Introduction MARIAH is far from the "average" boat, and more closely resembles the construction as found in commercial vessels working the Pacific Northwest / Alaska. She is keel cooled and has dry exhausts; she has chill plate air conditioning, holding plate refrigeration, a diesel fired furnace for hot water and heat; paravanes as stabilizers, four watertight bulkheads with emergency mechanical pumps on both main engines to pump any compartment. Even though not quite "yacht" finish, she is comfortable, clean, and sea worthy and definitely worth considering if you are into serious cruising.
Her builder, Mr. Gilbert Klingel, was Chief of Metallurgy for ARMCO in Baltimore, and after retiring he started Gwyn Island Boat Works in Maryland. He built a dozen steel sailboats in the 30' class of the Al Mason design, along with the 42' ketch, D'YARA, the 51' schooner, PIPESTRELLE, the 75' C/B ketch, CLEMENTINE, and his one large power boat the 62' yacht, MANTEO, which is now MARIAH. In addition to building these steel boats he also built several diving bells that he used for research in the Chesapeake Bay. Lastly we want to add that he wrote the book "Boatbuilding with Steel" , published in 1973 by International Marine Publishing of Camden, Maine which shows some of the construction details and design of MARIAH in the book.
Accommodations MARIAH sleeps 6 persons in three separate staterooms, and a 7th in the pilothouse on the large bench seat. The master has a private head and the two forward staterooms share a second head.
Starting topside at the enclosed pilothouse, you have 330 degree visibility, with the exhaust stack, slightly limiting your view aft. The pilothouse had wing doors to both port and staboard and the full upper deck. Access to the topdeck is via a forward stairway from the foredeck, or via a stariway to the pilothouse from the main salon. The pilothouse has the helm midships and forward, with a very large bench seat across the back of the pilothouse, that can be utilized as an extra berth.
In the main cabin, you have a large U-shaped dinette forward to port, with the top loading, built-in freezer opposite. Aft of the dinette is a pass through to the U-shaped galley, and opposite is the stairway to the forward staterooms. The starboard side deck door is opposite the galley, and then going down the companionway aft you have a full length storage cabinet and counter top leading into the main salon. The salon has a large built-in couch to starboard with room for an occasional chair to port, and a built-in desk forward of the stairwell that accesses the master stateroom and engine room. Aft of the salon are two double doors that open to the aft deck. Aside from the two double doors aft, the main cabin has side deck doors to both port and starboard, and located midships.
The master stateroom is aft and the full beam of the boat. The queen-sized bed is on the centerline. Generous storage cabinets and closets on both sides of the cabin, and the spacious head is forward and to starboard in the stateroom.
Forward of the small hallway that leads to the master stateroom is the engine room. This is a full width engine room, giving walk around access to both engines and the main generator. There are numerous storage cabinets, and a work bench forward in the engine room.
The two guest staterooms are forward and below decks, being accessed via the stairwell across from the galley. The forward cabin has upper and lower berths, while the second guest cabin has a large single berth lower, with an upper as well. The forward shared head has a full stall shower, sink, and marine head.
Dining The large, pleasant dining area is located forward on the main deck and forward of the galley area. It has windows on all three sides around the large U-shaped dinette that seats 7-8 persons, with generous storge under the seats. There is also a large top loading freezer to starboard in this room, just forward of the companionway to the guest staterooms and laundry.
Galley The U-shaped galley is midships on the main deck, and has a pass through forward to the dining area, along with opening windows outboard over the double bowl S/S sink. In addition to the numerous drawers and cabinets, the galley features:
GE electric oven, with 4 burner range top
Sharp Carousel microwave
Copeland upper/lower holding plate refrigerator/freezer, with the refrigerator on the bottom and the freezer on the top
Forward and opposite of the galley is a second Copeland holding plate, chest style freezer ( 15 cu. ft.)
Salon Forward in the main salon there are two wing doors, amidships, accessing both side decks. Immediately inside of the starboard wing door is the galley, and going aft is a built-in counter/storage cabinet, a large storage closet, and a built-in couch with underneath storage along the starboard side of the salon. There are two large, double doors that open to the aft deck in the center and to port is a cabinet with the TV mounted on it, and forward of that is the aft stairwell going to the master stateroom and the engine room. Forward of the stairwell is a built-in writing desk, the port wing door to the side deck, the stairwell to the flybridge, book shelves under the stairwell, and a wet bar with ice maker. Entertainment equipment includes:
32" JVC colorTV
Sony VHS tape player
Sanyo DVD video player
Aft deck The aft deck has a built-in settee aft, two large full height storage cabinets to port, and a smaller storage cabinets to starboard. The lower starboard cabinets has a Kitchen Aid S/S trash compactor installed. In addition there is:
An electric Ideal warping windlass, centrally mounted aft, with a foot switch
A fixed sun awning extension is mounted aft off of the upper deck
Paired mooring bitts are located in both corners, port and starboard
Located aft under the rear deck, is a full width watertight compartment for inventory storage and access to the rudders.
Wing doors are located forward for both side decks
Teak swim platform with boarding ladder to aft deck, and a swim ladder
Full enclosure curtains for the aft deck ( May need modifying as they haven't been used for a couple of years)
Master Stateroom The expansive master stateroom is aft, the full beam of the boat, with a centerline king-sized bed. There is extensive storage in all of the drawers, hanging lockers, beneath the bed, and in the closet in this stateroom. The very large and spacious head is set forward in the starboard corner of the stateroom, and has a tub/shower, sink and electric marine head. There are opening ports on both sides of the stateroom. The entrance to the stateroom is via a circular stariwell from aft in the main salon, and this stairwell also accesses the engine room, going forward.
Laundry Room The laundry room is located at the bottom of the forward stairwell, as you access the forward staterooms. There are two large storage compartments and a large "folding" table outboard of the stairwell, with the Whirlpool stackable washer and dryer, inboard of the stairwell.
Guest Stateroom 1 Both guest staterooms are forward and feature upper and lower berths. The forward stateroom has a separate sink, hanging lockers, drawers, 3-speed fan, and opening ports. The second stateroom has a large storage closet, a 3 drawer dresser, 3-speed fan, opening ports, and a separate sliding enclosure door. The shared bath is to starboard and has a full stall shower, sink and marine head. There is another very large storage closet in the hallway, between the staterooms.
Pilothouse The pilothouse offers terrific visibility for almost 330 degrees, with the dry exhaust stacks slightly inhibiting the view to stern. There are wing doors to both port and starboard to access the upper deck, and a stairwell, aft to port to go below. The helm is midships and forward, with a Pompanette captains chair at the helm, and a large built-in settee against the aft bulkhead, with storage cabinets beneath. Nearly all of the window open, allowing for good air circulation when underway or at anchor. Nearly all of the electronic equipment is located in the pilothouse and features the following:
Horizon Eclipse VHF (1999)
Icom M127 VHF (2002)
Grundig 800 Millenium AM/FM/SSB receiver (2002)
Paines Wessex 406 Epirb w/ GPS transmitter (2002)
Furuno 1832 radar/ 4KW radome (2002)
Wood Freeman autopilot w/remote
Datamarine Sandpiper digital depth
Datamarine Offshore digital depth
Datamarine Navigator sumlog
Garmin 128 GPS (1999)
Compac PC (2003) with Map Tech "Offshore Navigator" program
Samsung 570 flat panel, SyncMaster monitor (2002)
The PC has a designated power supply through a Pro-sine 1000 watt inverter, powered by 2-12V deep cycle batteries, and a Lewco 20 amp charger (2002)
Addtional equipment in the pilothouse and on the upper deck include:
Morse engine controls
Engine alarms
Bilge high water alarms
S/S 8 spoke destroyer wheel
Manual electric searchlight
Center windshield wiper
Fiquech engine room extinguisher
8" Brass Constellation Danforth compass
VHF antennas w/ 4' extensions (2002)
Spreader lights for upper deck
Deck box forward of pilothouse
Deck chocks for 17-19' tender
Large deck storage boxes aft of PH on both sides of the dry exhaust stack
Twin electric davits for the tender
Pair of steel paravanes, easily deployed via electric winches, for offshore cruising
Top Deck The pilothouse is located on the top deck and is accesed via a companionway ladder from the forward salon area, or via a S/S ladder with handrails from the foredeck. Forward of the pilothouse is a large deck storage box with a seat cushion. Aft of the pilothouse, on both sides of the dry exhaust stack, are large deck storage boxes. The electric windlass motors for streaming the paravanes,(rebuilt 3/2003), are fastened to the side supports for the pilothouse. The top deck is very large and spacious and has built in chocks for a 17' tender and two electric davits for handling the tender. There are lifelines around the entire upper deck, with fixed railings forward of the pilothouse.
Electrical System Main electric is 110/220V. Shorepower is via 50 amp shore cord. Most of the electronics are 12 volt, with the exception of the radar and autopilot which is 32 volt, as is the remainder of the vessel. Equipment includes:
30 KW CAT generator, 1800 RPM, 3170 hrs.
6.0 KW Onan generator, 1800 RPM, w/ new exhaust system, starter, solenoid, & isolators, A.O. Aug '03; New injectors A.O. May '03
LaMarche 30 amp, 32 volt charger
Dytex 2000 inverter, 32 volt
Three battery banks with each bank having 4-8Volt batteries per bank; one bank is brand new A.O. 12/03
Engine /Mechanical Equipment The engine room is pure pleasure; she is full standup height, full width of the vessel, and you can walk around both engines and the main 30 KW genset located between them. All engines are dry exhausts and have keel coolers. Emergency PTO bilge pumps are mounted on the front of each main engine, and valves allow pumping from any of the four watertight compartments. There is a work bench forward and to starboard in the engine room, and storage cabinets across the entire front bulkhead of the engine room. Additional equipment in the engine room includes:
Penn oil fired furnace for hot water and for central heat in living quarters
Copeland compressors for holding plate refrigeration
Acme chill plate air conditioning
Village watermaker, 600 gpd; New membrane installed March '02
Ejecto 110V centrifugal water pump
Campbell Hausefeld 2 cyl compressor
Lincoln 225 amp electric welder
Twin Disc gears, 2:1 ratio, Model MG509
Racor fuel filters w/vacuum gauges
Fuel transfer pump
6.0 KW Onan generator, 1800 RPM
Craftsman 5 drawer tool box
There are 3 fuel tanks; Port-875 gal / Stbd-875 gal / Stern-1735 gal
Safety And Fire Protection
18 assorted life jackets
Orion Alert/Locate flare kit
Halon 1301 automatic in engine room
Two Buckeye SA40BC extinguishers
Two Kidde 10# CO2 extinguishers
Three 3A40BC extinguishers
Paines Wessex 406 MHz epirb with built-in GPS transmitter
Deck Equipment The foredeck features a S/S ladder with handrails to access the upper deck. The anchor locker, with its watertight bulkhead is accessed through a man hole on the deck. Additional equipment includes:
Simpson Lawrence Ltd., Type 2000, electric windlass, with horizontal capstan and chain gypsy.
125# CQR anchor with full chain rode of 275'
75# Hi-tensile Danforth anchor with 20' chain and 250' nylon rode
Two fiberglass deck storage boxes
Storm boards to cover the three forward salon windows
Blue textilene cover for the three forward salon windows
Marquipt boarding ladder with pivoting platform
Remarks MARIAH has had updates in 1999 and in 2002. Her updates in 1999 include complete detailing and painting of the engine room and all machinery. "Sound Down" was installed under the salon carpet for additional insulation. A VHF was added, a GPS, and the 32 Volt battery bank was replaced. In 2002 additional new electronics were installed in the pilothouse to assist in long range cruising. Her bottom was freshly painted in February of 2002 at the Derecktor yard in Ft. Lauderdale.
Special note needs to be made regarding the fresh water tank that was cleaned, primed, and then coated with International Paints "Interline 850", a two part epoxy phenolic coating for sealing potable water tanks. This required an access hole be cut into the tank to perform the work, and this was done in December of 2002.
The engine and generator hours, as recorded, are original hours on this vessel since new. For nearly 20 years she was the residence for one of our marine surveyors and docked in the Miami River. In 1998, and again in 2002 she started seriously cruising again, with new owners at the helm.
Her bilges and hull have been found to be in nearly new condition, when surveyed in 2002. The bilges are spotless, painted, and dry. Thanks to her original design all bilge areas are accessible and serviceable.
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