2001 Lyman-Morse Fontaine Custom 63 Pilothouse Sloop "MYSTERY"

MYSTERY is a custom Ted Fontaine–designed pilothouse performance cruiser built by Lyman-Morse in Thomaston, Maine. Conceived for fast, comfortable offshore cruising with a small crew, she features a shoal-draft keel/centerboard configuration with a protected center cockpit, extensive powered sail handling and a true inside steering station. 

Her centerboard arrangement provides a draft range from 6' 6" with the board raised to 14' 2" when lowered, combining access to shoal cruising grounds with enhanced performance upwind. Her carbon rig, hydraulic furling systems and cockpit-centered sail controls are configured for efficient shorthanded operation. 

Below, the Herreshoff-inspired interior combines painted panels and overheads with extensive varnished mahogany and teak joinery. Three private cabins and three heads provide eight individual berths to comfortably accommodate three couples. A generous main salon, protected passageway galley, unique pilothouse upper salon and unusually accessible machinery space complete the arrangement. 

As described in great detail below, MYSTERY has just completed an extensive Maine-based three-year program of renewal encompassing her electrical, navigation, propulsion, rigging, sail handling, HVAC, plumbing, safety and domestic systems. The exceptional standard of her maintenance and presentation is evident throughout and confirmed by a recent survey. 

For a buyer considering a contemporary custom build, MYSTERY offers a proven Fontaine design, Lyman-Morse pedigree and Maine craftsmanship on an extensively modernized platform — without the cost and lead time of commissioning a new custom yacht. MYSTERY is a very special yacht that truly shows like new.   

The brief: a yacht able to go anywhere with a high level of performance and comfort — shoal draft, ease of sail handling, exceptional machinery access, and tankage for extended passages.  

Designer: Ted Fontaine, Fontaine Design Group (formerly chief designer of Ted Hood's Little Harbor Custom Yachts). A long track record of shoal draft designs ranging from 40' to 130’.   

Builder: Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Thomaston, Maine — more than 35,000 hours of construction guided by 2,300 hours of design work. Hull laid up 2000; documented/model year 2001; completed and delivered 2002.  

Three dedicated ownerships — as AMELIA, YOUNG AMERICA and now MYSTERY — and currently measured for racing under ORC, CRF and the NYYC Cruising Rule (all valid for 2026). 

ELECTRICAL (2024) — 33.1 kW Epoch/Victron lithium electrical system with managed charging and monitoring; generator autostart; mast rewire; LED lighting; new start batteries (2026)

NAVIGATION and ELECTRONICS (2024) — Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro / LightHouse 4 system throughout, with radar, autopilot, AIS, cameras and FLIR engine room monitoring; Starlink; new wind instrumentation and mast camera (2026)

PROPULSION and MECHANICAL — New ZF 68A transmission (2024); major engine service programs 2024 and 2026; new retractable hydraulic bow thruster (2024); shaft seals and cutlass bearings renewed (2024, 2026); raw-water systems serviced (2026); generator serviced (2024, 2026)

RIG and SAIL HANDLING — Rod rigging (2021); Reckmann furlers factory-overhauled (2024); Marlow running rigging (2024); winch fleet serviced (2025–2026); new lifelines (2026); steering overhauled (2025–2026)

SAILS — Quantum wardrobe new 2023; Doyle service 2024 and 2026

PLUMBING — Pressure system rebuilt (2025–2026); watermaker membranes (2024); new accumulator, macerator and vented loop (2026)

HVAC (2024) — Three new Dometic variable-speed units with ElectroSea raw-water treatment; Espar diesel heater

DECK and HULL — Portlights replaced (2024); Freeman hatches rebuilt (2025); toe rails refinished, hull polished, bottom paint and PropSpeed (2026)

INTERIOR — Upholstery and soft goods renewed (2023); washer (2024); cabinetry rebuilt

SAFETY — New life raft (2024); EPIRB/MOM8 service, Fireboy re-certification and engine-shutdown control (2026)

Ground Tackle

Maxwell 3500 24V vertical windlass — rebuilt by Maxwell Service Center 2024, full service and re-bed 2026

