1. Overview
Interlude is a hermaphrodite steel schooner, custom built by Island Star Marine in Gulfport Mississippi in 1985 based on Thomas Colvin’s “Pipistrelle” design.
LOA: 62’ (Registered length measured as per Transport Canada regulations is 15 meters / 50 feet)
Rig: Marconi main, gaff-rigged foresail, staysail, jib, and square sail on foremast. Since the square is technically a course, Interlude is rated as a Class A Tall Ship
Engine: 43 hp Alaskan Lugger diesel
2. Registration
Registered in the Canadian Vessel Registry as “Interlude X”, home port Kingston Ontario, official number 838891
Formerly a documented boat in the USA, with official number 686253. Could resume her documented status in the US if purchased by an American citizen.
Hull number: ISM00118C585
3. Specifications
Registered Dimensions: Length 15M Breadth 4.11M Depth 2.13M
Registered Tonnage: Gross 10.5 Net 9.98
Actual Dimensions: LOA 62’ Beam: 13.6’ Draft: 5’ LWL: 12M LOD: 15M
Displacement: 33,454 lbs (dry) Ballast: 6,000 lbs
Gross tons: 23 Net Tons: 21
Hull speed: ~8 knots
Engine: 43 HP Alaskan Lugger Diesel
Registered Brake Power: 32KW
Fuel Capacity: 224 gals / 850 litres (112 gals each side in engine space)
Water Capacity: 200 gals / 750 litres (100 gals each side under salon seats)
Holding Tank Capacity: 30 gals / 115 litres (under salon forward bilge access)
Hot Water Tank Capacity: 12 gals / 45 litres (under companionway ladder)
4. Spars and Rigging
Spars
Tallest Mast Height: 48’ (Main 39’ above deck, Fore 34’ above deck)
Spars constructed of aluminum tubing
Masts: 6” diameter, material thickness of 1/4”
Bowsprit: 6.5” diameter
Booms: 6” diameter
Gaff: 4.5” diameter
Square yard: 3.5” diameter
Rigging
Bobstay: 1/2” chain, approx 14 ft
Standing Rigging: 1X19 Stainless wire, diameter 5/16”. Reported renewed in mid-2000s,
Ratlins: constructed of teak steps on port side of foremast, and starboard side of main mast
Running Backstays: 1/4” braided wire
Running Rigging: Halyards, sheets, braces, tacks are 12mm Spunflex, all new in 2015/2016. To be selectively replaced as necessary in March 2023.
5. Sail Plan
Working sails
Main: Listed 525’ (gaff) Calc 480’ – Luff 35’ Foot 24’ Leech 38’ (converted from gaff to marconi by a previous owner. Original gaff is available but not on the boat)
Foresail: 260 – Luff 20’ Foot 10.5’ Leech 28.5’ Head 12’
Boomed Staysail: 125 – Luff 27.5’ Foot 8.5’ Leech 28’
Jib: 190 – Luff 35’ Foot 15’ Leech 26’
Square: Calc 300’ Leech 21’ Foot 14’
Main, Foresail, Staysail, and Jib were inspected and serviced by Andy Soper, Sailmaker of Kingston Ontario, in December 2016. Work done included some reshaping of the main for better performance, new luff lines in the staysail and jib, and minor repairs as needed. Andy is well-known as an expert on sailmaking for traditional rigs and built some of the sails commissioned for the Master and Commander movie.
Further adjustments to the main were performed in the Barefoot sail loft in 2022 under the direction of Phil Barnard.
The square sail was purchased second hand in 2016 from another schooner owner. It was originally built using Oceanus sailcloth by Andy Soper, who inspected its condition in 2017 and found no issues.
