Monday 22 September 2008

In comparison to the standard Bowman 45's specification, Piano offers following extra's:


  • HULL
    • Extra teak rubbing strake with s/s strip
    • 3 Extra watertight bulkheads in forepeak, raising well above flotation level.
    • SSB bonding, with double Newmar dynaplate.
  • DECK
    • Chimney, with canvas cover for when cabin heater is not in use.
    • Neat SS construction on deck to protect chimney.
  • DECK FITTINGS AND EQUIPMENT
    • Main compass Cassens&Plath
    • Walker (mechanical) knotmeter.
    • Aries Lift Up Vane Gear,(detachable) complete with steering wheel drum, spare rudder and spare vanes.
    • Autohelm 7000 Electronic autopilot, with control panel near steering wheel.
    • Furuno radar on seperate radar mast on aft deck, and gimballed with Questus mounting.
    • Stanchions 79 cm high and 34 mm thick
    • 6 extra cleats on deck, bringing the total number on each side to 2 forward, 2 in the middle, and 2 aft on each side, making a total of 12 cleats on deck.
    • Extra trough bulwark fairleads; 2 on each side in the middle (for springs)
    • Stern (swimming)ladder
    • A total of 9 Lewmar Ocean Range Self Tailing rope winches; 2x 44 ST for main halyard and reefing pennants, and staysail sheets (combined with Lewmar rope jammers), 2x 44 ST for headsail reefing lines, 2x 58 ST for yankee or MPG sheets, 1x 40 ST for mainsheet, 2x 44 ST at the mast (also combined with Lewmar rope jammers).
    • Lewmar Electrical Anchor Windlass 2000 (gypsy-capstan), with controls both at the foredeck and at the steering post in the cockpit.
    • All 13 opening portlights are Lewmar Ocean range ,with double seal, and tested to resist 5 meters of watercolumn.
    • Cockpit table, folding, with it's own cover for underway.
    • Folding bimini, with adjoining detachable and easily adjustable cockpit shelter, designed for hot climates, giving perfect shelter against sun and rain, while allowing perfect ventilation.
    • Bimini can be kept while sailing.
    • Gutters can be zipped on to bimini for drinking water collection (a tropical rainshower produces about 40 liters of drinking water).
    • Special awnings over both the saloon and the forecabin hatches, for shade and ventilation in the tropics, storable under deck when not in use.
    • Canvas covers over the hatches for sailing in hot climats
    • SILVA inclinometer in cockpit
    • Alpine Marine speakers in the cockpit.
    • Bracket for outboard engine inside cocpit locker
    • Bracket for outboard engine on pushpit, with lifting arrangement
    • Telescopic aluminum yacht legs, stowed under cockpit sole when not in use.
    • 2 boathooks
    • A total of 5 winch handles (Lewmar and Harken).
    • Fill in-planks in cockpit
    • Cockpit cushions, doubling as pipe cot mattresses while sailing.
    • Sun cover over sprayhood
  • SPARS BY SELDEN-KEMP
    • MAST
      • Radar reflector, fixed with bracket to masthead
      • TV areal at masthead
      • Kemp Maststeps, fitted with stainless steel cable on the outside.
      • Mast pulpits (granny bars)
      • Seperate track on mast for storm trri sail
      • 3 extra big cleats at either side of the mast
      • Burgee halyard to masthead and signal halyards to spreaders on both sides.
      • Practical lazy jack arrangement, easy to hoist or lower.
      • Shock cord stowage at base of mast.
    • BOOM
      • Mainsail reefing is trough 3 double reefing lines, as well as the main halyard lead to the cockpit.
  • RIGGING
    • STANDING RIGGING
      • Insulated backstay as HF antenna
    • RUNNING RIGGING
      • 2 Spare halyards
      • Twin booms, fixed to the mast on Harken cars, stowed at the mast permanently.
      • Practical set of control lines for the positioning of the twin booms and sheets
      • Lazy stay positioned after forestay, with Wichard tensioner.
    • SAILS
      • Piano comes with following sails, all made by HOOD
      • Fully battened mainsail with 3 reefs, on Harken batcars:39.50 sq.meters
      • Trysail on seperate track:10.50 sq.meters
      • Furling Yankee on Harken Roller reefing:46.49 sq.meters
      • Furling Staysail on Harken Roller reefing:15.90 sq.meters
      • Removable Lazy stay with Wichard tensioner can cary 2 sails:
        • Hank on Second Yankee
        • Hank on MPG:66.42 sq.meters.
      • Setting, reefing, or furling of the normal cutter rig (mainsail, + furling yankee and staysail) is completely controled from the cockpit.
