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Norman Cross 38 | Gracie

Gracie is a cold moulded round bilged Norman Cross 38ft cruising trimaran. She has a heritage having been built by the same builder who built a number of USA America’s cup winning yachts. She is strong and reliable, over 12 mm of diagonal planked mahogany properly managed with fiberglass and WEST system layup. She has always been painted in linear polyurethane. Norman Cross himself declared this 38 as the fairest of any built. Not fast but quick, she is no lightweight but carries her displacement in the right places and eats up the ocean miles easily. she has been maintained and freshened since launch. Engines and rig are young. Ignore the build date, I don’t think I have seen a multihull with bilges this dusty.

Externally she is a proven ocean voyager designed for long distances in reasonable speed and comfort. Inside she is a teak and mahogany show piece with enough room for living aboard and traveling the globe. Continually updated inside and out - it has water maker, VHF, HF, AIS computers, entertainment systems, all within the last 5 years.

If you want to live the dream NOW this is the way to do it, strong and comfortable, pleasing to the eye safe at sea, there is no better value multihull on the market.

Designer : Norman Cross

Builder : Gordon Kemp, Cal Custom Boat Yard California. (Kemp was the builder of a number of famous vessels including Americas Cup winning yachts, Defender and Defiant).

Hull Construction Material : Fibreglass/WEST System/Cold Moulded Mahogany 1/8 inch planing 5 layers diagonal

Hull Type : Trimaran

Deck Construction Material : Tuff Coat UT-100F - Last Painted 2009

Country Origin : United States

Length : 11.58 Metres M

Beam/Width (feet) : 6.858 Metres

Draft : 1.06 Metres M

Displacement : 5.5 tonnes

Engine Notes : The engine was recently serviced and new elbow and other ancillary items fitted. The Engine is in first class order

Number Of Engines : 1

Engine Hours : 450

Horse Power (hp) : 27

Drive Type : Shaft

Engine Room : VDO Signature series (RPM, Fuel, Temp, Oil Pressure, Fuel Pressure) panel with cover Yanmar standard cluster, with cover

Number of Batteries : 1 x Group 34 Gel cel Starting battery | 2 x 4D Cell gel house batteries (350 AH Total)

Fuel Type : Diesel

Fuel Tank Capacity : 110 litres main tank 25 litres day tank (filled from main tank by continuous duty electric pump sundry jerry cans, minimum 50 litres L

Accommodation Notes : Forward is utilized for sail and anchor and wet storage To the rear of that area is a sink to port and a marine toilet with holding tank to starboard The main cabin has two large wing doubles a dinette with table and seating for four opposite a settee that is a useful sea-berth Aft to port is the Nav station and systems controls area and to port is an effective galley. Totally separate and to the aft of the cockpit is a master cabin with king double berth

Galley Notes : Large 3 burner LPG stove new in 2007 | Microwave 700watt Origo shore power or inverter power | Whalegusher manual freshwater pumps to sinks | Watermaker: 20 hours young, 25 litres per hour - rebuild kit included

Refrigeration : 7 cubic feet top loading Adler Barbour cold machine - new in 2006

Number of Sinks : Double SS in galley & single SS in head

Entertainment and Appliances Notes : Samsung 19inch series 4 HD LCD TV and computer monitor mounted on 360 degree viewing arm | Alpine CDA 9886 AM/FM/SAt Radio/ USB and Ipod integration with remote control Alpine 100W 4 channel amplifier Bose Marine Speakers, 4 in saloon and 2 in cockpit Hi Gain am/fm antenna

Anchor / Winch : Lewmar Sprint 1000 with controls at Cockpit and Foredeck

Deck Gear : Spinlock sheet clutches at cockpit | Andersen SS (2 x 40 2 speed ST and 2 x single speed) winches | Airblock sheet blocks and spare barber hauler blocks |

Mast/Rigging : Fractional Sloop all new, from chainplates to mast head in 2008

Sail Inventory : Berig brand approximately 3 year old High Roach fully battened main with 6 battens and 4 reef points, Jiffy reefed with lazy jacks, Camber Spar jib with single sheet control, North Sail 150 with sleeve and bag, North Sails Assy Spin with sock and bag Storm jib, No 2 Jib PLUS Spare sails: 110 Masthead, 150 Masthead, Drifter, symmetrical spinakker

Electrics : Xantrex Freedom Marine 72A dual bank battery charger with 1500 W inverter connected to AC system | CGFCI AC Outlets (10 volt - US plug pattern) | Galvanic Isolator Yes - Input AC | AC Circuit Protection 30A Blue Seas breaker panel with polarity indication | Shore Power Yes - 110 volt with S/S Marinco Inlet PLug and 15 metres 30A cord | Solar Electricity 4 x 70watt Sunware solar panels SW-3066 (new 2010) 2 x Sunware Fox 320 regulators (2010) 2X Sunware MD1 multi display

Electronics Navigation : Hydrovane Self Steering | AIS ICOM MA - 500TR | Autopliot Raymarine ST4000+ | Raymarine ST60 | Custom marinised ship computer dual shock mounted hard disks 200GB music/DVD burner/ wireless keyboard and mouse | Radar Reflector Echomax EM230BR

Dinghy : 2007 Porta Bote (8 ft) fold up dinghy fits neatly into ama storage area with Honda BF2 outboard (2010)

Safety Gear : 2 x 4 kilo chemical dry powder 1 x 4 kilo halatron | Orion Marine Refillable air horn Ships bell | 406 system (new 2012) EPIRB |

Ground Tackle : Custom SS Double Anchor Roller Fortress FX23 Anchor 35 lb Delta Rocna 20 Kilo main anchor Custom Chain Hawser Bridle with heavy duty chain hook 90 mts HT anchor chain 30 mts chain spliced to 90 mts nylon (secondary rode)

GPS : Raymarine Raystar 120 GPS with WAAS Garmin GPS 72H

Radio : ICOM 302 VHF with DSC & hi gain antenna ICOM IC-M 802 HF Radio with digital antenna and ICOM AT-140HF Automatic antenna tuner

Number of Life Jackets : Various adult and child

Remarks : Magma rail mount SS BBQ |

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Norman Cross 38 | Gracie

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