Basic Information
- Builder:
- PAUL LUKE
- Category:
- Classic Yacht
- Sub Category:
- Cruising/Racing Sailboat
- Model Year:
- 1964
- Year Built:
- 1964
- Refit Year:
- 2010
- Country:
- United States
Dimensions
- LOA:
- 47' 5" (14.45m)
- LWL:
- 33' 0" (10.06m)
- Beam:
- 12' 0" (3.66m)
- Min Draft:
- 6' 9" (2.06m)
Speed, Capacities and Weight
Hull and Deck Information
- Hull Material:
- Mahogany
Engine Information
- Engines:
- 1
- Manufacturer:
- Perkins
- Model:
- 4-108
- Engine Type:
- Inboard
- Fuel Type:
- Diesel
Overview
This sweet cruiser/raced was designed by Sparkman & Stephens for a
Long Island Sound sailor and built by Paul Luke in East Boothbay, Maine
in 1964. A fast, roomy cruising boat, she is competitive on the
Classic racecourse. Her last two owners have lavished her with
rebuilding, new sails, gleaming brass and bright work and many
upgrades.In commission and ready for her next owner.
Accommodations
Entering down the centerline companionway from the cockpit, there is a
quarterberth to port with a beautifully varnished, forward facing chart
table extending out from the hull over the end of the bunk and a chest
of drawers. Duster was built for ocean racing and this arrangement
ensured that the navigator was always close at hand. Opposite to port is
the U shaped ocean racing galley with good ventilation and copious
amounts of storage and beautiful stainless steel counter tops. The top
loading refrigerator (SeaFrost) is on the aft side, a Luke 3 burner
propane stove is outboard and twin sinks are forward close to the
centerline to allow for good drainage underway. The main salon has upper
and lower berths on either side. The walls and overhead are painted
white while the doors, drawer fronts and ceiling strip are varnished
mahogany with a beautiful grain not found in modern lumber. Under the
upper bunks is a double row of three drawers for storage of gear and
equipment offshore. There is a row of three lockers under the lower
berths. The water tanks are under the floorboards, the fuel tank is aft.
In the passage forward there a liquor cabinet labeled with code flag on
the centerline next to the mast. Outboard to starboard is a low chest
of drawers with a varnished counter top and a locker behind. Forward of
this are two hanging lockers. On the port side is the head which has not
only what you would expect of an ocean racing boat of this era, with an
oval stainless sink set in a varnished countertop, Groco head (2018) , a
locker for towels and small set of drawers for individual crew
toiletries, and a separate SHOWER STALL. Even premier boats like Swans
built 20 years later did not have this luxury. Next forward is the V
berth cabin with a drawer and locker under each berth.
Construction
Double planked mahogany over cedar, frames, stem and keelson are white oak. Deck is plywood sheathed with fiberglass.
When
the former owner , a shipwright, purchased ODYSSEY, the hull was in
good shape and only needed one plank and some refastening, but the deck
had been leaking badly for years. He removed the entire deck and
replaced most of the the spruce deck beams and the upper hull frame ends
before laying down a new plywood deck with fiberglass sheathing. The
entire cockpit was replaced using teak over the plywood instead of the
painted finish which is elsewhere and replaced the teak cockpit coaming.
He lifted the cabin house off the old deck, refurbished it and replaced
the roof with fiberglass sheathed plywood. The oak stem and mahogany
sheer plank were replaced along with the teak toe rails. He rebuilt the
galley and navigation areas below and refurbished and refinished the
entire interior. The hull was taken down to bare wood, refaired and
refinished. This stripped the hull and splines the upper five plank
seams. He also redid the nonskid on the deck and repainted the cabintop.
Electronics and Navigation
On deck navigation screen in custom box to starboard under dodger
Electrical
12 Volt AC / 110 Volt AC
- The complete boat was rewired during the refit
- Bass Electrical panel with ac/dc volt and ammeters
- 30 Amp Charles Charger
- 6 Group 27 Gel batteries
- Shore power cord
Engine and Mechanical
- Perkins 4-108 50HP (rebuilt 0hrs SMOH)
- Hurth 2:1 transmission
- Dual Lever Bronze Control in Cockpit
- Racor fuel filter
- Vetus muffler
- Maxi feathering Prop
- Pressure water
- Diesel hot water/cabin heater
- Sea Frost refrigeration 110V/engine driven
Sails and Riging
- Aluminum Mast and Boom.
- Stainless 1x19 Wire Rigging
- 4 self tailing winches mast2016
- 4 jam cleats mast 2016
- 5 self tailing winches cockpit 2016
- Harken Roller furler 2018
- Hydraulic backstay 2018
- Harken blocks for main sheet 2017
- Rebuilt lewmar traveler for main2017
- New Lewmar cars for jib tracks
- Rebult masthead with light weight sheeves and spin blocks as well as cranes for port and starboard spin halyards 2017
- LED tricolor and anchor light 2018
- 2-Jibs
- 1-Mainsail
- Storm Trysail
- Main sail 2016
- 150 jib 2016
- 135 job 2016
- Spinnaker 2016
- Code 0 2017
- Drifter 2018