Forward Storage Area
● Chain locker is divided for two anchors with starboard grate
● Chain locker has Starboard reinforcement on the bulkhead
● Primary Bruce anchor has 400’ of chain with much pulled aft under storage
● Note: The deckwash pump is in the storage area on the starboard side
● Stored there are new furling lines, sheets, halyards
● Spare 110v battery charger
● Downwind MPS (Doyle Sails used three times) and control lines
● Custom teak line holder for MPS rigging
● Large overhead hatch for downwind sail and escape
● Custom teak screen
● Great ventilation flow through the boat
● Two custom cabinets
● Fire extinguisher mounted up forward
Forward Cabin
● Pullman layout
● Nice double berth with overhead hatch and window
● Reading lights and dome light in the berth
● The fiddle that runs the length of the boat is a great nook
● Drawers three large drawers and a show locker under berth and storage outboard
● Step for hopping up
● Six-inch-high quality mattress with hypervent
● Custom shelf at the forward (foot) bulkhead
● Shelf has B&G hydra multi-function display to monitor
● To starboard, huge hanging locker with shelves outboard
● Clothes hook behind the door
● Additional large locker with shelves for clothes
● Large hanging locker with shelves outboard
● Shelf above with storage great for hats and scarves
● Overhead Lewmar hatch with custom teak screen over berth
● Stainless steel opening ports with screens port and starboard
● Alpenglow red and white light
● Two Hella fans in the forward cabin
Main Salon
● Pullman chose for ocean passage making and world voyaging due to the storage it offers
● Port side settee with foot well (which can store an immense load)
● Huge locker amid ship houses the masthead connections, it houses the electronic compass for radar overlay, and provides storage also
● Fluxgate compass installed on the salon table leg away from interference
● At the base of the mast under the floorboard is the Furuno sensors for boat speed
● Reading lights at settees port and starboard, both ends
● Alpenglow lights overhead with both red and white
● Drop leaf table that can extend across to the starboard settee to seat four
● Center storage in the table for those special beverages or cloth napkins
● Salon port side cabinet is huge to store many things
● Seafrost and 12v Tradewinds system in the cabinet
● Full-length shelves for books and baskets and things
● Settees have storage outboard
● Water tanks are aluminum, 44 gallons each under settee (88 gallons total)
● Port side settee has lee cloth and foot well
● Starboard settee is full length with lee cloth and reading lights
● Settee cushions in perfect condition always covered (blue soft upholstery)
● Starboard outboard shelf (double shelf) with cabinet aft near the nav
● This cabinet houses the installation of Iridium brain, stereo, and manuals
● Beautiful hand rubbed varnished cherry interior
● Chelsea striking ships clock and barometer
● Beautiful oil lamp from Norway, a special gift to the boat
● Large Lewmar ocean hatch with teak custom screen
● Four Hood stainless steel opening ports with screens
● Custom curtains run the full length of salon (always closed to prevent sun damage)
● Cherry fiddles run the full length and accentuate the shear of the hull shear
● Hella fans with variable speeds, very quiet
● Stereo speakers, and stereo
● Teak and basswood cable sole has always had rugs and is perfect
● Floorboards are impressive thick marine plywood laminated with half inch teak
● All the floorboards are locking, and all numbered
● Main freshwater intake thru hull located amid ship under the sole
● Manual emergency bilge pump (secondary interior pump) stored under sole
● Air conditioning and refrigeration pumps located under the sole
● Insulated hull to the water line means no condensation in the interior and in the lockers
Galley
● Classic Valiant U-shaped galley adjacent the nav station
● Force 10 three-burner gimbaled stove and oven
● Cabinet with sliding doors outboard with two shelves dishes
● Microwave at the forward end of cabinet
● Huge counter forward with room to open the refrigerator
● Refrigerator has extra insulation with divider so large freezer is separate
● Controls for two separate systems, 110v Seafrost and 12v (labeled)
● Two cold plates for very effective 110v system, generator can freeze quick
● Seafrost 12v Tradewinds system keeps the cold and works on the hard also
● Corian counters with teak fiddles, perfect condition
● Silverware drawer
● Trash bin roll out trash bin near the centerline, envy of boat owners
● Aft bulkhead double deep stainless steel sinks and pressure faucet
● Seagull filter water system with new filter, not used
● Manual foot pump for fresh water in galley and in the head
● Custom sink pump out drain, note raised waterline for distance cruising
● Cabinet above the sink is large
● At the outboard side of the counter is a huge locker for pans and pans and ships stores (all the pots and pans convey as they work perfectly on the boat)
● Under sink cabinet is large holding all cleaning supplies
● Three deep drawers in the sink cabinet inboard
● Overhead ocean hatch with teak screen for galley ventilation
● Stainless steel Hood port with screen outboard to port over stove
● Huge amazing Valiant pantry to starboard at the galley aft of nav seat
● Pantry has four awesome rollout locking shelves! The envy of boat owners.
