ALEUTIAN 51

BLUE WATER CRUISER

Price reduced from 165,000 for quick sale.

Mermaid is an Aleutian 51 cutter rigged sloop built in Taiwan in 1976. She’s a veteran cruiser with tens of thousands of blue water miles under the keel. She is very sturdy and heavy with a thick fiberglass hull and long, deep keel providing a comfortable ride. Her unique design has a center cockpit with the steering and navigation stations covered by a hard dodger and stratoglass that can be rolled down to keep out the rain as well as a small, aft cockpit with storage under the settees, a swim step and shower that is ideal for taking a dip at anchor or hauling in a fish.

Below decks Mermaid is old school with gleaming teak covering most of the walls and a teak and holly floor. There is more than enough room to make her a very comfortable to live aboard. The spacious salon has over six and a half feet of headroom and comfortably seats seven adults. Forward there are two staterooms with bunks and a head. Off the salon is a nav desk and single side band radio and the entrance to the engine room where Henry, the reliable Ford Lehman 120 horse power diesel engine, a Kohler diesel generator, 45 gallon an hour water maker, battery bank and other systems live. Also, off the salon you enter a pass-through galley with a large refrigerator and pantry and plenty of storage. The galley leads you back to the master stateroom. The master stateroom has a double bed on starboard and an L shaped settee to port. There are two hanging lockers and a large aft cabinet as well as shelving. There is also a head with a shower and a door in the aft stateroom takes you to the small aft cockpit. The vessel is in a ready to go state with everything aboard that you need for living aboard including tons of spares.