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GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
 
  Hull & Deck
Solid handlaid fibreglass layup with vinylester resins and Isophthalic gel coat
Two epoxy barrier coats below waterline
Two coats of Micron CSC bottom paint
Sidepower bowthruster with controls at pedestal
Watertight collision bulkhead in bow, forward of forward cabin with independent overboard drainage
Watertight stern section across aft lazarettes and stern locker
Anchor locker
Large aft stern lazarettes with dual bailey latches for watertight seal
Stern garage with dedicated bilge pump, manual override in cockpit
Solid lead keel, 35mm stainless steel keel bolts with transverse mounted 8mm backing plates
Unidirectional modified keel with 6' draft, fully encapsulated lead keel
Fully skegged rudder, bottom of rudder plane above keel plane for grounding safety
Solid fibreglass in all areas of deck for deck fittings and stress areas
Molded non-skid in beige
Solid stainless steel stem head fitting and split bow roller for two primary anchors
Solid stainless steel striker plates on deck for bow protection
Two pair of stainless steel bow cleats
Two pair of stainless steel midship cleats
One pair of stainless steel stern cleats with reinforced deckplates 
Salt water washdown pump for anchor washdown
Insulated backstay for SSB/HF transceiver antenna
31" high stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines
Wells Marine stern arch/davits carrying dinghy & outboard engine, Satellite radio antenna, Back-up VHF antenna, Sirius radio antenna. 
Side boarding ladder with port and starboard mounting brackets
Removable 6'6" Passarelle (for Mediterranean mooring) with mounting points bow and stern
Mainship stainless steel overhead hatches and ports
Two Antal electric primary winches 60
Two Manual secondary winches
Mainsheet winch 
Electric main sail furling in-mast
Stainless steel handrails along coach roof, companionway, stern steps
Pedestal steering with stainless steel wheel and 5" compass
Solid teak varnished cockpit table with drink holders
Four solid stainless steel cowl vents
Stainless protective stern plate
Freshwater hot and cold shower at stern steps
Fold down stainless steel ladder at stern steps
Inner forestay chainplate for removeable forestay
 
  Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics
Yanmar 75 HP 4JH3TE Turbocharged diesel engine
Panda Fischer 8KW generator
Mamba shaft steering system
Morse single lever throttle/gear control system
Dual racor fuel filtration and fuel polishing system
In-line electric fuel pump
Oil change pump
Two 3" copper straps running bow to stern for grounding electrical system 
One 3" copper strap exclusively connected to HF/SSB radio as ground plane
All wire tinned, marine grade, no copper except selden masthead light 
All through-hulls solid bronze and bonded together
One (150 Amp total) Engine start battery in separate bank
Three (675 Amp total) House batteries in separate bank
One (150 Amp total) Windlass/Bow-thruster battery
Batteries all AGM, sealed, secured and self-contained
One Yanmar 80 Amp alternator
One Ballmar 165 Amp alternator
Fire retardant engine room sound insulation
50 Amp 120 Volt battery charger
2KW Prosine Inverter, battery charger
Navigation Lights;  Masthead strobe and tricolor, running lights, steaming light, anchor light, foredeck light
Raymarine Depth sounder, Speed log, Windspeed indicator 
Raymarine E80 chartplotter at helm and duplicate at nav station, interfaced with aft cabin flatscreeen TV.  Fully controllable at helm and nav station.
Raymarine 4KW 48 mile radar with MARPA interfaced with chartplotters/aft flatscreen TV
Raymarine autopilot
Raymarine GPS
Raymarine interfaced to Windows XP laptops (2) and reserve laptop (1)
ICOM VHF transceiver with Digital Distress Calling & Automated Foghorn
ICOM 802 SSB/HF transceiver with Digital Distress Calling and interfaced to Windows laptops for Winlink email
Globalstar Wavecall 3000 Satellite phone system (voice/data/web)
Stereo radio/CD/MP3 player with separate speakers and volume controls at saloon, cockpit, aft cabin.
Two independent electric bilge pump systems, one Rule, one Par total 2,500 gallons per hour capacity with float switches
Manual bilge pump.
Central vacuum system with 3 outlets Forward/Saloon/Aft
 
  Ground Tackle
VWC 2200 Maxwell vertical electric windlass with chain feed and bow stopper.  With bow and remote pedestal windlass controls 
Docklines, Spring lines, Fenders
Primary Anchor:  65lb steel Spade anchor with 300' 3/8th inch hi tensile steel chain
Secondary Anchor:  55lb steel Delta anchor with 50' chain and 300' rode
Third Anchor:  32lb Fortress aluminum anchor with 50' 3/8th inch chain and 300' 5/8th inch rode
Jordan type Series Storm Drogue with 300' of line.
 