Sail Area: 1,355 sq. ft. total, 1,055 sq. ft fore and aft, 1230 sq. ft. with square (excluding staysail)
6. Sail Handling
Pin rails: on foremast shrouds, forward and aft of foremast, at base of main mast, on rails on either side of cockpit
Winches:
– Lewmar #16 ST winch on port side of foremast
– Lewmar #30 ST winch starboard of main pin rail
– Lewmar #16 ST winch on foremast boom
– Lewmar #16 ST winch on main boom
– Lewmar #16 ST winches on starboard and port sides of cockpit
– Multiple winch handles and spares stored in helm station deck box
Track: for boomed staysail
Blocks: multiple double and single blocks for sheets and halyards (count)
7. Propulsion
Engine: Alaska Lugger L854/HE/H150 four-cylinder 43 Hp, fresh water/heat exchanged-cooled diesel engine (serial # 854-0365) & with ZF Hurth reverse/reduction gears (model HBW150). The Lugger diesels were the choice of many fishing vessels that ran the engines continuously for weeks. Their design emphasizes internal plumbing with a minimum of hoses. The transmission was replaced with a new version in 2022. The fuel injector pump was rebuilt in 2022.
Shaft: 1” stainless. Conventional flax packed shaft seal. Cutless bearing replaced in 2014. Shaft and cutless bearing replaced in January 2022
Prop: Feathering 3 blade, RH 19×12 Stainless steel Autostream, purchased new from West by North Industries in 2018
Spare props: 2 bronze RH 1X 18
Fuel tanks: 2 112 gallon fuel tanks port and starboard in engine room, vents at deck level (total 224 gallons)
Fuel filters: mounted on forward face of engine room bulkhead. Changed to Racor filters in 2022, and added a third filter system so filters can be changed while underway.
Exhaust fan: 3” blower to vent engine space
8. Steering
Rudder: shoe-mounted welded steel rudder with auxiliary tiller, sight glass, and eye terminals for emergency rope steering
Steering: Hynautic hydraulic system. Steering pump rebuilt in 2022, and the seals on the cylinder were replaced also in 2022.
Autopilot: Original Robertson AP-200DL with fluxgate compass and hydraulic pump was replaced with Raspberry-pi-based system in 2019. The new system comsumes a fraction of the power of the original, which could not be used without the engine running.
9. Ground Tackle and Mooring
Anchors:
- Starboard bow: 65# CQR with 380’ 3/8” all chain rode. Rode fully inspected and measured in 2017. Bitter end secured to boat
- Port bow: 55# Danforth with 10’ 3/8”chain and 300’ 3/4” nylon 3-strand rode in two 150’ sections, rode new in 2018
- Stern: 20” Danforth with 10’ 3/8” chain and 150’ of 3/4 nylon braided rode
- Storm Anchor: NA
- Shackles moused with stainless wire
Windlass: AB Industries bronze 2-speed manual windlass, with stainless handle and spare handle
Mooring lines: new in 2018
- 2 X 50’ 3/4 inch braided line
- 2 X 30’ 3/4 inch braided line
- 1 X 20’ 3/4 inch braided line
10. Tender
Davits at stern support white Boatex dinghy
• 1 sets oars, grapnel anchor and rode, manual bilge pump
11. Sun and weather protection
Covers:
- Sunbrella Main stak-pak constructed and installed in 2019
- Sunbrella Foresail stak-pak constructed and installed in 2019
- Other sail covers: older Sunbrella
- Sunbrella hatch covers for aft cabin companionway, main companionway, skylight, and forward hatch
- Sunbrella rail covers for aft railings
Bimini
- Custom hard bimini installed in 2018, incorporates solar charging and rain water collection system. Material used is 1/2 inch cellular PVC, smooth both sides, purchased from Elite Trim Works (https://www.elitetrimworks.com/Cellular-PVC-sheet-white-smooth-1-2.html#product-details-tab-reviews)
Dodger
• New Sunbrella dodger and side curtains installed in 2019, manufactured by Paul MacDonald (colocates with Wiggers in Bowmanville)
12. Deck fittings
- Stainless steel pulpit at bow with teak grating
- Stanchions: height, lifelines
- 3 deck prisms: foredeck, and 2 over engine space in cockpit
- 3 bronze dorade vents: 2 in main salon, 1 in aft cabin [CHECK]
- 12 bronze opening portlights with insect screens
- Mahogany forecabin hatch with port
- Mahogany skylight over salon with butterfly hatches
