Integrity — Quoddy Pilot Ketch

Integrity has benefitted greatly by / under her current ownership to the point where she presents to the casual eye and closer observation as close to a new boat as can be imagined for her 50+ years of service. Integrity has been meticulously maintained to the highest standards and stored with Hylan and Brown here in Brooklin, Maine, where she spends her winters in heated, covered storage. What follows is a look back over the years of her current ownership highlighting some of the projects and significant upgrades tackled over the years of which the result is a boat that can be stepped aboard complete and ready to go, a true turn-key operation.

Project & Upgrade History

2025

• Installation of bilge drain & bronze skeg protector

2016-17

• Redesign & replacement of rig by Nat Benjamin from sloop to ketch including Schaffer roller furling headstay
• New Beta 38 diesel installation & system upgrade
• New sails (jib, main & mizzen)
• New Lofrens electric windlass
• Rockna anchor & 150’ of chain rode
• New Airhead composting head
• New bronze shaft, stuffing box & 3-blade bronze propeller
• Electrical system upgrades
• AwlGrip repaint of deck, cabin house & spars

2003-04

• Upgrade of plumbing system inc. installation of Danish Vola faucets accessories
• New African mahogany countertops
• New Broadwater propane stove
• New propane cabin heater
• New Kobelt engine controls & cables
• Complete interior repair & repaint
• New bronze 3-blade propeller
• New white oak tiller

2000-01

• Total sternpost replacement
• Rebuild & replacement of 60% of keel
• New white oak rub rails, toe rails & cap rails
• Complete AwlGrip hull, deck, cabin house & spar refinish & repaint

1995-96

• Total stem replacement

1986-87

• Complete cosmetic refurbishment inc. Imron hull refinish & respray
• Complete electrical system implementation inc. new panel
• Installation of propane system

Hull, Deck and Cabin Construction

• Double-ended (Pinky style) hull with full keel and keel hung rudder underwater configuration.
• Solid Fir stem, stern post and deadwood
• Laminated Fir keelson
• Composite hull of 1 ¼” Cedar strip planking edge nailed and epoxy glued with two (2) layers polypropylene cloth laminated to the hull interior and three (3) layers of polypropylene cloth epoxy laminated to the hull exterior with an applied finish surface (interior and exterior) of gelcoat.
• Steel I-Beam strong back bolted to interior keelson with encapsulating ballast of cement and 2” stainless steel spheres poured in bilge around and above I-Beam
• Oak floors sheer clamp and shelf, deck beam and carlins
• Marine plywood interior bulkheads and joinery fronts
• Decks, cabin top and cockpit seat tops, seat walls and sole are marine plywood overlaid with fiberglass cloth set in epoxy with paint surface.
• Cabin sides are solid fir with painted finish
• Varnished White Oak toe rails, rub rails and cabin top hand rails
• Varnished Teak cockpit and cabin house trim
• All exterior finishes (accepting varnished woods) is painted using AwlGrip products.
• Topsides are Black
• Boot stripe, sheer strake, deck boxes, cabin sides and bulkheads, cockpit coamings and cockpit well sides are White
• Decks, cockpit sole and cabin top are Light Gray
• Bottom is anti-fouling paint Green
• All thru-hull fittings of bronze construction

Deck Hardware and Features (fore to aft)

