Nasket — Joel White / Brooklin Boat Yard Ketch

Nasket was custom built by Brooklin Boat Yard in 1971 to a design by Sam Crocker that was “tweaked” by Joel White to result in a boat slightly enlarged from the original 1945 Crocker drawings. Her construction when built was first quality and her subsequent owners have maintained this level of quality in all the work they have done. Nasket is a handsome ketch that has proven to be very easy to handle and has an excellent turn of speed. Her interior is spacious with a rather open traditional layout with Concordia style berths in the main saloon and Vee-berths forward.

Following in the footsteps of previous owners Nasket’s current stewards have been diligent in their care and maintenance of this Grand Dame of Center Harbor taking on large projects such as complete repainting of decks, cabins and cockpit, making significant upgrades of her equipment list with new working sails and new sheet winches and much more (see Recent Work list below).

Comfortable below and pleasing to the eye above Nasket improves the view of any harbor she graces. Come to Center Harbor here in Brooklin, Maine and see for yourself.

Recent Work

• 2026: New fire extinguishers (3ea)
• 2025: Complete repaint decks, cabin and cockpit
• 2025: Hull painted
• 2025: New North main sail
• 2025: New North roller furling genoa
• 2025: Mizzen boom wooded and varnished (10 coats) with all hardware removed and rebedded
• 2025: Fuel filter replaced
• 2025: Wood shell blocks serviced, wooded and varnished (10 coats)
• 2024: Bow Sprit removed, wooded, varnished (10 coats) with all hardware removed and rebedded
• 2024: New Primary Sheet Winches / Harken #40, 2-speed, self-tailing, bronze
• 2023: New main sail lazy-jacks
• 2022: New Jib Halyard, Main Halyard, and Jib Sheets
• 2022: New Switlik MOM
• 2021: New North mizzen
• 2021: Replaced all standing rigging
• 2020: House batteries replaced with AGM’s
• Annually: Spars and on-deck brightwork varnished

Construction

• Cedar strip planking (1-1/4” square) over 1-5/8” x 1-3/8” oak frames and deadwood
• Planking is glued and edge nailed and fastened to oak framing with bronze screws.
• External lead ballast keel and additional ballast in centerboard.
• Decks are marine plywood overlaid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy resin with smooth and non-skid painted surfaces.
• Complete repaint decks, cabin and cockpit (2025)
• Hull repainted (2025)

Accommodations and Interior Layout

• Furthest forward is rope / chain locker which is accessible from below decks.
• Forward cabin has berth space for 2 people in a V-Berth configuration with storage space below the V-Berth and shelves above and outboard.
• Next aft (to port) is an enclosed head area and (opposite to starboard) a large hanging locker.
• Continuing aft is the main saloon with settees and Concordia style drop-down berths port and starboard.
• Copious storage space in lockers both port and starboard.
• Bronze and soap stone Maiwald Fireplace / cabin heater at port forward bulkhead. Varnished drop-leaf table on center line below opening butterfly hatch.
• Furthest aft is galley area with (to starboard) stainless steel sink basin, Shipmate 3-burner LP gas stove / oven, and (to port) under-counter refrigerator.

Auxiliary Propulsion and Fuel

• Perkins M50 diesel, 48 HP
• Engine Hours: 1,959 Hours (July 2026)
• Hurth reduction gear
• Stainless steel prop shaft
• Bronze 2-blade fixed propellor
• 40 Gallon Monel fuel tank
• Spare raw water pump impellor
• Spare fuel filters
• Dual Racor fuel filter system installed (winter 2016-17)
• New fuel lift pump installed (winter 2016-17)
• New engine thermostat installed (winter 2016-17)
• New radiator pressure cap installed (winter 2016-17)
• New fuel lines installed (winter 2016-17)
• New raw water filter Groco ARG 1210 (winter 2016-17)
• New engine instrument panel and senders (winter 2017-18)
• New Sounddown (foam and lead) sound insulation and protective cover (winter 2018-19)
• New K&N air filter (winter 2019-20)
• Fuel filter replaced (2025)

Steering

• Edson worm gear steering
• Reverse wheel
• Keel hung rudder, Oak construction with bronze rudder post and bronze pintals, gudgeons and heel.

