Overview

WAHINI is a 1998, 71' Steel Expedition Trawler, built by the commercial boat builder Rodriguez Boat Builders of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. She is a well constructed, well outfitted, cruising vessel that has three living zones to make living aboard easy and a pleasure, and equipped with standard, "off the shelf" parts.  All of the teak and varnish are found throughout her interior, with no brightwork to bother with on her exterior.  There are four staterooms, each with ensuite heads.  The wheelhouse is a pleasure to be in, and for those long passages there is a day bed and head on this flybridge deck. Aft of the wheel house is a large sundeck, with an awning that adds to her features. The engine room is full stand up height, with full walk around engine installations, allowing excellent access to the three generators and all other related equipment that services the vessel. This is a serious, low maintenance operating vessel that will ensure safe passage for your cruising adventures.

Overview

WAHINI is a 1998, 71' Steel Expedition Trawler, built by the commercial boat builder Rodriguez Boat builders of La Batre, Alabama.  She is a well constructed, well outfitted, cruising vessel that has three living zones to make living aboard easy and a pleasure, and is equipped with standard "off the shelf" parts. All of the teak and varnish are found throughout her interior, with no brightwork to bother with on her exterior.  There are four staterooms, each with ensuite heads. The wheelhouse is a pleasure to be in, and for those long passages there is a day bed and head on this flybridge deck.  Aft of the wheelhouse is a large sundeck with an awning that adds to her features.  The engine room is full stand up height, with full walk around of the engine installations, allowing excellent access to the three generators and all of the other related equipment that services the vessel.  We have seven (7) Cruise Air, reverse cycle, marine air conditioning units throughout the boat to assure your comfort.  This is a "serious", low maintenance operating vessel that will ensure safe passage for your cruising adventures.

Features, exterior

• Forget the waxing, varnishing, and polishing on the exterior of WAHINI !!  She is a substantial piece of equipment, of commercial construction, welded steel, and the painted on her exterior with DuPont Imron Industrial paint. Railings and hand rails are solid and surround all decks, making movements safe and easy, even while working in heavy seas.  Access to the upper deck/wheelhouse is from a stairway forward of the galley on the main deck, or via a stairway from the port, aft side deck that leads to the aft upper deck. The exterior features are many and include the following:
• There are four control stations; one in the wheelhouse, two wing stations that are forward on the upper deck, and one station on the starboard side on the lower aft deck; all with bow thruster controls. In the engine room you will find emergency manual engine controls.
• The foredeck has a 6000# Stahl crane, and the upper FB deck has a full hydraulic Quick LIft 1600# davit
• The ground tackle starts with a 400# Navy Anchor and a 120# Bruce anchor, both on 150' of 3/4" chain, and managed by two Maxwell Nielson electric windlasses.
• The side decks are wide, and the aft cockpit is huge, with a complete Scuba setup, and storage for tanks and regulators. There is a transom door that opens to very large S/S swim platform.
• On the upper aft deck is roomy and is covered part way with an awning, so that you can lounge in the shade or just entertain here.  There are several large deck boxes here for storage, along with a dining table and chairs for that outdoor dining.
• Forward on the aft deck, adjacent to the engine room door, is a large scuba tank storage cabinet.
• There is a ladder from this aft upper deck that leads to the roof of the wheelhouse
• Forward on the hull is the Wesmar hydraulic operated bow thruster.
• Halfway aft on the hull are the fixed stabilizers or rolling chocks that work full time without an engine or generator running.
• Props are 4 bladed, 28" X 28", on 2 1/2" shafts.  A set of spare props is onboard. 
• Last we have a fixed keel under this vessel with all of its benefits.

 

Wheelhouse

Navigation from this wheelhouse is comfortable and a delight in any weather. The main helm is forward and gives you a full 360 degree view from this station.  All of your navigation equipment is within easy reach, so plotting and achieving a safe voyage will be a treat.  This helm is full width of the wheel house, with doors, both port and starboard for accessing the side decks and the wing helm stations, or going forward behind the Portuguese bridge for some fresh air.
There is a crew watch bench aft of the helm station, and to port, with a large twin berth aft of the bench seat for the extra watch on those overnight passages.  Aft to starboard is a day head, so no one has to leave the bridge if so desired.  Aft of the wheelhouse a rear door opens to large alfresco dining area with seating for eight that will certainly be used once anchored or docked.
All of the major electronics are Furuno units and include:
+ Furuno 48 mile open array radar                    + Furuno FR7061 radar
+ Furuno FCV-582 depth sounder                     + Furuno GP80 GPS
+ Two (2) Furuno FM2610 VHF's                      + Furuno sounder
+ Furuno Nav Net w/display                              + Icom ICM710 single side band
+ Robertson AP300X autopilot                          + Davis Weather Wizard
+ Dynex LCD 24" TV                                         + KVH Vision 4 antenna & receiver
+ Furuno 207 DFAX fax                                    + Murphy bilge & tank alarms
+ Kobelt engine controls                                   + KVH satellite Tracphone
+ Two large Perko remote spotlights                + Horns and a General Alarm Siren              

Dining

Upon entering the main dining salon from the aft lower deck through the double aluminum doors, you cannot help but notice the varnished teak parquet flooring, that extends throughout all three of the interior floors of the boat.  Aft to starboard is a large Kenmore 15 cu. ft. chest freezer, with a large service bureau of cabinets and basket shelves to port.  The dining salon features a large, varnished, blond oak table with comfortable seating for eight. A wet bar located to the starboard side of the dining area makes for easy beverage service.  The wet bar has a S/S sink and utilizes a below the counter Haier wine cooler and a U-Line refrigerator. Five large watertight windows surround the dining salon bringing in plenty of natural light to accent any of you meals.

