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Construction Details

  • Hull:  Solid fiberglass (frp) laminated hull (no core) w/ encapsulated lead fin keel, solid frp cabin sole and deck made of frp over plywood, plywood bulkheads tabbed to hull.

  • Hull/Deck Join – flange at toe rail, join resealed and toe rail replaced (2017)

  • Rudder: moulded frp on rudder post, rudder post bearing replaced (2017)

  • Cabin Portlights: six in salon, aluminum frame with lexan (all rebuilt with powder-coated frames, new gasket and lexan 2022)

  • Cabin Portholes: four bronze portholes (head, hanging locker, v-berth), serviced regularly, no leaks

  • Hatches: sliding entry, 23” Bomar over salon, 32” frp hatch over v-berth

  • Cabin Vents: 4” solar fan in galley, screw-style mushroom vent in head

  • Lazarette/Engine Compartment Vents: two cowlings aft, electric blower

  • Layout: quarter-berth, chart table, settee hanging locker to starboard, galley, dinette and head to port, v-berth forward.

  • Sleeping Berths: two double, two single

  • Bunk Dimensions: quarter-berth (7’x4’), settee (6’4”x2’6”), dinette (6”4 x 5’), v-berth 6’4”x6’)

Engine Systems

  • Engine Make: Yanmar, Model: 2GM20F, Serial #: 22335, Fuel Type: Diesel, Hours:  1,100 (installed 2019)

  • Horsepower: max - 18 @ 3,200 rpm, cruising - 14 hp at 2,400rpm

  • Fuel Consumption: ~1.3 l/hr @ cruising rpm

  • Engine Beds: aluminum bar on frp frame laminated to hull

  • Engine Pan: isolated from bilge 

  • Engine Mounts: flexible and adjustable

  • Marine Gear: Kanzaki, , Model: KM2P, Serial #: 39678, Ratio: 2.2:1

  • Cooling Type: closed freshwater w/ raw water heat exchanger

  • Raw Water: Vetus (FTR 330/19) strainer and Aqualarm flow sensor to engine, outflow to wet exhaust via Vetus anti-siphon vent

  • Exhaust: wet exhaust, Vetus water lift muffler

  • Engine Alarms: oil pressure, temperature, raw water flow

  • Engine Compartment Ventilation: blower fan to 4” cowling vent

  • Engine Access:  removable panels provide easy access to the engine and drive systems

Fuel System

  • Tank Capacity: 24 imp gal/90.8 litres

  • Tank Construction: plastic (Tempo Industries 11”x16”x36”, h/w/l)

  • Tank Location: under cockpit sole

  • Filler Location: cockpit sole floor, fitting grounded

  • Tank Venting: to atmosphere outboard on combing

  • Tank Grounded: Yes

  • Water Separator: Parker 45T

  • Shutoff Valve: bronze ball valve at tank

Control and Drive Train

  • Steering: 50” reinforced laminated oak/walnut tiller

  • Rudder Mount: aft cockpit floor thru rudder post tube

  • Engine Controls: Seastar Solutions single handle control, mounted port side forward cockpit well

  • Propeller Shaft: 1” Stainless Steel (~36” length)

  • Shaft Seal: Flax in bronze packing gland

  • Shaft Strut: Stainless Steel w/ cutlass bearing (new 2017)

  • Propeller: 13” x 7” three-blade Campbell Sailor (identical spare prop included)

  • Zincs: 3 mounted, 2 on shaft and 1 on strut, 1 overboard while at dock

Bilge

  • Location: single deep well in aft part of keel, draining fore and aft sections of hull (engine area separate)

  • Electric Bilge Pump: Atwood automatic 900 gph

  • Manual Bilge Pump: Gusher 10 (17 gpm)

Ground Tackle

  • Main Anchor: 10kg claw ‘Bruce’ style w/ 100’ 5/16” chain and 200’ 1/2” three braid rope, all colour-marked in 33’ increments.

  • Windlass: Lewmar V1-6 Electric Windlass w/ remote control and cockpit-mounted switch

  • Secondary Anchor: 10kg ‘CQR’ style anchor w/ 40’ 5/16” chain and 90’ braided ½” rope (stowed in cockpit locker)

Mast and Standing Rigging

  • Forestay: Harken Furler, chainplate bolted thru bow stem

  • Backstay: ¼” SS w/ hydraulic tensioning, chainplate bolted thru transom

  • Inner Forestay: removable ¾ stay, chainplate thru bolted on deck and forward bulkhead (stowed at stbd shrouds)

  • Shrouds:  Chainplates thru bolted on deck with oversized backing plates (rebedded 2017)

  • Running Backstays: spectra line to fittings at ¾ mast height, led aft and cleated when rigged

  • Mast: stepped on deck

  • Mast Post Base: solid frp base fixed to keel and hull (rebuilt 2017), no flexing of the hull/deck under mast load

  • Mast Lights:  Newer LED lighting, with tri-light, anchor and strobe at masthead, plus steaming and deck flood at ¾ height

