Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: Sam Crocker (Design#: 291).    Drawings at the Peabody Museum, Boston MA

Builder: Reed’s Shipyard / Boothbay Harbor, ME

Year Built: 1961

LOA: 42’, 0”

LOD: 36’, 10”

LWL: 23’, 2”

Beam: 10’, 8”

Draft Minimum: 2’, 11”

Draft Maximum: 7’, 0”

Displacement: 6 tons

Ballast: Iron keel shoe exterior ballast & lead pigs (ingots) interior ballast

Auxiliary Propulsion: 2023, Yanmar diesel, Model 4JH7, FW-cooled, 4-cylinder, 57 HP

Fuel Capacity: Diesel, 50 Gallons total in two (2) aluminum tanks

Freshwater Capacity: 0 Gallons

Blackwater Capacity: 10 Gallons

Hull, Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Construction

Underwater configuration is partially full keel vessel with centerboard and rudder seated to aft end of skeg extending aft from keel.

Oak stem, keel, deadwood, floors, frames, bilge stringers and sheer clamp

Oak stem new 2012

Cypress 1” x 8” Carvel bottom planking

Bottom planking new 2004

Cedar (?) 1” x 8” Carvel topsides planking

Bronze fasteners

Fir deck beams and carlins

Marine plywood sub-decks with laid Teak overlay

Varnished Mahogany cabin sides

V-match marine plywood cabin top with FRP overlay and painted finish

Painted and varnished exterior finishes

Red anti-fouling bottom paint

Green topsides and transom

Gold rub rails port and starboard

Black gunwale stripe at sheer with Gold filigree at bow and stern quarters

Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Hardware and Features (fore to aft)

Bow sprit furthest forward

Bronze anchor roller on bow sprit starboard side

Double (upper & lower) vinyl covered stainless steel wire life lines port and starboard

Bronze life line stanchions port and starboard

Raised gunwales / toe rails with white painted interior and varnished Mahogany cap rails port and starboard

Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard at bow

Varnished Mahogany and Bronze pin Samson post centerline on fore deck just aft of bow sprit

Ground tackle windless next aft on center line

Varnished Mahogany opening hatch with bronze dorade cowl vent (next aft on center line) for forward sleeping cabin.

Bronze pad eyes for jib sheet turning blocks on center line and leading aft to cockpit

Bronze foremast partners on center line just forward of cabin

Bronze eye bolts and pad eyes port and starboard outboard of cabin (forward) on side decks

Bronze circular opening ports with screen on cabin front (2ea.)

Bronze oval opening ports with screens on cabin sides (3 ea. port and starboard.

Varnished Mahogany, Bronze and glass Butterfly opening hatch on centerline of cabin top forward

Varnished Mahogany grabrails port and starboard on cabin top

Bronze mushroom-style cabin ventilator to port on cabin top aft

Varnished Mahogany sliding companionway hatch offset to starboard on cabin top aft

Centerboard control winch on centerline of cabin aft bulkhead

Bronze main mast partner on center line of bridge deck (aft of cabin)

Bronze dorade vents cowls port and starboard (outboard) at aft end of bridge deck

Bronze deck fill (Fuel) port side deck outboard of cockpit

Water-tight opening hatch to engine area at forward end of cockpit

Seat lockers port and starboard under cockpit seating

Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings port and starboard

Engine ignition and status panel to starboard (aft) in cockpit 

Throttle and transmission control to port (aft) in cockpit

Steering wheel on center line furthest aft in cockpit

Varnished Mahogany helm seat / opening hatch with access to steering gear

Varnished Mahogany mainsheet cleat to port outboard of helm seat

Bronze pad eyes for main sheet blocks aft of helm seat

Varnished Mahogany, and Bronze pin samson posts port and starboard at aft quarters

Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard at aft cap rails

Bronze and varnished Mahogany main boom gallows

Varnished Mahogany taff rail

Bronze ensign staff socket on taff rail

Interior Layout, Accommodations and Features

As a vessel used primarily for day sailing Ms. Reilley has spartan interior accommodations as compared to other vessels of her size but enough in the way of equipment and creature comfort to spend a night or two aboard in rustic style.

