Vessel under sail
Painted and waxed 6/06
Vessel overview
Salon with table open
Complete info/nav station
For more pictures visit the photo gallery at the bottom of the page.
Jeanneau SO43
2003 Model
Hull 227
Description
Specifications
Length 43' overall, 42.1 hull LWL 37' 5"
Yanmar 56 hp diesel Model JH3E, SN E25521
Draft 5'3" fuel 56 gals Beam 13' 8" holding 2 @ 20 gallons Air draft 58' water 105 gallons Hull speed 8.2 knots calculated, sails and powers in 8-9 knot range Overview
Hull 227 is configured in 2 cabin style with main cabin and fore and aft cabins. Main cabin containing galley, salon, navigation station and aft head/shower. Fwd cabin includes settee, v-berth, port side head with sink, shower, and storage cabinet. Aft cabin contains double berth and lockers. This modern sloop is CE certified for all oceans and has proven herself in Great Lakes gales and rough Gulf Stream conditions.
Dealer modified to increase holding tank size to 20 gallons each under the v-berth and settee opening space for storage cabinets in both heads with y-valves for blue water usage, owner added shelves to both head cabinets as well as shelves to galley and salon cabinets. Dealer installed navigation station electronics. Bottom finish includes Interlux 2000 epoxy barrier coating and Micron+ ablative paint.
Extras include an Espar forced air diesel heater for comfortable cold weather cruising and anchoring, 2 automatic fire systems, inverter with link 2000 monitor for power management and Accu-gage tanks monitor on water and holding tanks.
Vessel delivered Lake Michigan and sailed 3 seasons, including one winter on the American Great Loop. Meticulously maintained by former boat builder. This boat is equipped for serious cruising on the Great Lakes or oceans.
Equipment List
Sails
- Main, 3 slab reefs, stack pack
- 135% Genoa, furling
- 1150 sq ft red gennaker, North
Safety
- EPRIB, 406 mghrtz
- Ship bell with cabin and helm mounts
- Rechargeable horn and pump
- (2) Automatic fire extinguishers
- (2) ABC manual dry powder
- (3) 10 BC dry powder extinguishers
- VHF, ICOM IC-M402 with remote at helm
- (2) Mustang Air force automatic life jackets - Adult
- (3) Suspenders type life jackets, adult, manual
- (2) Adult offshore life jackets
- (2) Adult Type III life jackets
- Lifesling overboard system in hard case
- Jack lines
- (2) retracting tethers
- Misc flare gun, flares, parachute flares, wooden plugs
- Delta 45# anchor on 100' 3/8" chain/200 feet rope
- Fortress # anchor on 50' 3/8" chain/150' rope
- Radar reflector, drogue, crash blanket
Dinghy
- 2005 Hard bottom Zodiac Dinghy
- 2006 9.9hp Johnson Outboard
- Dinghy running lights
- Oars
- Anchor
Galley
- ENO 2 burner gimbaled stove with oven
- Refrigerator
- Freezer, Sea Frost DB 35
- Microwave
- double sink with cover/cutting board
- pressure water, hot/cold
- LP locker aft with 2 tanks
Saloon
- 16,000 BTU Air conditioner/heat pump, Marine Air Systems
- Mod VCP16KHV
- SN K2-M24299
- Prod 205-210720 Vector Compact, High Velocity
- Espar 12,000 BTU diesel forced air heater
- Panasonic flat screen tv/dvd
- Brass anchor light and mount (paraffin oil burning)
Navigation and electronics
- SkyMate satellite weather/e-mail system (2007)
- VHF, ICOM IC-M402 with remote at helm (new 2006)
- (2) Handheld radios
- Bushnell Yardage Pro 500 laser range finder (500 yd)
- (2) Plastimo Horizon 135 compasses at helms
- Raymarine RL70C radar and chart plotter at nav station (master)
- Great LKS. Superior/Michigan C-Map NA-C111.04
- FL West Coast C-Map NA-C401.08
- FL East Coast & Bahamas C-Map
- Hudson and New England C-Map
- East Coast C-Map
- Raymarine RL70C radar and chart plotter at helm (slave)
- (2) Raymarine Autohelm ST60+ Wind (new 2006)
- (2) Raymarine Autohelm ST60+ Tri-data (new 2006)
- Raymarine Autohelm ST6001+ Autopilot (new 2006)
- Raymarine system includes computer, Hsb2 link to all systems, gyro and gyroplus 2 rate of turn compasses
- Raymarine C-map reader and software for laptop, serial cable connection installed at chart table.
- Accu-gage Ultra-8 monitor on 2 water and 2 holding tanks
- Sony CDX-L400x cd/stereo with 2 cabin and two Bose 151 exterior speakers
- Powermax 125 amp alternator with echo charger
- Heart Freedom 20 charger/inverter with Heart interface Link 2000
- (2) Kyocera 130 watt Solar panels with monitor/controller
- Rutland 913 Wind generator with monitor/controller
- 110V power supply connections bow and stern, 50' and 25' cords with 20 amp plug adaptor
- House battery bank of (3) 32 Series 115amp wet cells (2004)
- Starting bank 1 series 27 100amp wet cell (2003)
- 12VDC receptacles, 3 at nav station, one aft cockpit, 2 pantry
Propulsion
- Yanmar 4 cyl , model 4JH3E, 56 hp @ 3600 rpm, 1800 hrs
- 3 blade PYI Max Prop
- 3 blade fixed prop (spare)
Deck Hardware
- Headstay furler, Profurl
- All lines aft to cockpit
- slab reefing (3) with lazy jacks and cover
- Primary winches - 2 Harken 53, 2 speed, self tailing
- Secondary winches - 2 Harken 44, 2 speed, self tailing
- Starboard cabin top - Harken 44, 2 speed, self tailing
- Port cabin top - Harken 44, 2 speed, electric, self tailing (hoists main, reefs, furls genoa)
- Electric Windlass
- SS Arch (2006) for solar and wind generator with 12VDC dinghy hoist
Misc. gear
- Custom cockpit cushions, white
- (4) fenders, approx 10" dia x 26"
- dock lines
- Dock step
- Bilge pump (mounted above waterline)
- Macerator for aft holding tank discharge
- (2) shower sump pumps w/filters
- Spare 65amp alternator w/belts
- Misc. latch and light spares
- Aft cabin fan and additional salon light
- Custom shelves in most cabinets
Canvas
- California style dodger
- Helm bimini
- Filler panel - bimini to dodger
Photo Gallery
Sailing under gennaker
1150 sq ft of ripstop!
Another view
Gennaker from windward
Navigation station
Electrical panels, tank monitors, radar/gps, radios
Salon Table
Closed for comfortable seating
Dining room
Table open for dining.
Reading room
Port settee provides room to relax.
Aft Cabin
Oversize double berth
L shaped galley
double sink, freezer, refrigerator, stove and oven
Galley refrigerator/oven
Top and side opening refrig. and two burner propane stove and oven
Roomy V
The forward cabin V-berth comfortably sleeps a couple.
Cockpit table
Opens for gracious cockpit entertaining.
Winter cover
Heavy duty reinforced 3 pc vinyl cover
Multi purpose arch
Supports Zodia & Engine, solar & wind
