1982 Irwin 41' (12.50 m) 41 CC Ketch
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (US)
Alaya
Meet Alaya, an Irwin 41 center cock ketch that has been well maintained by its loving owners. She is ready to go cruising and very seaworthy. With lots of recent upgrade and added features, this boat will surely make its new keeper’s dreams a reality.
Flag of Registry: United States
Port of Registry: Hayden, ID
- Cruisers
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: XYM41105M82J
| FEATURES: |
|---|
| Yanmar 57HP diesel (2021) |
| lithium bank 600W solar |
| standing rigging (2019) |
| mainsail (2023) upgraded nav/helm electronics |
| full cockpit enclosure |
| Notable Upgrades: Yanmar 57HP diesel (2021) 1000Ah lithium bank (600+400) + 600W solar; standing rigging (2019), stack pack, lazy jacks, mainsail (2023) upgraded nav/helm electronics,full cockpit enclosure. |
| Tenders: Dinghy Info: 2018 Achilles hb310ax Dinghy HIN: ACH00134A818 Dinghy Outboard : 2019 Tohatsu 15 hp Dinghy OB Serial : 008110AK |
Well maintained and ready to sail
$ 54,900 USD
€ 46,858 Euros
$ 75,107 CAD
£ 40,591 GBP
Description
Alaya is a beautifully maintained Irwin 41’ Center Cockpit Ketch that stands out as a proven offshore cruiser, thoughtfully cared for and fully equipped for her next adventure. From the moment you step aboard, it’s clear she has benefited from attentive ownership, with consistent upkeep and smart upgrades that keep her in excellent cruising condition.
Designed with both comfort and capability in mind, Alaya’s center cockpit layout provides a secure, elevated helm position with excellent visibility, while her ketch rig offers versatility and balance under sail—ideal for both short-handed sailing and long offshore passages. She is known for her forgiving handling and steady performance in a wide range of sea conditions, making her a dependable choice for serious bluewater cruising.
Below deck, Alaya offers a spacious and inviting interior, perfectly suited for extended stays aboard. Her layout maximizes livability, with ample storage, comfortable accommodations, and a warm, classic finish that reflects the timeless appeal of Irwin craftsmanship. Every space has been kept clean, functional, and ready for immediate use.
Mechanically and structurally, she has been very well cared for, with systems maintained to ensure reliability at sea. Whether you’re planning coastal cruising or setting your sights on offshore passages, Alaya is equipped and prepared to go—no extensive refit required.
For sailors seeking a vessel that blends comfort, safety, and offshore capability, Alaya represents an outstanding opportunity. She’s not just a boat; she’s a ready-to-go cruising platform with the pedigree and condition to take you wherever you want to sail next.
Data Sheet
HIN/IMO: XYM41105M82J
Official Number: 1292501 USCG
LOA: 45' 6'' (13.87 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1982
Beam: 13' 4''
LOD: 41'
LWL: 41' 8''
Draft Max: 4' 5''
Draft Min: 4' 5''
Cabins: 2
Sleeps: 6
V Berths: 2
Heads: 2
Head Room: 6' 5''
Crew Cabins: 2
Maximum Speed: 8.5 Knots
Cruise Speed: 7 Knots
Range NMI: 480
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Shape: Monohull
Bridge Clearance: 55'
Fuel Tank: 50 Gallons (189.27 Liters)
Fresh Water: 150 Gallons (567.81 Liters)
Holding Tank: 10 Gallons (37.85 Liters)
Displacement: 25000 lbs
Ballast Weight: 8000 lbs
Seating Capacity: 9
Tender HIN: ACH00134A818
Multimedia
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 4JH57
- Engine Year: 2021
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 57.00
- Power KW: 42.50
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 861.00
- Hours Date: 04-25-2026
- Serial Number: E20976
- Engine Location: Middle
Generators
Generator 1
- Generator Make: Westerbeke
- Generator KW: 7.60
- Generator Hours: 2866
- Generator Date Hours Recorded: 04/25/2026
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Additional Information
Accommodation
Descending from the center cockpit, the companionway opens into a spacious main salon with the galley immediately to starboard is a wraparound layout with ample counter space, storage, and full cruising appliances. Opposite, to port, is a dedicated navigation station/chart table.
