CONSTRUCTION

HULL

Hull and superstructure are heavy duty GRP hand laid GRP mouldings, with clear gelcoat underwater, which is then antifouled. In the hull, woven roving and chopped strand mat are used in combination with thickness increasing progressively towards the keel area. There is a balsa core in the topsides which stops above the waterline. The deck is of sandwich construction using balsa core stiffening, with plywood in high stress areas where fittings are positioned. Bulkheads are glassed in the entire deck is bonded to the hull resulting in a strong and integral unit. A teak rubbing strake is fitted externally. Interior joinery is of Teak faced plywood with solid teak trims, build onto GRP base modules which are glassed into the hull.

• Hull colour: Off White

• Deck colour: Off  White

• Boot Top line: Blue

• Style lines: Blue

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VARIABLE DRAFT KEEL

The cast iron grounding plate is bolted into a recess in the hull, using stainless steel bolts. It acts as transverse stiffening in way of the keel slot and protects the hull when taking the ground. The aerofoil swing keel is cast iron with a stainless steel pivot fitting into a substantial boss at the forward end of the ground plate. The swing keel is raised by an electrically operated hydraulic ram, with manual backup, which is attached to the keel by a pulley system. It can be operated from either the cockpit or the chart area. A keel locking pin is provided.

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Variable draft is achieved by raising and lowering the blade with an electrically driven pump, fitted with a manual back-up. All hydraulics are easily accessible for maintenance. The keel control is fitted at the helm pedestal with a gauge showing the keel position. A removable stainless steel pin enables the keel to be locked in the “up” position.

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ENGINE

• Yanmar 3JH2 40Hp 3 cylinder 4 stroke marine fresh water cooled diesel with reduction/reverse gearbox is fitted

• A marine electrical system with 55amp alternator is fitted

• Hot water is heated from the engine via a calorifier tank

• Bronze stern tube, with water lubricated stern gland

• Bronze three bladed propeller

• Ambassador AM10 rope cutter fitted to shaft

• Stainless steel fuel tank , approx. 40 gals, with sediment trap, fuel level gauge and line filter

• Bronze water inlet with large strainer

• Sound insulation in engine compartment

• Single lever engine controls both in cockpit and wheelhouse

• Extractor fan in engine compartment

 

BOWTHRUSTER

• 6hp Sleipner bow thruster with joystick control fitted at steering pedestal

 

ELECTRICS

• Three Heavy duty 12V batteries are fitted with independent isolating switches, one for engine and two for domestic, stored in a purpose made vented box under the galley floor

• Charging is via the engine alternator

• Battery state meter

• Full cabin light

• Full navigation lighting, with combined steaming and flood light on mast and tricolour with all round white at masthead

• Switch panel at chart table with circuit breakers to protect systems

• 240V ring main including 3 double outlet sockets, earth leak circuit breaker and shore power connection cable 240v 1kW immersion fitted to calorifier

• Sterling battery charger 30 amp (via shorepower)

• Sterling charge booster system fitted to alternator

• Sacrificial anode on hull connected to engine and sterntube

• 12V interior socket (Cigarette lighter type)

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ENGINEERING

• Eberspacher D3LC heating system with four outlet, one each in aft cabin, heads, saloon and fwd cabin Greyline 80ASU front opening refrigerator in galley

• Microwave fitted to aft galley bulkhead

• Flatscreen TV with Glomex TV antenna

• Stereo unit with 2 speakers in saloon and 2 speakers in cockpit

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FRESH WATER 

• A stainless steel tank with a capacity of 50 gallons approx. is situated under the port settee

• An electric pressure system pumps hot and cold water with the galley and washbasin

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BILGE PUMP 

• A manual bilge pump is fitted in the cockpit, piped from the bilge sump to a hull discharge

 

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION

• Autohelm ST60+ Speed depth and wind instruments, mounted in pod over companionway with multi-repeater unit at chart table

• Autohelm autopilot with Whitlock Mamba rotary drive with twin station controls, ST6000+ display in cockpit, ST6000+ display at chart table

• Simrad RD68 VHF, with masthead antenna with hawk feathers, and external VHF speaker

• Raytheon radar/plotter system

• ICS Navtex unit

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STEERING

• The cockpit wheel is pedestal mounted.

• The rudder is a GRP moulding protected by a shoe to facilitate beaching or sailing in shallow water.

• An emergency tiller is provided

 

MAST & RIGGING

• The mast and boom are in anodised aluminium alloy with stainless steel and allow fittings.  The mast is a double spreader rig with single line reefing fitted to the boom

• Rigging is of 1 x 19 stainless steel wire with swaged end fittings and stainless steel rigging screws

• Furlex headsail reefing system is fitted

• Spinnaker pole

• Vertical mast stowage for spinnaker pole

• The Genoa halyard is controlled from the mast

• The main halyard and reef lines lead aft to the cockpit to Lewmar winches

 

SAILS

• Fully battened mainsail

• Stackpack system for mainsail with three part lazy jacks to mast Furling Genoa

• Cruising chute

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COCKPIT

• Cave lockers in coamings

• Large cockpit locker with access to drained gas bottle stowage

• 30” stainless steel destroyer wheel on pedestal with binnacle compass

• Single lever engine controls (with second set adjacent to inboard steering position) Teak laid cockpit seats, coamings and aft deck.

• Teak grating on cockpit side

• 2 x 2” Cockpit drains

• Cockpit cushions, blue

• Sprayhood and cockpit canopy

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