● Shelf above pantry and small cabinet with safety equipment
● AC/Heat intake installed below pantry with vents throughout
Head & shower stall
● Located aft at companionway
● Bifold teak door
● Separate shower with seat, teak grate and sump pump
● Shower has Euro faucet with hot and cold water
● Opening Hood port with screen in shower
● Lewmar ocean hatch in shower
● Towel or foul weather gear hooks!
● Very large locker outboard of the shower seat
● Large Corian counter with sink outboard
● Cabinets outboard to the hull with two shelves
● Amazing storage locker or hamper, your choice
● Hot and cold pressure water and manual foot pump
● Mirror
● Towel rods and hooks
● Cabinet above the sink is huge extending to hull
● Toilet (larger Puritan Skipper toilet) with new pump
● Custom access to the engine room just aft of toilet
● Espar heater vent in the bathroom!
● Large storage under sink cabinet
Aft Stateroom
● Off-shore sea berth
● Double berth with divided cushion and lee board
● Two mattresses with hypervent
● Perfect off-watch sea berth
● Safety gear can be stowed in the outboard berth
● Hella fans
● Lewmar ocean hatch
● Hood opening ports (two) with screens
● Bifold privacy door
● The “pizza” window folds up to provide for communication with the cockpit
● Seat with storage under for tools
● Large locker outboard holds safety gear and sailing gear
● Mirror and clothes hooks
● Large drawer under berth
● Custom extra batteries installed under the drawer to make 900-amp hours
● Under berth the amazing battery installation with tiedowns and new boots
● Seafrost 110v compressor, under berth
● Hot water heater 110v, under berth
● Epirb, grab and go location
● Bilge pump at the lowest place just forward of companionway stair
Navigation Station
● The classic forward facing nav station is the ships office
● Located to starboard adjacent the galley
● Custom flush mounted electronics, all neat, clean, beautiful
● Electronics Furuno, B&G
● Norwegian nav chart light, red and white
● Storm glass
● Chart table is large enough with chart storage within
● Charts, charts, charts
● Storage outboard for various things including Icom handheld VHF, Q Flag, Curtesy flags, burgees
● Storage under nav seat currently spares and supplies
● Drawer for everything
● Cabinet under nav desk is large
● Opening port with screen
● Ocean hatch, small over nav station with teak screen
● Hella fan
● Alpenglow red and white light
● Behind above nav seat is Espar diesel heat control panel
● Air conditioning 110v control panel
Companionway
● Teak steps with treads
● Teak drop boards are solid
● Companionway cherry screens beautiful and provide great ventilation
● Companionway cherry and plexiglass drop boards provide light
● Sliding hatch has sky light, always covered to keep interior nice
● Electrical control panel on the bulkhead under the companionway ladder
● Master breaker for 110v shore power, generator, inverter
● Master breaker for 12v system, for refrigeration
● Generator start control
● Lewmar electric winch breaker for cabin house winch under dodger
● Espar diesel furnace breaker
● Solar charger panel
● Halon system override control
● B&G Hydra Remote handheld control unit for use under dodger
● Engine room light switch
● Command mic for VHF radio
Electronics and Navigation
● Furuno NavNet II, the master brain with additional unit under dodger
● Upgraded for high res 36-mile color radar with overlay MARPA
● Chart plotter uses C-Map NT Command NT Charts
● (Complete charts for all of North and South America)
● Class A Furuno AIS (sends and receives like commercial ships)
● Wind speed and direction display over companionway
● Furuno weatherfax
● Furuno forward looking sonar
● Sirius weather data and charts (requires subscription)
● Upgraded Furuno electronic compass
● Northstar 600i chart plotter (totally separate) provides backup
● Northstar also feeds data to the B&G Hydra system/multi-function displays
● Northstar uses Navionics charts, Alaska to Cape horn, and even Nova Scotia
● B&G multifunction display at the nav station and two over companionway
● B&G Hydra autopilot is top of the line upgraded hydraulic ram with rudder indicator at the helm
● B&G Hydra autopilot remote at the companionway and also at the helm
● Furuno Fluxgate Compass (under the salon table)
● ICOM VHF radio with full function cockpit mic
● ICOM Single sideband radio with Pactor II modem for SSB data
● Iridium phone installed with external antenna.
