INTERLUDE

“Interlude” is a 41’ 1977 Formosa Boat Yankee Clipper ketch, designed by William Garden, with that marque’s reputation for sturdiness, stability, seaworthiness, and ease of handling. It has a full keel with cutaway forefoot, keel mounted masts, and a skeg-mounted rudder.

The Perkins 4-108 that drives the three-bladed propeller has 280 hours since its last overhaul and is served by a 100 gallon stainless steel tank fed through three filters; an electric priming pump minimizes the need for bleeding following filter changes. Fast access capability is installed on the impeller housing.

A three-bank battery suite is selectively charged by a 2007 Balmar 100 amp alternator and multistage controller.

An E-Meter provides a read-out of charge statistics for the house battery bank. A multistage shore-powered battery charger has independent outputs for each battery bank.

Navigation light controls for deck-level or tricolor configuration and steaming light are provided, with provision for photoelectric or manual activation.

New standing rigging was installed in 2008: there are lazy jacks for main and mizzen. Slab reefing is installed on main (two points with a dedicated winch) and mizzen (single point): the foresail has Hood roller reefing. Two-speed headsail sheet winches are located in the cockpit; the two-speed sheet winch for the main is on the cabin top and halyard winches are mast-mounted. Headsail inventory comprises a 100% jib and a 140% genoa.

Two bilge pumps are backed up by a manual pump.

A 44 lb plough anchor with 300’ of chain and 120’ of rode is serviced by a two-speed manual windlass. A lunch hook is stowed in the lazarette.

An integrated electronics suite is installed. A Tecnautics autopilot with solid-state gyro-stabilized fluxgate compass and a pulse-modulated controller providing half-degree heading accuracy with minimum power requirements drives a below-deck electric drive motor. A helm-mounted WAAS-GPS/Plotter with a C-MAP chip for the West coast of the US and Mexico is primary for autopilot control: a below-deck 12” color display and a Pentium 5 computer with a secondary WAAS-GPS provide for worldwide route planning, real-time situation monitoring, and backup autopilot control. C-MAP charts for use by either MaxSea and Software-On-Board programs are used for detail route planning and real-time navigation. An AIS receiver with a dedicated antenna provides for real-time display of commercial shipping. VHF communications with DSC and integrated position reporting is controllable from both helm and main cabin. A Raymarine radar with mizzen-mounted radome and a swivel-mounted monochrome solid-state display observable from either helm or cabin has both position and course waypoint data overlays.

There are four principal below-deck compartments: a forward single berth with wardrobe, the owner cabin with Pullman berth, wardrobe, and private access to the head and shower compartments, two single berths (one with table), and the navigation station/dinette (convertible to a double berth for in-harbor use) and galley. This latter area may be isolated from the forward compartments by a clip-on curtain for at-sea use.

Galley facilities are electric and served by a 1.5 kw inverter. There is a stainless steel 45 gallon freshwater tank located under each of the two single berths. Hot water is provided by an engine heat exchanger, supplemented by an electric heater.

The manual head (with a selectable holding tank) and a separate shower area are accessible from the main cabin and the owner cabin.

A rowing/sailing dinghy is mounted on stern davits.

Note: Description is current as of May 2009 (inadvertant errors and omissions excepted)

For more information, please contact Geoff Wilson at 805-509-2257