Technical - Boat Equipment

BOAT EQUIPMENT:

1976 Tayana 37' cutter rigged fiberglass boat built at the Ta-Yang Yacht Building Ltd in Kaohsiung Taiwan



Length 37 feet Overall lenght 40' 6"

Beam 10' 6"

Draft 5' 6"

Net tonnage is 22,500 lbs.



Sail area 870 square feet. We carry 9 sails 2 - mains , genoa -yankee jib, staysail - yankee stay-storm stay, tri sail and a spinnaker with a pole.



Engine: It was a perkins 4-108 50 hp. Now it is a 54 horsepower Yanmar 4JH4SE with a KM35PS 2.36:1 ratio transmission.



Fuel capacity: We have 4 tanks, main tank - aluminium 52 gal., 2 aux. plastic @ 18 gal. each and 1 aux. aluminium @ 15 gal. giving us a total of 103 gallons.



Speed & Range: Unknow at this point but figures indicate that at 2500 rpm we consume 1 gallon/hr. At this rpm we would cruise at 6 - 6.5 knots giving us a range of over 600 miles. Maximum rpm is 3000, which gives us a max. speed of 7.25 knots.
Jan 2008 update. figures indicate that at 2000 rpm we consume about .6 to .7 gals / hour which gives us a range between 825 to 925 miles.




Galley: I redid the galley installing a 6 gallon water heater run off of the engine. A new single bowl deep stainless steel sink. We have 3 access doors in the counter with locking clasps giving us ample storage. All new plumbing, taps throughout. The Nova Cool fridge freezer was moved to the starboard side of boat by the previous owner and is well insulated.



Navigation: chart plotter - Lowrance LCX 110c - love my chart plotter. Navionics gold chips with charts from Alaska to Panama. Also have a Lawrence H2O hand held plotter that can use the same chips. Sitex hand held GPS - 11 yrs old
Furono radar - 11 yrs old but still works good. You will use radar a fair amount.
Sea data depth & speed ( back up to plotter )
Simrad tiller pilot - works off the wind vane, this still needs lots of work yet.
Standard Horizon VHF - GX3000s - works good, you will need a good VHF you use it all the time at the anchorages.
Uniden hand held, we actually have 3 hand helds, have not used them very much.
Icom 706 ham radio - works good, we have over 260' of copper ground. You should use this lots so make sure you have a good set up. Also have a pactor modem.
Cape Horn self steering. works well with head sail but takes practice with both sails up.

Anchor:we have 3 anchors main anchor is a 45lb manson supreme with 400' of 5/16 grade 40 chain. A 45lb CQR with 100' of chain and 300' of 3/4" rode, stern anchor - 45 lb CQR with 50'chain and 250' 5/8 rode.
Simpson Lawrence manual windless. You will get your exercise with this.
400' of 5/8" spare line that we will use with the drogue and para anchor when we get one.

Mics:Little wonder LWM 160 water maker just started to use this north of Cabo. Rated at 7 gals. /hr. we were getting just over 8. Less than 20 hrs on Machine.
Viking life rafe valise model. zero hrs on this and we hope to keep it that way.
Satellite 2 406 epirb and an older epirb.
Toshiba satellite computer. Get a good compter
Older sony radio with satelite radio ( still working in Mazatlan)

Power: We carry 3 solar panels with 230 watts of power.
4 - 6 volt golf cart batteries new. Total amp. 500. We do not carry a separate start battery
Trace 1500 watt inverter.

Dingy:We now have a 9' Caribe with large pontoons and a 9.8 hp Tahatsu outboard. Dingy has wheel away wheels ( you will need these )


Boat Budget - what it really costs to boat?

Boat cost $100,000.00
cost to get boat ready for journey $ 41,000.00
Total $ 141,000.00

Monthly budget

-----------------sept 07----oct 07----nov 07 ---dec 07 -----Jan 08
boat ------------265.53----646.71 ---112.26 ---------- ------385.00
fuel -------------222.92----351.77 ---527.50 --------- -------------
office ------------70.96-----59.65 -------- ------------ -------------
moorage --------360.00-----328.00---256.00 ----437.00 --713.00
first aid ---------227.26------------------ ------------ ------25.80
wifi/cell/skype--108.96----236.00------ --------199.60 ----10.00
entertainment --190.00-----556.00---136.00 ----115.00---484.00
provisions ------184.20----573.56---643.00 ----332.43 ----452.20
travel insur -----141.94----141.94---141.94 ---141.94 ------141.94
boat insur ------228.33----228.33---228.33 ----228.33 ----228.33
mexico license & clearing in----------623.39
mic---------------------------------------------157.00

Total----------2000.10--3113.96---2429.73---1611.30-----2065.27

-------------------feb 08-----march 08-----april 08
provisions-------182.25-------195.74---------------
boat-------------147.20-------250.77--------311.20
entertainment---40.00--------137.75--------150.00
skype/cell--------43.00--------20.30---------20.00
moorage---------667.00------275.62----------------
fuel----------------------------76.37----------------
travel ins.-------141.94--------141.94--------141.94
boat insurance--228.33--------228.33--------228.33

Total-----------1449.72-------1326.82-------851.47

yearly total $14848.37 ---- $1856.04/month