Bruce Roberts 54' Ketch

2017 Bruce Roberts 54’ Centre Cockpit Ketch — “Juno”

Launched 2019 | Rig Installed 2024 | Turnkey Bluewater Cruiser

Juno is a 54’ Bruce Roberts Center Cockpit ketch in like-new condition. She has a stunning interior down below, two large staterooms, two heads with showers, a well-fitted galley and more storage than any comparable vessel. 

 Built in Seattle from an acquired hull by a cabinet maker and serial yacht-builder (ABYC Member with Electrical, Marine Diesel and Corrosion Certificates), she was launched in 2019, and Bob Perry was commissioned to design the rig. Then health issues forced her sale, and she was used as a floating motorhome in Puget Sound for three years. Current owners purchased her in 2022, moved her to Vancouver and ordered the rig from France which was duly installed in 2024. Measurements were taken and the sails were ordered and bent on also in 2024. The Bimini was completed in 2025, the auto pilot installed, and she is now ready to sail. 

 Juno has a great layout on deck and below. Wide side decks with outboard mounted chain plates and 29” high lifelines, seats in the aft corners for comfortable cruising and a stunning dolphin watching perch on the pulpit. The forward hatch is cavernous and holds the chain and rode as well as all the extra sails. It is watertight to the forward cabin and has its own bilge pump. The aft lazarette is also very big and holds extra anchors, chain and rode, the dive bottles, fenders, lines and it also houses the Webasto diesel space and hot water heater. 

 Within the (removable) Bimini there is the fully cushioned cockpit with the Edison Steering Pedestal which holds all the vessel controls like engine, windlass, bow thruster, autopilot remote and B&G readouts. 

 Going below through the vertical sliding door and overhead turtle, down three easy no-hands steps take you into a large well-lit salon with an L-shaped dinette to port and the Navigation Station to starboard, along with 5 full size drawers for storage. 

Going forward there is a sea berth with storage, lights and a fan to starboard and the forward head to port. This has a big mirror, a handbasin, an electric flush toilet, a full-size shower stall and a washer dryer. There is also lots of storage space. All areas have hot and cold pressure water. Further forward is an enormous, fully cushioned V-berth, queen size to port and full size to starboard, masses of storage below and overhead, lights, a fan and an overhead hatch. 

 Going aft from the salon takes you into the well laid-out galley with lots of storage in cubbies and cabinets, a large deep stainless-steel sink, stone countertop, three burner Force Ten gimballed stove with oven including radiant grill. Then there is a vertical fridge freezer which runs off 110 or 12V, which has several racks and pull-out storage trays. 

 Then there is a breezeway which has a wash hand basin and medicine cabinet with mirror, with a door to forward where the electric aft-head and shower are located, again with a lot of storage. 

 The aft stateroom is gorgeous with a walk-around queen side bed, two hanging lockers and twelve drawers for storage. There are bookshelves and storage cubbies and an overhead hatch with a ladder for private access. 

 The engine room is accessed from the Galley or the salon, both concealed by doors. There is a small workbench with a vice for convenience to port, where the fuel polishing and distribution system is housed. The 110 HP Yanmar diesel engine has 180 hours on it and all areas of it are easily accessible. 

Juno is a rare opportunity to own a custom-built, ocean-ready ketch with elegant finishes, exceptional systems access, and all the amenities needed for long-term cruising or full-time living aboard. With her new rig and sails, fresh upgrades, and bluewater capability, she is truly ready to set sail.

 

Recent upgrades by Current owners

• New stem head fitting for anchors and forestay 
• New pulpit and push pit 
• New boarding ladder which fits on starboard, port or aft 
• New Bimini 
• New NAC 3 Auto pilot 
• New SolarMaax water maker 
• Complete suite of Harken winches 
• New rig from Z-Spars in France  
• New sails from C-Sails in South Africa (a UK Sails manufacturer) 
• Dinghy and 6 HP Yamaha outboard. 
• Extensive additional storage 
• Added water heating from engine coolant to existing electric and Webasto heaters 
• Kiwi Grip on all deck surfaces 
• Bottom paint in the vessel for next lift out 
• 6-man Solas A offshore >24 hours life raft 
• Propane BBQ on aft rail 

 

