Overview

Amicus is a 34' Tom Colvin designed Saugeen Witch steel ketch. She was launched in 1978 and spent her first five years cruising Central America and the Caribbean, was then brought to Lake Superior. She resided there until 2011 when she was brought to Lake Erie and then sailed down to Wilmington, North Carolina through the Erie Canal in the fall of 2013. A veteran cruiser, she is well equipped, in excellent condition and capable of sailing any ocean. She is a true blue water cruiser. A complete refit was done in 2006 in preparation for an 18 month long cruise to the Bahamas from Lake Superior. She has spent more than 1/2 her life in fresh water.

Descriptions

Dimensions

LOD:  34 feet

LWL:  29 feet

Displacement: 18,000 lbs fully loaded

Full Keel Draft: 4 feet

 

Engines

2QM20 Yanmar (22hp), upgraded to 85 amp alternator, original kept as spare (2013)

Dripless Shaft Seal, three blade prop (no water ever leaks into bilge)

Engine runs great, new exhaust elbow and cutlass bearing in 2009

replaced all external hoses and pipes 2007

Fuel tanks and lines all replaced 2012

Fuel consumption: Approx  0.6 gal/hr at 5.2 knots (1700 RPM)

1.0 gal/hr at 5.8 knots (2000 RPM)

Tankage

Fuel Capacity: Approx 38 gallons in two tanks

Water:Approx 110 gallons in two tanks

Electrical System 12 VDC

85 Amp engine alternator

Three 95 watt mono-crystalline solar panels on dinghy davit mounts

One spare 95 watt panel can be placed on deck for long anchorage periods

One Group 27 wet cell engine start battery, new 2011

Four 6 volt, 225 AH Lifeline AGM batteries - house battery bank

Blue Sea battery combiner 

One Magnum MagnaSine 1000 watt inverter/charger, sine wave

One Frigidaire energy star rated refrigerator/freezer

One 600 watt microwave oven

One 300 watt sine wave inverter for small loads

Morningstar MPPT solar charge controller

Xantrex battery monitor

Wilson electronics cell phone booster with external antenna

Cabin lighting is all LED, low power

LED Nav lights

Masthead anchor light

Electrical System 110VAC

Only shore power connection is to inverter/charger

Magnum MagnaSine 1000W inverter/charger

Head

Airhead composting toilet, no holding tanks or thru-hull fittings for head

Galley

Stainless steel sink with two manual pump faucets, one tank, one sea water

Force 10 two burner propane stove/oven

Navigation Electronics

Garmin Chartplotter, model 3205

ICOM VHF Radio model IC-M504

ICOM AIS Class B transponder MA-500TR with display, also shows on GPS display

Three electrical autopilots, Autohelm 4000, 2000, and 800

Standard Horizon handheld VHF radio

Spare older Magellan GPS Chart Plotter

Hummingbird depth sounder

Safety Equipment

Three fire extinguishers

Three electric bilge pumps

One large Gusher manual bilge pump

Horn

Radar reflector

Flare gun and flares, newest ones from 2012

Two boat hooks

Jack lines

Safety harness

Safety netting on lifelines

Ground Tackle

35# CQR

30# Bruce

20# Danforth

300 ft of 5/16" HT chain

50 ft of 3/8" chainand 200ft of 3/4 in nylon rode

Simpson-Lawrence manual windlass

Sails

Tanbark Main with two reef points, reef lines led to cockpit

Tanbark Mizzen with one reef point

White Jib on Hood roller furling

Tanbark Staysail in excellent condition

Spare Tanbark jib 

Storm Staysail (New 2006, never been used)

Storm Trysail (New 2006, never been used)

Code Zero cruising spinnaker with sock

Mizzen Staysail

Rigging

Heavy aluminum main mast, double spreader, full mast steps, separate track for Trysail

Wood mizzen mast with mast steps

Main mast rigging SS 1/4" 7x19 all new in 2006

Norsman terminals and new turnbuckles on main in 2006

New main halyard in 2013

Boom brake for main boom

All main mast lines brought to cockpit (except jib halyard)

Two Anderson self tailing winches for Jib sheets

One Anderson single speed, non-tailing winch for main halyard

Miscellaneous

Lots of spare engine parts

Zodiac Zoom Dinghy (hard bottom)

MinnKoto electric trolling motor and two batteries.

Charger built into aft locker

 

Manuals

Have manuals for all on-board equipment

Additional Comments and Notes

In 2012 the complete fuel system was replaced and the electrical system was completely replaced in 2013. The hull below the waterline was cleaned and three new coats of two part epoxy paint were applied. The deck was repainted. New solar panels, AGM house batteries, and a 1000 watt sine wave inverter/charger were installed in 2013.

 Hull and deck have no water leaks, interior stays dry except for small condensation when very cold outside. Prop shaft dripless seal does not leak any water. No water ever in bilge unless spilled from sink or rain through open hatch. Boat is very dry.

Designer's web site: <http://www.thomasecolvin.com>

Captains Note:  I traveled 1500 NM on the boat over the last 4 months (August to Nov 2013) and had no problems.  It has been in the water continuously since May of 2013.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.