1961 Soft-Chime Steel-Hulled Sailboat - Coriolis

Description

The Coriolis is a 1961 Custom-built Cutter currently docked at St. Marks, Florida. This auction has its own website and is highly recommended if you want to see videos we recently took of her, inside and out. There is also a link to the most recent survey we had made of her back in 2012. You can find it at jdmcdonnell.com/boat.
Built by Harry Hutchinson at Oxford, PA, she is made of steel and weighs in at eleven tons, making her very stable on the water. The hull has a soft chine, meaning there are no hard seams along her side. She has been in our possession since 1995 and has been kept mostly in Florida, namely Jacksonville, Carrabelle, and now St. Marks. This auction is simply about the transfer of title. If you need the boat delivered somewhere you will have to arrange it afterwards.
She has no leaks. The engine runs and just recently had its fuel tank cleaned out. However, she will need some work before she can be considered sea-worthy. She needs a new compass. The GPS is old and has a sunburnt screen. The radar refuses to turn on. The sheets and halyards were new in 1996 and are probably due for a replacement. The steering creaks a bit when pushed to the extreme in either direction. The water system is pressurized by a 12 volt electric pump which works but the water tanks and lines need cleaning since they haven't been used in a few years. A lower safety line on the port side needs replacement.
Specifications...
LOD: 35'
LOA: 44'
LWL: 31.5'
Beam: 12'
Ballast: 6,000 lbsDisplacement: 23,000 lbs
Draft: 4'6"
Fuel: one 80 gallon tank in the keel.
Potable Water: two 50 gallon stainless steel tanksGrey Water: one 20 gallon stainless steel tank connected to a manual Raritan pump toilet, pump out fitting is on the deck
Sails & Rigging...
Four sails by North Sails - Main, Genoa, Jib, and Stay.Plus one smaller Genoa, manufacturer not known.The Main has 3 sets of reefing points.
All sails come with bags as well as a cover for the main sail.Four Barlow winches for use with jib & stay sail sheets.Rigging uses 1 x 19 stainless steel wire with upper and lower shrouds, fore and aft stays.
Electronics...One Horizon Maxi VHF radio.Standard Horizon digital depth sounder.Autohelm ST-50 radar - may not work.Garmin 128 GPS navigation with antenna in rigging- does work but has a sunburnt screen.
Engine...
One 37 Hp Westerbeke 4 cylinder auxiliary diesel engine.It is water cooled with a fresh water/sea water heat exchanger.Installed new in 1996, it currently has 337 hours on it.
Tackle...35 lbs Delta anchor with 20ft of chain and 200 ft of 5/8th inch nylon rode.35 lbs Danforth hi-tensile anchor with chain and nylon rode.Lewmar electric anchor windlass.
Electrical...12 volt DC from 2 gel batteries for the engine and cabin and 1 gel battery for the bow thruster.True Charge 20 amp battery charger.50 amp alternator on auxiliary engine.Aquair 100 wind generator for charging.110 volt AC shore power cord.12 volt cabin lights & two fans.
Galley...Adler Barbour refrigeration unit.Force 10 two-burner LPG Stove & OvenE-Wave Microwave Oven (uses shore power).Magma propane grill attached to stern.
Accessories...West Marine compact electric heater (uses shore power).Lasko 20" box fan (uses shore power, fits forecastle hatch)Four emergency flares and flare gunTwo fire extinguishers.Folding swim ladder attaches to stern.Three inflatable life vests.Three off-shore life vests.Emergency horse-shoe flotation device.Standard 12 volt bilge pump.Backup manual bilge pump.DC powered Spot light.Radar Reflector.Various books on sailing and steel boat maintenance.5 steel stands for going on the hard.
We will be using escrow.com to handle the purchase after the auction has ended. If you cannot make the purchase within a week after the auction has ended we reserve the right to contact other bidders and see if they will be willing to buy the boat.