Black Jack David - Vital Statistics

 

 

4.75 Meters long overall, 14 foot six and a half inches length on the waterline.

Ballast - 200 lb in lead pigs cast to shape so as to fit inside the hollow dagger board.

Hull weight 520 lb. Trailing weight 600 lb excluding ballast and trailer.

Mainsail, ex Leisure 17, 61 square feet. Jib, ex 505, 50 square feet.

Anchor - 5kg Bruce, plus 90 feet of galvanised chain.

Engine - Seagul 75 with clutch, electronic ignition but no reverse. Also, a very nice paddle.

Silva Compass on gimballed fitting. Euro-marine echo sounder.

Trailer - kit from RM, unbraked. Indespension (rubber) units.

Mini-reef roller reefing on the Jib. Works reasonably well. Jib has whisker pole.

Keel/ ballasted daggerboard winching gear

I thought that the price Ron asked me for all of this was a bargain - I didn't even think of haggling!