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Vessel Name: - Time Goes By. GOB: Do you feel that your education or experience actually translates directly to your boat features or just as general background knowledge? All dimensions are intended to be maximum and smaller sails are not wrong. I installed my system and became a minority stockholder in the company. When assessing something as complex as a motion of a yacht in a seaway you have to rely on real world experience to develop a numerical rating. Hours: - Engine Type: Inboard. I've got several patents of my own I'd like to try out that I just haven't had the time to do so. Designed and built as a compact yet spacious cruising vessel, "Moon Song" is a well-kept Island Packet 27, offering her captain and crew a comfortable and commodious layout all within her 27' length.

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Hull Material: - Fiberglass. Flag of Registry: United States. Designer: Bob Johnson. Island Packet 27 Sail Data. Cruising spinnaker with sock. A lot of these things get incorporated into the boat during its production cycle. New Sails** Doyle, Stack Pack and Lazy Jacks, designed and installed by …. It's like any other consumer product. The ballast fits inside the keel, and keel and hull are molded in one piece with the ballast ingots — lead or iron in past boats — but mostly lead now, secured in place with cement and resin. Asymmetrical spinnaker. 2 batteries, AGM new 2020.

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115 Linthicum Genoa jib in new condition, 6 months old. All tanks replaced during refit. Holding Tank: Gallons ( Liters). Our Island Packet 35 was introduced in '88 or '89, and I remember being asked back then what would I change on it. New double lifelines - 2021. So I got to work on this boat and I like to make models so we sent one to Stevens Tech for tank testing.

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At that point, the Beachcomber 25 was becoming a pretty popular boat for them, and they couldn't produce enough of them. There is a fold-down dinette table from the forward bulkhead with couches lining either side of the fold down table. Hatches-screens for all windows and hatches including main hatch-entire cabin can be screened in. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure. In 2014, "Time Goes By" went through a full refit at the Island Packet yard.

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GOB: What are the basic similarities all IP yachts have in common, in other words, what market niche are you aimed at, what is your mission statement, if you like? One of the nicest Pocket Cruisers available model boasts more space than other boats many feet longer. There is an important ergonomic element of getting to things, sleeping in a bed that's comfortable, room to turn a wrench, and so forth. GOB: What boats have you built other than for Island Packet? Victron Blue Solar Charge Controller. "Time Goes By" is one of LESS THAN 20 shoal-draft Island Packets 27's built. Engine and transmission rebuilt by Mastry (the Yanmar distributor for Florida) in 2015. The proof of this can be measured by numerous Island Packet offshore race victories often competing against "performance-oriented designs. Many of the core systems have been rebuilt including plumbing of the 120V reverse cycle AC/Heat and raw water plumbing was redone with a proper sea strainer. Everything is set up for that and it's getting easier and easier. We came up with, I think, the first holistic approach to a stability assessment for a boat. This boat attracts attention with its impeccable design, its Italian know-how and q.. More. When not under sail, her rock steady Yanmar diesel, the recently completed 1, 000-hour maintenance service in 2020, ensures you can maneuver her when the wind isn't cooperating or in tight spaces.

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7 feet, displaces 8, 000 pounds, and a 10'5" beam makes her a very capable blue-water or bay cruising vessel that will take you anywhere you want to go safely and comfortably. A fellow called Dennis Robbins evolved them. He was a delightful guy, and he started off with one of his own designs, the Prairie 32. Fortress aluminum stern anchor 15 feet of chain and 150 feet of rope rode. Our final boards were very good but very expensive, and the market wasn't really there. 2000 Island Packet 350£ 144, 774Valletta, Malta. These include sails for common home-built boat models as well as smaller, high-production boats. Genoa mainsail, 18 months old with little use. Compression post upgraded to accommodate radar cable. Or are they driven by market conditions and reacting to them? They were charterers, not builders, and I helped them out with some manufacturing consulting because they were having some trouble. Alden in the '30s started designing these cat sloops, and Irwin did the 10-4 in the mid 70s.

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Our 370 is a two-stateroom, one-head boat. Actual incidents are used to adjust these variables and assign a category based on that number and actual stability statistics. GOB: I imagine that one of the factors you consider in design is accessibility, that is, how easy is it to get to critical points for maintenance and inspection, providing room to maneuver tools and for replacing parts and moving things around.

We look forward to working with you! Mechanical Disclaimer. Our brokers work with a network of contacts, establish value, negotiate on your behalf, safeguard funds in separate escrow accounts, provide an ethical atmosphere for the transaction, and build relationships. We have roller furling, main and foresails roll right up like window shades. And whether they're full or empty it doesn't change the trim much. It's been noted that we're the only full-keel manufacturer although I prefer to think of it as a fin keel that's morphed to a long fin keel, not a full keel morphed down to what we have. Raymarine i70 smart autopilot. I marketed the boat and priced it with a dealer in mind but no dealer wanted it, it was too unusual. I'm not an avid racer, like Ted. She was hauled in May 2016, and is itching to get back into the water. If you don't see the sail you're looking for, we can also create a custom sail kit! The head is aft of the forward V-berth on the starboard side and has an ample space for a sailboat.
New Profurl roller furling. The spacious galley is aft to port with ample storage, two burner stove top and sink. New electronics: - Garmin 7" 741XS chartplotter with hi-def color radar. Two (2) burner LP stove top.