Description

Fanai is a round bilge version of the world famous long keeled 36ft Alan Pape, Ebbtide design, which is renowned as a traditional style cruising yacht ideally suited for long ocean passages and comfortable live aboard life styles. Built and fitted out by the owner, she was launched in August 2003.

Accommodation consists of a large forecabin, heads, saloon with dining table, galley and navigation station and 2 aft cabins. There is ample wardrobe space and storage for foodstuffs, etc. She has 6 berths. One double berth in the forward cabin, 2 saloon berths and 2 quarter berths.

She has a Yanmar 4JH3 56hp 4-cylinder diesel engine and fuel tankage to give a range in the region of 1,500 nm.

Her rudder is transom hung which makes for safety at sea and also for ease of self steering. She is equipped with a Hydrovane self steering wind vane system but can also be made to self steer on many points of sail simply by careful attention to sail trim and balance. She has a wide flush deck, many handholds, substantial stanchions, lifelines and granny bars near the mast which all make for safety while offshore. There are no holes in the deck. All gear (mostly stainless steel) has been attached to stainless steel backing plates which are themselves welded directly to the hull. This was done to stop any ingress of moisture and to make for easy maintenance. The hull, deck and insides of the craft were all shot blasted professionally and epoxy primed immediately to prevent any oxidation of the steel. After two coats of epoxy the interior was sprayed with expanded polyurethane foam which has resulted in an extremely dry interior. Books can even be left aboard in Ireland in winter!
Approximate Dimensions


Length Overall 36ft 10ins 11.23m
Waterline Length 32ft 9.75m
Beam 11ft 6ins 3.5m
Draft 6ft 1.53m
Thames Tonnage 14 tons
Displacement 12 tons
Ballast 3.5 tons Lead

Engine

The engine is a Yanmar 4JH3 56hp 4-cylinder diesel with shaft drive all new in 2003.

Last serviced may 2008.

Fuel consumption is around 2litres per hour at 2000 rpm giving around 5.5 knots. Range, under engine, is in the region of 1,500 nm

Specifications

Her ballast is lead ingots encapsulated in concrete. All windows and hatch lights are "unbreakable" Lexan.


Approximate Dimensions
Length Overall 36ft 10ins 11.23m
Waterline Length 32ft 9.75m
Beam 11ft 6ins 3.5m
Draft 6ft 1.53m
Thames Tonnage 14 tons
Displacement 12 tons
Ballast 3.5 tons Lead


Accommodation
6 berths in three cabins
1 heads
Navigation Table
Galley

Rig, Sails and Spars
Masthead Cutter rig
Anodised Aluminium Alloy spars
Stainless Steel standing rigging
Detachable second forestay for down wind work
Mainsail Watson (2003)
Lazyjacks and slab reefing on main
Genoa - Watson (2007)
Rotostay headsail reefing
Staysail - self tacking - Watson (2003)
Spinnaker - almost unused

Deck Equipment
Simpson Lawrence Sea tiger two speed manual anchor windlass
25kg Bruce
25kg CQR
10kg Bruce Kedge

2 x Lewmar 48 Self tailing genoa winches
2 x Lewmar 43
2 x Lewmar 8
2 x Enkes 20
Granny bars either side of mast
Sestrel Moore steering compass

Hydrovane self steering (modified older model - 4 successful transatlantic passages)
2 x boathooks
Whisker pole
Spinnaker pole
Fenders
Warps
Ensign / staff
Cockpit cushions

General Equipment

Clock
Barometer


Oil lamp
Gimballed Eno Marine Stainless steel gas cooker, 2 hobs and an oven with flame failure device.
Pots, pans and cutlery included
Manual pumped cold water to galley and heads

Diesel heating
Lavac sea toilet

Engine


Yanmar 4JH3 56hp 4-cylinder diesel engine


Shaft drive
Tankage
Water - approx 300 litres stainless steel - in 4 separate tanks
Diesel - 1000 litres in 3 separate steel tanks
Gravity feed day tank
Electrics / Electronics
12 Volt 110AH engine start battery
2 x 12Volt 110AH general service batteries (2007)

