Sailing Ka'imi with Mike & Kim







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General Specifications
Type: Vagabond 42
Designer:  W. Staedler
Building:  Blue Water Yachts
Year:  1982
Rig:  Cutter Rigged Ketch
Construction:  GRP, New epoxy barrier coat applied in 2002.  This was due to a bonding problem of the old barrier coat and not due to osmosis.
Length:  42' (12.8m) on deck, 46' (14m) overall.
Draft:  5'6" (1.7m)
Beam:  12'10" (3.9m)
Displacement:  28,500 lbs (12,925 kg)
Decks: Teak on solid GRP (no balsa sandwich core).
Engine:  65hp ford Lehman 4D220.
Keel Configuration:  Modified full keel.  This has a full bow profile to prevent slamming but a cutaway and skeg hung rudder to allow for easy maneuvering.
Diesel Tanks: 110 gals (2 tanks).
Water Tanks:  135 (3 tanks).

Rigging and Sails
Masts and Booms:  Galvanised aluminium (resprayed with Awlgrip in 2004)
Rigging:  Rigging on main replaced in 2000 (316 stainless).
Main and mizzen chain plates replaced in 2000 (316 stainless).
Roller furling on Genoa.  Slab reefing on main.
- Main (1997)
- Genoa - 135% (1997)
- Asymmetric Spinnaker (1997)
- Mizzen
- Staysail
- Yankee
- Storm Trisail

Deck Equipment
- 5 x Cockpit winches
- 4 x Main mast winches
- 1 x Mizzen mast winch
- Whisker Pole
- 6 bronze mooring cleats
- Stanless Dinghy Davits
- Teak cockpit table (seats 6)

Anchoring
- Electric anchor windlass
- 1 x 45 lb stainless steel plough
- 2 x 35 lb stainless steel plough
- 1 x 25 lb stainless steel danforth
- 250 ft (75m) of 3/8" main chain
- 3 x 35 ft (10m) sections of 3/8" chain

Electrical System
- 640 ah battery bank (2003)
- 95 KW solar panel
- Airmarine wind generator
- 90 ah alternator
- Smart charger system
- Trace 2kw inverter
- Link 10 digital battery monitoring system
- 110V and 12V ring mains through boat
- Shore owere system with 110V/220V battery charger

Electronics
- Raytheon ST7000 Autopilot
- Raytheon ST60 Wind Instruments
- Raytheon ST60 Log
- Raytheon ST60 Depth Sounder
- ICOM M710 SSB with auto tuner
- SCS Pactor II SSB e-mail weatherfax modem
- Navstar fixed GPS
- Garmen handheld GPS
- Stereo system with multistack CD.  Speakers in saloon, main cabin and cockpit.
- 12V fans throughout boat

Fridge System
- 6 cu. ft. freezer (3 holding plates)
- 6 cu. ft. fridge (2 holding plates) - top and front loading
- Engine driven compressor (2002)
- Adler Barbour Super Cold Machine electrical compressor (2002)

Watermaker
- Sprectra 300 electrical
- Capacity - 11 gal. per hour at 12 amps/12V

Other
- Plastimo Neptune propane stove
- Awning (large)
- Dodger
- 2 x electric bilge pumps
- 1 x manual bilge pump
- Electrical salt water system for galley and deck was down
- Hot and cold electrical fresh water system (both heads and galley)
- Hot water deck shower
- foot pump fresh water system in galley
- 2 x Plastimo heads
- 6 man liferaft in canister
- 15 hp Yamaha outboard






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