● Valiant Electrical Panel outboard with tidy labeled installation
● DC panel
● AC 110v panel
● Xantrex Power Inverter and battery monitor
● Large fire extinguisher installed under nav table
● EPIRB installed in aft cabin to grab and go with ditch bag
● Monitor windvane steering system (currently in storage
Electrical systems
● Batteries replaced in 2018
● Amazing 900-amp hours of battery power with custom installation
● Lifeline AGM Group 31 XL (1-4 under berth)
● Lifeline AGM Group 31 XL (5-6 in custom drawer below berth)
● Lifeline AGM Group 31 XL start battery
● Solar Panels: two 130-amp panels installed on stern arch
● Wind generator Eclectic Energy D400 quiet, with spares and maintenance items including spare hub and blades
● 50-amp shore power connection, shore power cable, connectors and adaptors (many electrical spares)
Mechanical Systems
Engine Details
● Westerbeke 55B 55hp engine V-drive
● PYI shaft seal new in 2016
● Cutlass bearing replaced in 2016
● 1500 hours (hour meter stopped at 880), log available
● Four-cylinder, naturally aspirated maintained in excellent condition
● Stainless steel shaft with line cutter and zincs
● New 120-amp alternator with Balmar regulator double belts
● Dual Racor fuel filters
● Valiant fuel manifold for three fuel tanks, total of 63 gallons
● Saddle tanks in port and starboard cockpit lockers outboard
● Custom additional tank, 23 gallons in engine room
● Full access to engine
● Storage for tools and oil
● Electric oil change pump
● Engine spares: impellers, filters, o-rings, belts, water pump, alternator (Westerbeke kit)
● Spare alternator, regulator and likely more
Generator Details
● Westerbeke 5kw diesel generator (350 hours)
● Located centerline aft of engine under cockpit sole
● Access from cockpit lockers and in engine room
● Can run everything from the 110v refrigeration and air conditioner/reverse cycle heat to tea kettle
● Controls at companionway
Deck and Hull
● Classic Bob Perry modified fin keel, laterally long for stability and tracking
● Skeg mounted rudder as deep as the keel
● The boat steers itself if sails are trimmed
● Overbuilt solid hand laid fiberglass hull is famously robust
● Hull insulation deck to waterline prevents condensation
● Impressive very robust Valiant layup schedule of matt and woven roving
● Deck cored with balsa with solid fiberglass where needed for any hardware
● Aluminum slotted toe rail for easy attachment points for blocks
● Scuppers
● Beautiful dawn colored factory nonskid
● Classic vertical cabin house sides so you can open ports in rain
●(12) Hood ports with screens throughout the boat
●(7) Lewmar ocean hatches with teak screens and covers
● Massive Valiant bow anchor platform with solid bow pulpit of 1” SS
● 24” high stanchions with SS uncoated lifelines and new hardware
● Solid stern rail to the boarding gates port and starboard
● Secure offshore cockpit
● Folding Valiant ladder installs on the toe rail port or starboard
● Structural Valiant arch system integrated with stern rail and davit system
● Arch supports installed solar and wind
● Integrated davit system with all hardware and lines to raise and lower dink
● Davits easily removed to accommodate Monitor wind vane steering system
● Monitor windvane hardware and line controls installed
● B&G Hydra autopilot at the helm with remote
● B&G multifunction displays over the companionway
● Wind speed and direction display over companionway
● Furuno NavNet display under dodger
● Heel-o-Meter
● Richie compass at the Binnacle
● Elkhide cover on the 36” wheel
● Wheel lock
● Monitor windvane control lines with hardware on the binnacle
● Ritchie compass on the binnacle
● Cockpit table, starboard, not wood
● Helm cover always used so everything has been protected
● Two large cockpit lockers port and starboard lockers with fuel tanks outboard, generator access panels installed
● Teak line holders in cockpit lockers
● Two aft lockers with the port side used for stern anchor rode below and propane sealed space above
Deck Layout
● Valiant massive stainless steel bow pulpit anchor platform
● Welded eye for spinnaker Harken block at the bow, custom
● Anchor snubber system Harken block attached to the platform
● Custom stainless steel plate protects the deck from anchor chain
● Lighthouse 1500 electric windlass for HT chain
● Hoss pipe to port for secondary anchor with gypsy on Lighthouse
● Port side connection for anchor washdown system with intake in the forepeak storage area
● Primary anchor is 77lb Manson Bruce anchor with 400’ 5/16th HT chain (Note: there is a new 66lb Bruce in storage to downsize)
● Secondary anchor is 45lb CQR with 20’ chain and about 150‘ of rode with the Lighthouse gypsy roller to support the rode
● Anchor location float
● Anchor snubber rigged and ready
● Stainless steel cleats 10” with chocks at the bow, amid ships, and at the stern
