SOUTHERN CROSS Boat for Sale

"Southern Cross" has a standard Hylas 46 cutter rig with one very special feature: a stainless steel sleeve and a 7.5' aluminum bowsprit was custom made for the bow to facilitate a Facnor Code 0 sail and furler.  The windlass electrically drives the furling line remotely from the cockpit.  This setup provides a safe and powerful downwind/tradewind arrangement for passagemaking.

Rig Details:

• Selden Aluminum double spreader mast, stepped to the keel
• Selden Aluminum boom with 3 internal single-line reefing lines led to the cockpit
• (2022) New Standing Rigging
• Selden aluminum Rodkicker boom vang
• Antal System 5 mainsail track with low-friction slides and batten cars
• 2 Selden 20' whisker pole tracks with cars mounted on mast
• 6 Lewmar line clutches servicing electric cockpit winch for main halyard, 3 reefing lines and 2 furling lines
• Furlex 400 furling for headstay
• Furless 300 furling for staysail
• Running backstays for use with staysail, with 4:1 line block system to safely deploy and retract backstays from cockpit
• 4 Garhauer movable snatch blocks for managing headsail trim
• Garhauer adjustable staysail blocks mounted on genoa track
• 2 custom Forespar carbon fiber telescoping (from 18' to 29') whisker poles vertically stowed on mast

Sails and Winches Details:

• (2022) Zoom Fully-Battened Mainsail, 10.5 ounce Dacron with 5 full battens and 3 reefs
• (2023) North Sails Stack Pack with Sunbrella sail cover
• (2023) Lazy jacks
• Doyle 135% Genoa, 6 ounce Dacron with Sunbrella cover
• Doyle Working Staysail, 10 ounce Dacron with Sunbrella cover
• Doyle Storm Staysail, 10 ounce Dacron, hank on
• Doyle 2 ounce Dacron radial cut 165 Code 0 sail with sunscreen cover
• 3 Lewmar chrome ST 48 mast winches
• 2 Antal chrome ST64 primary winches with covers
• 3 Antal chrome ST48 secondary winches with covers
• 1 Antal chrome ST48 cockpit winch, servicing main halyard, reefing lines, and both furling lines

"Southern Cross" is equipped with a 120vac/12vdc arrangement.  However, since she is equipped for worldwide cruising, she has the capability to employ both 120v and 240vac systems.

DC:

• (2022) EVE280 Grade A 12v lithium batteries.  540 AH
• (2022) Smart Gen Battery Management System (BMS) with bluetooth iPhone monitoring
• (2023) Victron BMS output Color Connect GX monitor
• (2021) AGM batteries for starting and anchor windlass
• TriMetric volt monitor for AGM batteries
• Southwest Windpower Airmarine 400W 12v wind generator mounted on S/S pole
• 2 removable Mitsubishi 170W 12vdc solar panels mounted on bimini top w/ 500W BZ solar charge controller
• 2 removable 250W 12vdc solar panels mounted on bimini top with MPPT controllers

AC:

• (2023) Fischer Panda 8000i 220v generator.  Provides 100vac throughout boat via transformer
• Victron Multiplex 120v charger/inverter
• 220v to 110v Victron transformer used to connect to 220v shore power worldwide
• 50 am 110/220 vac shore power input with 50 ft cord protected by an 50 am galvanic isolator

"Southern Cross" is fully equipped for offshore cruising:

• Standard Horizon VHF radio with RAM cockpit microphone/speaker
• 3 portable VHF radios
• Raymarine ST60 Depth, Speed, and AWI
• B&G forward-looking sonar/depthsounder
• B&G Broadband 48nm radar 2ith self-leveling mount
• ICOM 802 SSB marine radio with AT140 antenna tuner
• Iridium Go! Satellite Phone with internal antenna and remote antenna in cockpit
• Tecnautic Autopilot with hydraulic ram at quadrant
• Backup Raymarine 2000 tiller autopilot linked to Sailomat 601 self-steering gear and emergency tiller
• Removable Sailomat 601 wind vane self-steering gear mounted on stern and coupled directly to the emergency tiller
• Masthead Sea-Me active radar reflector - greatly amplifies boat radar signature
• AIS receiver and transmitter collision avoidance system