• White painted Sitka Spruce bow sprit with bronze end fitting for stainless steel wire martingales, dolphin striker and head stay fitting.
• Bronze club jib gooseneck on bow sprit
• Bronze anchor roller on bow sprit (port side)
• Wood fairlead for second anchor rode on bow sprit (starboard side)
• Lofrans windlass, windlass foot controls, bronze dorade deck plate and anchor wash-down bib on foredeck to port of bow sprit
• Teak and Bronze anchor storage chocks with bronze pad eye tie-down on foredeck to starboard of bow sprit
• Varnished White Oak toe rails port and starboard
• Bronze mooring pennant chocks on toe rail port and starboard
• White painted Oak and bronze samson post at aft end of bow sprit
• Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard on forward toe rail
• Bronze diamond-based pad eye and club jib traveler on foredeck centerline forward of main mast
• Main mast partner just forward of cabin
• Deck boxes just forward of cabin to port and starboard of main mast partners
• Teak line organizer on side deck outboard of deck box
• Bronze main mast shroud chain plates (exterior mounted to topsides) port and starboard
• Teak and bronze halyard and line storage pin rails at port and starboard shrouds
• Navigation lights (port and starboard at port and starboard shrouds above pin rails
• Opening / sliding ports with screens on cabin sides port and starboard (2ea / side)
• Varnished White Oak hand rails on cabin top
• Varnished Teak cabin top trim / eye brow
• Cabin heater chimney / Charlie Noble on port cabin top
• Companionway hatch slide, trim and drop boards center line on cabin top and aft cabin bulkhead.
• Bronze docking (spring line) cleats port and starboard at max beam
• Bronze deck fills (2ea) on port side deck outboard of cockpit coamings
• Bronze deck fills (2ea) and Bronze deck plate with access to ships ice box on starboard side deck outboard of cockpit coaming
• Bronze cleats (2ea) for jib-furling and jib sheet mounted outboard of port cockpit coaming
• Bronze mizzen mast shroud chain plates (exterior mounted to topsides) port and starboard
• Bronze tiller comb (self-steering device) on center line at aft end of cockpit coaming
• Single (1ea) Bronze docking cleat on center line of aft deck
• Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard on cap rails
• Bronze dorade deck fitting and cowl on port aft deck.
• Opening / sliding window with screens at forward end of cockpit
• Storage lockers port and starboard under cockpit seating
• Control panel for windlass, bilge pump and ship’s lighting on starboard cockpit side wall
• Beta Marine ignition panel and engine stop on starboard cockpit side wall
• Mizzen mast partners in cockpit sole (forward)
• Large opening / removable hatch for engine access in cockpit sole (aft)

Vessel Layout and Accommodations (aft to fore)

• Expansive cockpit easily fitting eight (8) or more person(s) for day sailing or end of day libations
• Wide companionway hatch leads to below deck spaces with 6’, 3” head room throughout.
• Four (4) step companionway ladder down to varnished Fir cabin sole
• Companionway ladder hinged so as to allow easy access to main battery selector switch, DC electrical panel and storage areas in drawers and lockers located behind ladder and under cockpit.
• Large (double) Pullman style berth to port of companionway
• Table stored in overhead of quarter berth slides forward to allow for full chart navigation handy to companionway and helmsman.
• Forward of quarter berth is an enclosed / private head area with under deck storage lockers, varnished African Mahogany counter top, under-counter drawer storage, Airhead composting toilet along with polished stainless steel Vola sink basin, faucet and towel bar
• Opposite (to starboard) of the quarter berth and head areas is an expansive galley area. Counter tops are varnished African Mahogany with drawer and locker storage under counter and additional storage above, outboard and aft of the counter tops with specialized storage. Cooking is done with a gimbaled Broadwater propane 4-burner stove with oven and perishable foodstuffs are kept cool in a well-insulated ice box accessible from both and galley and on deck. For clean-up duties the is a polished stainless steel sink basin with Vola faucet supplying pressure water for the clean-up crew.
• Dining (when not done in the cockpit) is centered around a varnished Teak drop leaf table set between the Vee-berths forward to the galley and head areas.
• When not being pressed into dining service seating the Vee-berths allow for sleeping accommodations for two (2) persons separated by the above mentioned dining table and the main mast with storage shelves above and outboard of the berths for storage of personal items.
• Furthest forward of the Vee-berths is the forwardmost bulkhead with a large (removable) louvered panel allowing for ventilation of the chain locker area forward when in place and almost unlimited access to the chai locker when removed.
• The below decks areas of Integrity are well ventilated and flooded with natural light from the four (4ea) opening / sliding ports in the cabin sides and single (1ea) looking out aft to the cockpit. Additional ventilation is provided by dorade vents forward and all the way aft. When needed the below decks areas are kept warm by a propane-fired Force 10 cabin heater allowing for early Spring and late Fall cruising when there are no crowds and plenty of room in all the best anchorages.

