SWIFAN

 

General

 Built 1970 by J C Rogers and completed 1971/72 by R J Weedon.  Standard Contessa layout and complies with Class Rules.  Rig standard, slab reefing, cap shrouds dyform.  Part 1 Registered.  Raced EAORA 1972 then used only for cruising 1972 to 1994.  Raced since 1994.

 

Sails

Headsails hanked

Storm Trysail – Crusader

Spare No 1 & Main – Sanders – 1995

 

Deck Gear and Running Rigging

Apart from spinnaker pole all lines lead aft to cockpit

Primary Winches – Harken ST42.2 – 1997

Halyard Winches – Harken ST16 – 1995

Spinnaker Winches – Barton 16

Main Sheet Car – Harken Windward Sheeting on ball bearing track

Main Sheet Tackle – Easyblock – 3/6:1

Clutches – Lewmar and Spinlock

Vang – Spinlock telescopic – 5:1 increased to 10:1 by double ending

Spinnaker sheet blocks – Harken ratchet blocks

All other important blocks - Harken

Spinnaker Pole Car – Harken on ball bearing track adjusted by a continuous line

Jockey Pole

Downhall – double ended

Main Halyard – 12 mm rope on wire

Genoa Halyard – 10mm Dyneema

Spinnaker Halyard – 10mm Dyneema

Genoa Sheets – 10mm Dyneema

Spinnaker Guys – 10mm Dyneema

Spinnaker Sheets – 8mm Doublebraid

Light Spinnaker Sheet – 4mm

 

Safety Gear

Wire Jackstays full length

Inflatable Danbuoy

Horseshoe buoy

Quickstop buoy

Radar Reflector

Throwing line

Preventers both sides

Boltcroppers

4 x Manual Lifejackets, built-in harness, crotch straps and lights

1,000 Candela Lamp

First Aid Kit

Flares for Offshore racing – most in date

2 x Fire extinguishers

Fire blanket

 

Engine and Batteries

20HP Beta – 1995 – gearbox rebuilt – 2002

2 x 100 AmpHr batteries

 

Instruments

ST50 Tridata

ST50 Wind

Garmin 50 GPS

NASA GPS Repeater

ST2000 Tiller Pilot

2 x Plastimo Contest Compasses

Husun 70 VHF

Cobra handheld VHF

NASA Navtext

 

Ground Tackle and Warps

35lb Plough Anchor

25lb Plough Anchor

Kedge Anchor

Chain

Anchor Warp

Ample springs and warps

 

Miscellaneous

Cooker – Impatex 2001

Tender – Bombard XT3 2.6 - 2001

Heads – Jabsco – 1999

Charts covering most of South Coast and Northern France

Various Flags

 Afloat Hamble River

 For Sale: £25,000

Contact: Peter Smith 01494 524360 (evenings) or email thepetersmith@tiscali.co.uk