‘Red Sky’ is a 30m/100ft composite sloop of German Frers design built by Oy Nautor Ab (Nautors Swan) in Pietersaari, Finland. Custom built for her current owner, she has been managed and maintained by a professional crew of three since her launch in 2003. ‘Red Sky’ has never been chartered or raced. The yacht has been used exclusively by a family sailing and seen very light use.  

Summering in Maine and wintering in the BVI's, ‘Red Sky’ has received an annual pre-cruise preparation and maintenance at Lyman Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston, Maine.  In addition, she underwent an extensive 8-month refit in 2011-2012. The owner has given generous priority to ensuring that ‘Red Sky’ is always kept in Bristol condition, both mechanically and cosmetically. Her most recent 9 month refit is the most exhaustive to date.

 RED SKY comfortably sleeps up to 6 guests aboard with an after master stateroom and two guest cabins. A 7th guest can be accommodated in a pullman bunk in the port guest cabin - perfect for a child.  There are two additional crew cabins forward that provide berthing for up to 4 crew. The two berthing areas are well separated, providing a sense of privacy for both.

The recently painted hull is brilliant red Awl-Grip with snow white cove and waterline stripes and a black anitfouling bottom. The new teak deck is glued with epoxy using a vacuum bag system, eliminating screw penetrations of the deck.  The trunk cabin was recently painted with oyster white Awl-Grip with a similar epoxy glued teak decking system on the cabin top.

The reverse transom is fitted with a mechanical "garage door" for access to the yachts' tender, dive gear and other toys. When the "door" is fully deployed this provides a superb platform for all sorts of water activities. The "garage" is sealed from the interior of the vessel via a watertight bulkhead and is finished inside with oyster white awlgrip paint.

The cockpit has a molded U-shaped settee and table and twin helm stations, each with their own bolster. Forward of the cockpit settee is the aft end of the cabin house is a built-in refrigerator, storage compartments, and a starboard companionway that leads to the main salon below. The cockpit and helm have respective full width canvas awnings that can be deployed for sun protection when the main sail is furled underway or at anchor. There is a full width canvas dodger for ocean spray and wind protection which can be hidden in a recessed tunnel plus a small entry companionway dodger for day sailing or when lesser windage is desired. All of these offer excellent protection from the elements either underway or at anchor.

The main salon features a settee to starboard of the entry stairs, and a large oval dining table with curved seating that is perfectly elevated allowing for tremendous visibility.  A wet bar and glassware cabinet are immediately aft, adjacent to a centered passageway leading to the master aft stateroom with matching guest cabins to each side.  Each stateroom features an ensuite head. Returning to the main salon, a nav station is just forward. This area contains the service panel and vessel monitoring system.  A door leads to the engine room located directly beneath the salon. To the port of the nav station is a large galley featuring built-in refrigerators and freezers with considerable storage in cabinets and drawers.  Forward of the galley are the port and starboard crew cabins with private heads and a shared shower.

The interior of the entire yacht is finished with satin varnished teak bulkheads, cabinetry and sole.  The overhead is finished with soft acoustic Ultra-Leather fabric. Lighting throughout is 24V halogen overhead and LED recessed lighting, incandescent side lamps, all with bulkhead mounted switches. New rope lighting in the salon and throughout the yacht provides warm illumination. DC LED lighting in the engine room.

The exterior of the vessel has exceptional navigational and hazard lighting, in addition to LED lighting set into boom and spreaders and underwater lighting.

 


Construction Details

The composite hull is of molded, laminated fiberglass and Aramid fibers with strategic carbon fiber using vinylester resins.  The hull is stiffened with longitudinal, laminated stiffeners and Nomex honeycomb cored bulkheads. The hull has four full, watertight bulkheads, a half bulkhead through the lazarette and multiple transverse gussets.

The keel is a 30 ton lead fin with bulb fastened through an embedded steel fin with 14 x 2" stainless steel keel studs.  The keel studs were all torqued during the refit.

The decks are molded, laminated carbon fiber and Nomex core with strategic placed high density core in the load areas. They are joined to the hull with full tabbing.  The main deck is overlain with teak that is glued down via a vacuum bagging method.

The cabin/house is molded laminated fiberglass with low deinsity foam coring bonded and faired to the main deck. The portlights are fixed, and the companionway has pneumatically controlled vertical and horizontal slides and two opening hatches on the coach top.

The cabin sole throughout the vessel are made with sandwich panels with teak veneer over aluminum framing.

The balanced spade rudder is a carbon fiber and foam core with a composite rudder stock reinforced with stainless bands at the bearing surfaces. The helm is dual wheel steering with chain/wire to painted aluminum quadrant. The wheels are carbon fiber with teak veneers. The vessel also has an emergency tiller and a secondary transom hung emergency rudder.

 

Propulsion

Diesel:  Cummins QSB6.7-M with Commercial MCD (Medium Continuous Duty) rating of 305HP

Gearing: ZF 85A, 2.5:1
Flex mounted to laminated stringers.
Fresh water cooled, raw water heat exchanger, wet exhaust.Located in an enclosed engine room below main salon. Has an entry door forward of the nav station. The engine room is finished with a fire resistant, sound-proofing material.

Shaft: 3" stainless steel, Tides Strong Seal, Bronze I-strut with cutlass bearing (new 2015/2016)

Prop: Variable pitch Hundestedt VP4, 31.5" three blade. Serviced in 2015/2016 and coated with PropSpeed.

Control: Mini-Marex-E electronic shift and throttle at outside helm and at main salon station.

The engine space is extremely neat and orderly, well lit and well ventilated. It features a service sink for wash-up and stainless tanks for lube oil and waste oil storage. They have a deck fill and deck pump out fitting with manifold and pump.


Fuel System

Two stainless steel diesel tanks - removed and cleaned 2019.
661 gallons total capacity
Tank vents have Racor Lifeguard separators
Dual Racor primary filters ( new in 2016) and spin on secondary filters for engine and both generators. New hoses in 2016
A fuel hose and pump in the transom accessed "garage" provides fuel for the diesel tender


Fresh Water System

450 gallons capacity in two stainless tanks filled by a single point.
AC and DC pumps with accumulator tank.
Provides fresh water to 5 heads, galley, wet bar and shower in the transom "garage"

Hot Water via stainless steel Kaukora 60 Gallon tank - engine and AC heating. Manifold rebuilt in 2015/2016.

Watermaker:  Aqua Whisper Sea Recovery reverse osmosis system with a 1-1/2" bronze seacock and strainer.  AC circulating pump.


Sanitary System

5 Techma DC macerating toilets, freshwater flush, direct discharge into blackwater tanks.
5 head sinks drain to graywater sumps via DC macerators.

2 - stainless blackwater/holding tanks - 600 gallons capacity
Deck pumpout and overboard capacity

2 - stainless graywater tanks - 600 gallons capacity
Overboard discharge via pumping at a waterline discharge.


Electrical System

24 VDC system consisting of:
Two banks of paired 12V Optima AGM for engine and generator starting
Two banks of 12 x 2 VDC Mastervolt MVSC-Gel-2-1500 gel batteries
All batteries covered and strapped into place.
All new 2012 - load tested in 2016.

Stranded copper wire throughout, builder installed/mapped and no alternations.
Surveyor notes that wire runs are exceptionally well done.

AC System consists of: