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Saltheart is a steel pugh moonwind that has just taken our family from Ballina to Cairns and then to the Lousiades in PNG and back again. We have moved back ashore and returned to our jobs and schools and now Saltheart is for sale. She is Australian regersterd. If  you would like to find out more about Saltheart you can phone 0427597945 or email ianlongmuir@bigpond.com . You can visit our blog that has details on the places we visited at http://saltheart.blogspot.com/ 

DETAILS

Design: John Pugh

LOA: 10.78m

Beam: 3.04m

Draft: 1.5

Builder: Collin Mclaren boats Freemantle W.A

Launch date: 1985

constuction: steel, flush deck, centre cockpit

steering: hydrolic wheel + emergency tiller

spar: alloy oversize

rigging: S/S oversize

engine: 29HP Yanmar less than 500 hours and 6 months

prop: 3 blade fixed

cruise speed 6 knots, max 7 knots

fuel: 500 litres in 4 tanks with inspection ports

Water: 500 litres

alternatoe: 80 amps

anchor: vetos manual windlass, CQR 45lb + danforth, 100m of 10mm shortlink chain + 30m rope

electrical: 12V 3x deep cycle house battery(420AH), starting batery, 600W inverter, shore power, industrial battery charger

solar panels: 2x 65W, 1x 80W

VHF: navman 7000

davits: galv steel

duck board: hinged 316 S/S frame, timber deck

Constuction: keel plate 50mm, keel sides 15mm, keel to 1st chine 5mm, 1st chine to deck 3mm, stringer to hull epoxy filled to prevent rust