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Morris Frances - $58,000 (Yarmouth)
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CONSTRUCTION & DETAILS
Double-ender with tiller steering
Solid fiberglass hull and deck with cored cabin top
Blue hull/white whale stripe, Awlgripped in 2019
Rudder replaced (1996)
Bottom stripped and repainted (2023)
All deck hardware removed and rebedded, non-skid on deck refinished (2023)
Teak toerail removed and replaced with new teak toerail (2023)
All teak on deck, including sliding hatch cover, removed and finished with 8 coats of varnish (2023)
Forward Lexan hatch removed/replaced with new hatch (2023)
Cowl vents replaced with Vetus cowl vents (2023)
Lifelines replaced with new lifelines and removeable backrests in cockpit (2023)
2 Bronze mooring cleats installed on bow (2023)
Rub strakes installed at all 4 mooring cleat chocks (2023)
Bowsprit removed and replaced with new varnished douglas fir sprit (2023)
Instrument panel relocated to cockpit (2023)
Automatic bilge pump installed (2024)
Cabin floorboards refinished (2024)
ACCOMMODATIONS
2 berth layout with large galley and full size chart table
Storage in cabin lockers, under berths, under cockpit seats, and forward in bow
Lavac head plumbed to 10 gallon holding tank in forward cabin area, upgraded by installation of macerator and overboard discharge seacock/thru-hull supplementing deck pump out (2023)
Sink with Fynspray pump. Sink was removed sink drain re-bedded and hose clamps replaced (2023)
Force 10 Seacook offshore cooking stove
Insulated ice box
Propane cabin heater (not operational)
2 water tanks, one under each berth, total capacity 15 gallons
ENGINE
Volvo Penta Marine Diesel motor, model 2002 B8686H 18 HP
Engine Hours: 495 when boat was purchased in 2022. There is no hour meter on new engine panel, but boat has been used only sparingly since 2022.
Engine thoroughly inspected, overhauled and repainted, and hoses, belts, gaskets and clamps replaced (2023)
Exhaust elbow inspected, and gaskets and o-rings replaced (2023)
Stuffing box re-packed (2023)
Manual bilge pump hose replaced (2023)
Oil pressure guage bezel installed (2023)
Muffler removed, pressure tested, and painted. Exhaust hose and muffler fittings replaced (2023)
Coolant circular pump and related plumbing removed and cleaned (2023)
Old fuel tank removed and replaced with new 12 gallon fuel tank (2023)
Fuel guage installed (2023)
Sea strainer replaced (2023)
Primary fuel filter replaced with Racor (2023)
SAILS & RIGGING
North Mainsail and sail cover (2024)
North high-clew genoa (2025)
New Harken Mark IV Furler (2025)
New Inner forestay (2023)
Self-tacking North staysail on Harken furler (2023)
All running rigging replaced
Installed Tides Marine sail track (2024)
Installed rigid Harken boom vang (2024)
Replaced cabin top mainsheet winch with Harken 20 STC winch (2024)
Reconfigured mainsheeting system, added traveler to bridgedeck (2023)
ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION
Raytheon ST-2000 Tiller Pilot
New Instruments on swing-arm: Garmin GPS Chartplotter, Garmin GNX wind instruments (2023)
New Icom IC-M330 VHF (2023)
2 new batteries (2024)
Removed radome, preserved radar wiring in mast (2023)
Replaced VHF cable (2023)
4 cabin lights and navigation lights
Compass on varnished drop-board (2023)
Masthead Windex, nav light and VHF antenna
EQUIPMENT
Dodger with frame (not currently deployed)
Docklines
3 covered fenders (2023)
11 LB Lewmar anchor (2023)
Anchor rode/chain and rope (2023)
Throwable horseshoe (2023)
2 fire extinguishers (2023)
Brass kerosene lamp
Safety equipment
Float cushions