Details
A Joe Adams designed blue water cruising boat with all the essentials. Typical with Adams designs she is an absolute delight to sail, responds well on all points of sail. A fast, safe, well mannered craft with the most extensive array of all that is necessary for long passages or permanent living on board.
She was launched in 1990 built by Trewartha boat builders in Victoria, the Artful Dodger is a round bilge, shoal draft yacht with a roomy aft cockpit, skeg hung rudder (for safety), a long keel with a cutaway forefoot for better manoeuvrability.
Cockpit protection provided by spray dodger, bimini with solar panels on top, roll down clears protecting the entire cockpit. Good size duckboard with dinghy on davits.
Down below, two generous double cabins, excellent galley, engine sits forward of the galley & complete access is given by removing panels & also provides the saloon dining table.
New cabin ports just installed.
Usage
Leisure, Cruising, Live Aboard
Builder
Trewartha Boat Builders Victoria
Keel / Ballast
A long fin keel with lead ballast
Hull Material
Fibreglass/GRP
Engine
Marinised Toyota 2.2 Litre fresh water cooled diesel
Fuel Consumption
3.5 L/hr
Cruise Speed
7 knots depending on conditions
Propulsion
3 blade Autostream feathering s/s prop
Galley
Well situated midships galley (excellent at sea) with large single bowl s/s sink, microwave, well equipped good bench & cupboard space.
Refrigeration
Top loader 12v fridge partitioned to allow small freezer space.
Stove
3 x burner Smev gas stove & oven.
Hot Water System
Heat exchange & 240 volt
Accommodation
Forward double berth cabin
One saloon berth / aft port side 1/4 berth (cabin)
starboard 1/4 berth
Entertainment
Sony 49" TV / Kenwood sound system / Bose speakers / Yamaha cockpit speakers
Outboard
3hp Yamaha 2 stroke
Covers
Sunbrella canvas dodger, bimini & side covers.
Evolution sails lazyjack mainsail bag
Full canvas boat cover
Ground Tackle
Muir electric anchor winch with 60m chain & 45lb Manson supreme & Autoanchor 500 chain counter at helm.
Safety Gear
V sheet / tethers & jack lines / fire blanket
Icom MC505 VHF/DSC with remote mic in c/pit
Bilge Pumps
Yes manual & electric
Electrics
New Enerdrive 40amp AC2DC multi stage battery charger (EN31240)DC
New 200AH LifePO4 battery / 640W Solar Panels / 2 x Victron smart solar controllers
12v/24 switch circuit breaker panel with Xantrex battery monitor with shunt
New Enerdrive 2000W Pure Sine Inverter
Electronics
Navman wind & chart plotter
Raymarine 170 depth/speed
Plastimo intergrated Auto Pilot
Sail Inventory
Fully battened mainsail, genoa with Profurl Furler, staysail, storm jib. MPS in sock.
Mast / Rigging
Alloy mast & boom, double spreader rig, boom vang 8:1 with dyneema strop.
Deck Gear
Solid top safety rails / Barient self tailing winches throughout / Ronstan mainsheet traveller, out of cockpit in front of dodger, controls into cockpit