Raymarine Radar / chart plotter
18inch radome
Charts for Ireland and Spanish coast
ICOM VHF Radio telephone
Garmin 128 GPS
Nasa Weatherfax
Echo sounder
Phillips shortwave (SSB) radio use with laptop computer for weather faxes
Quartz tide clock

Electronic weather station
Nasa Navtex
Broadcast stereo with CD and MP3 players

2 x 50Watt solar panels
75Watt solar panel

Solar panel voltage regulator
Fluxgate compass
300Watt pure sine wave inverter
800Watt modified sine wave inverter (will run most 220V ac power tools)
Navigation lights
Interior lights
Chart table light
Anchor light

Charts
Wide range of paper charts
CMAP 2006 digital charts of the whole world (2006)
Navigational software (PC)

Safety Gear
6 x lifejackets
Jack stays
2 x Harnesses
Boarding ladder - on rudder
Radar reflector
Fire extinguisher
Flares
First aid kit
Manual bilge pump
Electric automatic bilge pump


Shore Gear

Inflatable dinghy
Outboard motor
Legs 1 only

Owner's Comments



After extensive research for a craft that would take me and my crew safely across open oceans I settled on Alan Pape's tried and tested Ebbtide 36 design.

After talking to Alan I opted for his round bilged version and it has resulted in an easily driven hull which is very fair and pleasing to the eye.





Fanai is a kindly sea boat, her heavy displacement resulting in comfort at sea but when she gets wind she is as sprightly as one of the lighter cruiser racers.


I wanted a boat that would allow one to live aboard for extended periods and she has ample stowage space for fuel, water and foodstuffs for such work.

In build she was shot blasted and epoxied both inside and out and her insides were sprayed with foam which has resulted in an extremely dry boat (books left aboard in Ireland in Winter survive quite well and that is a good test), easy to heat in the winter northern latitudes and cool in the tropics.!



She has spent time in both extremes!

What you have used the boat for, where you have been and with how many on board.

I have basically lived on Fanai for the past 5 years she has taken me and various crew members safely and comfortably to Spain / Portugal/ Madeira/ Canaries/ Cape Verde Islands/ Caribbean/Azores/ Ireland. Then to The Faeroes/ Norway, close to the Arctic Circle/ Shetlands/ Fair Isle/ St Kilda// Ireland. Then Spain/ Portugal again Morocco (Atlantic Coast)/ Canaries/ Azores, Etc etc (See logs for more details)


How does she sail under a variety of conditions how is she balanced ?

Many of the above voyages were accomplished solo so the question of balance is answered. Even without engaging the wind vane, it is possible to get Fanai­ to self steer by trimming the sails. Also the self tacking staysail makes for easy sail handling. (again see logs) I sailed solo from Sal in the Cape Verdes without touching the tiller and managed to read a lot of books on the passage!

How does she manoeuvre under sail and power?

She motor sails quite well with a reefed main to steady the rolling motion. I often used a very small tiller pilot on the head of the Hydrovane and with that rig she would keep on an unerring course for ever and a day.

Is she controllable going astern. To be honest, like all long keelers is an acquired skill to control her astern!

What is a reasonable cruising speed under sail 6/7 knots and power 5 / 5.5 knots depending on sea state.

What is she like in heavy weather? Wonderful. Force 10 storm last June coming from the Azores. I just used my small staysail and everything went well.



I now feel that I would like to settle on land again and I am planning a new project which needs to be financed. Fanai is ready to go blue water cruising and if she does not sell relatively quickly I will probably plan a 2 year cruise to Brazil in her next season.

June 2009 Survey

This Report was prepared for the current owner for insurance purposes.

It is provided for interest only.

Any buyer should rely on his own inspection and survey.

Specifications

Engine(s)

Yanmar 4JH3E Installed new in 2003. See above.

Yanmar 4 JH3E

Daily service tank

Construction

Accommodation

aft bunk

forecabin

emailing at nav station

galley

heads

nav table

saloon looking forward

weather station

Equipment

SL windlass, dorade vents, granny bars

clock, barometer

3 solar panels (total 175 watts)

other solar panels, steering gear etc

Sails & Spars

mainsail

genoa winch

Location Map