The salon is arranged for comfort and liveaboard practicality, featuring a large straight settee to starboard and a U-shaped dinette to port with a central dining table that comfortably seats six.
Forward of the salon is a generous head with separate shower access, serving both the main cabin and forward stateroom. In the bow, the vessel offers a large V-berth with a double bed and abundant storage, ideal for guests.
Aft of the companionway, a passage leads to the private owner’s cabin, featuring a queen-sized berth, extensive storage, and a dedicated en suite head with shower, one of the hallmark advantages of the center cockpit design.
Interior Comforts and Amenities
Refrigeration & Freezer:
- 12v Adler Barbour fridge/freezer, air cooled compressor, wrap around evaporator in top opening box (2016)
Cooking & Galley Appliances:
- Force 10 3 burner stove (2019)
- Walmart microwave 1100W (2019)
- Mueller retro toaster 2 slot (2022)
- Kuuma stainless rail mounted barbeque Stow N Go propane (2021)
- Mr Coffee coffeemaker 12 cup (2019)
- French press stainless (2021)
- Pour over coffee pot (2022)
- Counter ice maker Intertek H2B12B (2022)
- Magic Bullet small food processor
Propane & Safety:
- Propane shut off valve in vented propane locker on deck
- Solenoid switch in galley
- (2) 20 gallon propane tanks
Water Systems:
- (1) 6 gallon electric water heater
- Water tank with reciprocating pumps
- Apex 3 cartridge water filtration system with dedicated faucet
Climate Control & Ventilation:
- (2) Cruise Air air conditioners/heaters
- (4) mounted fans
- (4) portable fans
Head & Sanitation:
- Raritan manual pump aft (2026)
- (1) Airhead composting toilet forward (2023)
- (1) 10 gallon holding tank
General Interior:
- Headroom min 5’7 max 6’5
- Aft bunk length 6’9 width 55”
- Forward V berth length 6’8 max width 71” min width 36”
- (2) single berth salon settees (6’8 length)
- Food pantry in passage (5 shelves)
- Galley fully stocked
- Inside cushions replaced (2020)
- (3) first aid kits
Electronics and Navigation
- Raymarine autopilot ST60+ Type 2
- Raymarine Axiom 7 chart plotter (2022)
- Raymarine GPS Class A100
- Raymarine radar A80272 (2020)
- Starlink (2022)
- Raymarine depth sounder, speed and distance (2022)
- VHF Icom ICM516 (2022)
- Wind direction and speed Raymarine 170S220 (2022)
- Ritchie compass (2021)
- JVC stereo Bluetooth KDSR8878T (2022)
- Speakers in salon and aft stateroom
- Fire TV salon 32” (2024)
- TV aft cabin
- EPIRB ACRR Global 406 GPS (2021)
- AIS Emtrak A100 Class A transceiver 29019 (2022)
- Mizzen and main deck lights
- (1) spreader light
Electrical Systems
- Electrical panel new (2024)
- Direct current 12V
- Alternating current 13.7
- House 1000 amp hours lithium Lifetime Ion (2023)
- Engine, electric winch, generator and windlass each has marine starter 12V (2025)
- Westerbeke 7.6 kW 60Hz diesel generator (2866 hrs)
- (6) 100W flexible solar panels mounted on bimini with Victron MPPT 100 SV (2024)
- Victron MultiPlus 12-3000 inverter/battery charger (2024)
- Shore power 50’ 50 amp
- Victron Digital Multi Control GX battery monitor panel (2024)
- Alternator 110 amp with (2) Phoenix Smaart 1843 chargers
Deck and Hull Equipment
- (1) manual bilge pump
- (3) electric bilge pumps
- Yiezblue search light manual (2024)
Sails and Rigging
- Main and mizzen mast aluminum with one set of spreaders
- Roller furling on genoa
- Sail area: main 332 sq ft, mizzen 141 sq ft, jib 480 sq ft
- Manual mizzen and main boom vang
- Standing rigging new (2019)
- Chain plates replaced (2023)
Winches:
- (2) Barlow 19 chrome at mast
- (2) Lewmar 16 self tailing
- (1) Barlow A27 self tailing
- (1) electric Lewmar 48 in cockpit
- (2) Barlow 16 at mizzen
Sails:
- NorthSail main sail VPC cross cut Nordac, (2) reefs, fully battened (2023)
- Stack pack and lazy jacks (2023)
- Quantum 110 jib
- Quantum mizzen sail
Rigging & Work:
- Mast removed and rewired (2022)
- Rigging checked (2022)
Mechanical Equipment
- Sarca Excel galvanized steel 47 lb anchor (2022)
- Chain 3/8 inch (10 ft stainless, 250 ft galvanized, 60 ft rode)
- Danforth 55 lb anchor