- Mahogany main companionway sliding hatch with doors
- Mahogany aft cabin companionway sliding hatch with doors
- Captains chair
- Mahogany seating on both sides of cockpit
- 10’ and 20’ boathooks
- 6 fenders
- 4 stainless solar lights spread around deck (2019)
- Stainless solar anchor light at top of main mast (2019)
- Cockpit light and switch
- Teak deck box on aft deck (2018)
13. Brightwork and Exterior Finishes
Exterior Finishes
Hull: Awlcraft 2000 applied in 2011, recent touchups as required. Further touchups in 2023
Deck: Base coat: Petitt oil-based white, Non-skid: Kiwi-Grip
Bottom: 2 coats Fibreglas Bottomcote ACT, first coat blue, second coat black
Spars: Existing coat unknown, we have some paint from previous owner for touchups
Brightwork: Cetol 2 part system, gloss over marine teak finish, renewed 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2022
14. Safety Gear
On deck
- Ring buoy with 50’ floating line
- Lifesling with 150’ floating line
- Throw rope with 50’ floating line
- Dan buoy with horseshoe buoy, sea anchor
- Weems and Plath Electronic Flare distress light, attached to Dan Buoy system
- Stainless Ladder (stored at port bow)
- Parbuckle with safety ladder (stored in aft teak deck box)
- Recovery block and tackle (stored in aft teak deck box)
- Safety harness (stored in helm station deck box)
- Webbing jacklines (stored in aft teak deck box)
- Radar reflector: Portable version under starboard berth in main salon. (Boat is steel with metal masts and will easily be detected on radar)
- Navigation and masthead steaming lights as per Colregs
- Masthead anchor light
- Sound signalling: electric horn at binnacle, bell on boom crutch (manual horn in salon, port side forward)
- 8 person Crewsaver Offshore ISO9650-1 liferaft in hard case, to be mounted on deck below foresail boom (new in 2019)
- 1” thick mahogany storm washboards for main and aft companionways
- PVC storm covers for skylight, forward hatch, could be repurposed for broken portlight
- 3 boat hooks
Below
- Ditch Bag under companionway (see separate inventory)
- Flare inventory in Ditch Bag
- 1 Comet Smoke Flare (mfg 2018)
- 12 stars for gun launcher (mfg 2017)
- 3 red parachute (2 mfg 2018, 1 2019)
- 3 Comet 2 star (expired)
- 4 red handheld (expired)
- EPIRB: McMurdo Smartfind G8 with AIS, new in 2019 (in ditch bag), registered in Canadian Beacon Registry
- Search light: mounted to starboard of companionway
- Conventional PFDs: 12 adult and 3 child (under starboard salon bunk and in aft cabin)
- Inflatable PFDs: Mustang, hydrostatic mechanism replaced in 2019, expires 2023
- Waterproof flashlights: lower inboard drawer at nav station
- Handheld VHF
- First aid kit: locker above toilet in head
- Through-hulls have wooden emergency plugs attached with lanyards. Spare wooden plugs stored above starboard fuel tank in engine room
- Axe under nav table, port side
- At least 2 buckets stored in engine space
- Mobile Gusher pump stored in engine room
Fire Detection and Suppression
Requirement: 10BC fire extinguishers
- Engine Room: Fireboy Automatic Halon System, Model 70MA Halon 1301, heat activated at 175F, fan cut-out. (Manual activation to be installed). Verified weight on April 3, 2019 to still meet the marked gross label weight of 10.3 lbs
- Cockpit on port side of binnacle
- Forward cabin: starboard side
- Galley: under sink
- Salon: aft wall on port side of companionway ladder
- Aft cabin: port side
- Fire extinguishers inspected and retagged in spring 2019
- 2 Smoke detectors: forward cabin, main salon, aft cabin (2015)
- 2 CO detectors: head, aft cabin (2016)
- Fire and heat detectors in engine space linked to Arduino-based alarm system (2019)
Bilge Pumps and Alarm
- High volume automatic bilge pump in galley bilge
- Two new pumps in salon bilge installed in March 2023
- High volume Gusher style manual pump in engine room
- Automatic engine bilge pump under prop shaft
- Portable manual pump stored in engine room
- Mobile Gusher pump stored in bilge near holding tank
- High water detectors in bilge connected to alarm bell
15. Electrical
AC System
- 3 50’ 30 amp shore power cables