Primary: CQR 60 lb anchor with 400' of 3/8" chain (re-marked 2024) and new Dyneema bitter end

Secondary Bruce 30 kg anchor

Spares: Fortress FX-37 and Yachtsman anchors

Swivels, three anchor bridles and tow bridle

Saltwater washdown at bow

Protected center cockpit developed from the Little Harbor line — easy access to side decks and primary sail controls concentrated near the helm

Full vinyl cockpit cushions with comfortable high backrests

Varnished teak drop leaf cockpit table with insulated cooler

Edson stainless elkhide covered wheel on custom pedestal with elkhide handrail 

Cable steering comprehensively overhauled 2025–2026 (cables, sheaves and rudder gear) 

Dual-station engine controls (cockpit and pilothouse)

Bow-thruster joystick (2025)

Teak decks (new 2019, Teak Decking Systems)

Varnished teak cap rails, pilothouse nosing and laminated teak stern rail on an otherwise low-maintenance deck

Custom polished stainless dual anchor rollers at the stem (rebuilt 2024)

Stainless stanchions and side gates with all-new lifelines and hardware (2026)

Three Freeman flush lazarette hatches, rebuilt 2025, with new hardware and gas springs

(6) Fixed portlights (replaced 2024)

(14) Opening stainless portholes

(9) Opening stainless deck hatches with interior screens/shades (factory-refurbished Dometic skyscreens)

(4) Dorade boxes with stainless cowl vents

Mainsheet traveler system with new Antal traveler track 

Spinlock power clutches

Inboard and outboard stainless genoa tracks

Rebuilt deck turning blocks and stainless genoa cars (all 2024)

Full canvas: aft dodger, fixed reinforced bimini and covers (2023)

Hot/cold shower on aft deck

Deck washdown fore and aft

2024 AB 10 VS RIB tender, foredeck-stowed on Softchock chocks with cover, slings and lifting bridle and 50' floating painter

2026 Yamaha F15 four-stroke outboard

Stainless outboard lift davit at transom

Pilothouse window covers

(6) fenders with covers

(8) docklines

SCRIMP vacuum-infused FRP construction with Core-Cell structural foam and vinylester resin, incorporating an infused structural grid. The cast-lead shoal-draft keel carries 22,000 lbs of ballast in an externally cast bulb and houses the centerboard trunk. Keel bolts have been inspected and re-torqued under current ownership. The centerboard is solid fiberglass (approximately 500 lbs), hydrodynamically shaped, and retracts fully into the keel trunk on an electric captive-reel winch; it is normally raised under power and deployed under sail to enhance upwind performance. The spade rudder is SCRIMP-infused fiberglass on a carbon stock with self-aligning needle bearings. The deck is a foam-cored sandwich overlaid with glued and laid teak, replaced in 2019 by Teakdecking Systems at Hinckley, Portsmouth, RI. Topsides are Awlgrip 'Timeless Green’ with gold cove, double white boot stripes (all new 2022) and red bottom (2026).   

A spacious dedicated machinery room provides standing access and generous working clearance around the main engine, generator, watermaker, freshwater pressure system and hydraulic equipment, with room for multiple technicians to work simultaneously. Access is through watertight doors from the galley passageway and the owner's shower.

Main Engine and Drive Train

Westerbeke Century Series A-6BG1T six-cylinder turbocharged diesel, 172 hp, maximum rated speed 2,200 rpm (~6,940 hours as of 7/2026)

Transmission: ZF 68A (new 2024) with new damper plate and Drivesaver (2024)

Dual-station mechanical controls

1.5" Aquamet shaft — pulled and inspected (2026)

PSS shaft-seal components renewed (2026)

Cutlass bearings replaced (2026)

New Spurs line cutter (2026)

Flexofold 27×20 four-blade folding propeller (new 2023), PropSpeed (2026) 

Owner-observed cruising performance is approximately 8.3 knots at 1,500 rpm and approximately 2.4 US gal/hr. On 260 US gal of fuel, this equates to a calculated full-fuel range of approximately 900 nm before reserve