Spars and Rigging

• Ketch-rigged sail plan with self-tacking jib, gaff-rigged main and Marconi mizzen
• Varnished and painted Sitka Spruce main and mizzen masts, main boom and gaff, mizzen boom, jib club and bow sprit
• Keel-stepped masts
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and stays) with traditional deadeye and lanyard shroud tension adjustments
• Dacron 3-strand rope running rigging (sheets, halyards and topping lifts)
• Varnished wood shell blocks for sheets, halyards and topping lifts
• Schaeffer roller-furling headstay with furling line lead aft to cockpit
• Self-tacking jib with bronze jib traveler with jib sheet lead aft to cockpit
• Main and mizzen lazy jacks
• Bronze mizzen sheet traveler
• NOTE: Integrity was originally designed and commissioned as a gaff-rigged sloop. Her current owner had her sail plan redesigned by Nat Benjamin (Gannon and Benjamin Shipyard) to the current ketch rigged configuration with gaff mainsail, Marconi mizzen and roller-furling / self-tacking jib. Her owner reported no real change in sailing speed but great changes in sail plan balance (she practically sails herself), ease of sail handling (with smaller individual sail areas and roller-furling headstay), and ability to carry full sail into higher winds.

Sails and Canvas

• Squeteague Sailmakers for all sails and covers
• Roller-furling club jib
• Gaff-rigged mainsail
• Marconi-rigged mizzen
• Mainsail cover
• Mizzen cover
• Cockpit cushions
• Interior bunk cushions

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Bulkhead mounted helm compass
• Polished Brass Wempe Ship’s Clock, Barometer, Hygrometer and Air Temperature Thermometer
• Garmin GPSmap 7608xsv chart plotter on swing-out bracket at companionway
• Icom IC-M402S VHF radio
• Sliding chart table above quarter berth

Auxiliary Propulsion and Fuel Systems and Equipment

• Beta Marine / Model: Beta 38 / 4-Cylinder / 38 HP / Freshwater-Cooled / Diesel
• Engine Hours: Less than 50 hours / Fall 2025
• Beta Marine ignition panel with tachometer, engine status gauges (engine temp, oil pressure & voltage), and visual / audible alarms for same
• Kobelt stainless steel engine throttle and transmission control lever with neutral throw-out.
• Twin-Disk model TMC60P transmission
• 1 ¼” Bronze propellor shaft
• Traditional flax-packing style stuffing box
• Bronze 3-fixed blade propellor
• Groco ARG-500 raw water filter / strainer
• Water-lift style muffler
• Fuel Capacity: 40 Gallons Total
• Two (2) fuel tanks (20 gallons each) of aluminum construction
• Dual Racor / Parker water separator-style fuel filter system

Electrical Systems and Equipment

• 12-Volt DC ship’s electrical systems
• Two heavy-duty 12-Volt marine batteries in secured and covered battery boxes.
• Separate battery banks for engine start and ship’s systems
• Guest rotary-style main battery selector switch
• Marinetics 12-Volt DC circuit panel with battery voltage monitor gauge
• Battery charging by engine alternator

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems and Equipment

• Freshwater Capacity: 65 Gallons total
• Two (2) freshwater tanks
• Pressure water system supplies cold, freshwater to galley and head area sink basins
• Vola polished stainless steel sink basins and faucets at galley and head areas
• Saltwater wash-down bib at foredeck for ground tackle clean-up
• Airhead composting toilet

Dewatering Equipment

• Rule electric / automatic main bilge pump with float switch
• Manual hand-pump

Ground Tackle

• Bronze anchor roller of bow sprit (port side)
• Rockna 15 anchor with all chain rode
• Lofrans Cayman 88 electric chain and rode windlass with foot controls on fore deck and toggle switch control by helm

Safety Equipment

• USCG required safety equipment
• Propane tanks stored in vented deck box with designated circuit on DC panel and Marinetics solenoid control panel at galley

Additional Equipment

• Docklines
• Fenders
• Boat Hook