People who long to sail away to the South Seas often choose the least expensive ocean cruising boat in hopes of affording the dream.  Then they find the hull needs work, the sails replaced, and the rigging gone over.  There are electronic system upgrades, a watermaker, wind steering vane, and, of course, safety equipment before the old boat is ready to go.  By the time everything is ready, years have passed and many thousands of dollars have been spent making the boat’s original price a small percentage.

Due to an unforeseen change in plans, Millie J's original owners sold her. Because this section of the website contains equipment information not found on other pages, it is being kept intact.

Millie J was sold through Swiftsure Yachts Sales. They did an excellent job representing her and I recommend them if you are selling a boat or if you're purchasing. They may be contacted at 206-378-1110 or online at www.yachtworld.com/swiftsure/.

Millie J is a 35-foot custom aluminum cutter designed by Ted Brewer and completed in 2005 with the rigging and sails new in 2006.  She is designed, built, and equipped for two people to safely and comfortably make transoceanic passages and she is ready to go now, as a glance at her equipment list below will confirm.

Why a 35 foot boat and not one longer?

Equipment List

Aluminum Construction -
Using 5086 alloy – 3/16 inch plating.

Below Water Design -
Cut-away fore-foot with a skeg hung rudder aft of a Brewer Bite. The aluminum encased keel has
7000 lbs. of poured lead ballast.

Why aluminum?

Deck -
Vetus non-skid.

Ports and Hatches -
Bomar Offshore Series.

Collision Bulkhead -
Water tight bulkhead forward of main cabin.
Sail Locker -
Oversized locker forward with lockable hatch for onshore security.

What fits in this sail locker?

Cockpit Lockers -
With lockable latches for onshore security.

Mast Pulpits -
For comfort and security while working at the mast.

Deck Hardware Mounting -
Most hardware is attached to welded mounting pads to eliminate interior leaks.

Cockpit Sea Boards -
½” thick clear polycarbonate for strength and to let sun light into the main cabin.

Anchor Windlass -
Ideal Model V2C with capstan and chain gypsy.
Ground Tackle -
CQR 45 with 350 feet of high test chain.
Bruce 33 with 300 feet of combination chain and rope rode.
Fortress with 200 feet of combination chain and rope rode.
Kiwi Anchor Rider.

What’s a Kiwi Anchor Rider?

Dinghy -
Stores in the sail locker.

Avon 10 foot Rover R310 with high pressure flooring.

Outboard -
Tohatsu 5hp gasoline engine.

Mast and Boom -
Keel stepped mast. Both spars were built by Yacht Tech.

Rigging -
Installed by Brion Toss Riggers and consists of:

Stainless Wire
Hayn Hi-Mod Terminal Ends
Schaefer Traveler Track and Car

Lewmar Winches -
40ST Jib, 30ST Stays’l, 30ST Mast Halyards, 16ST Reefing.
Hall Quick Vang -
Rigid boom vang.
Forespar Whisker Pole -
With vertical mast storage.
Running Backs
Preventer Lines
Lazy Jacks

Folding Mast Steps

Sails -
Manufactured by Carol Hasse at
Port Townsend Sails:

Main -
Full batten with Batt-slide.
Jib
Drifter
Staysail
Storm Trysail
Storm Staysail

Engine Room -
Designed for accessibility to all mechanical equipment.

What is located in the engine room?

Propulsion -
Yanmar 3JH3E 40 hp diesel.
Fuel Tanks -
Two 32 gallon.
Prefilters -
Dual Racor
Propeller -
Autoprop self-adjusting and feathering.
Shaft Shark -
Line cutter.
Shaft Seal -
PSS Dripless
Fuel Cleaner -
Algae X inline.

What is an Autoprop propeller?

What is a Shaft Shark?

What is an Algae X fuel cleaner?

Fluid Gauge -
Tank Tender for both fuel tanks, both freshwater tanks, and the blackwater tank.

Electrical -

Alternator -
Balmar 100 amp with ARS-5 Smart Regulator.
Balmar Duo Charge for charging starting battery.
Spare original equipment 80 amp alternator.
Charger/Inverter -
Xantrex Freedom 20.

Solar Panels -
Two Kyocera KC85T.
Blue Sky 2000E Solar Boost Regulator.
Trailing Generator -
Fourwinds.
Electrical Panels -
Blue Seas.
Battery Monitor -
Link 2000.

House Batteries -
Six Lifeline GPL4C AGM totaling 660 amp-hours.
Starting Battery -
Lifeline GPL2700T 86 amp-hour.

Isolation Transformer -
Custom Toroid which isolates boats electrical system from shore power.  It has switching that converts international power voltages to U.S.
GFCI Protection -
All 120v outlets protected.