  Rig & Rigging
Selden anodized aluminum roller furling mast with double spreader rig and additional external trysail track . Mountings for vertical stowage of whisker pole
Mast steps to first set of spreaders and at mast head
Hassleford standing rigging
Discontinuous rigging
Furlex 400 Roller Furling headstay
Doyles sail inventory: One mast-furling main with full vertical battens, roller furling genoa, hank on staysail, hank-on storm staysail, hank-on storm trysail. APC spinnaker  with deckbag
Primary and secondary main halyard
Primary and secondary genoa halyard
Spinnaker halyard
Whisker pole
 
  Plumbing & Tankage
271 gallons of total fuel tankage in three independent stainless steel tanks
124 gallons of total water tankage in two independent stainless steel tanks
Village Marine "Little Wonder" 8GPH watermaker
Two independent Shurflow freshwater pump systems
One foot activated manual pump for freshwater at galley sink
One electric Vacuflush head and holding tank for stern head
One manual Lavac vacuum head and holding tank for forward head
 
  Interior
Bamboo and teak cabin sole throughout
Hand varnished teak interior
Solid teak doors and trim
Solid teak louvered cabinets
Epoxy sealed end-grains and subflooring
All cabin sole pieces are positive locking for offshore passagemaking
All cabinets finished throughout including interior, interiors lined with cedar
All overhead headliner is easily removed
   
  Galley
Over 7' in length with walk-through to aft cabn and pass through to nav station
Room to brace on either tack
Frigoboat Fridge and separate Freezer units with remote thermostatic control, built into counter with top and front loading gasketed sealing doors and electric bilge pumps
Force 10 gimballed propane stove and oven 
Pull up, Stainless steel backsplash for oven, matches countertop when latched 
Microwave oven
Slide out trash container
Slide out chopping block
Two equal sized sinks with hot and cold pressure water and foot pump for manually pumped fresh/salt water faucets
Sink cover has cutting block on reverse side
Two fans
Three overhead lights, plus a light shining into oven
 
  Forward Guest Cabin & Head
Full width V berth, 6' 9" in length, king size at head end, narrows towards feet end. 
Two Reading lights
Overhead lights
Two fans
 Air-conditioning unit and separate controls for VBerth and third cabin
 Lavac manual flush head, sink, shower
 
  Third Cabin (Guest cabin) forward
Two pullman style bunk beds
Two reading lights
Overhead lights
Two fans
Air- conditioning (control panel in Vberth) 
Shares forward head with Forward cabin
Top bunk converts to stainless steel workbench with vice and tool storage
  
  Saloon
Large fixed table with storage underneath
Port "L" shaped couch with storage behind
Sliding bench seat with storage underneath
Starboard couch, slides out for sea-berth with storage behind
Overhead lights, reading lights, fans
Air-conditioning unit with separate control
   
  Nav Station
Outboard facing nav station with electrical panel and instrument panel.  Both panels with fast-pin access to harness and breakers
All instruments and wiring labelled inside and out and traced numerically
Raymarine Chartplotter E80
VHF & SSB/HF radios & Stereo radio
Inverter Control panel
Generator control panel
Sat Phone control panel
Tank tender (level monitor for all tanks)
Bilge pump counter/alarm
Built in slider for laptop
Filing cabinet
Chart table with room for full size chart kit (half folded admiralty chart)
12V and 120V outlets
Red night vision lighting for charts
   
  Aft Owners cabin and head
Queen size berth
Overhead lights, reading lights, fans
Air-conditioning unit and separate control panel
TV & DVD player and recorder (code free/region free) plays NTSC/PAL
 Vacuflush electric head, sink, separate shower