Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Specs
S/V Araby for Sale
Model: Chinook 34
Hull number: 53
Hull built: 1967
Year launched: 1972
Built by Yacht Constructors, Portland Oregon. Later called Cascade Yachts. B. Smith
bought five hulls which he completed and sold. This was the last and he kept it
for himself. The cabin trunk is unique for Chinooks, much cleaner lines, not as
boxy as other Chinooks I’ve seen. Araby is very often mistaken for an Alberg, a fine complement, I think.
Length: 34 feet
Beam: 9 feet
Waterline: 23 feet
Color: hull: Navy Blue. Cabin: Seattle Grey. Deck: White.
Hull: Fiberglass 3/8t“ at the beam. Much thicker at the stem. True hand-laid up glass hull.
Deck: Fiberglass on 1 ¼” ply. Wooden boat style. Very strong. Port Orford cedar
stringers (rot proof). New paint and non-skid with the week (Feb ’09).
House construction: Sapille ¾” laminated on ½” ply. 3 portlights and 2 windows each
side. Windows have storm shutters, ¼” polycarbonate.
Companionway: two dropboards. Built ’06. Very heavy and nice. However, I kept the
old single 3/16” ply door as well. It is light and more convenient while in port.
Both can be locked.
Keel: ¾ full keel, centerboard
Draft: centerboard up: 3’ 10”
centerboard down: 6’ 6”
Ballast: 4,000 lb
Displacement: 12,000 lb
Steering: tiller
Vane: NONE. Formerly, it had a Monitor. It worked great and I would fully recommend one.
Autopilot: Simrad Tillerpilot S-15. Not functioning properly
Spare tiller
Self-steering: She steers close hauled with the tiller free in high winds, and a close reach
with a good wind. She also can be steered sheet-to-tiller on a broad or beam
reach. This boat is easy to steer and can be done in numerous fashions.
Rig: sloop
Mast: Aluminum
Boom: Aluminum. It broke between the gooseneck and boomvang (which I was using
as a vang-preventer, which I think caused the strain.) It cracked along a weld. I
plugged the inside and then used a section of mast to sleeve the outside and
riveted it all together. No doubt stronger than it was to begin with.
Sails: Main: My pride and joy! Carol Hasse Co. (Port Townsend, Wa.) 1999. Full
battens, two reefs. Very strong, beautiful shape and the battens are wonderful in
light air. Reefs quickly. Looks a little worn.
Jibs:
2 working jibs. One, brand new. Made here in the Philppines by Hyde sails.
The second is a decent spare fair sail in fair condition. A good backup.
Genoa: 150. Light weight. Old, but still sails respectably. Surprisingly well.
Storm jib: Good shape.
“Hurricane jib”: brand new. Can be used as a backstay’sle (riding sail) as well.
Try'sle track (no sail)
Lazyjacks
Port and Starboard flag lines.
Ratlines
Standing Rigging: New in ‘07
Lifelines: New in ‘03
Winches: 2 bronze, original in cockpit. Great shape. 2 on mast. Both work great.
Running Rigging: All halyards new in ’06 (minus spin. hal.). The masthead has two
internally run halyards, one for the main, one for the jib. Another, the try’sle
halyard runs over two sheaves, making it a spare main or a spare jib halyard. The
spinnaker halyard is on an external block forward of the masthead. The sheets are
in good shape.
Whisker pole: Originally an aluminum spinnaker pole cut down to size.
Electrical: All wiring, minus mast, was completely refitted in late ’05. Very
professional and safe. Easy to troubleshoot. Well diagrammed. All devises have
separate fuses before running to group breakers. BlueSea Systems DC and AC
panels. A hardwired inverter feeds a power strip where I plug in AC items. (AC
panel is only for shore power and the generator.)
Batteries: New house bank in Feb ’09—ie, last week
Battery charger: 60 amp. New in ’06. Three stage.
Solar panels: 2 - 48 watt flexible panels, mounted like lee cloths on the aft lifelines.
Voltage regulated. They look very nice, very aesthetic (even the color matches
the hull!). These supply 80 - 90 percent of my power needs.
Generator: A Honda EU 1000 provides the rest. I run it about once a month and before
each passage to top up, It is also new in ’05. Great for running power tools ect.
SSB receiver: Grundig Yachboy. I’ve never had much luck with it. Maybe you’ll do
better. Needs a good antenna is all.
VHF: Horizon Standard. New. ’08.
Bilge pump, float switch. Big. Backup available.
Cabin lights: Several LED’s for energy conservation. One twinkles.
Running lights: masthead tri-light. DO NOT WORK. Blew off.
Steaming, spreader lights. No permanent anchor light. (currently).
Engine: NONE! Formerly had a Farrymann 7.7 hp. Could easily mount an outboard
bracket on the stern in lue of a new engine.
15 gal. diesel tank.
15 gal gas tank. Never used. From old gas engine. Could be cleaned and used.
Double Racor fuel filters.
Galley:
Stove: Hillerange. Three burners and oven. Propane. Easy and safe propane access.
Very nice. Good condition.
Twin ice chests.
Marble countertop.
Fresh or salt water sink. 2 Gusher foot pumps. . I have a diagram to show how to switch
valves to enable the salt water pump to pump fresh water in case of failure.
Redundancy.
20 and 15 gallon water tanks. Cleaned regularly. Fiberglass.
Navigation:
Depth sounder. And new spare.
2 compasses: One new in ‘06
Masthead windex
old GPS
Anchoring:
35 lb CQR
200’ 5/16th high-test chain.
25 lb Danford. Secondary anchor
2 – 50’ 5/16th sections with shackles.
1 – 200’ 5/8th rodes
Dinghy: Zodiac 9’, PVC inflatable. Removable wood-slat floor. Rows. THIS IS A PIECE OF JUNK. I put holes in it all the time. It still leaks a little. Her name is SEA BISCUiT.
NOTES:
I have sailed this boat for several years and all the way from Washington, USA and mostly alone. She is fast and easy to handle. 120 miles per day was my average across the Pacific.
She and I easily weathered a storm in the NW that had another boat, less than 50 miles away, abandoned by her crew, air-vac’d by the Coast Guard. She heaves-to easily under double-reefed main alone.
I have her rigged simply. I experienced less failures and spent less time working on my boat than most sailors around me.
I have also meticulously organized all manuals pertaining to equipment onboard, all expenditures and receipts, diagrams for electrical and water systems, lists of lines, anchors, sketches of possible interior modifications, and even the original brochure that came with Chinooks back from the 50’s and 60’s.
It is claimed that Chinooks are among the two or three first production fiberglass sailboats. (see Hearts of Glass – excerpt also onboard). Perhaps the first. Regardless this is a classic, first-generation fiberglass sailboat, with fine lines and a sweet feel from the helm.
Araby has been my heart and home for two years. I only leave her because I dream of Antarctica (and perhaps wintering in the ice there). Araby is strong in hull and rig, but I need steel. That simple.
Email me at: bellyofthewhale@gmail.com
Pictures availible at: www.jonahmanning.name
Current location: Zeke’s Yard, Drydock, Cebu Island, Philippines
Phone [+63] 09087788183
My asking price is $12, 000 US
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