  • GROUND AND MOORING TACKLE
    • Main anchor chain is 100 meters
    • Anchor chain stopper on deck.
    • Main anchor 75 lb CQR (in stead of 60 lb)
    • Second anchor Bruce 30 kg.
    • Aft anchor, on special made bracket: Fortress FX 37, with 5 meters of chain + 50 meters of anchor rope.
    • Special fairlead and anchor locker for aft anchor
    • Smaller CQR as ketch anchor, also with chain + 50 meter rope.
    • Pieces of chain and shackles for mooring purposes
    • 8 large fenders
    • 4 long mooring lines
    • 2 shorter mooring lines
    • 2 mooring lines with heavy duty SS springs.
    • Lots of spare ropes and lines
    • Mooring plank
    • Extra 10 kg lead pig for anchor weight
    • High standard med mooring passarelle with excellent anti skid, easy to use and to deploy either from bow or stern, easy to stow away, doubles up as ladder if needed.
    • Rope ladder with wooden steps, doubles up as second swiming ladder.
  • ACCOMODATION
    • GENERAL
      • 6 Hella 12 Volt ventilators, in forepeak, saloon, kitchen, chart-table, aft cabin and workshop.
      • Mosquito screens for all hatches, ports, and dorades including practical purpose made screen for companionway.
      • Extra storm fastening throughout inside the boat; saloon seats, flour boards, all lockers, galley lockers, book racks, chart table lid, etc.
      • 4 night red lamps (5 watts): chart table, aft toilet, galley, and aft cabin.
      • Curtains in all cabins
    • FORECABIN
      • Full height mirror at forecabin door
      • Extra chart locker above hanging locker
      • Triple bronze coat hanger.
    • FORWARD HEADS/BATHROOM
      • Washing machine Electrolux Rex 3 kg (march 2005)
      • Escape route for washing machine.
      • Sitting Bath, doubling up as comfortable stall shower with proper shower head and mixing tap.
      • Porta potti 245 chemical toilet, stored under washing machine when not in use. (For use when hauled out)
      • Holders for toothbrushes,nailbrush and soap.
      • Hooks for towels.
    • SALOON
      • Diesel cabin heater, DICKINSON, TYPE NEWPORT, with 5 liter day-tank with gauge, feeded from the main diesel tank trough a seperate filter.
      • Alcantara upholstery, also around the mast inside the saloon.
      • Barograph Kelvin Hughes, in its own casing and purpose made teak support
      • Clock Rigel Maritimer in saloon
      • Technics 106 digital piano.
      • Practical reading support for piano literature
      • TV Grundig 12V or 220, multi system/multi channel (dec.2004)
      • DVD Grundig (februari 2006)
      • Car Radio + CD player
      • Boston Speakers inside the saloon, with woofers and tweeters
      • Special rack for up to 6 Cd and/or DVD files + the remote controls
      • Pipe cots to port and starboard with leeclothes
      • Fruitbox under cabin table
      • Electrical 2 kw ceramic cabin heater (2005)
    • GALLEY
      • Corian work tops in the galley.
      • Force 10 propane cooker with 3 burners, grill and oven.
      • 200 litre fridge including 13 Litres freezer compartment, very practical baskets arrangement, consuming less then 40 amp-hours a day in tropical conditions, also functioning while hauled out (air cooled Danfoss compressor).
      • Extra insulation panels at all fridge openings (including forward door)
      • Second seperate fridge installation (also air cooled) as back up.
      • Katadyn double drinkwaterfilters: carbon filter, followed by ceramic filter, giving sterile, drinking water.
      • Whale Mark 4 tip-too footpump for drinking water.
      • Whale Mark 4 tip-too footpump for seawater (with strainer)
      • Safety belt for coocking at sea
      • 3 drawers for kitchen tools and/or cutlery
      • Kitchen towel roll with dispencer
  • NAVIGATION AREA
    • The navigation area is outward facing for increased chart table size (takes a full admiralty chart), increased instrument space, increased chart storage space,and thanks to the practical swivelling chair, excellent seating on either tack. Even with a laptop fixed to the chart table, enough space is left for an admiralty chart with a single fold.
    • Extra control panel for Autohelm 7000 at chart table.
    • B&G Hydra 2 with indication of wind speed, wind direction, boat speed, depth, distance logged, with repeaters in the cockpit.
    • Furuno 1831 radar
    • Sailor Compact HF SSB RE2100, including loudspeaker H2074.
    • Sailor Compact VHF RT2048
    • GPS furuno GP-32, linked to the radar and the cockpit repeaters, and with a link installed to connect to a laptop on the chart table.
    • Tank Tender guage to check water and fuel tanks content.
