1991 Sam L. Morse Bristol Channel Cutter

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-- Additional Info and Photos to be Posted Soon --

• Featured in Ferenc Mate's books
• Cutter rig; Classic Lyle Hess design
• Rugged Sam Morse craftsmanship
• Extensive upgrades and refits (details below)
• Mainsail replaced ('21)
• Hull awlgripped
• Standing rigging replaced
• Fatty Knees sailing dinghy
• Fastidious maintenance (scroll to end - for details)

• Cambridge Canvas winter cover (Nov '17)
• Ullman full-batten mainsail w/ two reef points (Mar '21)
• Hull Awlgrip-painted by Hinckley/Oxford ('18/'19)
• Standing rigging replaced -w/ Hayn hi-mod fittings (Apr '19)
• Rudder custom-built and installed by Hinckley - using G-10 in thru-bolt areas ('19)
• Cambridge Canvas dodger installed (Jul '19)
• Frigoboat keel-cooled refrigeration (May '19)

• Running rigging replaced ('16)
• Blocks and stoppers replaced ('16)
• Bobstay and whisker-stays replaced ('16)
• Custom SS bow-plate installed ('16)
• Simrad forward-looking sonar installed ('16)
• Garmin 36 HD color radar with Garmin GPSmap 7610-XSV Display -w/ Class B AIS ('16)
• Icom SSB Tuner installed -w/ insulated backstay ('16)
• Icom IC-M504 VHF transceiver -w/ cockpit remote ('16)
• 2nd (redundant) Raymarine tiller-pilot installed ('16)
• Electrical panels replaced; wiring refit ('15)
• Fresh water pump and (domestic) hoses replaced ('16)
• Head hoses replaced ('16)
• Force-10 3-burner LPG stove installed ('15)
• Fusion Stereo -w/ cockpit speakers ('15)
• ARC EPRIB GPS-FIND ('16)
• Force-10 LPG cabin heater -w/ custom tile alcove ('16)
• Lofrans electric windlass installed ('16)
• Furlex staysail furler installed ('16)
• Honda 2.5hp outboard ('16)
• Bottom soda-blasted; Epoxy barrier-coated ('16)
• Exterior teak stripped and varnished ('15)
• Cape Horn wind vane steering installed; emergency rudder system ('15)
• Battery charger and inverter installed ('15)
• AGM batteries installed ('15)
• 1x19 SS lifelines installed ('16)

Throughout:  Varnished teak joinery; Herreshoff-style white bulkheads -w/ teak trim, solid teak sole; Alpenglow lights overhead; brass reading lamps, teak-framed hatches, bronze opening ports (with screens)

• Main cabin (6'1" headroom): 
  • Convertible settee/berth to port
  • Pilot-berth outboard
  • Settee/berth to starboard
  • Ash-ceilings line outboard of berths
  • Centerline table -w/ dropleaf to starboard
  • Force-10 heater in custom tiled alcove, forward to starboard
  • Teak-framed butterfly hatch (with screen)
  • Brass ship's-clock and barometer
  • Fusion stereo and speakers
• Forward cabin/ enclosed head -w/ head under folding seat, work-area, drawers and cabinets, teak-frame hatch (with screen), sail-locker access, shower, sump-pump, oiled teak grate
• Galley, aft to port (details below)
• Chart table/ nav-station. aft to starboard
• Quarterberth aft to starboard -w/ separate storage area

• Frigoboat keel-cooled refrigeration -w/ digital controller installed (K35 compressor, 160H evaporator plate -w/ freezer section) (May '19)
• Force-10 3-burner stove -w/ oven and broiler
• Deep SS sink; hot/cold pressure water
• Seagull filtered water
• Fresh water foot pump
• Fold-up counter section (spans across to chart table)
• Ample storage and counter-space

-- BCC-signature Cutter Rig --

• Ullman full-batten mainsail w/ two reef points (Mar '21)
• Port Townsend (Carol Hasse) 110% high-clew furling genoa -w/ foam luff and sunshield
• Seldon Furlex 200-S furler
• Port Townsend furling self-tending staysail -w/ Selden furler
• Port Townsend storm trysail
• Double-spreader, keel stepped Forespar aluminum mast
• Custom leather spreader boots
• Line stoppers on boom for reefing system
• Line stoppers for the halyards & topping lift
• Dedicated trysail track
• Spare sails 

Winches

• (Two) Barient bronze self-tailing bronze - primary 
• Barient bronze self-tailing - staysail sheet
• Anderson SS self-tailing - main halyard

• Yanmar 3GM30 27hp diesel engine
• Hours: approx. 2,400
• Hurth/Kanzaki transmission
• 1” SS prop-shaft - ('12)
• R&D Marine flexible shaft coupling - ('12)
• Shaft Shark line cutter on shaft
• PYI dripless shaft seal ('18)
• MaxProp
• 27 gallon diesel fuel tank
• Racor 500 filter w/ pressure gauge
• Fuel shut-offs

• Garmin 36 HD color radar with Garmin GPSmap 7610-XSV Display -w/ Class-B AIS ('16)
• Raymarine tiller-pilot -w/ remote smart controller ('16)
• (spare) Raymarine tiller pilot
• Raymarine ST-60 windspeed/direction
• Raymarine ST-60 Tri-data (knot/log, depth)
• Simrad forward-looking sonar ('16)
• Icom M-504 VHF -w/ remote mic 
• Icom M-802 SSB transceiver -w/ Pactor modem & USB-port

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Stereo

• Fusion MS-IP600 stereo -w/ remote control - in cockpit
• Polk-Audio speakers in cabin
• Fusion MS-BX-402 waterproof speakers - in cockpit
• Dedicated AM/FM antenna

