Kim Chow (Sword through Water)

 

Designer: Phillip Rhodes

Builder: Cheoy Lee  – Offshore 40

Boatyard: Hong Kong

Year Built: 1969

 

Specifications:

 

LOA                            39 ft 9 in.

LWL                            28 ft

Beam                          10 ft. 9 in.

Draft                              6 ft.

Sail Area                   686 ft.

Engine                       Perkins 4 cylinder Diesel 50 h.p.

Fuel                              40 gal

Water                         100 gal

Construction              fibreglass

Displacement            21,000 lbs

 

Summary of refit:  2005 – 2007  Go to Photo Gallery for photos.

 

Removed original teak deck. Fibreglass and paint new decks

All teak stripped to original wood (wooded) 6 coats of varnish

Installed ground plates for radio

New teak in cockpit

Installed new rigging:

            Painted and refit mast

            New boom

Removed existing boom gallows

New self-tailing winches

New self- steering vane

New AeroGen 4 wind vane

Mast – re-rigged

Perkins diesel 4107 – rebuilt

Drogue

Repainted

Installed new instrumentation including:

• depth sounder
• knot meter
• wind and speed direction
• Furuno radar
• ICOM 802 single sideband
• VHF
• Collision Avoidance Radar Detector (C.A.R.D.)
• 2 Carmanagh solar panels
• AeroGen4 wind generator

New propeller and propeller shaft

All ports and hatches removed and refinishd

All glass replaced and re-bedded with new stainless steel outer trims and teak inner trims

Four bulk heads replaced

Gold anodized mast sanded and all gripped/painted white

New boom

New bilge pumps

New cockpit drains

All tanks removed and pressure tested

New wiring

New plumbing

New suit of sails including main, jib, staysail, system staysail, yankee and drifter, new mainsail track (strongtrack)

New mainsheet traveller

Removed hydraulic steering – installed new tiller steering

Furuno radar

AeroJen 4 wind generator

Monitor self-steering made by Scanmar