  • Mast Other: VHR antenna, Windex, and Raymarine ST60 Wind speed/direction

Running Rigging

  • Main Halyards: two internal with one cleated at mast base and one to cockpit clutch

  • Jib/Genoa Halyards – two internal with one cleated at mast base and one to cockpit clutch

  • Spinnaker/Gennaker Halyards: two (1 internal/1 external) with one cleated at mast base and one  to cockpit clutch

  • Spinnaker/Gennaker Downhaul: one cleated in cockpit

  • Staysail Halyard: one (external) to cockpit clutch

  • Topping Lift: one to cockpit clutch

  • Mainsail reefs:  #1 and #2 from cockpit, #3 at mast

  • Cunningham – 4:1 to cockpit clutch

  • Boom Vang – 4:1 to cockpit clutch

  • Main Outhaul – 4:1 (internal) adjusted on boom

  • Lazyjacks: 4 point, can be cleated to mast or boom

Sail Tracks and Winches

  • Jib Sailtrack: 1.25” Harken T track with 2 sets of cars (replaced 2017)

  • Genoa Sailtrack: 1.25” Harken T track with 1 set of cars (replaced 2017)

  • Main Sailtrack: StrongTrack w/ cars

  • Main Sheeting 4:1 to Lewmar traveler (new 2014)

  • Genoa Sheet Turning Blocks: on cockpit combing

  • Spinnaker/Gennaker Blocks: 2” Blocks on thru bolted padeyes aft on toerail

  • Halyard Winches: Barient #10H on mast, Barient #10 on stbd cabin top, Barient #20 on port cabin top

  • Genoa/Jib Sheet Winches Barient # 16 (1 speed) on combing, Barient # 22 (2 speed) on combing

  • Halyards: braided dacron

  • Headsail Sheets:   2 sets, braided dacron

  • Gennaker sheets: 1 set braided dacron

Sails

  • Mainsail: Leitch McBride full battens, w/ three reef points, heavy cruising construction (2006)

  • Jib/Genoa: Leitch McBride Genoa 130% (2019), Leitch McBride Jib 90% (2005), Genoa 165% (make/age unknown) – all fitted for roller furling.

  • Staysail: Leitch McBride hank-on loose footed staysail (2017)

  • Gennaker: Leitch McBride 0.75 oz. Asymmetric Gennaker w/ dousing sock (2017)

110v AC System

  • Capacity: 30A

  • Shore Cable: 30A 50’ power cable and 30-15A adaptor

  • Power Plug: watertight Marinco plug in cockpit

  • Wire: pre-tinned marine grade

  • Panel: double main breaker w/ reverse polarity indicator, voltmeter, 3-15A circuits

  • Panel Location: under chart table

  • Circuits: Battery charger, hot water tank, cabin plugs (3, all GFI protected)

  • Battery Charger: ProMariner ProNautic 12-40Amp 2-bank charter

12v DC System

  • House Batteries: 2 Interstate GC-2 6 VDC Deep Cycle (Golf Cart) batteries

  • Starter Batteries: 1 G24 R4 12 VDC flooded cell battery

  • Battery Isolation: BEP Rotary switches for house and starting batteries, w/ parallel switch

  • Panel: modern Blue Seas fuse panel with 12 DC circuits, voltmeter, amp meter, USB and cigarette lighter plugs and battery monitor display (see below).

  • Panel Location: chart table (desk height)

  • Wire: all main circuits are pre-tinned marine grade wiring (all old wire removed)

  • Battery Monitor: Victron BMV-700 Battery Monitor

  • Windlass: separate circuit breaker with heavy gauge (I/0) cable to bow.

  • Solar Panels: 2-100 watt flexible panels (mounted on dodger)

  • Solar Charge Controller: Victron MPPT 75/10 w/ bluetooth connectivity for monitoring on a smart phone.

  • Engine Charging: 55 amp Hitachi generator wired for external charge control (identical spare included)

  • External Charge Controller: Balmar ARS-5 charge controller (mounted in cabinet below sink)

  • Battery Combiner Relay: Victron cyrix-ct 12/24 120A to charge starter battery before house.

Vessel Equipment

  • Stove: gimbaled LPG 3-burner stove w/ oven and broiler

  • LPG Fireplace Heater: Dickenson Newport P9000, salon bulkhead mounted, vent/exhaust thru cabin top (delivers 9k btu,)

  • Diesel Heater: Webasto Thermotop C/E Hydronic Heater w/ hot water loop to hot water tank and two ‘bus’ heaters provide heat ducts to salon, head, v-berth and hanging locker, hot water loop integrated with Engine f/w cooling via heat exchanger

  • LPG System: 10lb aluminum tank (renews 2026) mounted on pushpit rack, w/ regulator, gauge, remote shut-off and LPG leak alarm in cabin, separate hoses to stove and heater.

