Interior Accommodations The Dutch craftsman, Ronald Mos, created a yacht quality interior that benefits from a family history of boat building. The interior bulkheads are of top quality marine plywood with the locker doors and drawers being made of solid exotic African hardwoods, namely Hard Pear and Ironwood creating a blend of natural varnished wood on painted ivory color bulkheads to form a uniquely African ambiance. The flooring in the galley and salon are teak while the staterooms glow of Wild Olive wood.
Harvest's interior layout is designed to the best advantage of generous beam keeping in mind the accessibility of systems hardware for routine maintenance. There are three double cabins, the two aft cabins sharing a head and shower and the forward main cabin with en suite head with stall shower. A spacious main salon is to starboard. The galley area with exquisite granite counters, has a gimballed stainless steel gas stove and stainless microwave. An additional island area provides further storage and seating around the salon table. The navigation center is to starboard and is positioned at the aft end of the starboard side of the salon. The guest head is port at the base of the companionway entrance. There are two generous double quarter guest cabins port and starboard aft that are preferred when sailing offshore.
Electrical System The electrical system is the standard 12-volt DC system with 220-volt AC with 110 volt AC available AC for various American appliances and shore power. The installation and design is of the highest quality with simplicity and reliability in mind. The German technician, Struan Butler of Waterline Yachts and Systems, who directed the project had 20+ years experience and has completed numerous installations both on private luxury and commercial vessels and brought European standards to the project.
The Fisher Panda 8 KW generator is the state of the art water-cooled alternator variety; very quite, light and reliable, allowing for the charging of the house batteries and the power to run the water maker and any future air-conditioning system.
3 x Haze Batteries - 110 A/H Gelled Monobloc Deep Cycle
Marine Start Battery 105 A/H
Maxpower battery charger
Electronics S.S.B - Icom M802 C/W at 141 tuner DSC link via GPS VHF - Icom M402 25 watt built in DSC C/W command mike HM157B GPS - Garmin 152-4 LCD Navigator Atlantic Blue Chart CD America's Cartography CD GPS - (secondary) Simrad GPS Plotter & Furuno GPS Radar- brackets installed on mast
Simrad Sailing Instrumentation:
IS 15 Wind System & Repeater with cockpit analog displays. IS Std 1 - Multi Depth/Speed Combo System Auto pilot: AP 16 - Control Unit AC 20 - Computer RF 300 - Rudder Feedback RC 36 - Rate Compass HLD 2000L - MK2 Linear Drive
Stereo - Pioneer with amp and 4 speakers (2-interior & 2-exterior weather proof) Inverter - Victron 12/2500
Hull Aluminum construction is of marine grade aluminum (5083) with compatible welding techniques for maximum durability and strength. The scantlings are engineered for strength and to provide a strong boat for offshore passagemaking, qualities of lightweight aluminum culminating in a fast hull capable of competing in ocean racing. The builder (Lloyd Leonard) has completed several well known boats, (Drumbeat, Merlin - known today as Doughty and Matador) operating in the harsh waters of the Cape, and is highly experienced in working with aluminum construction. The external fairing and paint system is Awl Grip professional applied under the supervision the Awl Grip representative to ensure quality control.
Twin Rudder Arrangement
Deck Equipment
Antal Marine equipment
Nilson Electric Anchor Windlass (New Zealand)
Sails and Rigging Sails: Quantum: Full Batten Main Radial Cruislam Cloth Area 73 m/2 135 % Furling Genoa Radial Cruislam Cloth Area 89.37 m/2 North Sails (2nd set) Main Furling Genoa Spinnaker
Rigging:
Mast built by Sparcraft, Cape Town, S Africa with reputation for the high standard products. Harvest's mast was custom-built of aluminum and is keel stepped. It is fitted with navigation lights and bracket for radar.
Rigging: all 1x19 linked stainless wire.
Spinnaker pole
Closing Remarks To summarize, HARVEST is a custom Simonis designed and built by professionals. She is an excellent example of a fast, comfortable, well built contemporary racer cruiser. Her Dutch designer, Alexander Simonis, has a well earned international reputation for creating superior designs including an Annapolis Boat Show boat of the year.
Lloyd Leonard, who did the aluminum work, has an excellent reputation for highly regarded yachts including MERLIN and MATADOR. Ronald Mos, who directed the interior carpentry, has had a lifetime of experience including learning the trade at his family's yard in Holland.
HARVEST is an opportunity to purchase virtually new, quality, high performance ocean cruising yacht at a large saving over new without going through years of planning and construction.
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