Plumbing and Sanitation

• Total 84 gallon fresh water capacity stored in 2 stainless steel tanks
• Freshwater manually supplied to sink basins in galley and head areas
• Manually operated marine toilet
• 10 Gallon poly-vinyl holding tank
• New Whale Gusher foot pump for head sink (winter 2016-17)
• Head rebuilt (winter 2017-18)
• New Whale Gusher foot pump for galley sink (winter 2017-18)

Galley Equipment

• Force 10, 3-burner stove and oven
• Top-loading ice box with 12-volt refrigeration
• Galley sink with manually supplied cold fresh water
• New propane pressure regulator and valve (winter 2016-17)
• New spark / ignition box for galley stove (winter 2016-17)
• New Whale Gusher foot pump for galley sink (winter 2017-18)

Electrical System

• 12 Volt DC ship’s system and 30 Amp / 110 Volt AC shore power systems
• Separate battery banks for house circuits and engine starting
• Main battery selector switch and circuit panel for control of ship’s electrical needs
• Charging by engine alternator and AC battery charger
• 30 Amp shore power cord
• Spare alternator
• New Wilson engine alternator (winter 2016-17)
• New Balmar Smart Gauge battery monitor (winter 2017-18)
• Renogy 50 watt 12V Monocrystalline Solar Panel (winter 2018-19)
• Genasun GVB-8 Solar charge controller (winter 2018-19)
• New house batteries / AGM (2020)

Electronics and Navigation

• 5” Ritchie steering compass
• Furuno Radar
• Standard Horizon VHF radio
• Remote VHF radio mic
• Datamarine depth sounder
• AM / FM radio with CD player and iPhone audio playback and charger connector
• New Raymarine Axiom 12: chart-plotter / radar display (winter 2018-19)
• New Navionics Platinum Plus charts (winter 2018-19)

Spars, Rigging and Sail Handling Equipment

• Masthead-rigged ketch configuration
• Varnished Sitka Spruce hollow-box construction, single spreader main mast
• Varnished Sitka Spruce hollow-box construction single spreader and jumper mizzen mast
• Varnished Sitka Spruce solid construction main boom, mizzen boom and bow sprit
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters
• Dacron halyards and sheets
• Harken roller-furling headstay
• Barient #10 halyard winches
• New mizzen sheet (winter 2016-17)
• New Harken roller-furling lead blocks (winter 2016-17)
• New jib sheets (winter 2017-18)
• New teak shroud rollers (2 sets) (winter 2017-18)
• Replaced all standing rigging (2021)
• Replaced Jib Halyard, Main Halyard, and Jib Sheets (2022)
• New main sail lazy-jacks (2023)
• Bow Sprit removed, wooded, varnished (10 coats) with all hardware removed and rebedded (2024)
• New Primary Sheet Winches / Harken #40, 2-speed, self-tailing, bronze (2024)
• Mizzen boom wooded and varnished (10 coats) with hardware removed and rebedded (2025)
• Wood shell blocks serviced, wooded and varnished (10 coats) (2025)
• Spars and on-deck brightwork varnished annually
• Original Club Jib Boom and hardware available (not currently being used)

Sails and Canvas

• North Sails mainsail (2025)
• North Sails roller-furling genoa (2025)
• North Sails mizzen (2021)
• Quantum mainsail (2004)
• Quantum roller-furling jib (2004)
• Main sail cover
• Mizzen sail cover
• Cockpit sun awning
• Interior cushions
• New butterfly hatch cover (winter 2018-19)

Ground Tackle

• Polished stainless steel Bruce anchor (33 lb.) with 220’ of stainless steel chain
• Danforth anchor (75 lb.) with Nylon anchor rode (5/8”) with chain lead
• New Lewmar VX1 windlass and 220’ all chain rode for primary anchor (winter 2017-18)

Dewatering Equipment

• Edson manual bilge pump
• New Rule panel switch for electric bilge pump (winter 2017-18)
• New Jabsco electric / automatic bilge pump (winter 2019-20)

Safety Equipment

• New fire extinguishers (3ea) (2025)
• New Switlik MOM (2022)
• PFD’s
• Flares kit
• Emergency wood plugs
• Horseshoe buoy

Additional Equipment

• Boarding ladder
• Cockpit table
• All galley equipment
• Dock lines and fenders
• Boat hook
• Wash down hose and nozzle
• Spare Parts: assortment, engine and plumbing