  • Interior Lights:  All lights converted to LED, numerous LED strip lights in cabin spaces, counter areas, and within lockers

  • Cabin Alarms: LPG leak, CO monitor, raw water flow, bilge high water (to BRNKL)

  • Refrigeration:  Gally icebox modified with additional insulation and Dometic CS-NC15 Cooling Kit, icebox partitioned to provide ample freezing and cooling areas.

  • Hot Water Heater: Torrid MV6 (6 gal) horizontal mounted tank (lazarette)

  • Canvas:  Mainsail cover (2022), dodger w/ integrated cockpit enclosure (2021), tiller cover, cockpit rope pouches (see photo), companionway curtain, cover from quarterberth to lazarette,

  • Upholstery: All interior cushions have new foam and fabric (2021)

  • Cockpit Cushions: Foam cushions with sunbrella fabric (2015)

  • Deck Wash: outlets at cockpit and bow for selectable f/w or s/w washdown spray, including coil hose and sprayer.

  • Clock:  4” bronze mounted on salon bulkhead

  • Barometer: 4” bronze mounted on salon bulkhead

Electronics and Other Equipment

  • Compass: RayMarine ST 70

  • Chart plotter: Acer Laptop with Open CPN, including charts for BC coast

  • VHF Radio: Icom IC-M402 marine transmitter with DSC

  • Depth Sounder: Raymarine ST60

  • GPS: RayMarine

  • AIS:  AIS Receiver with NMEA output integrated with chartplotter.

  • Autopilot: Raymarine EVI-1 (drive piston, heave/heading sensor and control unit, and P70 pilot controller)

  • Spare Autopilot: Raymarine ST2000

  • Wind Speed/Direction: Raymarine ST 60+

  • Vessel Data Network: Raymarine SeaTalk to Seatalk NG converter, integrated with PC via Actisense NMEA to USB converter.

  • Vessel Data WiFi: Actisense for data input on tablet or smartphone (e.g., Navionics)

  • Weather Receiver: NASA Navtex V2.0 receiver (worldwide weather and navigation information)

  • AM/FM/CD/AUX: Pioneer w/ four mounted speakers in cabin.

  • Vessel Monitoring System: BRNKL Mate (remote vessel monitoring to smartphone)

Safety Equipment

  • Fire Extinguishers: 2 lb ABC at galley and 5 lb ABC in head (recently recertified)

  • Flare Kit

  • MOB Pole w/ flag

  • MOB Strobe Light

  • Throwable Life Sling

  • Throwable Floating Rope

  • Life Jackets

  • EPIRB

  • Mast Top Signal Strobe

  • Horn

  • First Aid Kit

  • Radar reflector

  • Handheld bilge pump

Sea Connections

  • Valves: all below water line thru hulls are bronze ball valves (all functional) to bronze thru hull flanges

  • Deck/Cockpit drain: 1.25” aft of cabin on port and starboard

  • Engine Cooling Intake: ¾” below sink

  • Engine Cooling Discharge: via exhaust via anti-siphon valve

  • Galley Sink Drain: ties into port cockpit drain

  • Head sink drain: ¾” port side salon

  • Seawater inlet: ¾” port side v-berth

  • Head Discharge: 1.25” port side fwd of head

  • Unused Thru Hulls: two 1.25” aft of cabin on port and stbd, 0ne ¾” below sink

  • Automatic Bilge Discharge: ¾” line via anti-siphon to nylon thru-hull at transom

  • Manual Bilge Discharge: 1.5” line to nylon thru-hull at transom

  • Engine Exhaust: 2” stainless steel fitting at transom

  • Diesel Heater Exhaust: 1” stainless steel fitting at transom

Domestic Water Systems

  • Plumbing: hot and cold f/w to galley sink, head sink, and cockpit shower, selectable f/w or s/w to head and deck washdown plugs.

  • f/w Tank: plastic 30 imp gallon (136 l) w/ gauge sensor

  • f/w Tank Location: under v-berth

  • f/w Pump: Flowjet 4305 Quad II diaphragm pump

  • f/w Accumulator tank: Jabsco (0.65l)

  • Water Heater: Torrid MV6 (6 gal) horizontal mounted tank, heated by engine and hydronic, and 110vac

  • s/w pump – Flojet 4305 Quad II diaphragm pump

  • Deck Shower: Whale twist deck shower (mounted near backstay chainplate)

  • f/w flow control: bronze ball valve

Head and Holding Tank Systems

  • Head: Jabsco 37055 Series Electric Toilet Conversion, w/ f/w or s/w source, discharge routed overboard or to holding tank via Y-valve

  • Holding Tank: 8 imp gallon (33l) plastic tank, vented w/ overboard via Y-valve and pump-out discharge

  • Tank Location: under v-berth

  • Y Valves:  2, holding tank and thru-hull

  • Head Discharge: directly to 1.25” thru hull shared with holding tank discharge

  • Holding Tank Discharge: Jabsco macerator to 1.25” thru hull shared with head discharge

Dinghy

  • Make/Model: Walker Bay 8.5’

  • Age: about 10 years (estimated)

  • Weight: < 100lbs

  • Also included: oars, pump, hose, patch kit, boat cover.

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