H-Boat U.S.A.
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For Sale
FROM:TOM OSGOOD --Posted 3-12-02
RE:
1980 ARTEKNO H-BOAT CF
7630 GV
618
36TH AVENUE
PH: (650) 578-8395
FAX:(650) 458-8342
E-MAIL: tommarley@rcn.com
I
am in the market to sell my H-Boat because one of my knees is very unstable: not
dependable for single-handing the H-Boat, or for having someone inexperienced
along, nor to walk its deck when on trailer.
Since
buying the boat and trailer in 1993, the following has been done, mainly in
1997, and by Svendsen’s Boat Yard and Rig Shop, Alameda, California, who
command deservedly fine reputations:
1)
Repairs
to mast and boom were analyzed and made good;
2)
Completely
new standing rigging installed;
3)
Completely
new electrical system installed;
4)
New
cockpit drain through-hull seacocks were custom-fabricated and installed; new
valves and cockpit drain hoses installed;
5)
New
lifting ring fabricated and installed;
6)
New
6000# lifting sling purchased and on board;
7)
New
Boomkicker, and lazy-jack systems installed;
8)
Harken
jib furler installed;
9)
Virtually
new Diamond 110% working jib and other mfgr.135% genoa (used) cut to furl;
10)
Old
potty removed; new Porta-Potty on board;
11)
Old
traveler removed and beautiful new one (teak, made by Soren Hansen) installed about 9” aft of prior site; new Harken gear; new
traveler and control lines;
12)
New
two-part locking cabin door, slides, and molding (teak, by Hansen) installed;
13)
New
seats and tiller (teak, by Hansen) installed;
14)
New perimeter lines
installed to enable tiller control from virtually anywhere on deck; easily removed, as its runs utilize existing deck
hardware;
15)
Old
backstay system removed; replaced by spectra line backstay with ring connecting
to snap shackle connecting to high double bridle with control lines running aft
then through Spinlock cams either side of cockpit installed between forward
tiller end and traveler—hence control from either side of boat; snap shackle
also allows backstay and bridle assembly to be separated and re-connected easily
to lift boat by hoist/crane;
16)
Trailer
modified: padded steel preventers and guides for keel custom fabricated and
installed to prevent forward motion of boat beyond proper balance point on
trailer and to guide and cradle keel when loading boat to trailer;
17)
Knotmeter
repaired, rewired;
18)
Keel
bolts cleaned, new nuts installed;
19)
New
Pacific blue 3-piece sectioned boat cover by Hogin Sails made and installed;
20)
Old
cabin upholstery discarded.
Those
are the main repairs and improvements. Standing and running rigging layouts
overseen by Bruce Schwab, then of Svendsen’s Rig Shop at that time; all other
work overseen by Gary Rolf, Svendsen’s Boat Works’ assistant yard manager at
the time. So the re-fit is quite
recent and virtually unused.
The
boat has been on the water less than 6 hours since the 1997 refit. The refit costs were $11,600+ : materials (40%), labor (60%).
I
bought the H-Boat and trailer for $6,000. in September
1993
with Proline epoxy on bottom but no anti-fouling bottom paint. (Still no paint.)
Lloyd Benson, a marine surveyor, stated values
at that time as:
Vessel market value:
$ 8,000
Trailer market value: $ 1,000
Vessel replacement value:
$18,000
Trailer replacement value:
$ 1,500
7
Sails: barely used main; barely used
furler-cut 110% jib; furler-cut 135% genoa; used 110% jib (not furler-cut); used main; 150% drifter genoa (not
furler-cut).
2
anchors, chains, and lines.
Mounted
on the trailer (no brakes) are: storage bin, ladder, hose, and hose reel.
The
boat sails very sweetly. Really
hate to give it up and sell it, but there are realities to face.
I think there are about 5 H-Boats in the San Francisco Bay Area, and 1 or
2 in Santa Cruz.
I’d
like to get $9,500: for boat, all
equipment, all sails mentioned above, for trailer, and
an additional $1,000 for the outboard; but I am willing to negotiate
a bit. A
new H-Boat (now made by Botnia Marin) will run at least $35,000+
(probably rather more) plus sails, plus
all equipment, plus lots of freight from Europe.
There
are a few small cracks very recently exuding traces of rust (iron keel) at line
of keel connection to hull. Svendsen’s
Assistant Yard Manager, Ray Ronquillo, examined this feature and wrote (full
quote): “To answer your question
regarding repair of the cracks at the keel of your boat:
What we usually do is reeve out these cracks and fill them with either
polysulfide sealant or epoxy paste. The
majority of sailboats have these cracks. We
find that there is very little that can be done to prevent their recurrence.
Slight movement of the keel causes them when the boat is heeled over.
If repaired, they probably will come back.
In our opinion they are not usually something to be very concerned
about.” He estimated repair at
$300-$400.
My H-Boat is presently on trailer in Dry-Sail slot E-275 at Alameda Marina. It is covered, and cabin companionway hatch is locked. California Department of Motor Vehicles and Coast Guard documentation is current for the boat and trailer. Boat and trailer (no brakes) are insured.