1967 Easterly Yachts 26' (7.92 m) Luders 16
Southwest Harbor, Maine, United States
This lovely 1967 Luders 16, Ondine, has had several upgrades by her current owner, such as a new mast, sails, rigging, and spinnaker pole. She also has had a recent awlgripped hull. A step-aboard racing sloop that is also a fun day sailer. She is well worth your consideration for good sailing!
Port of Registry: Northeast Harbor
- Daysailers
- Sail
- Used
- Other
- Fiberglass Hull
$ 22,000 USD
€ 19,121 Euros
$ 30,895 CAD
£ 16,388 GBP
Description
Ondine is a fiberglass fractional rig 1967 Luders 16 with many recent upgrades by her current owner. Her hull was awlgripped a dark blue and is in very good condition. The boat was customized by the Elk Boatyard in Bar Harbor with varnished mahogany cabinsides and coamings, reminiscent of the original wooden boats. She is a very attractive sloop that races with the Northeast Harbor Fleet off Mount Desert Island, Maine. In fact, if a new owner wants to join the Fleet and race, the sale will include a mooring at the Fleet, which is quite valuable as the waiting line is significent. The new (2025) mast and standing rigging is valued at $8,000 and the newer sails are in excellent condition which include a recent main and genoa, a spinnaker as well as an older set of sails. Ondine offers a sailor a Luders in excellent condition regarding all systems for enjoyable racing and day sailing!
Data Sheet
LOA: 26' 4'' (8.03 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1967
Fuel Type: Other
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Full Details
CONSTRUCTION
Although the original Luders were wooden-built hulls, this fiberglass version is a sturdy one-piece hull with a fiberglass deck assembly with molded-in nonskid and varnished mahogany cabinsides and coamings. Her lead ballast keel is 1,600 pounds and bolted onto the hull. Added with the 2,975-lb hull and deck, the lead keel adds sailing stability. Further, her fin keel gives the sloop terrific quick steerage.
Below the cabintop is a small cuddy cabin with sitting headroom (4 ft). There is an option of adding 2 berths to provide spartan overnight accommodations.
SAILS AND RIGGING
The mast was new in 2025 along with the stainless steel standing rigging.
Main sail: 158 sq ft main sail,
Working Jib: 61 sq ft
Genoa: 108 sq ft
Spinnaker: 298 sq ft sq ft spinnaker. Her carbon fiber spinnaker pole is new.
The varnished tiller is oak and in good condition. Includes an attached extension.
The cam cleats are in very good condition and labeled along the aft cabintop for racing; 2 Lewmar 7CT winches.
EQUIPMENT
Raymarine Micro Compass with timer function
Ritchie Compass (2) deck mounted
Danforth anchor with chain and rode
Hand bilge pump
Sail Covers
Swim Ladder
PFDs (5)
Boat Hook
Large inventory of sail handling equipment and lines
Custom trailer
ACCOMMODATIONS AND DESIGN
In the early 1930s Alfred Edward (Bill) Luders set out to scale down the then-modern International Rule Sloop, and the result is a compact 26 footer with a 16'4" waterline, a beam of 5'9" and a draft of 4'0". The narrow beam gives the the boat a distinctive profile rather than a voluminous one. A total of about 300 boats were built between 1933 - 1979 with fifteen built in 1934 to race at Fishers Island, New York. These boats are currently quite popular and have increased in value.
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Contact Us
For more information about this yacht please contact Kathe Newman Walton.
We look forward to working with you!
Newman Marine Brokerage
254 Main Street
Southwest Harbor ME 04679 USA
Phone: 1-207-244-5560
Email: info@jarvisnewman.us
Website: https://www.jarvisnewman.us
Newman Marine is a boat brokerage firm that has been operating in Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, since the early 1980s. Owned and operated by Jarvis Newman from 1980 to 2015 and now by his daughter, Kathe, we are in the business of moving boats to and from satisfied customers. We specialize in Downeast-style vessels, lobster yachts, Friendship Sloops, and locally built and owned boats.
Kathe Newman Walton
Owner Broker
254 Main Street
Southwest Harbor ME 04679 USA
Office: 1-207-266-5574
Cell: 1-207-266-5574
Email: info@jarvisnewman.us
Kathe grew up Southwest Harbor, Maine, in and out of her father's and grandfather's boat shops and on the water in various vessels. Sailing on inland lakes at camps and on the family boats out of Southwest Harbor were a large part of summers with family and friends. While growing up, the family summer vacation was going to the Friendship Sloop Races in Friendship Harbor on their 1904 Friendship Sloop, Dictator, along with many local sails with family and friends. Kathe, her husband, Dan, live on Mount Desert Island, and they both are USCG Master Captains enjoying sailing their 1965 Friendship Sloop, Old Baldy, and cruising the nearby harbors and islands aboard their Bunker & Ellis lobster pleasure boat, Susan Margaret.