- Dinghy Danforth 15 lb with chain and 30 ft rode
- Maxwell VWC windlass rebuilt (2020)
- Bow anchor rollers
- Full cockpit enclosure (2020)
- (3) piece full deck shade (2023)
- Cockpit cushions new
- Cockpit table foldout
- (6) fenders covered
- Dock lines
- Bow pulpit and rails
- Swim ladder
- Dyneema lifelines and netting
- Revere survival 4 man liferaft
- New chain plates
- Stainless Kato Marine davits and engine lift
- Navigation lights
- Fresh and salt washdown
- Deck box
Safety Equipment
- USCG safety package
- (4) Kidde fire extinguishers
- Emergency tiller
- Throw cushion and life sling
- Fire blanket in galley
Engine Info
- Make: Yanmar
- Model: 4JH57
- inboard (2021 and installed 2022)
- 57 horsepower
- Direct drive
- Diesel
- Max Prop bronze
- 861 engine hours
- Serial #E20976
- Racor fuel filter
- Emergency stop
- Raw water sea strainer
- Fresh water cooling
- Fuel shut off
Dinghy Info
- 2018 Achilles HB310AX
- HIN: ACH00134A818
- 2019 Tohatsu 15 hp
- Serial: 008110AK
Tankage
- (2) fiberglass fuel tanks = 50 gallons total
- (3) Fiberglass water tanks fiberglass = 150 gallons total
- (1) Plastic holding tank = 10 gallons total
- (5) 5 gallon diesel cans on deck
Owners Comments and Boat History
We do not know her history. We purchased her in 2018 from a couple who had used her for weekend getaways. Her previous name was Primavera. She was located in Corpus Christi, TX. We started upgrading her in April 2019 and have continued to upgrade her along the way. We sailed her to Kemah, Texas where COVID delayed our plans. We put her on the hard in Florida and replaced the engine. We sailed her to USVI in 3/23 and then on to Grenada for the summer. We have sailed her around the US Virgins and the BVI’s since 2023. We have a mooring ball in Inner Vessup Bay at Red Hook, St Thomas where we stay when we are not island hopping. She has only been used for pleasure. We have sailed her in heavy weather and she handled it with ease.
What first attracted us to Alaya was the incredible sense of space and light the moment you step down below, it feels more like an apartment than a sailboat. Her interior is finished in mahogany that creates a warm, inviting atmosphere. You immediately notice the incredible headroom throughout, making the cabin feel open and airy rather than cramped. The center cockpit design is a game changer, offering a large, private aft stateroom with plenty of headroom with en suite head. The step down galley is large, convenient and fitted with proper fiddles for cooking securely at sea. It has ample counter space and storage. She is a very comfortable liveaboard, yet she absolutely shines when you set the sails. She sails fast in light air and handles heavy weather comfortably, making coastal cruising or passage making a joy.
Disclaimer
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.
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Ocean Petersen was born on the classic wooden yacht Catania, on the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Petersen family was in the process of circumnavigating the globe. They continued their exploration of the South and North Pacific, until they settled for eight years on a deserted atoll in the Marshall Islands. While there, his parent’s interest in marine biology led them to develop an aquaculture farm cultivating giant clams. During Ocean’s years on the clam farm, he occupied his time by mastering all the water sports available to him.When he was eight, Ocean and his parents continued sailing through Micronesia, the Philippines, Borneo, Malaysia and eventually Thailand. After crossing the Indian ocean to Africa, via the Maldives and the Seychelles islands . When Catania arrived in the Caribbean after crossing the Atlantic Ocean left his home of 18 years to pursue his own life and career as a captain. At 17 he qualified for his 100 Ton US Coast Guard Captain’s License. Now Ocean captains charter yachts around the US and British Virgin Islands. After working closely with surveyors, and having a passion for yachting, he loves finding his clients the perfect boat so they can live their dreams as well.