What's the electrical consumption plan?

Electronics -

Radar and Chart Plotter -
Raytheon Pathfinder RL70C at nav. station.
Raytheon Pathfinder L770 in cockpit.
Depth/Speed/Wind Instruments -
Raymarine ST60.
HF Radio -
Icom M802 with SSB and Ham Frequencies.
HF Antenna Tuner -
Icom AT140 Automatic.
VHF Radio -
Icom M602 at vav. station with a Command Microphone in the cockpit. Includes a Loud Hailer speaker for voice and fog signals.

Weather Fax Demodulator -
Xaxero with computer software.
External Wi-Fi Antenna -
Hawking Technology.
AM/FM/CD -
Alpine CDA9833 which accepts computer input for quality DVD audio.

What is a weather fax demodulator?

Radar/Plotter Repeater -
Raytheon Pathfinder L770 in cockpit.
GPS -
Raystar 120 with Differential and WAAS.
Cockpit VHF -
Icom VHF Command Microphone.
Compass -
Ritchie Navigator BN202

Depth/Speed/Wind Instruments -
Raymarine ST60.

Autopilots -
Raymarine ST4000+GP attached to tiller as the primary autopilot and a Raymarine ST2000 to be attached to the Monitor Wind Vane as a backup.

Electronic Charts -
Puget Sound to Glacier Bay Alaska.

Paper Charts -
Puget Sound to Seward Alaska.
Washington State to Hawaii.
Washington State to Mexico.

Wind Steering Vane -
Monitor.

Watermaker -
Village Marine Little Wonder LW200.
Water Heater -
Superstor 6 gallon tank.
Water Tanks -
Two stainless steel tanks with 75 total gallons.
Blackwater Tank -
One 30 gallon fiberglass tank.

Why a Village Marine Watermaker?

Refrigeration -
Glacier Bay Mark II System Refrigerator and Freezer.
Air Conditioning -
Glacier Bay Cabin Air Conditioning.

Why a Glacier Bay refrigeration system?

Galley Stove -
Force 10 Propane two burner stove with oven.

Cabin Heater -
Sigmar 120 diesel fueled.
Dehumidifier -
Dry Air Mighty Dry portable 120vac unit to keep cabin dry at the dock during a cold winter.

Toilet -
Raritan PHII.
Fresh Water -
Shurflo pressure system.
Head converts into a shower.
Salt Water -
Pressure system for deck and anchor washdown. Whale footpump for saltwater at the galley sink.

Propane Tanks -
Two Manchester horizontal aluminum 5 gallonl tanks.
Barbeque -
Magma grill mounted on aft cockpit rail.
MIG Welder -
Portable Ready Welder II with argon bottle for emergency repairs.
Spare Parts -
Extensive inventory for most vessel systems.

Safety -
All USCG required equipment.
Mustang MD3084 self inflating life vests with harness.
Safety harness leashes.
High strength flat nylon web jack lines.
Jordan Series Drogue.

What is a Jordan Series Drogue?

Fire Extinguishers -
Kidde Fyrewatch automatic system in the engine room with manual over-ride in the galley.
Three Halon handheld extinguishers located in the main cabin.

Electric Bilge Pump -
Rule 3700 gph.
Manual Bilge Pump -
Whale Gusher 30 with long handle for operation while standing.
High Water Alarm -
System with over-ride alarm silencer.

MOB Device -
Lifesling
Liferaft -
Winslow 6 Person Offshore Raft stored under a cockpit seat in a waterproof vacuum bag valise.

Why a Winslow Liferaft?

Ditch Bag Contents-
ACR Satellite 406 EPIRB.
Icom M34 marine frequency handheld waterproof transceiver.
Icom A4 aviation frequency handheld transceiver.
Survivor 06 handheld watermaker.
Garmin eMap handheld GPS.

Hull Insulation -
Armaflex closed-cell insulation sheets covered with a second layer of Thinsulate insulation except in engine room which is insulated with EAR R613-25-10-75RM.

Interior -
Finished using cherry and maple wood with caned door fronts.

Cabin sole -
Covered with Lonseal non-skid.

Main Berth -
Bed is Pullman style with a hinged mattress.

Settee Seats -
Covered in durable fabric and convert into sea berths with lee-clothes.

LOA
LWL
BEAM
DRAFT
DISPLACEMENT
BALLAST
SAIL AREA
DISP/LENGTH RATIO
PRISMATIC COEFFICIENT
PP 1” IMMERSION
MOMENT TO TRIM 1”
SAIL AREA TO DISP RATIO

34’ 10”
29’  5”
11’ 4”
 5’  3”
16,350 lbs.
7,000 lbs.
634 sq. ft.
287
.54
1045 lbs.
1369 ft/lbs.
15.8