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SV Horizons 1984 Southern Cross 39 by C. E. Ryder
Cutter Rigged Blue Water Cruiser or Liveaboard Sailboat Clean Title and current Alaska Registration. Ready to Sail.
Canoe stern & skeg hung rudder. Cutter rigged with keel stepped mast. Excellent engine, less than 100 hours, 50 hp, Kubota/Beta-Marine. Registered Length: 38.5, Length Overall: 42, Length at Waterline: 31 Beam: 1211, Draft: 54, Displacement: 21,000 lbs Sleeps 5 comfortably. (double berths in bow & stern, single in settee)
All photos are from 2022 or 2021. Recent Marine Survey: Rocky Point Surveys LLC, May 2022, Market Value $95,000 Alaska state title & registration.
More photos available please email for the link.
Please contact me if you would like to view the boat. If you have pre-approval for financing, we can schedule a showing and a sail before the boat is hauled out for winter storage on September 15th.
Great boat, we have spent the last 4 years making repairs & improvements. I just dont have enough time to keep it.
Disclosure: In 2018, this boat fell over on land in the boatyard and was totaled by the previous owners insurance company. The damages have been repaired, the boat surveyed, and insured.
What to Expect when Purchasing a Sailboat:
Equipment: Hull: Fiberglass with foam core hull and balsa core deck. Designed by Thomas Gillmer and built by the C.E. Ryder Corporation. Ablative copper bottom paint (fresh coat 2022)
Sails: Mainsail (with Lazyjacks, two Quick Reefs, and Cunningham), Furling Jib/Genoa, Staysail, Spinnaker (Alaska Flag Blue with Gold Stars; with spinnaker pole & snuffer); Storage bags & covers for all sails.
Self tailing winches, most lines running aft to the cockpit, and the excellent sail configuration increase the ease and precision of trimming the sails.
Mast Pulpits provide secure handholds on deck. Two mast steps at the top provide stability when working aloft
Helm: Canvas dodger & bimini provide shelter; Ships wheel; VHF; compass; navigation gauges (water speed & temp, wind speed & direction, depth, race timer); Engine Controls and Gauges; Radar visible
Anchoring: 3 Anchors; Lofrans Tigress Electric Windlass; All chain rode; Below deck windlass & chain lockers.
Engine: Kubota / Beta-Marine 50hp diesel, 62 hours (installed circa 2014, new impeller & diesel filter 2022); 40 gallon diesel tank; Twin Disc Gears; Feathering Propeller (with new zincs); includes full set of spare filters
Electric: Solar Panels (175W Flexible Panel with MPPT controller both new 2022); 100W Panel (new 2021) with controller; Batteries (one size 8D; one size 31); engine alternator; shore power charger; breaker panel.
Freshwater: Two stainless water tanks under the cabin sole. 50 gallons each; 100 gallons total. Pressurized (prefilter, 12V pump, accumulator tank). 2 basin sink in galley (new faucet 2021). 1 basin sink in head. Shower in head (sump pump not working)
Blackwater: Original Skipper Marine Head (highly rated, rebuilt 2022), 36 gallon holding tank (new 2022), LectraSan treatment system (with upgrade kit included)
Galley: Gimballed Range (Force 10 Range) with two aluminum 10 lb Propane tanks in external locker with solenoid; Icebox (with nonworking 12v refrigeration)
Hatches (4) & Portlights (10) - all open/close; cast aluminum, Bomar; shutters on portlights (new gaskets 2021; includes frames & supplies for portlight screens)
Cabin: Wood trimmed interior. Hydronic Cabin Heat 4 Cabin Fans, Heated by Engine or Diesel Webasto ST90 (new antifreeze & thermostat 2022). 2 Closing Mushroom vents (new 2019); DC Cabin fan Cabin lights (Alpenglow others); FM Radio, Speaker
Bilge Pumps: 2 electric, 1 electric transfer, 1 manual
Communications & Navigation: VHF radio HF/MF/SSB with transceiver & modem with USB connection to receive the weatherfax (turns on, untested) Radar (Furuno) Chartplotter (turns on, needs connected to antenna) AIS Class B (with USB connection) Chart Table Navigational lights Gauges for Depth, Wind Speed & Direction, Water Speed & Temp Autopilot (Robertson AP22, turns on, compass data error) Windvane (Monitor, appears complete, untested)
Emergency Equipment: EPIRB, Sea Anchor, Horeshoe Bouy
Dinghy & Outboard: 9 6 Gary King Alaska Series Inflatable Boat, 2004; Yamaha 6hp 2-stroke 1998 (needs repairs); oars, inflation pump, storage bag and deck mounted tie downs for dinghy; mounted davit for outboard; Dinghy & outboard are included in the listing price, but could be excluded if preferred.
Also included are many spare parts and other items specific to the boat including: fenders, dock lines, boarding ladder, shore power cord, galley supplies, portable bilge pump, and more.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
From BlueWaterBoats.org:
The Southern Cross 39 is a no nonsense double-ender following the theme of her two smaller siblings the Southern Cross 31 and Southern Cross 35. Designed by Thomas Gillmer, a professor of naval architecture at the US Naval Academy, she has the same canoe stern and sharply rising sheer line, but underneath Gillmer gave her a fin keel and skeg hung rudder arrangement to increase the performance of this passage making machine. Her cutter rig with bowsprit has 774 sq. ft. of canvas, plenty for her displacement of 21,000 lbs.
Launched in 1981, the first 13 hulls were factory built and bathed in fine light teak. About half of the subsequent models were sold as kits and owner finished so interior layouts can vary. The most common configuration has a V-berth forward, quarter berth portside, and superb seagoing galley amidships. The galley is easy to access from the companionway with a U-shaped orientation for security offshore. The hulls were built in fiberglass with Airex foam coring throughout while the deck and cabin house were balsa cored. The ballast is internally set cast iron. Water tanks are set in the keel while the fuel tank is underneath the aft berth.
These boats were built until 1990 when the Ryder factory closed.
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