● Large Lewmar ocean hatch forward provides a great way to get the MPS downwind sail out and back in, also provides amazing ventilation
● Cabin house has vertical sides so open ports in light rain
● Hood ports have the bottom edge angled down so as not to collect water
● Cabinhouse foredeck is flat and stows a dinghy nicely with electric winch to lift it easily, even as a single hander
● Folding padeyes factory installed on foredeck for dinghy
● Lewmar hatch on the cabin house forward of the mast
● Note: all hatches have always been covered to keep the interior beautiful
● The downwind pole installed on the mast with hardware
● Aluminum mast collar is slotted to allow for attaching the blocks
● Guards for the dorades make nice steps to reach the top of the mainsail
● The mainsail cover has the zipper offset to starboard for ease if zipping
● The toe rail is a slotted aluminum rail that allows blocks to be attached where they are needed, and Winchard eyes for blocks are attached were needed
● Winchard eyes are ready for spinnaker sheet blocks
● Starboard boards port and starboard for jerry can tiedowns
● (6) Jerry cans, in storage
● The dodger is a custom design that is very sleek with the sides extending well aft for protection in weather under the dodger
● The dodger connector canvas with windshield attaches to the Bimini
● Dodger has handholds on the sides as you step in and out of the cockpit and a hand hold on the aft side in the cockpit for safety and security
● Cockpit coamings are flat for a nice place to sit
● Teak cockpit grate in two pieces for easy removal for cleaning
● Bridge deck for offshore safety
Stainless stern arch system
● The arch was customized by the engineer owner who specified extra support gussets and tie rods to prevent vibration
● The two 130-amp solar panels are mounted on top of the arch
● The Eclectic Energy D400 wind generator is mounted on the starboard side on the arch integrated with the arch
● The antennas also live on the arch; Northstar antenna and the Furuno NavNet two antennas supporting the Furuno AIS, Iridium Sat Phone, and Sirius Weather
● The arch was rebedded in Dec 2018 when the boat arrived in Seattle by truck
● The davit system is removable, integrated with stern arch
● Davit control lift-lower lines run with two to one tackle run through blocks and through a stopper so that it can be done by a solo sailor or even easier as a team
● The new ABI 8’5” dinghy is a fabulous aluminum bottom dinghy which is very light and very strong
● The davit system allows the dinghy to be carried very high (although it is stowed on deck with lifting harness and electric winch for an ocean passage, or anytime)
● LED stern light is mounted on the arch and is very visible
● Flag holder is mounted on the arch and also one on the coaming
● Edson engine mounts are installed port and starboard to carry two outboards, one small and light, and one larger (if you like)
● To starboard is the outboard lifting crane with four to one purchase with the lifting line easily run to the primary sheet winch for ease and safety
● Port side aft in the cockpit is the stern anchor system for the 20lb Danforth anchor stowed on the stern rail
● There is also an anchor reel 2022, it certainly looks impressive
● The chain locker below the propane installation under the removeable locker pan has the chain and rode and also a roller mounted on the stern
Sails and Rigging
Rig and Sail Controls
● True cutter rig with mast well aft to support jib, staysail, and main
● Rod rigging removed, cleaned, and visually inspected in 2018
● Running rigged all new in 2018
● Mast is beautiful, tapered spar with stout double spreaders, waxed annually
● Leather spreader boots sewn on in 2018
● Spreaders have flag halyards port and starboard
● Radome installed on the mast
● Firedell radar reflector above radome
● Foredeck light installed on the mast
● LED steaming light on the mast (all bulbs replaced 2018)
● Masthead wind speed and direction system and Windex
● Mast has mast steps at the top to work aloft at the masthead
● Downwind pole and control system on the mast
● Strong track for storm trysail installed on the mast (added 2018) great for using MateMate system to go aloft
● Navtec rod rigging with permanent aft shrouds make for a stout rig
● Running backstays are ready for use if conditions warrant
● Navtec rod rigging has Navtec hydraulic backstay tensioner serviced 2018
● Mast has line stoppers are installed on the mast for every halyard
● Main halyard Lewmar self-tailing winch is on starboard
● All the winches are self-tailing
● Main sail is raised and reefed at the mast easily
● Electric winch on the cabin house for mainsail with line stoppers
● Deck hardware installed at the factory if you want to lead the main halyard and reef lines to the cockpit, but reefing is easy and fast as it is.
