The Viking tables and mood lights at the 2025 M242 NA’s Dinner at Kits Yacht Club on the Saturday Night
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Smith

SOLD - 8th boat of 2025 to change hands and the 86th in 8.7 years - Des Moines Marina, WA (south of Seattle, listed May 1, offer accepted September 4): Round-Up, hull #19, for US$3,500, from Robert Nily to Ken Hays of Sequim, Washington. Robert wanted the boat to be bought by an active racer in the Class, which has been accomplished.

Ken plans on building up a small fleet of 242’s in Sequim over time. He has been sailing since he was 7; racing since junior high school; in Lasers, Finn’s, FJ’s, Tasers, Lightning’s and assorted small keel boats. He bought and raced a 36’ Beneteau to Hawaii in the Vic-Maui Race; basically a lifetime of competitive racing. He also won the SYC Grand Prix in 1993.

With a white color, Round-Up has the following attributes:

• Repainted deck and hull
• Bottom paint applied
• Comes with a road trailer
• The boom is a short, Oregon, version and needs to be replaced with a Class-standard boom (done, courtesy of Ken Machtley)
• The deck layout is non-standard and needs a bit of a re-jig to meet Class Rules
• Needs a forestay tang - easily fabricated by Pro-Tech in North Vancouver
• Needs G10 rods under the gunnels for the shrouds to be supported - obtainable via several vendors on the Buy-Sell page
• Did not have an outboard engine, but new 2.5hp’s are not expensive
• Does not have any racing sails - there are used ones available on the market
• The boat needs a 2016 Measurement Certificate but has been partially reviewed by Ken Machtley and Michael Clements (on Sept 4 a Measurement Cert was mostly completed including weighing by Ken Machtley)

Welcome to the Regional Fleet, Ken!