Val - “Pearly”

“Pearly” is a classic wing-aka Val trimaran from the board of legendary trimaran designer Dick Newick. She was built by Larry Cooley in Massachusetts, USA in 1981. She received major refits in 1996 and again in 2004. “Pearly” has completed a single-handed crossing of the Atlantic ocean and is currently located on the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean. Her current owner has sailed “Pearly” from 2000 to 2005 in the vicinity of Corsica and Sardinia. He is selling “Pearly” to purchase a larger Newick trimaran.

“Pearly” offers sparkling performance on all points of sail and, as the owner puts it, she has accommodations for “2 couples in love”. She has a folding salon table, a 12 volt portable refrigerator, a bucket head and a solar shower. She is very dry inside and out, even at speed.

If you’re interested in a classic Newick trimaran and want to experience the “Val whiplash” acceleration for yourself, “Pearly” could be for you. While she’s no floating palace, she’s easy to maintain and her sailing performance won’t disappoint.

Builder/Designer

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Tankage

• Interior repainted, 2004
• Teak floorboards
• Folding salon table
• Mattresses
• Seat covers
• Linens
• Aquamarine canvas gear storage units

• Gimballed stove
• Refrigerator, 12 volt, 3 gallon capacity
• Cooking utensils

• Single “wing-aka” crossbeam
• 5 x watertight compartments
• Carbon fiber vertically retracting daggerboard by Wally yard in Fano, Italy, 2006
• Designer considers her to be unsinkable
• Foam core fiberglass construction; foam core provides over 1000 lb. buoyancy
• Hulls and decks repainted, 2004

• Sloop rig
• Stainless steel standing rigging, 1996
• Several new halyards
• Sperry jib furler

• Sperry full batten mainsail with 3 x reef points, 1996
• Sperry 120% roller-furling jib, 1996
• Sperry 1.5 oz. tri-radial spinnaker with furling sock, 1996
• Doyle 0.75 oz. gennaker with furling sock, 2005
• Sperry staysail with reef point, 1996 (new condition)
• Custom canvas easy-zip sail cover with lazy jacks, 2004

• Custom teak companionway hatch with clear Plexi folding cover
• Hinged aft companionway hatch
• Lewmar 60cm hatch
• Lewmar 30cm x 15cm hatch
• 2 x Barient self-tailing winches
• 2 x Barient non-self-tailing winches
• Wichard deck hardware
• 6 x sheets
• 15 lb. CQR anchor with 10 ft. 12mm chain and 120 ft. rode
• 15 lb. Danforth anchor with 10 ft. 12mm chainand 120 ft. rode
• 3 x Cildric bumpers with West Marine green covers
• Assorted dock lines
• Aquamarine canvas covers for most deck equipment including hatches, winches and helm
• Awning
• 2 x West Marine cockpit cushions

• Mariner 8hp outboard, 1996

• 12 volt DC electrical system
• 105 ampere-hour battery, 2005
• 4 x Solarex 2.5 ampere solar panels (1996 and 2004)
• 12 volt electrical accessory socket
• Masthead tricolor light
• Deck level navigation lights
• Steaming light

• Compass (viewable from inside and outside)
• Signet depth sounder
• Masthead wind indicator
• Horizon VHF radio
• Magellan 1000 GPS
• Magellan 1000t GPS
• 2 x Autohelm 2000 autopilots (1 new)
• ST2000 autopilot (new)
• Locata radar alarm
• Grundig radio
• Clock
• Barometer

• Manual bilge pump in cabin with long pickup hose
• Manual bilbe pump in cockpit with long pickup hose
• Portable manual bilge pump
• ACR EPIRB with ID registration
• 3 x life vests
• 3 x safety harnesses with elastic tethers
• 3 x portable strobe lights
• Oceanic flares, 2004
• Bronze bell
• Mouth powered horn
• Gas powered horn
• 2 x sea anchors with lines
• Oceanic medical kit

• Avon 3 meter inflatable dinghy
• On-board tool/spares kit plus 3 x trunks of additional spares
• Moveable trailer for out of the water storage