. PlasDeck synthetic teak

• Wilkes solid PVC synthetic rub rails, and cap rails

• Steering: Kobelt hydraulic steering

• Rudder Type: full-keel, unbalanced, attached to the aft edge of the keel,

The Vagabond 47 ketch is a renowned, classic blue-water cruiser designed by the famous Canadian naval architect William Garden. Her form captures the spirit of a time when sailing ships represented the height of technology, and her function embodies the strength, safety, and comfort of a serious ocean-going yacht. Hull number 148 was built in 1975 at the Taiwanese yard of Blue Water Yachts, LLC, for an Austrian gentleman. She was christened Incorrigible and claimed Lucerne, Austria, as her home port. The owner sailed Incorrigible across the Atlantic three times. She was eventually purchased by a Georgia businessman who renamed her Mechaya and sailed her for a few years in the Caribbean. She

sat on the hard at English Harbor in Antigua for five years after his death, until his son started sailing her again. She was essentially abandoned at Tierra Verde Marina in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she was discovered by her 3rd owner.  After nearly three months of negotiations with the owner’s widow, an agreement was reached.  On August 8, 2008, Mechaya was brought to Cincinnati to undergo a major restoration project. She was stripped down to a bare fiberglass hull and deck and completely rebuilt, inside and out. She was re-christened Perfect Love and was launched in 2016. The vessel was sold to another owner 

To see the blog detailing the restoration, visit: 

https://perfectlovev47.wixsite.com/perfectlove/about-the-boat

Her current owner purchased Perfect Love in 2025.

PERFECT LOVE was featured in the March/April 2018 edition of Good Old Boat Magazine (page 30). All equipment and systems are fully documented, including complete wiring diagrams (with every wire labeled) and plumbing diagrams (fuel and water).

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.