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Owen Easton - “Savannah”
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There is a tremendous difference between a boat that is said to be ready for ocean cruising and a boat that has been ocean cruising for several years. Since her construction by Owen Easton in Australia (Easton has built many of these aluminum cats and circumnavigated in his own), Savannah has voyaged to New Caledonia twice, Vanuatu twice, the Banks Group, Fiji twice, Tonga -- all three island groups, Wallis and Futuna, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Island, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Southeast Alaska and down the Inside Passage ultimately to Seattle. She is extensively outfitted and organized. Not only a water maker, but a built-in bridgedeck rainwater collection system. Not a single anchor, but 4 good sized anchors (one on all chain). Not just a drogue, but two parachute anchors and two drogues, and a bridle set to deploy from dedicated mooring hard points. A VHF, an EPIRB and an SSB coupled to a laptop for email and weatherfiles. RADAR, RADAR cardinal direction detector, diesel heater, storm trysail, storm jib (on baby stay), liferaft, vangs, boom brake, snatch blocks, spares, spares in duplicate and triplicate . . . the list goes on and on. And the list has an index! The owner has engraved the contents of each locker, engraved the operation of each valve, laminated checklists for most vessel procedures. Oh, add 8 solar panels and an inverter to the list above. And on top of all of this Savannah has daggerboards, kickup rudders, 37 hp Kubota diesels with only 3,000 hours, v-drives, and feathering props, a new rig in 2001, 30" of bridgedeck clearance (yes 30" loaded), 6'4" headroom in the cockpit, 6' headroom at bridgedeck entry, 6' - 6'4" headroom in the hulls, and a super sexy stance on the water. |
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Managing Broker
 Matthew Dunning
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206-297-1151
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bridgedeck salon is very open with seating for seven or more. There is
a settee to both port and starboard, a medium table to port, batteries
are carried in cabinetry at the center of the forward bulkhead which
also has the inverter, bookshelves, diesel cabin heater & stereo.
The aft bulkhead has a ready shelf for the EPIRB, flashlight,
binoculars, hand bearing compass, windlass control, flares, and
starting switches. The bridgedeck salon does not have the usual windows
forward. The owner reports that this has kept her very livable in the
tropics without the need for AC.
Each hull has a water tight compartment forward followed by identical large cabins. The starboard cabin has a large berth and then a compartment inset into the bridgedeck with the watermaker and stowage. The port cabin has another inset with a diesel day tank, engine fluids, and more stowage. At center to starboard is the very open galley, followed by an an engine room and stowage aft. At center to port is the large navigation station and stowage followed by a head, hanging locker, and engine aft. | |
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| On Deck | |
| Savannah has very broad decks that are easy to negotiate. Decks are of aluminum construction (as are her hulls) with 2-part poly paint and antiskid topsides. A hard aluminum dodger protects her cockpit. The helmseat is to starboard. Abundant stowage is aft. All winches are Anderson and hardware is stout and of good quality. There is a dinghy on davits aft, a liferaft in hard cannister forward, a new windlass forward in front of the wooden walk to the headstay and anchors with nets to either side. Of course there are fiberglass daggerboards and kickup rudders with break-away pegs as well. | |
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| Galley | |
| The galley is down to starboard and very open to the salon. It features an inboard counter with double stainless sink with on demand hot water as well as foot pumps for fresh and salt water, and cabinetry as well as an outboard counter, more cabinetry, propane stove, and double access top-loading refrigerator. Two large pantry shelves and a clever pantry outboard the daggerboard trunk. | |
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| Sails and Rig | |
| The mast was replaced in 2001 with a widely stayed rig with dual aft shrouds and large double spreaders. Roller furling jib, full batten very roachy triple reefed main. Intermediate baby stay with storm sail (never used). There is also an unused storm trysail (unused). Lightly used spinnaker. All sails in good condition, most date from 2001, and have been removed when wintering over. | |
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