2024 program — Full 1,000-hour service; all six injectors serviced; starter rebuilt; both alternators rebuilt; all cooling hoses and drive belts replaced; heat exchangers cleaned; engine mounts serviced

2026 program — New turbocharger; new heat exchanger (removed unit rebuilt and retained as spare); all six injectors serviced, with three rebuilt injectors carried as ready spares; new thermostat, pump impellers, fuel shut-off solenoid, temperature sender and oil-pressure sender; engine oil and filter changed; primary and secondary fuel filters changed; belts inspected; engine repainted

Tanks

Diesel, 260 US gal, three tanks (two wing + day tank), stainless encapsulated in FRP

Dual transfer pumps (port pump new (2026) + spare aboard) 

Fresh water, 220 US gal, four FRP integral tanks 

Black water, ~50 US gal, polyethylene, type III MSD 

Gray water - separate tanks for galley and showers/sinks 

• Bow thruster: Max Power R200/8 retractable hydraulic, installed new 2024, control/joystick replaced (2025)
• Generator: Northern Lights 9 kW, 120/240V single phase, in sound enclosure -approximately 6,050 hours (7/2026)
• Full 1,000-hour generator service (2024) with new wet-exhaust mixing elbow and exhaust seacock/thru-hull (2026)
• Sea Recovery 800 GPD watermaker - membranes and filters renewed (2024)
• Headhunter Mach 5 AC water pressure pump (factory-rebuilt 2025) with rebuilt spare aboard (2026) and new accumulator tank (2026)
• Jabsco Par-Max 24V back-up water pump 
• Isotherm 20-gal water heater (new elements 2023)
• Headhunter freshwater vacuum-flush toilets aft and starboard forward heads
• Manual saltwater toilet, forward port head
• Jabsco 24V sealed macerator discharge pump (new 2026, spare aboard) and new vented loop (2026)
• Holding tank with overboard discharge properly secured
• Separate grey-water tanks serve the galley and showers/sinks (sumps renewed 2024)
• (2) 24V automatic electric bilge pumps with cycle counters
• (2) Edson manual bilge pumps – one on deck
• Reverso oil-change pump
• Fore and aft washdown
• (3) Dometic 16,000 BTU variable-speed reverse-cycle units, all installed new 2024, with digital controls — (2) salon, (1) master; ElectroSea ElectroStrainer anti-fouling raw-water treatment (2024)
• Sea Frost refrigerator compressors rebuilt (2025), cooling pump (2026)
• Espar diesel forced-air cabin heater (2024)
• Engine-room ventilation (fan renewed 2024)
• Spares aboard: starter, belts, thermostat, rebuilt injectors, rebuilt heat exchanger, senders and an extensive documented engine spares kit
• Full set of tools in forepeak storage area 

DC System

24V primary DC. House bank: six Epoch 12V/460 Ah lithium batteries (2024), arranged as three parallel strings of two in series — 1,380 Ah at 24V, approximately 33.1 kW nominal stored energy; Victron Lynx distribution/BMS

12V service via Victron 100 A 24-to-12 V DC-DC converter; engine start: two Optima AGM batteries (new April 2026); generator start: Optima AGM (2024)

AC System

Single 50 A 120/240V shore inlet (receptacle 2024) via A-Sea isolation transformer

Blue Sea main breaker

Inverter/Chargers and Charging

Two Victron Quattro 24/5000/120 inverter/chargers in parallel — 10 kVA total (2024) Mastervolt 150 A main-engine alternator with Wakespeed WS500 CAN-bus regulation Second engine alternator serves the engine and generator start banks

Monitoring

Victron Cerbo GX with Touch 70 and remote monitoring

Raymarine YachtSense digital monitoring

Maretron tank and fuel monitoring; bilge-cycle counter

Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro navigation system running LightHouse 4 software, installed in 2024.