- 2 30 amp shore power receptables on port side of cockpit
- 50 amp adapters
- 20 amp adapter
- AC cut-off switches and meters in engine room
- AC distribution box and breakers in engine room. Receptacle circuits are GFCI protected
- 8.0 kw Northern Lights M753-HE-8N generator set driven by a Lugger diesel engine (serial # 7532-2600)
- Heart Freedom Charger/Inverter installed 2015
DC System
- Electromaax “Aquamaax” 100 amp marine high-output alternator (new in 2018)
- Sterling Digital Smart Regulator (new in 2016)
- House bank 2 X Northstar SMS-AGM-400 186 AMP Hour X 2 = 370 AMP Hours, new in 2022
- Engine and generator: Northstar NSB-AGM31M 102 AMP Hour each, new in 2015
- Rotary battery switches for House, Engine, Generator
- Battery combiner, replaced in 2022
- DC distribution panel, breakers and fuses: at nav station
- Backup alternator (original 30amp alternator)
Solar Power (installed in 2018)
- 6 100watt Sunpower (USA) monocrystaliine semi-flexible panels (600 watts total) (2 panels replaced 2024)
- 2 Tracer 30 Amp MPPT Solar Controllers
- 2 MT50 remote meters
16. Plumbing
Through-hulls
- Intake seachest in engine room has Marelon valves for engine cooling, genset cooling, raw water intake (for toilet, washdown, salt water galley pump)
- Perko Bronze strainers for each raw water circuit
- Outlet seachest under galley sink discharges from galley and head sinks
- Head discharge through-hull on starboard side beside holding tank
- Head three-way valve on starboard side forward of holding tank
- Through-hulls have wooden emergency plugs attached with line. Spare wooden plugs stored above starboard fuel tank in engine room
Fresh water
- Two 100 gallon steel tanks port and starboard in salon, air vents at deck level
- 12v Flojet diaphram pressure pump in engine room with filter
- Spare Flojet pump in engine room
- Double sink in galley with faucet and manual pump
- Sink in head
- Full shower in head
- 12 gallon Seaward style stainless horizontal hot water heater in bilge below companionway. While it has provision for coolant loop currently set up to only heat with AC power
Grey water
- Shower sump in bilge below shower
- Sinks drain through outlet seachest under galley
Black water
- Jabsco standard marine toilet
- Siphon break valve in toilet hose
- Three way valve to route waste to holding tank or overboard
- 30 Gallon holding tank
Washdown
- Raw water 12v washdown pump in engine room
- Hose connection in port cockpit locker
17. Navigation and Communications
Binnacle
- Main compass: 5 inch Danforth. Deviation chart in nav table
- Standard Horizon Depth Gauge: Gauge reads depth below transducer, add 2.5 feet for depth below keel
- Moor Wind Gauge (transducer on main mast)
- Engine Instruments: RPM, Oil Pressure, Coolant Temperature, Voltage
- Robertson AP-200DL control head
- Remote mic for Standard Horizon GX2000 VHF with AIS (2016)
- Yacht Devices N2K text display (https://www.yachtd.com/products/display.html)
- VeeThree Engine Gateway Monitor
- PyPilot Autopilot control
Above Companionway
- Standard Horizon MATRIX AIS/GPS GX2000 VHF with AIS (2015)
- Raspberry Pi-based chartplotter with Waveshare Touch Monitor, runs OpenCPN, interfaced to NMEA network 2000 (2019), including Daisy AIS receiver, puck GPS, IMU
- Pi can acts as spare control head and display for Simrad Broadband G4 radar 000-10321-001 (new in 2019)
At Nav Station
- NMEA 2000 network
- Brass Weems and Plath Barometer and Clock, 7” diameter each
- Spare VHF (ICOM MC80) with antenna switch (older unit)
- Handheld VHFs: ICOM (2015), Cobra (2016)
- Vesper Marine XB-8000 Class B AIS Transponder interfaced to VHF, NMEA 0183 and 2000, with Wifi gateway, plus anchor and MOB alarm functionality. Wifi Password: sweden00 (2015).
- Garmin GPSMap 152 as spare GPS
- Mikrotik hAP AC Lite RB952Ui-5ac2nd Wireless AC Router (https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:TOC)(2017) (Access point for boat wifi, also routes NMEA instrument data over wifi to mobile devices)
- AM/FM Radio and Speakers (2017)
- SGC 2020 Amateur HF Transceiver and Antenna Tuner (2000) plus software to process Weatherfax, Navtex, etc.
