Raindancer the vessel

 

Raindancer is a 1985 Mason 43 Ketch.

I have owned and sailed her for eight years. During that time I have worked on her constantly and upgraded all systems, safety, appearance and comfort items.  For those of you who really want to know all the details here is a list of her equipment:

Boat Specifications:

LOA	43’8″
LWL	31’3″
Beam	12’4″
Draft	6’3″
Sail Area (cutter)	899 sq. ft.
Ketch	916 sq. ft.
Displacement	23,860 lbs
Ballast	9,400 lbs.

 

Comfort Systems:

Main Cabin-20,000 BTU Marine Air AC/Heatpump

Aft Cabin-16,000 BTU Marine Air AC

Lavac Vacuum head (2008)

Standup Shower

6 Gallon Seaward hot water heater, electric or heat exchanger from main engine.

Freezer Fridge-Stonecold 12V system (2007)

Trace 2500 Watt inverter charger

LED cabin lighting

6 Trojan golfcart batteries-660 Amp hrs (2012), with de sulfating electronic battery minder

Jenson MP3/CD stereo with cockpit speakers

6 Hella 12V fans

Skymate Satellite communications system with email/weather anywhere

14 Hood stainless opening ports with screens (2009)

3 Opening hatches

Force 10 three burner stove with oven and broiler (2009)

Sharp Microwave

Salt water foot pump in galley

Custom wine glass/spice rack

5 Dorade boxes for ventilation

Sound proofing for engine room

Marine carbon monoxide detector

Marine smoke detector

RayJeff fume alert

Aqua high water alarm

Voltage meter

Jabsco Parmax 3 shower pump

Jabsco belt drive 40 PSI fresh water pump

Magma Propane grill and hose

2 marine propane tanks vented overboard

Custom teak cockpit table

Custom Sunbrella Sun Shades

Sails, Anchors & Equipment:

Maxwell V1000 windless

 

1 Forty five lb CQR anchor with stainless swivel and 260 ft of 10-28 chain (2012)

 

1 Forty five lb Bruce anchor with stainless swivel 50 feet of 3/8 chain and 200 feet of rope.

2 Dinghy anchors

1 Asymmetrical Spinnaker with ATN sock

1 Hundred forty percent Genoa, on Harkin furling

1 Staysail, on Harkin furling

1 Mainsail fully battened with Doyle stack pack

1 Mizzen, on Harkin furling

1 Storm Tri sail on separate mast track

10 Lewmar winches up to size 48’s

Life sling MOB system

Custom cockpit cushions by C cushions

Custom spray shields in cockpit

Custom stainless Bimini top with truck tarp awning

Danforth compass

Emergency tiller

Mast steps

1 Eight HP outboard mount

1 Twenty Five HP outboard mount

6 Type I PFD’s

3 PFD Harness self inflating with tethers

Zodiak 6 man life raft (repacked 2013)

ACR 406 MHZ GPS EPRIB (2013)

Stainless cable jack lines on deck

Standard Horizon CP1000 Chartplotter with Cmax Wide chip set for Halifax, East Coast, to Trinidad

Standard Horizon GSX 2150 AIS (interfaced to CP1000) VHF radio (2012) REM in cockpit

Anritsu 24 Mile radar

Robertson Auto pilot

St 50 wind/speed/depth

SSB Icom 700

Backup VHF Icom 302 

Tankage:

2 Fuel 135 gallons total

4 Fresh water 180 gallons total

1 Holding 20 gallons

1 Hot water 6 gallons 

Bilge Pumps: 

1 Rule 3700 with auto switch (2012)

1 Rule 2000 with auto switch (2012)

1 Whale Gulper 220 with electronic auto switch (2012)

1 Manual Whale gusher cockpit mounted 

Engines: 

1 Fifty Six HP Yanmar 4JH3E 1410 hrs (1999)

18 Inch Max feathering three blade prop

PSS drip less stuffing box (2012)

Engine room blower Vetus (2009)

Racor 500 filter

Built in oil change pump and manifold

Filterboss 60 gallon per hr fuel cleaning/transfer system

Halon fire suppression in engine room 

1 Westerbeke Model 21 7.7 KW generator

Racor filter 

Dinghies: 

1 Achilles 8.8 rollup hypalon with wood floor (2013)

1 Mercury 3.3 outboard (2012)

1 Carib RIB 11 ft (2007)

1 Johnson 15 outboard (2007)

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