1996 Waterline Pilothouse

Sleeps 6 owners and guests; 2 in center mounted queen berth in owner's stateroom aft, 2 in guest double stateroom forward to port and 2 in forward cabin single berths.

The master stateroom aft is complete with ensuite head with separate stall shower and lots of storage. The guest cabins forward share a large head with separate stall shower and have ample storage and hanging lockers.

The galley is opposite the head with double sinks on centreline, deep freeze under the counter forward, 4 burner Force 10 propane stove/oven outboard to port and fridge/freezer, microwave oven and Professional Viking propane/convection oven along the aft wall. There are cupboards and drawers for all necessary cutlery, dish and pantry stores.

The pilothouse features a large settee with black walnut table and emerald green leather seating. It will easily accommodate 6-8 persons for a meal and affords a spectacular 270 degree view of surroundings.

To starboard aft is the pilothouse helm station with controls, instruments and Brookes and Gatehouse repeaters. The B&G radar/GPS Plotter is flush mounted into the helm dashboard along with sailing instruments and autopilot.

Forward of the helm station is the navigation station, with custom chair and repetition of Brookes and Gatehouse system and Global Positioning Systems.  The nav station is ready for a laptop computer with chart plotting system; the computer can be supplied information from the B&G system, the Furuno GPS system and the autopilot system. The 12/24/110 volt panels and breakers are mounted flanking the navigation station.

The spectacular pilothouse glass is a custom laminated combination of glass and mylar with an exterior mirror finish. Enormous strength and optically clear throughout!
Interior heating is by a Webasto diesel fired multi-zone hot water system with central thermostat control and fan controls in each area. Domestic hot water is by Camplux and Wolter instant propane heaters; one mounted in forward head and the other mounted in the aft head.

The teak clad cockpit has seating both sides with notched winch positions outboard on the coamings. Aft the stern boarding gates can be opened to allow step down access to the swim ladder or dock. A Magma propane BBQ is mounted on the port forward corner of the stern pulpit. Custom stainless steel dodger provides wind and spray protection for forward portion of cockpit and companionway. Bimini provides sun or rain protection for aft part of cockpit.

• Corian counter tops with under mounted sinks - installed in 2010 refit.
• Dual stainless steel sinks on centerline with pressure hot/cold water.
  
• Gimbaled Force 10 - 4 burner propane stove with oven.
• 24 volt upright Isotherm fridge/freezer.
• Custom stainless steel deep freeze with two separate 24 volt compressors.
• Custom Viking propane convection oven.
• Fireboy Xintex propane solenoid/sniffer control system.
• Camplux 110 volt propane fired demand hot water system in forward head.  Wolter propane fired demand hot water system in aft head.
• Cutlery, utensil, dish and pantry storage.
• Miscellaneous galley appliances including toaster, coffee grinder, blender.
• Central vacuum system.

• 12 volt ship service power system with master switch and distribution panels with branch breakers.
• 24 volt ship service power system with master switch and distribution panels with branch breakers.
• 30 amp X 110 volt shore power system with isolation transformer, master breaker, reverse polarity indicator and distribution panel with branch breakers.  Transfer switch to enable dockside/generator or inverter feeds to panel.  GFCI outlets through out vessel.  
• 8.0 kw Northern Lights generator in custom sound shield.  498 hours on meter.
• 4000 watt Magnum MSH4024M inverter/charger.  Capable of running most loads on the 110 VAC system and provides 110 amp charging capability for the 24 volt DC system.  Remote control and battery monitor at 24 volt DC panel.
• 2 X LG 410 watt solar panels with Victron MPPT 100/30 charge controller and Victron Energy monitor.  (Charges the 24 volt DC house batteries.)
• Superwind 350 - 12 volt wind generator with SCR 12 Marine charge regulator.
• Superwind 350 - 24 volt wind generator with SCR 24 Marine charge regulator.
• Balmar large frame 220 amp/24 volt alternator on main engine.  (Brand new backup/spare aboard.) Balmar Max-Charge MC-624 alternator regulator.
• 12 volt DC alternator on main engine.
• Xantrex Truecharge 40+ dedicated charger for the 12 volt DC battery bank. 

Batteries -

• 2 X 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL 27T in series for 24 VDC engine start battery.
• 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL 27T dedicated generator start battery.
• 3 X 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL-8D in parallel as 12 VDC auxiliary bank.
• 10 X 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL-8D in parallel as house battery bank.
• 2 X 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL-8D in parallel as dedicated bow thruster bank.

• Standard Horizon Matrix AIS/GPS VHF radio.
• Standard Horizon RAM-MIC VHF radio at cockpit helm.
• Icom IC-M36 handheld VHF radio.
• Icom SSB radio with tuner and insulated backstay.
• Brookes & Gatehouse Zeus2 radar/gps/plotter at both cockpit helm and pilothouse helm stations.  (B&G HALO radar and SIMRAD HS60 GPS compass)
• Brookes & Gatehouse Zeus2 wind and hull speed instruments (Multi displays).
• Brookes & Gatehouse Zeus2 autopilot system. (with 24 volt constant run pump)
• WH Autopilot system. 
• Humminbird 1197c Fishing System - gps/plotter/depth sounder/sonar system at cockpit helm.
• Furuno GP32 GPS at navigation station.
• Alpine  CDA-117 (MP3/WMA/AAC) stereo system (Sirius capable) with Bose surround sound speakers. Dual Alpine CHA5634 CD player units.
• Samsung TV with CD/Blu-Ray player and Bose sound bar.
  
• Tank Tender tank monitor system covers diesel fuel, furnace fuel and 4 water tanks.
• Royal Mariner brass clock and barometer.

135 hp, 6.2 litre, 6 cylinder, naturally aspirated, FWC, Ford Industrial Diesel (Lehman) with 3448 hours on meter. 

Borg Warner model 20-01-005 marine gear, 2.45:1 reduction.

2" stainless steel propeller shaft.

PSS dripless shaft seal (2021).

MaxProp 28" diameter X 3 blade bronze feathering propeller.

Strut with cutlass bearing.

2 X Racor 3209S fuel filters.

Engine Controls - Two station Twin Disc Power Commander electronic controls.

Steering System - 

• Cockpit Helm - Stainless steel wheel with an Edson chain, wire and rudder quadrant system.  
• Pilothouse Helm - Jastram hydraulic steering. (Ram attached to rudder quadrant.)
• Rudder -  Semi-balanced and partially skegged spade rudder with 2 1/2" stock in welded steel.  Bronze packing gland.

Bow Thruster - 24 volt DC MaxPower CT225 bow thruster with 2 X 12 VDC Lifeline type GPL-8D dedicated batteries.  Controls at cockpit helm.

White painted aluminum triple spreader Forespar mast with Navtec rod standing rigging.  Rig unstepped in 2010 for full service. 

Twin headstay arrangement with about 18" between the forestay and the inner stay.  The forestay is a Harken hydraulic furling system with 135% genoa.  The inner stay is a Harken hydraulic furling system with a 100% solent.  The genoa must be furled to tack easily while the solent is rigged with a single sheet to a foredeck traveler and is self-tacking.

Split backstays with Harken mechanical backstay adjusters.

Yacht-Tech solid rod boom vang with tackle adjuster.

Running backstays.

The main sail is on a full batten Harken Battcar system and is rigged with two slab reefs and a lazy jack system.  The halyard is led aft to a cockpit hydraulic winch for ease of raising and reefing.

There are 2 main sail slab reefs.  Each one is controlled by a single line reefing system led aft to the cockpit coach roof through jammers.

Chainplates are all welded stainless steel.

Running rigging is Dacron/Dyneema braid and led either to mast winches or aft to cockpit winches. 

Mast mounted Forespar carbon fiber spinnaker pole.

UK Sails Tapedrive mainsail with 2 reefs on Harken batt car system with lazyjacks. Hoisted on hydraulic self-tailing cockpit winch.  Main sail cover in tan sunbrella.

UK Sails Tapedrive 135% genoa; on Harken hydraulic furler. Sheets lead to  genoa tracks and on through turning blocks to hydraulic self-tailing winches.

UK Sails Tapedrive 100% solent; on Harken hydraulic furler. Sheets on self-tacking car on foredeck track. Sheet leads aft to cockpit to hydraulic self-tailing winch.

North gennaker; flown from foredeck hatch with gennaker sock. Tacks to headstay with collar and downhaul and sheets aft to cockpit hydraulic self-tailing winches.

Deck accessed storage/sail locker forward. Collision bulkhead on aft side of locker.  Provides access to anchor rode and hydraulic actuators for anchor windlass and furling systems.

Ground Tackle -

• 75 lb. CQR anchor with 300' X 3/8" galvanized chain rode.
• Maxwell 3500 hydraulic anchor windlass.
• 30 Kg Lewmar Delta anchor with chain and line rode.
• 20 Kg Bruce anchor.
• Custom articulated stainless steel anchor rollers.

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and stanchions with double lifeline system.  Access gates both sides.  Port and starboard transom access gates.

Custom boxed high polished stainless steel toerails with disappearing fender cleats.

Massive stainless steel deck cleats and fairleads.

Custom stainless steel main traveler base with Harken traveler system.

Custom stainless steel solent traveler base with Harken traveler system.

Harken hydraulic furling systems on genoa and solent.

Harken Batt car system on mainsail.

Custom Harken big boat deck hardware throughout.

Winches -

• 2 X Harken #64-2 electro-hydraulic 2 speed self-tailing primary winches
• 2 X Harken #56-2 electro-hydraulic 2 speed self-tailing secondary winches
• 2 X Harken #48 - 2 speed self-tailing mast mounted halyard winches.
• Harken - electro-hydraulic 2 speed self-tailing main sheet winch.
• Harken hydraulic power pack - drives anchor windlass, headstay furler, solent furler and 5 cockpit self-tailing winches.

Custom aluminum helm station in cockpit with custom leather wrapped stainless steel wheel (which attaches from the forward side of the pedestal to avoid having to reach through wheel spokes to access controls) with engine controls, furling system controls and full instrumentation.

Electro-hydraulic activated lazarette access hatch.

Stainless steel framed dodger and cockpit bimini with tan sunbrella canvas.  Windows in heavy lexan with masks to protect them when not in use.  Connecting canvas between dodger and bimini. 

Stainless steel radar arch with 2 large solar panels, radar antenna and assorted other antennas and wind generators.  

5 X 3 lbs Dry chemical fire extinguishers.

1 X 5 lbs Dry chemical fire extinguisher.

SES-Cease Fire NAE-4  -  8 lbs clean agent NAF-S111 machinery space fire suppression system.

Fire axe.

Life Ring with throwing line.

Life Sling MOB recovery system.

Sound signal horn.

10 X life jackets.

Flare kit.

Wooden thru-hull plugs.

2 X 3700 gph automatic/electric bilge pumps.

1 X manual bilge pump.

First Aid kit.

2021 Achilles 9'9" inflatable tender with Nissan 8 hp 2 stroke outboard.

Telescoping stainless steel swim ladder in locker below lower step on transom.

Dockside step for side-boarding can be deployed anywhere along the boxed stainless steel toerail.

Fuel: 265 gallons/1000 liters in keel tank plus 50 gallons/180 liters in a day tank.  The day tank is used exclusively for the furnace.

Fresh Water: 212 gallons/800 liters in 4 stainless steel tanks.  Capable of being closed off individually and can be filled through deck fittings on port and starboard sides.  

Water Maker:  Cruise RO 30 US gallons per hour Water Maker.  Controls in galley.  installed 2021 and as yet never put into service.

Waste: 50 gallons/190 liters in 2 tanks.  Each head is equipped with a Tecma electric toilet that is plumbed for fresh or salt water flushing.  The heads can pump directly overboard or into a holding tank.  The holding tank can be pumped out by a dockside pump-out facility or overboard by a Whale waste pump where allowable.

Grey Water:  Discharged directly overboard.  Forward and aft shower systems are discharged overboard via Whale gulper shower sump pumps. 

Propane:  4 X 30 lb aluminum propane tanks.  System fitted with Fireboy Xintex sniffer and solenoid system.  Propane locker has solenoid, pressure gauge, pressure regulator and delivery manifold with individual shut-off valves.  High pressure tested flexible delivery lines to each appliance. 

Hull & deck - Welded steel plate - nominal 3/16" with reinforcement in high load areas. Welded hull to deck joint with boxed welded high polished stainless steel toe rail.

Framing - 5/16" welded steel flat and angle bar, longitudinal (2 1/2") and transverse (3") framing, welded knees & gussets as appropriate.

Stanchion bases, connections to main and solent traveler, hatch rings (and similar) are stainless steel receiver parts welded to the deck.  Stanchions fit over the stainless steel peg.  Traveler mounting machine screws are tapped into stainless receiver parts welded to the deck.  Hatches are mounted to stainless steel receiver bases.  If the paint were to be scraped in the area of a stanchion base it would not likely show any rust as the deck surface is heavily coated in zinc-rich epoxy and the stanchion base peg is stainless steel rather than mild steel. 

Keel is welded steel with encapsulated lead. 

Through hull fittings are Marelon  (composite reinforced plastic) and all hoses are double clamped.

 The hull and deck metal parts (above the waterline) are flame sprayed with molten zinc prior to coating in epoxy.  The metal below the waterline is coated in zinc-rich epoxy.  Above the waterline is painted with the Awlgrip paint system.  Below the waterline is antifouled. 

The interior of the hull above the bilge is spray foam insulated including the underside of the deck. This provides remarkable temperature insulation as well as sound deadening.  These boats are warmer and easier to heat in cold climates and cooler and easier to keep cool in warmer climates. 

The Pilothouse wrap-around windows are made of a glass and mylar sandwich with an external mirror finish.  The finish helps to reflect light and reduce heat inside on a sunny day.  The windows are optically clear and extremely strong.  The window mullions are relatively small and don't interfere with the panoramic view but are very strong as they are welded steel. 

The interior is finished in cherry and yellow cedar with teak and holly planked cabin soles.  Subdivision bulkheads are marine plywood fastened to welded steel cleats with lab counter laminate, bright finished cherry or yellow cedar overlays. 

Hydraulic fluid to run the anchor windlass and furlers is delivered from the engine room to the foredeck locker and back via pipes welded into the hull framing.  This avoids "twitching" flexible hydraulic lines working in brackets.  The hydraulic fluid is sent through an actuator system to the appropriate unit and then returned to the engine room to the Harken hydraulic pack.  The cockpit winches work in the same fashion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

"Moonshot" was created to be a comfortable, capable and secure Northwest (colder climates) cruiser that could be handled by a small crew. Most functions on deck can be run by either power assist or manual methods and all systems have a great deal of redundancy. Sophisticated and complicated at first, but ultimately simple and easy to use.

Beautifully constructed and finished with cherry and yellow cedar interior. All systems fitted with the best hardware available. Well thought out and executed in every aspect.

If you were dreaming of a view of the bay,...any bay you choose,....this could be your boat!