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Long Passages sports a versatile rig with strong aluminum spars,
conservative wire sizes, and sails capable of handling all
conditions we have encountered in 14 years of circumnavigating.
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Spars
Masts -
- Main - Metal Mast™ aluminum
(49' 4.5" from mast step to top)
- Mizzen - Metal Mast™
aluminum (35') with stainless mast steps
Booms
- Main Boom - Selden™ aluminum single
line reefing system (installed in 2000) with
internal topping lift and jam-cleats
- Mizzen Boom - Metal Mast™
aluminum
Spinnaker Pole - Forespar™
aluminum 3 1/2" tube, extendible to 23'
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Sails
- Mainsail- Fully
battened
with 2 deep reef points- dacron
(North Sails™)
- Mizzen Sail - Fully
battened
with 2 reef points - dacron (Housely Sails™)
- 125% Genoa - dacron with mylar
core (North Sails)™
- 95% Yankee - dacron (Kostan
Sails, Venezuela)
- 185% Drifter - Ripstop nylon on
its own Harken™ furler (Doyle Sails™)
- Staysail - dacron (Housely Sails™
- Storm Trysail - dacron (Housely
Sails™)
- Storm Jib - dacron (Hood
Sails™)
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Hardware
Cockpit
- Primary - Barient
27 stainless self-tailing winches (2)
- Secondary - Barient
16 stainless winches (2)
Coachroof
- Main halyard and sheet
- Barient 24 stainless self-tailing
winch
- Staysail sheets,
Reefing Lines, topping lift - Lewmar 30
stainless self-tailing
winches
- Rope clutches - Lewmar (6)
allocated to all lines mentioned above.
Main Mast
- Main halyard -
Lewmar 40 stainless self-tailing winch
- Genoa Halyard -
Barient 22 Stainless winch
- Staysail Halyard -
Barient 16 stainless winch
- Spinnaker Halyard -
Barient 18 stainless winches
Mizzen Mast
- Mizzen Halyard -
Barient 16 stainless winch
- Mizzen staysail halyard,
topping lift, and outhaul -all led to convenient
cleats on mizzen mast.
Traveller -
Harken 4-1
with lines led to clam-cleats on coachroof
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Furling Gear
- Headsail - Profurl N42 Classic,
2 track - installed on headstay; furling line led to
cockpit
- Drifter - Harken 435 small boat furler
hoisted on dedicated halyard;
furler and sail can be removed and stowed below when
not is use.
- Staysail - Mariner hank-on roller furler -
installed on intermediate stay; furling line led to
cockpit.
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Rigging
Wire - all replaced within last
3 years.
- Main shrouds - 5/6 inch 316
stainless steel;
- Headstay and Backstay -
3/8 inch 316 stainless steel;
- Mizzen shrouds - 1/4 inch 316
stainless steel
Terminals - Swage fittings at
mastheads and mechanical (Norseman or Stay Loc) at deck
level.
Chainplates - Attached to
strong bulkheads and available for inspection. |

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