When examining all of Tom s designs, one striking feature is their variety. Your SearchClear all filters. It looks good in the pics, nice. Above and at right, Bill Duggan s Southern Cross 31. Galley/Plumbing: Adler Barbour engine driven cold plate refrigeration, 3 burner propane stove w/oven, 2ea 10 gal aluminum propane tanks with regulator and solenoid, foot pump freshwater at galley and head, one 50 gallon freshwater tank with three large access ports, sewage holding tank/diversion y-valve/overboard pump, marine head replaced 4 years ago, used little since then, large folding teak dining table. My boats don t all look alike. Here's another classic Craigslist find for you: a much-loved Southern Cross 31 for sale in Maine. Boat: 15 foot Canoe. Reason for selling is life changes. Full Specifications. This is a great project for someone with the time and space for finishing up the boat. Other nice features include an easily deployed swim ladder, a freshwater deck shower, and even a little cozy cabin hidden under a large deck hatch for nap time.
Bigger is not always better, and with the Southern Cross 31, Sea Dragon, you can indulge your wanderlust and set sail now. "One owner told me it was the smoothest boat he had ever sailed in the ocean. This is a great 31 Southern Cross known for cruising abilities. We live in Metro Atlanta and I can't find any other nearby place where I can put the boat on. We always enjoy looking back at her on anchor as we dinghy away, and other cruisers also comment favorably on her aesthetics. Also early in the fiberglass revolution, Tom Gillmer connected with "a fellow named Kenner down in New Orleans, and I designed a couple of boats for him. This beautiful Sparkman and Stephens-designed motorsailer was built by Stephens Marine in California in 1986, and was a ground-breaking motorsailer ketch at the time. New Garmin chartplotter, autopilot, radar and rudder indicator. I ve had it for some time and wanted to get it posted before I lost it completely. Length Overall: 31'0" / 9. Looking for used sailboats for sale that are capable of crossing an ocean? Join Date: Jan 2015. Says Dan, "The Seawind s interior wasn t much larger than a Pearson Triton s. It just wasn t very usable.
"One of the primary concepts he taught me is that you design a proper boat from the outside in, not from the inside out. I wanted to teach my kids a lesson on how to never give up and here I am, giving up. Pensacola | Florida. SV Horizons 1984 Southern Cross 39 by C. E. Ryder Cutter Rigged Blue Water Cruiser or Liveaboard Sailboat Clean Title and. All in all, this Cape Cod is one of our favorite daysailers to come out in quite a while. Engine access was not so great. The Seawind II was all about improving the accommodations and what we thought the market could bear. Ivar, himself a bluewater sailing veteran with a 500-ton Coast Guard license, also assisted Tom in the Constitution and Kalmer Nyckel projects in addition to several others of a historical nature.
Loan Length (months). All winches have recently been serviced as has her furling equipment. Power cruiser boats. 25# CQR on bow roller w/40' 3/8" chain & 200' 5/8" nylon rode. And oars.. flip those and they sank.. Now a naval architect himself, Ivar says, "when people ask me where I went to school, I tell them I went to the University of Tom Gillmer. One of his last large historical projects was the design and construction of the Kalmer Nyckel, a 139-foot replica of the Dutch pinnace ship that brought the first settlers to Delaware Bay in 1638. The original Monsuns are known for their sea kindly manners and like all HR's, stout construction. Backstay adjuster: split backstay with turnbuckle. The early days of production fiberglass boats were an exciting time based on the accounts of some of those early pioneers.
The C. Ryder Company closed its doors in 1990. TEMERITY is fully equipped for blue water cruising with many recent upgrades, such as: all new sails (2018), complete new rigging (2019), new refrigeration system (2020), and much more (see listing for full list of improvements). To whom may be reading this Post / Blog: After several years of hard work and dreams we have hit a roadblock in this project and it maybe irreversible. In total, 130 boats were built between 1976 and 1987, of which a number were sold as hull and deck kits.
Having been meticulously maintained by her knowledgeable owner, she has also benefitted by a slew of recent upgrades and improvements. She has proven dependable and seaworthy in pretty heavy conditions (28-foot seas and 60-knot winds for more than a day at a time. ) 0 (the lower the better): Better suited for ocean passages. Through the years, that commitment has enabled us to make many friends and enjoy the relationships that have developed due to a shared passion for boats.