Designer –Bruce Roberts
Builder – Wade
LOA – 53’0” (with swim platform, 58')
LWL – 40’
Beam – 16’8”
Hull Material - Steel. Bottom of keel 1/2". Sides of keel 1/4". Hull 3/16". Deck 9/64".
Draft – 7' 2" (in fresh water) 7' (in salt water)
Rig – cutter rigged, 3/8” SS 316 stays used throughout
Mast height above deck – 62’ 6” (deck stepped) (above water 72' including instruments)
Boom length - 21’ 6”
Sail Specifications (Challenge Sailcloth) Main – 540 sq ft (2 "regular reefing points and 1 very deep reef emulating a stormsail), 11.9 oz (Tides Marine UHMW track used with batslides and lazy jacks) Jib – 520 sq ft, 9.3 oz Staysail – 230 sq ft, 10.62 oz, 1200 sq ft ParaSailor2 Asymmetric Spinnaker (new for 2007)
Displacement / Measured tonnage, 33.6 metric tons
Weight - 74,000 lbs (measured at Bock Marine, Beaufort North Carolina, 3 November 2009)
Ballast – 17,000 lbs
Auxiliary – Volvo TMD 31D, 100 H.P. turbo. Augmented with a Wesmar 8 HP 12V electrical bowthruster. Engine room is fed with 150 cu ft passive intake, and a separate 150 cu ft exhaust blower.
Electrical - marine Genset – ONAN 6KW, quantity 4-75W Shell solar panels, 2-130W Kyocera solar panels, Blue Sky Solar Boost 2512iX MPPT solar charge controllers (two), Rutland 913 Wind Generator, 200A high output alternator in addition to the Volvo factory installed 60A alternator.
Batteries - 12V engine starting, 12V genset starting, 12V 8D bow (for bowthruster and windlass), House Bank: 6 X 6V Lifeline AGM batteries (900Ahr).
Water tanks (2) – approximately 200 gallons capacity
Watermaker - ECH2O Tech 12 / 24 Volt DC Watermaker 200-DML-1
Fuel tanks (3) – calibrated to 210 gallons capacity (AFT 110 in 1/4 aluminum tank) (FWD 100 in 1./8 aluminum tank) (and a small 5 gallon day tank for the cabin heater)
Holding Tanks (3) – 2 X 35 gals black water, 35 gals grey water
Winches – all manual, Andersen stainless steel self-tailers, two 68ST (jib), two 52ST (staysail), one 52ST (mainsheet), two 52ST (halyard winches mounted on the mast), one 40ST (to control the Dutchman boom brake), and one 18ST mounted under the boom (mainsail furliing and boom outhaul).
Instruments - Raytheon (now RayMarine) ST60 series, including depth, wind, speed, autopilot (ST 7000+) and radar. NASA Marine AIS and NAVTEX PC engines. ICOM MC-802 SSB/HAM radio with DSC and Pactor III modem. ICOM IC-M504 VHF Radio with DSC. Spare VHF Standard Horizon Intrepid+.
Yeoman plotter. Garmin GPSMAP 420 (world-wide basemap) (this provides the alternate NMEA 0183 GPS signal). Electronic charting (IslandTime 12V mini PC built-in) integrating GPS (several), AIS receive, Open CPN PC chart plotter, vector and rastor based digital charts - many alternatives and redundancies through laptops.
Steering - Wheel over hydraulic (not electrically powered), Hynautic H-41 helm pump,
Octopus Heavy-Duty Hydraulic Continuous Running Pumpset operated by a RayMarine ST 7000+ autopilot.
Creature Comforts - Lazy Boy double loveseat recliner, Waeco 120V/12V freezer (115 litres, 4.3 cu ft), Top-Loading refrigeration with a holding plate (Technautics Cool Blue), 26" multi-system TV with multi-system VCR and zone-free DVD. Bose Lifestyle 25 surround sound, with speakers in the cockpit and aft cabin. Pressurized hot (6 gallon tank plumbed inline with the engine coolant) and cold water with manual pump backup. Volvo Ardic forced air diesel furnace. Heater Craft 501-H 3 speed heater (plumbed with the engine coolant). Maytag full size washer and Miele dryer (condensor). Panasonic convection microwave oven (1000W). 220V electric JennAir Range. Marine SS BBQ with 25 lb tank. Volvo Ardic diesel furnace. Heads - LAVAC Zenith (2) with manual and electric pumps. I've discovered that the "Zenith" was produced in very limited quantities by the Royal Dalton China company in England. North Carolina manufactured hard bimini, Two folding bicycles. Removable hard (steel) dodger / dog-house with safety/tinted glass windows (one opens forward).
Sports - SCUBA diving equipment and 6 tanks to fit several divers. Large, above water swim platform attached to the transom.
Safety - fire extinguishers (3), Nighthawk CO Detector, Kidde wireless smoke detectors (2), Yachtsman 30C Marine Halon 1301 automatic fire extinguisher in engine room space.
Ventilation - Plenty with 23 hatches/portlights (Goit). 6 - 4" dorade boxes. 5 - 4" NICRO day/night solar vents.
Ground Tackle - anchors (73 lb Rocna, two 60 lb plows, 75 lb danforth, 60 lb SS Bruce), two lengths 250' 3/8" BBB chain.
Ideal V3C Vertical Windlass with wildcat (for 3/8" BBB chain) and gypsy (chrome plated bronze)
Tender - AB 9VL RIB (hypalon) with Tohatsu 9.8 HP four stroke outboard.
