Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: L. Francis Herreshoff

Builder: Hank Chamberlin

Year Built: 1973

LOA: 28.00’

LWL: 24.00’

Beam: 6.33’

Draft: 3.75’

Displacement: 6,611 lbs.

Ballast: 3,360 lbs.

Sail Area: 348 sq. ft.

Auxiliary Propulsion: Torqueedo Travel 1003 electric outboard with side mount

Hull, Deck, Cabin & Cockpit Construction

Full keel with cutaway fore foot and attached rudder underwater configuration

Mahogany planking

Oak frames, floors stem, keel, deadwood and other structural members

Silicon bronze fasteners

Fourteen (14) new laminated oak frames

Below the waterline planking completely refastened (2024)

Decks and cabin top are cedar planking over fir beams with an overlay of Dynel cloth set in epoxy and a painted exterior finish.

Varnished mahogany toe rails, cabin eye brow, and cockpit coaming tops

Varnished mahogany opening hatch with circular glass port forward

Fixed ports in cabin sides port and starboard

Varnished mahogany louvered companionway doors

Slatted mahogany cockpit seats

Slatted bare teak cockpit sole

Deck Hardware

All deck hardware fabricated or cast bronze construction

Bronze stem and stern irons

Bronze chain plates

Cast bronze dock line chocks at bow and stern

Bronze cleat center line forward (bow line)

Bronze cleats port and starboard aft (stern line)

Bronze “Charlie Nobel” chimney port cabin top

Bronze halyard winches port and starboard on cabin top aft

Bronze halyard cleats port and starboard on aft end of cabin

Bronze sheet winches port and starboard on cockpit coamings

Bronze sheet cleats port and starboard on cockpit coamings

Bronze oar lock sockets port and starboard on cockpit coamings

Bronze pad eyes and fairleads

Interior Accommodations

Furthest forward is a removeable shelf for storage of anchor and ground tackle

Next aft is sleeping space for two (2) persons with storage space under berth

Aft of main mast and between the berths is storage space for porta-pottie.

Varnished mahogany storage cabinets port and starboard

Vanished hull interior

Overheads and interior cabin sides and painted white

Ventilation provided by opening hatch forward and louvered companionway doors aft

Natural light provided by glass port in forward hatch and fixed ports in cabin sides port and starboard

Artificial light provided by LED lighting and gimbaled kerosene lamp

Spars and Rigging

Fractional ketch rig configuration

Hollow box section, varnished Sitka spruce masts (main and mizzen)

Single spreader main mast with jumper struts

Single spreader mizzen mast

Solid varnished Sitka spruce main and mizzen booms

Stranded stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters (shrouds and stays)

Traditional 3-strand Dacron running rigging (sheets and halyards)

Bronze halyard winches

Bronze sheets and turning blocks

Telescoping aluminum whisker pole

Sails and Canvas

Mainsail and Mainsail Cover

Mizzen and Mizzen Cover

Working Jib

Storm jib

Genoa(s) (2ea)

Interior cushions

Auxiliary Propulsion

A Torqeedo Travel 1003 electric outboard.

Motor clamps to a removable side-mounted bracket.

Removable battery for home charging

Petrel rarely uses her auxiliary power as the Rozinante is known for its sailing qualities in all wind speeds.

Navigational Equipment

Helm Compass (removable for storage when not in use)

Barometer

Electrical Systems and Equipment

Heavy duty 12-Volt marine battery

Circuit panel

Power Film solar panel

Sanitation Systems

Porta-pottie (never used)

Ground Tackle

Force FX11 anchor with appropriate chain and rode

Dewatering Equipment

Rule 800 GPH electric / automatic bilge pump

Safety Equipment

Type II PFD’s (4ea)

Navigational lighting (masthead tri-color)

Additional Equipment

Dock lines (4ea)

Fenders (3ea)

Boat hook (aluminum telescoping)

“Sardine” stove, chimney pipe and heat shielding (currently removed and no longer in use but available)