Sails

Juno is ketch rigged and has a 55’ keel stepped main and 35’ deck stepped mizzen mast 

• Foresail is a Yankee on a Harken furler 
• Inner foresail is hanked onto a removeable stay, with running backstays 
• Main is fully battened on batt cars on a Z Spar track and has three reefs 
• Mizzen is fully battened and has two reefs. 
• The Storm jib hanks onto the inner forestay 

 

Other details

Hull material – C-Flex fiberglass Laminate, an extremely strong plank of semi-rigid longitudinal fiberglass rods held in the fiberglass mat for easy forming, and this is soaked in resin to form an 1/8” thick layer. Additional layers at different angles give the thickness required with immense strength. 

 

Core: There is no core in the hull. 

Ballast: 20000lbs encapsulated in hull cavity 

Keel bolts: There are no keel bolts 

Bulkheads: Marine Plywood 

Deck material: Two layers of 5/8” marine plywood sheathed in fiberglass 

Fastenings: Stainless-steel 

Frames: Fiberglass and wood 

Rudder: Fiberglass, Skeg hung and stainless steel pintels 

Engine Shaft: 1 ½" stainless alloy 

Shaft seal: PSS Dripless 

Steering: Wheel steering with bronze Edson quadrant 

Sea cocks: Forespar Marelon 

Chainplates: Stainless steel deck eyes through to stainless steel anchors bonded into hull between stringers 

Lifelines: Double Stainless-steel wire on 29” Stainless steel stanchions 

 

Electrical system

Ships system: 12DC, 110VAC, 24VDC for Bow thruster and Windlass 

Battery Charger Inverter: Xantrex Freedom SW3012 (New 2023) 

House Batteries: 2 Lifeline 4D AGM 

Starter Battery: 1 Lifeline 12V AGM 

24V Batteries: 2 8D AGM (new 2024) 

Isolation transformer: Charles Industries ISO G-2 

 

All lights are LED and head, and passage lights have red/white options 

Electric Bilge pump: Johnson auto main bilge 4000 GPH 

Manual bilge pump: Yes, in workshop area 

High bilge alarm: Yes 

Automatic Fire suppression system:  (Not installed) 

 

Navigation equipment – all linked on NMEA 2000 backbone 

B&G VHF Radio with AIS transmit and receive 

B&G Zeus 3 MFD 

B&G Depth, Speed, Sounding, Sonar 

B&G NAC-3 auto pilot 

Starlink Coastal Cruising kit. 

Bow thruster Side Power SE 170/250TC 24V 

 

Galley and Cabin equipment

Galley Stove – Force 10 3-Burner with over LPG with Xitex shut off 

Refrigerator – Norcold 

Sink – Stainless-steel hot and cold water 

Hot water system – Isotherm (Electric or engine coolant heat) 

Cabin heat – Webasto DBW 2010 diesel fired hydronic with 8 radiators 

 

Tankage

Diesel tanks (3) - two fiberglass 300l and 200l, day tank 170l 

(80gal, 55gal, 45gal) 

Water tanks (2) - two fiberglass total 600l (80 gal each) 

Holding tank – fiberglass 50 gal 

 

Ground tackle

Primary anchor – Delta #55 plough with 200’ ½” G4 chain and 200’ of 3/4” nylon rode, marked every 50’ 

Secondary anchor – Bruce with 250’ of ¾" rode marked every 30’ 

Stern anchor Danforth HT-35 with 600‘line 

Anchor windlass Maxwell RC12-1224VDC vertical axis with rope drum on top 

 

Propulsion

Engine make: Yanmar 

Engine model: 4JH4THE – turbo charge 

Engine year:  2014 

Total power:  110HP 

Engine hours:  180 

Engine type: Inboard 

Drive type:  Direct 

Gearbox:  Kanzaki 2.04:1 

Propeller: 22” two blade 

Material: Bronze 

 

Specifications

Cruising Speed: 8 knots 

Maximum speed: 10.2 knots at 3300 rpm 

 

Dimensions

Length overall: 55 ft 

Length at waterline: 43’7” 

Beam: 15’ 5” 

Draft: 6’ 6” 

Cabin headroom: 6’ 9” 

 

Accommodations

Single berth 1 

Double berth 1  

Triple berth 1 

Cabins 2 

Heads 2 

Convertible salon bed 2