'Rare Bird' Visionarry Cruiser

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Purchase Price: $aus260,000 (correct as at Feb 2008)

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Hulls

Designers: Harryproa Pty Ltd, Rob Denney & Mark Stephens

Model: Visionarry Cruiser 15 metres/10 metres

Launched: June 2005 into the Kalang River, Urunga NSW, Australia.

Length: Leeward hull 15m, Windward hull 10m

Displacement: 3 Tonnes empty, 1.5 tonnes carrying capacity.

Paint Finish: Two pack polyurethane. Colour: Lillum (creamy white).

Hull Construction: Strip Plank Kiri/glass composite.
Bulkheads: Plywood, Decks and sub bulkheads: Nidaplas/glass composite.

Vessel Condition: New

Accommodation: Births - Windward Hull, 2 queens, 1 Single, Leeward Hull: 2 single pipe cots.

Headroom in Saloon: 1.9m, In hull: 2m.

Seating Capacity in Saloon: 6, In cockpit: 8

Interior Finish: painted, Cabins: fabric.

Timber work: New Guinea Rosewood.

Galley & Wet Areas

Cooking: 2 Burner gas stove with grill

Refrigeration: 12V compressor fridge with two front opening doors. Size: 220 litres.

Sink: twin bowl with single lever hot/cold tap. Foot or hand operated salt water tap.

Pressure water: 1 pressure pump (with spare pump)

Toilet: 1 manual with electric macerator and holding tank.

Vanity: Hot/cold single lever tap with extendable shower head.

Hot water system: Bosch 10ltr/min gas on demand heater with auto ignition.

Rig and Sails

Rig Type: Harryproa Balestron balanced rig.

Mast: 17m free standing carbon with carbon sail track and composite fittings

Boom: Balestron type made of foam and carbon.

Finish: Two pack polyurethane paint

Main: 52 sq m. Jib: 25sq m Cloth: Modified dacron. Condition: New

Sail Cover: Fabric lazy jack type with zip up closing

Forestay: wire with Ronstan rigging screws

Mast Winch: Anderson 40 servicing 6 clutches (outhaul, main halyard, topping lift, jib halyard, 1st reef, 2nd reef)

Deck Winch: One Anderson 40ST sheet winch.

Deck Equipment

Main Anchor: 35kg CQR with 50m chain and rope rode stored on roller on forebeam.

Second Anchor: 20kg Danforth with chain and rope rode stored in leeward hull on chocks.

Anchor Winch: Quick horizontal with chain and rope capstains. Deck and remote switches.

Deck Hardware: Ronstan

Boarding Ladder: 1 telescoping

Trampoline: 1 woven rope.

Dingy Storage and handling: Large lowering ramp for easy dinghy recovery and storage.

Boat hook: 1

Fenders: 6

Docking Lines: yes

Electronics

Battery: 1 x 255 amp hour AGM. Set up to accommodate second.

Circuit Board: Yes

Meter: yes

Gas Detector: yes

Solar Panels: 3 x 80 watts mounted on saloon roof.

Steering Compass: 130mm Ritchie mounted on binnacle top.

Handheld Compass: yes

Navigation Lights: 2 sets of port/starboard and stern (for shunting), anchor.

Flood light: yes

Depth Sounder: yes

GPS: receiver but no display.

VHF Radio: yes

Music System: CD/Radio

Tankage and Auxillaries

Water Tanks: 2 x 150 litre build in with baffling.

Fuel Tanks: 1 x 25 and 2 x 15 litre plastic outboard tanks. 2 x 20 litre plastic fuel cans.

Gas bottles: 2 x 9kg bottles in vented locker.

Engines

Outboards: 2 x 15hp Honda 4 stroke with extra long legs, electric start, electric tilt, high thrust. Mounted on retractable sleds.

Condition: new

Safety Equipment

Life jackets: 6

Epirb: yes

Life buoy: 1 plastic ring type

Flares: yes

V sheet: yes

Miscellaneous

Deck shower: yes, hot and cold

Cockpit awning: yes, permanent, (can be removed).

General

Helms: 2 x carbon composite 3 spoke wheels.

Steering system: 2 x rope and pulley systems to retractable rudder/daggerboards. Synchronising clutch

Hatches: 7 x Weaver deck hatches, 9 Weaver ports.

Safety Rails: 2

Contact:

Mark Stephens
email: mstephens@wirefree.net.au
mobile phone: +61 0431 486 814
phone: +61 02 6655 2016