Helm

Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro 9 MFD

p70rs autopilot head

(5) i70s displays

Thruster and engine controls

Pilothouse / Nav Station

Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro 16S MFD; Alpha 9 performance display

p70s autopilot head

i70s displays (pilothouse and master)

Ray 73 VHF

Maretron DSM410

Yacht Devices digital barometer

Sensors and Autopilot

Raymarine EV-1/ACU-400 Evolution autopilot with SmartController remote (2024)

RayStar 150 GPS

Airmar DST810 speed/depth/temperature

New wind transducer and mast wiring (2026)

Quantum 2 doppler radar

Cameras

Three mast/spreader CAM300 cameras (mast unit new 7/2026) integrated with Raymarine ClearCruise functions via the AR200 sensor — AIS traffic, marks and waypoints overlaid on live video

FLIR AX8 engine-room visual/thermal monitoring

Communications

Ray73 VHF with hailer

AIS700 Class B transceiver (AIS350 receiver retained as spare)

Starlink primary satellite connectivity (custom enclosure)

Iridium GO! backup satellite communications paired with a PredictWind router

Handheld VHF with GPS

Entertainment

Garmin Fusion Apollo four-zone audio: two RA770 touchscreen heads, speakers in cockpit, pilothouse, salon and aft cabin 

• GMT 84' carbon-fiber keel-stepped mast with triple carbon spreaders and carbon boom Reckmann hydraulic in-mast mainsail furling and headstay furler — both factory-overhauled in Germany (2024), swivels/bearings serviced (2026)
• Reckmann hydraulic power pack
• Discontinuous Navtec rod standing rigging replaced in 2021 (first season 2022)
• Navtec hydraulic backstay and vang (overhauled 2023)
• Removable inner forestay and synthetic running backstays
• Complete Marlow D2 running rigging (2024)
• GMT carbon spinnaker pole on Antal mast track (rebuilt 2026)
• Chainplates inspected, deck pins cleaned and polished (2026)

Winches

• Antal winches: four 24V powered primaries/secondaries and three powered halyard winches; two manual traveler winches; two manual mast winches — all stripped and serviced (2025–2026)

Sails

Quantum (all new 2023):

• Mainsail (in-mast, vertical battens) 
• Yankee headsail (furling) 
• Genoa staysail
• A3 asymmetric with snuffer

North Sails:

• MPS spinnaker (2016)
• Storm jib (2012)
• Trysail (2012)

• Switlik OPR 6-person hard-canister life raft in deck cradle (new June 2024 - next service 4/2029)
• ACR GlobalFix Pro 406 GPS EPIRB and second EPIRB in ditch bag
• Switlik MOM 8 (hydrostatic service 2026)
• (2) Fireboy fixed clean-agent engine-room systems; aft system repaired and re-certified (2026) with new engine-shutdown control  
• (6) Kidde fire extinguishers (tagged 2026)
• (2) Fire blankets 
• Smoke and CO detectors 
• (6) Inflatable harness PFDs with strobes and tethers
• Spectra jacklines
• Lifesling
• (2) Horseshoe buoys with strobes
• SOLAS offshore flare kit (current)
• Heaving lines
• (2) Boarding ladders aboard (removable rigid + roll-up emergency ladder, stowed in the lazarette)
• Propane sniffer
• Radar reflector
• Emergency tiller
• Bolt cutters
• Soft plugs at thru-hulls
• Extensive medical kit

2026 — Launched, commissioned and sea-trialed; rig stepped and tuned; bottom paint and PropSpeed; toe-rail varnish rebuild; hull and deck machine-polished; extinguisher certification 

2025 — Winter service program (winches, windlass, furlers, steering, rudder); sails to Doyle; heated indoor storage 

MYSTERY is supported by an unusually complete documentation package: owner and yard maintenance records; work orders and invoices for the 2023–2026 renewal program; equipment manuals (full paper set aboard); systems documentation; sail and rating certificates (UMS measurement certificates; ORC, CRF and NYYC-CR 2026); and a detailed 256-line systems and spares inventory. Engine-condition monitoring is documented: 2023 and 2024 laboratory oil analyses both reported normal wear-metal readings with no identified fuel, water or antifreeze contamination, and the 2024 compression record is on file. 

Artwork and the owner's personal effects are not included in the brokerage offering. 

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