The white fore sail is on a Plastimo roller system (of a size larger than is recommended to give extra strength), and is made of 8 oz. polyester cruising fabric with a blue ultra violet band. Sail area approx 600 sq. ft.
The white inner fore sail is on a non furling hank on system and is made of 8 oz. polyester cruising fabric. Sail area approx 400 sq. ft.
The white main sail is a conventional slab reef system on an alloy mast track. It is made of 10 oz. polyester cruising fabric with a blue ultra violet cover. Sail area approx 900 sq. ft.
Spare sails are available for all three sails.
A light cruising chute is also used occasionally.
A Kubota 2.3 ltr. 50 hp unit drives a Newage PRM box. The shaft is 1.25 inches dia. and has a 20 inch by 12 prop.
The hull is framed with 50mm by 5mm strip and all interior fitting is bolted to these frames. The veneers and timbers used are South American hardwoods of an iroko and mahogany type.
The hull is made of 4mm thick mild steel throughout with a high carbon steel for the cockpit area. Fittings are of stainless steel with medium carbon chainplates fore and aft, but 10mm 316 stainless 'Tee Section' plates are used on the midship rigging.
5 12 volt 120 amp/hr batteries power the 12 volt system. Three power the motor and one powers leisure services with the fifth used in the bow to power the anchor windlass. A 300 watt inverter can be engaged to power mains appliances and a 12 amp battery charger is housed/connected on a timer. An Areogen 8 amp wind generator is placed on a stack at the extreme aft end of the vessel.
A input and an output 220 volt mains socket is placed either side of the companion way in the cockpit. A thermal cutout box gives short-circuit protection. A ring main supplies power to 14, 3 pin UK type sockets.
A main stainless tank is placed in the keel between the batteries and the diesel tanks. It has a water level gauge which displays at the chart table and it is headed by a large flexible tank under the starboard quarter berth. The pressure is constant but the header tank can be isolated by a 12mm valve. A traditional bronze pump/faucet is used to draw water to the galley.
Dual GPS and Laptop chart plotter systems are used to give chart table and binnacle service. GPS to Autohelm interface is available but not used. Ordinary Go To Waypoint navigation is used with plotter backup.
A Vetus ram and binnacle pump is employed with a release valve at the base of the binnacle to free the wheel to allow tiller use. A steel rudder hangs from four large pintles and is 12 mm thick. It is reinforced with a leading edge spine 30mm thick below the water. Iroko cheeks stiffen the upper parts and a 100mm by 150mm tiller is used between stainless 8mm cheeks. Four massive pintles swing on 30mm gudgeons with 4mm thick acetyl bushes 180mm long. 25mm nuts and lock pins retain the 250kg rudder unit and the foot swings in a 30mm top hat section bearing and bush.
Two directional dorades are used on deck with two mushroom vents above the galley and chart table. Three large hatches can be opened as required.
Six large zinc anodes are used on hull and rudder and aluminium paint is used to prevent rust when any internal metal is exposed during refits etc.
There are four tanks holding 700 litres of fuel in total. Stainless header tanks under the chart table and galley each hold 200 litres, they have manometers, and decant down to the main stainless tank in the bilges via small valves. The main keel tank has the sensor for the fuel gauge (by the chart table), and it siphons its level from an adjacent flexible tank in between nearby floors. The flexible tank can be isolated to use for heating oil. A well exists at the bottom of the main keel tank from which the engine lift pump draws its supply. Hand bellows outboard type pumps evacuate air from the lines which bridge over the floors from the flexible tank to the main stainless tank. They can also be used to blast debris out of the well if necessary. Effectively all tanks are isolateable and a supply can be jury rigged from the header tanks to supply the engine on gravity.
Black Nitride foam is used throughout.
3 coats of high tech Hemmel primer was used before the three coats of undercoat two pack were applied. The hull had been dry gritblasted prior to painting. White and blue gloss was used with a silk finish to avoid advertising the many hollows and weld shrinks.
A solid treated douglas fir mast is used which sits on the concrete keel. Only one pair of treated douglas fir spreaders is used with 10mm rigging wire. 12mm wire is used on the outer forestay to assist with roller furling support.
A Taylor's diesel heater is used on the starboard side of the vessel and a fan heater is available if required. An auto type of fuel pump is used to pump up diesel to the Taylor's tank on a domestic type push and return timer switch. A hand pump is fitted also in case of failure.
A Plastimo two burner oven and grill unit provides cooking facilities. The gimbal is retained by barrel bolts and restricted by shock cord. A spare camping type cooker is available in case of failure and the various Tilley lamps can be used to cook on in an emergency. Stainless steel bin lockers are placed at the bottom of the galley lockers to aid hygiene and store items in a cool environment.
Three 12 volt lamps are available, plus a mains bulkhead lamp . A 12 volt fan is fitted via a mushroom vent on the port quarter deck. Decking board units remove to gain access to the shaft and transmission. Storage of spare parts is on the port side and the starboard side is monopolised by the quarterberth.