Alyria

Specifications:

Building Materials

Exterior

Planking: VG Larch                    Decking: Port Orford Cedar            “Corked” with Cotton & Oakum & Pitched w/ “Jeffries Marine Glue” (real pitch imported from England)        

Deck House: Honduras Mahogany                  Backbone: Balau

Exterior Trim, Caps, Hatches & Dorade Boxes: Honduras Mahogany

Rudder: Purple Heart              Cabin Top: 1  3/8 “  T&G Alaska Yellow Cedar with recessed Diagonal Bronze Strapping covered with Irish Felt, Canvas & Paint                           Bulwarks: 2  3/4”  by  (aprox.) 4” Yellow Cedar (Mahog. Caps)

Interior

Floor timbers: Iron Bark             Frames: Steam Bent Eastern White Oak 2 1/4”  by 2” on 1’ Centers            Bilge Stringers: Larch, 12”  by  2” (Max) tapering in thickness to the ends                                 Shelf/Clamp: Douglas Fir

Ceiling: 7/8” Alaskan Yellow Cedar             Deck Beams: Douglas Fir

Bulkheads, Cabinet Framing, T&G Paneling & Cabin Sole: Larch

Table, Drawer Fronts, Chart Table, Trim, Cabinet Doors, Etc.,: Honduras Mahogany                                          Galley Counter Top: Maple  

Overhead: Yellow Cedar            Accents: Yellow Cedar & Purple Heart

Inside Some Cabinets are lined with Port Orford Cedar for bug control

Ballast

Lead 8,500 lbs. external ballast fastened with 1” silicon bronze through bolts drilled through the wood keel, floor timbers and lead.

About 1,000 lbs. internal ballast fastened inside on top of the keel.

Rig

Spars: VG Douglas Fir (solid)             Blocks: Lignum Vitae & Bronze

Standing Rigging: Galvanized Steel, Parceled & Served Throughout, Leathered where appropriate (except Headstay: Stainless) All hand spliced with oversized thimbles                                  Spreaders: Heavy Wall Bronze Pipe with custom hardware

Turnbuckles: (5/8” bronze) except bobstay, (3/4” bronze)

Sails

(all sails white color except as noted)

Working Sails

all 13 oz. treated cotton canvas Made by Port Townsend Sails (C. Hasse)

Main (2 reefs)             Foresail (1 reef)                   Jib (no reef)

Other Sails

Storm Trysail (Dacron, P.T. Sails; used only once)

The following 2 sails were both not made for Alyria but in good shape & need to be re-cut for Alyria)

Fisherman Staysail (Dacron)

Storm Jib (Red Dacron)

Ground Tackle

CQR (60 lb.)

Bruce (45 lb.)

Fisherman (50 lb. Wilcox Crittenden)

Dingy Anchor (small Danforth type)

300 feet 3/8” HT chain for Main anchor

100 feet 3/8” HT chain for secondary anchor

200 feet 3/4” 3 strand rope for #2 anchor

Muir Manual 2 Speed Windlass set up for chain on one side and rope on the other.

Boat hook (wood handle with bronze tip)

Mechanical

Steering

Edson Worm gear

Bilge pumps

Manual Edson 1 gallon per stroke (the big one) bronze diaphragm type pump permanently mounted aft near the cockpit (below decks) and designed to be operated from the cockpit.

Manual large capacity Whale pump mounted on a board (designed to be portable) with a long exit hose.

Galley

Sink:

Single stainless steel with fresh water hand pump (bronze) and salt water foot pump. Sink drain has a hand operated pump to prevent water coming into boat when she heels.

Cooking Stove:

Force 10  3 burner Propane stove with oven. 3 aluminum propane tanks are located in a vented (overboard) deck box just forward of the deck house. Stove comes with a bronze griddle (“way cool”).

Heat

Soapstone wood/coal burning stove is located in the galley area and keeps Alyria warm and dry when needed. Tall stack is great at anchor and stows when sailing.

Navigation

Large Mahogany chart table lifts up for stowage of important papers, etc.,. Cabinet outboard of chart table contains:

Hand held GPS (Garman) with bracket.

SSB/Ham radio and tuner

Mounted VHF radio

Hand held VHF radio

2 chart bins with plenty of flat stowage for charts are under chart table.

Chart table has built in electric lights.

Main Compass  Large gimbaled antique compass swung and in excellent shape; easy to read with points, numbers and electric light (red).

Extra compass

Electrical

2 180 Amp hour 6 volt AGM batteries (wired as 1 360 Amp hour 12 volt) with dock charger (mounted) and E-Meter.

Wind Generator  Aerogen (English made) for use at anchor; stows for sailing.

Trolling Generator  Includes propeller and line. English model (I forgot the brand) works great at sea!

Electric lights, interior lights (throughout boat), running lights, compass light (red) and radios are all wired to the electrical system.

Main Saloon has special overhead 2 way (high and low) red and white high efficiency light (red light is great for night sailing). Electrical system also has an adapter to plug in personal CD players, etc.,.

Safety Equipment

Life Jackets

4 Coast Guard approved offshore type in handy stow bag.

3 Automatic inflating harness/ life jackets with tethers.

4 Safety harnesses

Webbing (for off shore work in rough weather) for jacklines to clip harnesses to; one for each side deck, full length.

Fog Horn

Personal MOB strobes (several)

USCG approved running lights (for vessels up to 130 feet; oversized). Can be converted to kerosene in an emergency.

EPIRB

Flares

3 Fire Extinguishers

Bronze Stantions with rope lifelines.

Parachute Type Sea Anchor (w/ heavy duty swivel and 200’ 3/4” rope)

Water Tanks

3 Heavy gauge stainless tanks with baffles totaling 100 gals fresh water. Tanks each have separate valves and can be emptied one at a time or in any combination and are plumbed to galley sink with hand pump. They are located aft where an engine would normally be.

Head

The head is hidden under a seat in the forward cabin (to starboard) and is simply a built in bucket (has never spilled since it’s built in and has a sealed lid). It has a wooden toilet seat over the top of the bucket which is hidden by the mahogany bench seat when not in use. It is comfortable to use. The through hull backing blocks for a modern toilet are already installed if a change is desired. There is room for a holding tank in the cabinet outboard of the head.

Engine

Custom marine grade aluminum outboard bracket with side mounting gear (located adjacent to cockpit; side mount)

No outboard at present; recently stolen.

Miscellaneous

Dodger with awning (sunbrella fabric)

Dingy

Cushions below decks are all high quality foam covered with green sunbrella.

100% Cotton fitted sheets for fwd berth and quarter berths

Lee Cloths on settees (makes them into spare sea berths)

10 ‘ Cedar Lapstrake with oars. Dingy chocks on cabin top for right side up and up side down stowage; bronze cleats for lashing down. Blocks for shipping dingy.

Dock lines

Bosuns chair

Dock fenders

Lots of spare parts including bronze fastenings, cotton and oakum, pitch (for the decks; never used so far), sail canvas, rope, service (for rigging), plumbing parts, leather, electrical spares, bilge pump repair kit, etc., etc., etc.,.

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