 Enter interior spaces by way of companionway ladder offset to starboard.

Mahogany centerboard on center line.

Navigation station and storage space for a large cooler located to starboard.

Enclosed head area and vanity counter to port.

Forward of centerboard trunk are the sleeping accommodations (2 persons) in a V-berth configuration.

Forwardmost in the below decks areas is the ground tackle locker accessed by way of an opening door in forward bulkhead.

Auxiliary Propulsion

2023, Yanmar diesel, Model 4JH7, FW-cooled, 4-cylinder, 57 HP

Yanmar ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges.

Kanzaki KM35P reduction gear / transmission

Single lever control for transmission and throttle (New 2023)

Stainless steel (1 1/8”) propellor shaft

Flax-packing style stuffing box

FRP shaft log (New 2023)

Cutlass bearing

Bronze, 3-blade feathering propellor

Bronze raw water intake thru-hull

Raw water strainer

Raw water / fresh water heat exchanger on engine

Waterlift muffler (new 2023)

Flex exhaust water line (new 2023)

Fuel System and Equipment

Fuel Capacity: 50 Gallons (2 -25 Gallon aluminum tanks)

Tanks new in 2022

USCG approved fuel and vent lines

Fuel lines and vents new in 2023

Fuel manifold and valves in engine space

Racor primary and Yanmar secondary fuel filters

Steering System and Equipment

6-Spoke Bronze steering wheel with Teak spoke handles

Edson Bronze worm-gear steering

Bronze rudder post

Bronze and wood rudder

Electrical System and Equipment

12-Volt DC ship’s systems

Three (3) Heavy duty 12-Volt, AGM-type marine batteries with two (2) batteries for ship’s lighting and one (1) battery for engine ignition.

Rotary style master battery selector switch

Blue Seas 12-Volt distribution panel with DC master switch

DC circuits for interior lighting, navigational lighting, interior 12-Volt outlets, exterior 12-Volt outlets, VHF radio, electronics and three (3) spare circuits

Battery charging by engine alternator

Simple 110-Volt AC shore power system for battery charging

20-Amp, Guest Charge-Pro battery charger

Sanitation Systems and Equipment

Enclose head area with Type III MSD (marine toilet).

10 Gallon Holding tank

Head plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later shore side pump-out.

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

Ritchie helm / binnacle compass

Standard Horizon VHF radio (New 2023)

Remote VHF Mic (New 2023)

Raymarine depth sounder (New 2023)

Spars and Rigging

Two-masted, gaff-rigged schooner sail plan configuration

Varnished spruce, main mast, foremast, main boom & gaff, foremast boom & gaff, jib boom and bow sprit

Bronze chain plates

1 x 19 Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and stays)

Deadeye and lanyard shroud adjusters

Running backstays for main and fore masts

Dacron 3-strand rope halyards and sheets

Halyard cleats on foremast

Halyard pin-rail at main mast

Halyard pin-rails port and starboard on shrouds

Varnished Ash shell blocks

All blocks and deadeyes refinished 2023

Sails and Canvas

Sailmaker: Nat Wilson / 2014

Mainsail and cover

Foresail and cover

Jib and cover

Cockpit Bimini

Interior cushions

Exterior / adjustable seat cushions (6ea.)

Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment

Bronze anchor roller

CQR plow anchor with appropriate chain and rode

Ideal 12-volt electric windlass (New 2022)

Dewatering Equipment

Rule electric / automatic bilge pumps with float switches

Safety Equipment

PFD’s, Type II, (4ea.)

PFD’s, Type I, (1ea.)

Fire extinguisher, Type ABC, (2ea.) 

Hand-held search light

Ship’s horn

Ship’s bell