44' Parker Pilothouse Ketch (1952) - BELLINA

Update – Now asking $55,000 and willing to consider reasonable offers.
Please also see Bellina’s listing at brooklinboatyard.com. If she looks like she might be the boat you’re looking for, email for more photos, specs, and a 2024 survey.
She’s a very well built, well maintained and comfortable vessel. Built by EF Elkins 1952 (England) Fred Parker design. 44’ lod, 50’ loa, 39’ lwl, 11.5’ beam. Full controls in pilothouse and outside. Ford Lehman 120 with approx 1800 hrs since remanufacture in walk-in engine room with work bench and storage.
Sails well. Main and jib serviceable older sails, mizzen and staysail very good newer sails. Masts are beautiful old growth Douglas fir installed in the 1980s when the rig was changed from gaff to increase sail area. All spars and rigging parts are in great condition.
in 2016 the ballast keel was removed, rebedded and all bolts replaced..
The interior is simple not really fancy or luxurious, but very warm, comfortable and inviting. With both Webasto diesel hydronic heat and a Dickinson propane fireplace, as well as a separate heat exchanger off the engine when underway, she can be comfortably warm in pretty cold weather. Force 10 propane stove and oven, two built in refrigeration units. Two heads, one with separate stall shower. All systems, tankage, electronics, ground tackle and rigging new at various times within last twenty years .
In 2023 the engine had a valve job, head planed, injectors and inspection, adjustments and cleaning by Long Cove Marine. Shaft trued at Billings and new cutlass bearing and thrust bearing installed.
Bottom stripped, sanded, recaulked as needed and painted first with red lead then Trinidad. HD in 2023 and then sanded and repainted each spring prior to launch. Topsides sanded and painted with Epifanes Yacht Enamel September 2024. Decks were refinished with Interlux InterDeck spring 2024 and the teak pitothouse was also stripped and re varnished then. Rutland 504 wind charger installed 2024 and two 100 watt CMP walkable, shade tolerant, carbon fiber solar panels installed 2025, keeping her ample Lifeline AGM batteries full with minimal engine run time. Twin Balmar alternators charge when running.
Excellent ground tackle, fenders, pilot ladders. Garmin HD radar with 10” chartplotter inside and 7” outside. VHF at each station with separate antennas. AIS transponder with screen and WiFi to smart phones or tablets. 8” flat card compass inside, Richie Helmsman outside.
All systems in good working order.Fully equipped and ready to cruise.
West Marine/Avon hard bottom inflatable with 8hp Yamaha.
She’s a great boat. We are selling only because we’re getting older, have some health issues and after many years spent “messing about” and living aboard this and previous cruising boats we’ve settled in to land life. While we’ll continue to spend much of each season cruising this area and keeping her in good shape we no longer plan to use Bellina for the kind of voyages and living aboard she’s meant for.
Please contact our broker, John Maxwell at Brooklin Boat Yard for additional information or to arrange inspection. Or you can email me and I’ll be happy to send more photos etc.