Galley

The galley is truly chef friendly, pleasant, and well equipped.  The new Mediterranean Blue Corian counter tops, along with the snow white double bowl Corian sink with garbage disposal, will not require you to draw straws to see who works in the galley.  There is a Kitchen Aid 4 burner stainless steel propane range top, with a Kenmore stainless steel range hood, 3 stainless steel ovens (conventional, convection, & microwave), a pull out stainless steel warming drawer, and a GE stainless steel, double door refrigerator/freezer with cubed ice and chilled water from the freezer door dispenser. A custom wooden dish drying rack, by Wheaton Marine, hangs on the wall above the sink, taking towel drying of your dishes off the list.  Forward to port in the galley is a door that opens to the side deck, that further enhances this galley for easy access and fresh air.

Salon

Forward of the galley and the stairway to the flybridge you will find a cozy salon/entertainment area. When you have enough of everything and just need to snuggle down on a nice, cool, comfy couch to read a book or to watch your favorite movie, or get updated with the latest news & weather on the satellite TV, in the surround sound theater atmosphere, this is the place. Located here is an L-shaped sofa, two occasional chairs, and a Hi-Lo table. There is one wall of book shelves and roll out drawers for storage of your favorite books and DVDs, with the large Sony 36" flat screen TV mounted in the middle. We also have an Onkyo stereo receiver, a Sony DVD player, and a Sony CD carousel player.  Whimsical tropical fish glass sconces hang securely on the port and aft wood paneled walls, and recessed halogen lighting in in the overhead for quality reading light operate on dimmer switches.

Accommodations

Just forward of the wet bar, adjacent to the galley you will find a well lit central stairwell and hallway to the four staterooms that are below decks. There are three guest staterooms along the central hallway with the master stateroom all the way forward at the end of the hall.  Each of the staterooms have independent, CruiseAir reverse cycle, marine air conditioning, with individual thermostats. Each stateroom has an ensuite head, complete with tiled floors, large stall showers, sink basins with counter tops, along with towel racks and storage cabinets.  Sealand (fresh water) vacuum flush heads are standard.  Each of the ensuite baths have an opening S/S port that can be opened for fresh air, as well as opening ports in each of the staterooms for further ventilation.  Partway down the main hallway to the staterooms you will find the laundry area on the port side of the hallway with storage shelves above the Staber washing machine and the GE clothes dryer.  All of the floors throughout the stateroom area are beautifully varnished teak parquet floors that add to the warm feeling throughout the boat.
+ Guest stateroom #1 includes a walk around queen sized bed, a side table at the head of the bed is to the left and a long tabletop bureau with drawers to the right.  There is a hanging closet, and there are four pull out drawers below the bed. The ensuite head is forward in the stateroom.
+ Guest stateroom #2  features a double sized outboard bunk with three large storage drawers under the bunk. The hanging closet and ensuite head are forward in the stateroom.
+ Guest stateroom #3 has a set of upper/lower bunk beds, with a single lower berth outboard.  There is a dresser of drawers going forward to the ensuite head.
+ The master stateroom is forward and features a centerline queen bed.  There are two hanging closets and numerous storage cabinets and drawers, The ensuite head features a Jacuzzi tub for extra comfort.

Engine Room

Access to the engine room is from the aft deck, through a large watertight door, and down a few steps. This is the envy of any boater that works in the engine room of a "pleasure" boat, as it has full stand up height and walk around of each engine, with superb access to most all of the other equipment located here.  The engine room is highly organized, well lit, and spotless bilges!!  Equipment includes:

+ Port engine / 275 HP de-rated CAT 3208T / 3859 hrs. (1-8-2015)
+ Stbd engine / 275 HP de-rated CAT 3208T / 3850 hrs. (1-8-2015)
+ Gear boxes are Twin-Disc, model MG507
+ Gen #1 / Phasor, 12.5 KW / 4247 hrs. (1-8-2015)
+ Gen #2 / Phasor, 21.0 KW / 3915 hrs. (1-8-2105)
+ Gen #3 / Limaser-CAT 3054 powered, 45 KW / 3997 hrs. (1-8-2015)

+ Eight Racor fuel filters                                   
+ Two Rule 2000, two Rule 3700, 110V bilge pumps all with float switches
+ Two Amerex CO2 fire extinguisher tanks in engine room
+ Six Amerex ABC hand held fire extinguishers throughout boat.
+ Offshore Marine Labs Desalinator / 3255 hrs. (1-8-2015)
+ Craftsman Flojet freshwater pump, 110V
+ Two Acme 120/240v transformers
+ Two 40 gallon hot water heaters
+ Twin Xantrex True chargers, 20 amp & 40 amp
+ Guest charger 10 amp
+ Devil Bliss air compressor, 125 psi
+ Leeson oil change system
+ Fuel transfer system, allowing for filtering of fuel to the 600 gallon "day tank"

Remarks

• Special note should be made to the fact that WAHINI is a U.S. Documented vessel, and also is the sole asset of a Florida LLC corporation, which may give a new owner some financial benefits during the purchase.
• The boat is presently in drydock while some routine maintenance is being done to her, along with new anti-fouling paint on her bottom, and prepare for sea trials and surveys.