    • Teak navigator’s mate.
    • Hurst Plotter
    • Easy strap arangement to fix laptop at navigation table
  • AFT HEADS
    • Lavac, connected to big SS black water tank
    • Holders for toothbrushes and nailbrush
    • Hooks for towels
  • STARBOARD AFT CABIN
    • Aft the heads; Westerbeke Generator(see electrical equipmen
    • Above the generator: work bench with vice and double electrical grindstone.
    • Above the work bench: (detachable) drying rack.
  • PORT AFT CABIN
    • Matras splits alongships, with leecloth in the middle, creating 2 excellent seaberths
    • Triple bronze coat hanger
  • PLUMBING
    • Hot water of the Calorifier is heated either by the engine, either by the 2 kw 220 Volt water heater
  • FRESHWATER
    • Additional (water-collision) s/s tank under forcabin berth.(+200 liters), bringing total s/s watertanks to 900 liters
  • BILGE PUMPS
    • Second bilge pump for emergencies
  • GAS
    • 3 big gasbottles, well fixed, with easy system to change over between 2 bottles.
  • ENGINE
    • YANMAR 4JH2E 50 HP DIESEL (instead of standard engine)
    • SLEIPNER 7 HP BOW THRUSTER with double propeller
  • FUEL SYSTEM
    • Extra fuel tankage (+136 litres, bringing the total of the tank to 560 litres)
  • ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
    • extra large battery bank: all batteries are 12 Volt/105 Ah closed maintenance free wet batteries, size M27MF;
    • Domestic bank 6 batteries Adelphi freedom
    • Engine bank 2 batteries Adelco Voyager (January 2007).
    • Total battery capacity: 630 + 210= 840 Ah. All storm fastened and ventilated.
    • Westerbeke 4 hp 220 volts/50 Hz generator, running at 1500 rpm, with detachable sound-casing (generator hours about 2000 hours)
    • Main battery charger: Mastervolt 12 volts/80 Amp (working from 220Volts)
    • second battery charger: Falcon 2/ 12 Volts/60 Amp (working from 110 or 220 Volts)
    • Inverter Victron Atlas 12 Volts/1600 watts
    • Sterling Products Universal Advanced Digital 4 steps Alternator regulator.
    • Cockpit light
    • deck light
    • 220 Volt outlets troughout the accomodation: 2 in forecabin, non in bathroom for security reasons, 2 in saloon, 2 at navigation area, 2 at galley, 1 in aft cabin, 2 in workshop.
    • Ample set of shore connectors, with lots of interconnecting pieces.
  • NAVIGATION LIGHTS
    • Extra led anchor light
  • SAFETY EQUIPMENT
    • AVON six persons liferaft
    • ACR Sattelitte 406 EPIRB, 406 Mhz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
    • Lifebuoy holder and light
    • Flagpool
    • Live-Sling
    • 2 emergency stormboards for Lewmar portlights
    • Firefighting equipment: 3 fire extinguishers; 1 in forecabin, 1 at companionway steps, and 1 in aft cocpit locker. 1 fireblanket near galley.
    • Manual desalinator
    • Emergency set for broken limbs
    • 4 safety harnesses
    • 3 life jackets
    • Watertight cannister for flares etc.(can double up as "panic bag")
    • Inside: apart from the standard items, such as fastening of all locker doors, bookracks, and floor boards: storm fastening of galley locker lids, chart table lid, chart table seat, piano lid, piano seat and all saloon seats and backrests.
  • VARIA
    • Avon rollaway 315 dinghy with wheels for handling ashore
    • Yamaha 9.9 hp outboard engine + 25 Liter plastic tank.
    • 10 liter spare gasoline tank
    • 10 liter spare diesel tank
    • HO 249 tables for astro navigation
    • Radio Direction Finder Radiofix NASA
    • Sewing Machine (heavy duty for canvas etc.)
    • Anchor ball
    • Cone
    • Extensive spare parts stock
    • Bosun's chair
    • Autohelm personal compass (bearing compass)
    • Charts and pilot books.
    • Binoculars
    • Boathorn
    • Loudhailer
    • Oregon Scientific termometer-hygrometer with radio controled remote sensor in cockpit
    • Fishing gear
  • SPARE PARTS
    • Engine: spare starter motor, complete set of joints, spare filters, etc.
    • Generator: complete set of joints, spare injectors, plus exstensive set of normal spares.
    • Lots of cupper ans stainless screws, bolts etc.
    • 1 diving set
    • Many spare zink anodes for the hull
    • Much more, like spare sets for the pumps, spare pumps, spare nearly everything…(no spare boat yet!)

No comments: