Year: 1975
LWL: 9.37m LOA: 11.6m (38)
Beam: 3.35m (11)
Draft: 1.82 (6)
Displacement: 7548kg (10 tons)
Designer Alan Smith
Construction: GRP hull with wooden deck & cabintop
Engine: Sol้ diesel 30HP(1995)
Fuel Capacity: 230 litres Water Capacity: 180 litres & PUR35 watermaker
Ground Tackle: Bugel 20kg with 73 metre 8mm shortlink chain & 125 warp. Manson plow 40lb with 30 metres chain & 120 warp. Danforth in rail mount for stern anchoring with warp. Herreschoff 50lb storm anchor (disassembles). Maxwell 1200 anchor winch(2005). Portable deckwash.
Sails: Main, furling genoas(2), No. 4 (furling), staysail, storm jib, trysail, spinnaker.
Safety Gear: Cat 1 gear (last inspected 2005) including lifebuoys, Lifejackets, danbuoy,fire extinguishers etc. Parachute anchor & rode. 121 EPIRB. Liferaft (4-man). Webbing jacklines. Manual bilge pumps ( Whale 25 & Whale 10). 12V bilge pump (1700gph). Blipper radar reflector.
Deck Gear: Spinnaker pole. Jockey pole. Genoa cars (4). Boarding ladder. Boarding step. Fenders (1 large & 4 medium). Fender boards (2).
Electrics: Two alternators on engine, 50 amp & 80 amp. Four 6V/220amp hour house batteries in series & parallel producing 12V/440amps. One 12V engine battery. Two 40W solar panels. Solar panel regulator. 240V/750W inverter
Steering Tiller ( hinged to clear cockpit). Tillerpilot (Navico) Windvane self steering (Aries)
Electronics:
Radar 24-mile LCD (Anritsu) (1998)
Depth sounder (Hummingbird) (2000)
Log (Midas) (2005)
Wind direction & speed (Stowe)
GPS (Furuno) (2005)
VHF (Uniden) (1995)
Handheld VHF
SSB (Barrett) (1996)
Laptop computer with charting & weatherfax software installed (2004)
AM/FM radio
Mast & Rigging: Aluminium mast with trysail track. 8mm s/s wire. Searig swageless terminals. Insulated backstay HF aerial (also whip aerial). Inner forestay.
Dinghy & Outboard: 2.4m inflatable with rigid (GRP) bottom. 2HP outboard.
Covers: Bimini covering cockpit with zip-on shade cloth sides. Sun covers on all windows. Large shade awning. Aluminium mesh security screens for main & fore hatch. Windscoop. Raincatcher.
Galley: Two-burner Gasquip stove with grill & oven. Stainless sink. Two foot-pump operated taps (fresh & salt). One pressure tap with charcoal filter (fresh). Crockery & cutlery. Pots. Fireblanket.
Gas: Three 4kg tanks. Solenoid control in galley
Refrigeration: Fridge & freezer compressor-driven off engine
Heads: Manual RM69 toilet. Ten-litre shower tank with electric pump & shower head. Shower sump with floatswitch & pump. Handbasin with manual pump.
Heating: Heatpol diesel heater with 7-litre header tank on s/s hearth
Misc Brass porthole clock. Barometer, thermometer & hygrometer set. Binoculars. Two wicker storage baskets. Six cushions. Three 12V fans. Spotlight. Binoculars. Two cockpit cushions. Cockpit table.
Accommodation Fwd cabin has a V-berth with infill creating a huge double berth - 2.2 m (7 feet) wide at head. At the foot of the berth is an open stowage area with a large full-width cupboard above. Bookshelves stretch both sides of the berth. Two bunk lights & two deadlights provide ample light & there is a fan. Huge stowage area underneath. There is a large hatch above the berth for ventilation and handling
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Aft & to port is a spacious, formica-lined head with manual toilet, vanity with cupboards underneath & two large cupboards; one a wet locker & the other with shelves. A ten-litre self-contained shower system in the head drains into a sump with pump. The head is ventilated by a hatch & a dorade vent. Opposite across a hallway are two full-height storage lockers with shelves.
The saloon has an L-shaped settee to port & another 2 m settee to stbd. Against the fwd bulkhead is a diesel heater gravity- fed from a header tank & set on a s/s hearth. The elegant table is mahogany. Above the port settee is a liquor cabinet & wide bookshelf. To stbd is a large locker, a smaller storage cupboard & a shelf. Behind the settee is an extensive bulk storage area accessed from the side or from above. Six lights & a hatch keep the saloon well lit & ventilated.
The galley, to stbd of the companionway, has a two-burner gas stove with grill and oven (new 2004), single sink, foot-pumps for fresh & salt water & pressure filtered fresh water. Three deep, pull-out boxes create easy accessible pantry stowage & there is good stowage for crockery, pots & utensils. The freezer is in the bench top. Night-light, fan & fire blanket are all convenient. A crawl space aft of the galley gives access to the engine & has stowage for engine & watermaker spares. The 750W/ 240V inverter is mounted here & a PUR powersurvivor watermaker (5 litres per hour) is installed at the after end of this compartment.
Opposite the galley (to stbd of the steps) is the large chart table with stowage under the lid for up to 70 charts. A front-opening refrigerator is below & electronics, switchboard & instrumentation above. There is good lighting, including nightlight & sockets for 12 & 240volts. The stbd quarter berth is a small double with opening hatch at its foot.
Overall the interior is white with mahogany trim. With headroom of six feet in the galley and seven feet in the saloon. & plenty of windows & hatches it is airy & spacious. Upholstery is mid-blue velour.
On Deck The anchor locker opens onto the foredeck & is compartmented to separate two anchors & rode. It also holds fenders, a chain scrubber & snubber. This area has rubber nonskid mat for safety. The rest of the foredeck is flush with one large hatch and two dorade ventilators. The dinghy stores here on passage. At the base of the mast is a s/s rack designed to store four 10-litre jerry cans for extra water. There are two Murray winches on the mast & the spinnaker pole is stored on the front of the mast. A jockey pole stows on the deck.
Above the hard dodger a robust s/s bar supports the boom and provides a sturdy handhold when leaving the cockpit. The hard dodger has good visibility with two hatches for ventilation. Rainwater is collected off the top by connecting hoses to the built-in drains. There are shade covers for all dodger & cabin windows.
The cockpit is sheltered from wind & rain by a canvas bimini with zip-on sunshade sides. Leecloths provide further protection & privacy. Two 40W solar panels are mounted above the bimini & are able to be tilted to maximise output. A solid s/s handrail runs around the cockpit. Inside the cockpit, the tiller folds away for maximum space both while at anchor & while steering with tillerpilot or the Aries windvane.The windvane.The cockpit is 2.2 metres long and is a pleasant place to sleep in the tropics. Perfect for sundowners with friends when the cockpit table is set up. On the aft deck, lockers on either side contain three 4kg gas bottles & outboard fuel. A hatch on the aft deck between them access a large lazarette.Two sheet winches are set either side on the cockpit coaming & winches port and stbd of the main hatch handle mainsheet, reefing lines & topping lift.