● Headsail halyards to port with stoppers and mast winch
● Downwind MPS sail halyards port and starboard
● Boom has a reefing winch on starboard with line stoppers for reef lines
● Pad-eyes installed on the boom with already rigged offshore preventer system
● Blocks on the boom support the Valiant boom control system installed port and starboard to stabilize the boom and work like a vang, (very different and very nice)
● Dyneema line lazy jack system with hardware on the boom and cleats on the mast
● Topping lift, also Dyneema, doubles as a spare halyard
● Schaefer roller furlers for the jib and staysail with furling lines led aft on the port side through guides and stopper controls and cockpit winch
● Jib sheets are led through the movable jib cars on the deck through turning blocks aft and to the primary sheet winches on the coaming
● The moveable jib sheet cars provide for excellent sail control with adjustment under load with ease and in safety from the cockpit!
● Harken snatch blocks can be attached on the Wichard pad eyes that are semi permanently installed on the aluminum toe rail
● Forward, two blocks for mainsail preventer
● Midship, blocks for jib sheets when reaching
● Aft two blocks for MPS sheets
● MPS -Permanently installed block at the bow on the bow pulpit for Snubber -Permanently installed block at the bow on the bottom for s
● Snatch blocks for as needed controls
Sail Inventory
● New ocean cruising sails in 2018, stored in loft, light usage
● New Quantum 125% jib with roller reefing, first reef at 110%
● Quantum staysail with foam luff and reefing points
● Quantum loose footed mainsail with three reefs
● Storm sails, trysail and storm staysail never used
● Downwind MPS with with sock stows in forepeak almost new
Controls in the Cockpit
● Primary sheet winches on the coaming port and starboard
● The sheet winches are in easy reach even if you are standing in the steering station, which is perfect for single hand sailing
● Furling line winch to port on the coaming with stoppers, in easy reach of the helm
● Furling lines are color coded and different in thickness so you can feel them as well as see them
● Winches on the cabin house port and starboard for staysail sheets that run to blocks on adjustable mini track on the cabin house
● Lewmar multipurpose electric winch on cabin house to starboard
● Mainsheet is controlled with the traveler located forward of the dodger and through a dedicated line stopper to the electric winch on the cabin house under the dodger
● The stopper makes is possible for the electric winch to be used for other things if need be
● Traveler has control lines with stoppers under the dodger, so it is controlled in the cockpit for safety
● Forward of the dodger is a custom starboard panel to keep water from going under the dodger, only this Valiant has this custom feature
● The cockpit is deep and secure with solid stainless steel stern rail to the boarding gates and the integrated arch
● The cockpit is also long enough to lie down in
● Bridge deck makes it safe for ocean sailing
● The helm is covered by a perfect bimini to protect the helmsman in rain
● The connector piece that attached to the dodger has a windshield so it can be used in inclement weather
● Weather cloths are permanently installed port and starboard
● Pad eyes installed with permanent tether line so you can remain attached stepping behind the wheel for safety and security
Miscellaneous and Safety
Dinghy
● AB 8’5” aluminum ultralite stows on davits or on deck
● Avon 8’5” fiberglass bottom inflatable dinghy
● Dinghy cover used when stowed on deck
● Dinghy anchor and rode
● Foot pumps (two)
● Towing lifting bridle
● Fuel tank and hoses
● Yamaha 5hp, 4-stroke OB (very new)
● Yamaha 4.5, 4-stroke OB (used once)
● Yamaha 3hp, 2-stroke OB (tiny and mighty runs great)
● Yamaha 9 hp, 2-stroke OB (just serviced)
Safety
● Safety first, last and always in every aspect of design and rigging
● Epirb
● Ditch bag
● Drogue
● Sea anchor
● Storm anchor (FX-35 in bag)
● Storm sails
● Iridium sat phone
Other Equipment List
● Plastic bin with all manuals for equipment onboard
● Spares for engine, generator, watermaker, Espar, windvane
● Set of Megabraid docklines
● Inflatable fenders with pump
● Power cord and adaptors (15-amp, 30 amp and 50 amp
● Power cable
● Y connectors for 30 amp/50 amp
● 300’ extra rode
● Rigging cutter
● Fender boards
● Boat hook
● Dinghy outboard handle extension
● Mastmate climber
● Dinghy bilge pump
● Dinghy harness for lifting or dragging
● Boat cover for winter
● SSB radio
● Ocean life preservers (4)
● Jack lines
● Offshore preventer system rigged
● Cockpit strong point/strap for tether