12 Volt System

• Three Lifeline AGM Group-31 12V 105Ah batteries (provision for additional batteries)
• Loppolight 2nm tricolor w/ anchor LED light
• Alpenglow cabin lights (with LED for red)
• LED cabin lights
• DC panel
• Tricolor on masthead
• Running lights
• Deck lights

110 Volt System;

• 30 amp power cord
• Isolation transformer –accepts 120v or 230v shore power
• Prosine 2.0 Charger/Invertor w/100 amp charger
• Invertor is 2000 watt
• AC panel
• Blue Sea Systems AC digital multimeter -w/alarm 

Plumbing:

• Two fresh-water tanks (40 gals in forward tank, 24 in aft tank)
• Jabsco Sensor Max VSD constant pressure water system pump
• Seagull water filter system; 3M WV-B2 water filter
• Xintex monitor - on water tank
• Hot/cold pressure water (galley & head)
• IsoTemp Slim-B 6-gal water heater
• Jabsco 32700-0092 raw-water washdown pump
• Jabsco electric bilge pump
• Rule 3700 bilge pump
• Water Witch model 257 bilge high water alarm

Head details::

• Private head, forward
• Shower -w/ teak grate and sump-pump
• Raritan standard marine toilet - beneath bench seat
• Xintex liquid level monitor on holding tank
• Y-valve - for overboard or holding tank
• Ronco-Plastics B-12516 gallon holding tank
• Head hoses replaced ('15)

LPG System

• (Serves Force-10 galley stove; and cabin heater)

• 11# aluminum bottle - in dedicated lazarette

• Updated controls and monitoring

• 35# plow anchor -w/ 250’ HT chain; 150’ nylon rode; 3000lb SS swivel
• 20lb Danforth -w/ 50’ chain; 210’ nylon rode
• Spare CQR 35# plow anchor
• Lofrans horizontal windlass ('16)
• Double bow rollers

• Custom Awlgripped BCC-signature bulwarks
• Teak and bronze boom gallows 
• Varnished teak samson posts
• Cast bronze chocks and cleats
• Varnished teak butterfly hatch amidships -w/ bronze grill
• Cambridge Canvas dodger (Jul '19)
• Cambridge Canvas winter cover (Nov '17)
• Varnished teak cockpit coamings
• Hot/cold cockpit shower
• Fusion speakers in cockpit

Fatty Knees sailing-dinghy 

• Awlgripped by Hinckley ('19)
• BCC-signature bowsprit and boomkin
• Hinckley custom built rudder ('18)
• Cape Horn self-steering vane (currently not installed)
• Custom SS "strike-plate" at stem

• Anchor wash-down deck fitting replaced (Aug '21)
• Deck wash-down and shower-sump pumps replaced ('17)
• Whale Gusher Titan manual bulge pump installed (Aug '17)
• Whale Gulper toilet pump installed (Aug '17)
• Raritan head rebuilt -w/ “superflush” rebuild-kit (Sep '19)
• Water tanks removed and pressure-washed; cleanout ports installed (Oct '17).
• Bowsprit removed, painted, reinstalled/rebedded ('18/'19)
• Boomkin awlgripped ('18/'19) 
• Bulwarks repaired and awlgripped ('18/'19)
• Lifeline stanchions rebedded ('18)
• Boomkin rigging replaced -w/ Hayn hi-mod fittings/ 9/32 1x19 (Mar '20)
• OGM LED nav-lights installed - at deck level (Sep '18)
• LED mast tri-color light installed at masthead (Sep '18)
• Vesper Marine AIS/VHF antenna installed at masthead (Oct '18)
• Vesper Marine antenna splitter installed (Oct '18)
• New England Endura Dyneema sk-76 3/8" double-braid mainsail halyard
• Spinlock stopper-cam replaced (Aug '19)
• Garmin NMEA-2000 GPS antenna (Oct '19)
• Diverter valves at water heater lines (facilitates winterization) (Jun '20).
• Bottom paint green Interlux Micron Extra green bottom paint (Spring '21)

 -- Diligent engine maintenance - see below --

• Exhaust hose section replaced - from water lift muffler to stern exhaust fitting (Oct '21)
• Yanmar hi-rise exhaust elbow replaced (Jul '17)
• Engine raw-water pump and belt replaced (Aug '17)
• Hose to water lift muffler replaced (Jul '17)
• Installed Sigma Drive; cutlass bearing replaced (Feb '21) 
• PYI dripless shaft seal installed (Feb '21)
• Prop-shaft removed for inspsection by Kastel - and reinstalled (Feb '21)
• Fuel injectors replaced (Jun '19)
• Thermostat casting and gaskets replaced (Jun '19)
• Fuel return line replaced (May '19)
• Fresh water pump and gaskets replaced (Jan '20)
• Expansion tank pressure cap replaced (May '20)
• Engine hoses replaced ('16)
• Yanmar engine panel replaced ('16)
• Vetus throttle installed ('16)

Regular fall maintenance regimen - including zincs, oil and filter change, Racor filter, primary fuel filter cartridge, raw water impeller, MaxProp service

-- additional info to be posted soon --

• Rebuilt spare pump and belts in locker
• Gusher bilge pump rebuild kit
• Gusher clamping ring kit
• Toilet rebuild rebuild kit
• Fuel filters, oil filters
• Spare Raymarine tiller-pilot
• Spare sails

Potential purchasers should assume that any items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Engine hours are approximate, may be reported verbally by the seller, and are recorded at the time and date of the original listing of this vessel. Owner's use during the time of this listing may affect the total engine hours upon a prospective buyer's inspection. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his/her agents or his/her surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. This vessel is subject to sale, price and inventory changes or withdrawal from market without notice.