- Actisense NGT-1 NMEA 2000 / USB computer gateway (2019)
- Voltminder voltmeter
- AC and DC Powerbars
- Chartlight
- Wilson Cell phone signal booster (2015)
- Davis Hand bearing compass with light
- 3 pr binoculars (stored in lower aft nav locker)
- Simex Mk III Mariner Sextant No 745318 manufactured by Tamaya of Japan(see https://sextantbook.com/category/simex-sextants/)
- Inverter connected to powerbar to provide power to charge computers and other devices
- Various 12v power supplies and USB charging and patch cables
- Traditional nav instruments: plotters, parallel rules, dividers, etc.
Transducers
- Engine room: original depth transducer (still functional)
- Below galley: Airmar DST800 Smart™ Sensor (depth, temperature, speed): N2K (2017)
Antennas
- Main mast: VHF
- Foremast: VHF for AIS, Bad Boy Wifi (not working)
- Port main rigging: antenna for cell phone signal booster
- Main pin rail: GPS antenna for Vesper AIS
Aft Cabin
- Auxiliary telltale compass: Ritchie
Charts and Publications: see separate inventory
18. Galley
- Double stainless sink and faucet
- Salt water 12v galley pump (installed in 2019)
- Fresh water manual pump with filter unit (replaced former pump in 2019, added filter)
- Wallas Nordic DT flushmount diesel cooktop with cabin heater blower lid (installed in 2014)
- Toaster oven
- Alder Barbour ColdMachine fridge / freezer (Serial # 20891)
- Force 10 LPG BBQ mounted on starboard rail aft
- Single burner induction cooktop
- Stainless pots and pans
- Stainless french coffee press and coffee grinder
- Stainless flatware
- Corel dishware
- Stainless coffee mugs
- Large thermos (mounted at binnacle)
- Mahogany lockers for food storage
- Over-counter 12v lighting
- Heavy-duty hatch covers in salon table storage
- Salt water galley pump
- Fan
19. Interior fittings
Salon
- Heavy-duty hatch covers above bilge storage
- Mahogany companionway ladder
- Mahogany dining table
- Mahogany nav station
- Mahogany settee, with lee cloth
- Mahogany lockers, drawers and bookshelves
- Three unique wood carvings
- Brass hanging oil lamp
- Brass AC electric light
- Adapted lantern AC electric light
- 5 12v lamps
- Gold-coloured cushions for dining area and settee (new in 2018)
- 2 folding captain’s chairs with custom leather seat bottoms and backs
- 3 ventilation fans
Aft cabin
- Mahogany companionway ladder
- Mahogany standard bunks port and starboard, with lee cloths
- Mahogany hanging locker
- Mahogany drawers and lockers for clothes and personal effects
- 2 ventilation fans
Forward cabin
- Mahogany door providing access to anchor chain locker
- Mahogany berths port and starboard, with lee cloths
- Storage under berths and in bilge
- 2 ventilation fans
20. Tools
- Toolbox under nav station, port side. 3 drawers plus top compartment
- Wrenches
- Sockets and driver
- Pliers
- Screwdrivers
- Hammers
- Hacksaw
- Files
- Small push saw
- Hex drivers
- Behind toolbox
- Standard crosscut saw
- Axe
- Electric drill
- Upper drawer, forward nav station
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- Drill bits
- Driver bits
- Small socket set
- Lockers, starboard side
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- Electric sander
- Multimeter and spare multimeter
- Wire stripper
- Crimper
- Painting tools and supplies
- Engine room
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- Rigging cutter
- Extension cords
- Oil change pump
- Air pumps (manual and electric, to top up pressure in steering system)
21. Spares
- Multiple oil filters
- Multiple fuel filters
- 7 gals clean diesel in 2 portable tanks
- Engine lubricating oil
- Transmission oil
- Hydraulic oil
- Service kit for Gusher pumps
- Spares kit for engine and generator, impellers, injector, elbows, zincs)
- Spare hose (various sizes and lengths)
- Spare wood (various pieces)
- Spare wire (varous sizes and lengths
- Fuses
- Spare fresh water filter
22. Ditch Kit inventory
- Signal mirror
- Garbage bags
- Reflective tape
- Additional gear added prior to offshore passage