| Specifications | |||
| MV Goforth | |||
| Designer | Unknown | ||
| Builder | Balmar and Sons, Nanaimo B.C.. | ||
| Dimensions | |||
| LOA | 35.0 feet | ||
| LWL | 33.0 feet | ||
| Beam | 9.66 feet | ||
| Draft | 4.75 feet | ||
| Gross Tonnage | 12.34 tons | ||
| Reg. Tonnage | 9.6 tons | ||
| Construction | Originally carvel planked modified to red cedar/epoxy splined with WEST Epoxy/glass sheathing | ||
| Hull | Cedar/Douglas fir over oak (replacement frames are cold molded Douglas Fir/epoxy laminated sections) | ||
| Keelson/Deadwood | Cedar/Douglas fir | ||
| Hull Sheathing | WEST Epoxy/Glass | ||
| Upper works | Molded Douglas Fir plywood- WEST Epoxy/glass sheathed | ||
| Decks | Molded Douglas Fir plywood- WEST Epoxy/glass sheathed | ||
| Interior | |||
| Casework | Birch Ply with carved corners/ glued and screwed. Veneered with VG Fir veneer | ||
| Drawers etc. - Baltic Birch ply, clear finished | |||
| Moldings | Honduras Mahogany, clear finished | ||
| Floors | 3/4" ply subfloor with 3/4" Brazilian Cherry solids with Yellow Cedar inlay | ||
| Fittings | Blum drawer glides and hinges with S/S or Brass handles and fittings | ||
| Wall Panels | Beaded select pine, clear finished | ||
| Hatches/Doors | |||
| Fore Deck | Honduran Mahogany with 1/2" Lexan light | ||
| Pilothouse | Honduran Mahogany frame and panel/Mahogany/VG Fir inset panel | ||
| Lazarette | Honduran Mahogany with VG Fir/ Mahogany inset panel | ||
| Lazarette Cover | Molded Fir plywood WEST Epoxy/glass sheathed | ||
| Lighting | |||
| Galley | Halogen puck lights switched In 6 zones | ||
| Main Cabin | General Lighting - Halogen ceiling mount fixtures - switched at fixture | ||
| Reading Lights - Halogen Bell fixtures - switched at fixtures | |||
| Pilothouse | General Lighting - Halogen ceiling mount fixtures - switched at fixture | ||
| Night Lighting - Combo Red/White located above helm station and stairway to salon | |||
| Focs'l | General Lighting - Halogen ceiling mount fiixtures - switched at fixture | ||
| Reading Lights - Halogen Bell fixtures - switched at fixtures | |||
| Engine Room | Florescent | ||
| Running | Incandescent | ||
| Engine and Running Gear | |||
| Make: | 4-53 GM Diesel | ||
| Horsepower: | 120 hp at 2100 RPM | ||
| Shaft: | 1.5" Stainless Steel with standard taper and keyway for prop. Bronze steady bearing. | ||
| Propeller: | Bronze - 26 x 23 RH (to be confirmed) | ||
| Speed: | 7 kn cruise and 8.5 kn max. | ||
| Range: | 320 kn.mi. at 7.0 kn. | ||
| Access: | |||
| Top: | 2 large floor panels in the Pilothouse floor with spring assist stays | ||
| Front: | Focs'l stairs remove for full access to the front of the engine -pulleys/belts etc. | ||
| Rear: | Main house stairs pivot forward to allow unrestricted access to aft end of engine, gear and shaft coupling as well as starting battery and hot water tank | ||
| Fuel Filters: | Twin Racor 500FG2 filters with 10 micron filters in a cascade configuration mounted on the port wall of the engine room in addition to the engine mounted fuel filter | ||
| Fuel Selector Switches: | Port and Starboard tank selector switches located below helm for easy access without entering engine room. Allows drawing from or returning to either or both tanks | ||
| Exhaust System | System designed Dry Exhaust and Resonator system constructed of Aluminized steel with Aluminized steel stack through bronze and copper deck iron | ||
| Glands (Stuffng Box) | Bronze stuffing box with flax packing leading aft through a bronze shaft tube to a second bronze stuffing box an the deadwood also packed with flax packing | ||
| Rudder Stock Access | A large panel in the lazarette floor lifts to access the rudderstock, packing gland and steering gear, Also located in this compartment is the hydraulic pump for the auto pilot | ||
| Rudder | Bronze hung on steel reinforced shoe | ||
| Rudder Shaft/Gland | Stainless steel rudder shaft / Bronze gland | ||
| Tankage | |||
| Fuel: | 90 imp. gal. in two new aluminium saddle tanks located in the engine room Port and Starboard | ||
| Water: | 40 imp gal. in aluminium tank located under the lazarette floor | ||
| Sewage Holding: | 30 imp. gal. located under the focs'l berth | ||
| Domestic Hot Water: | S/S 8 imp. gal. tank located in the engine room Port side | ||
| Heat Sources: | 110 volt Shore power or internal copper heat exchange connected into the engine cooling system (not presently connected) | ||
| Electrical: | |||
| Main Panel: | Panel located aft of the helm position includes keyed shutoff switch | ||
| 12V Main | 36 circuit breakers for 12 volt for all major equipment | ||
| 12V Auxiliary | Located to the lower left of the helm. This 6 breaker panel controls most of the helm and electronics needs. | ||
| 110Volt | Shore power powerbase inlet on the Port exterior of the pilothouse with a main breaker and 3- 110v breakers located on the main panel | ||
| Charger | Xantrex TRUEcharge 20amp charger directly wired into the battery banks | ||
| Batteries | |||
| House | 2 banks of Trojan T-105 Deep Cycle yielding 250 amp/hours each | ||
| Starting | 1- 8D Starting Battery yielding 240 amp/hours | ||
| Accommodations | |||
| Focs'l | Settee | Expands to a generous double V berth | |
| Main Cabin | Port | Dinette drops to provide a Twin berth | |
| Starboard | Settee back lifts to provide a Pullman upper and a generous Twin sized berth below | ||
| Lazarette | |||
| Seating | Full perimeter seating with backrest | ||
| Cover | Full Hard Cover with protective side curtains | ||
| Wiring for lighting and audio speakers already installed | |||
| Equipment | |||
| Entertainment System | |||
| Audio | Prewired for sound system in salon, pilothouse, focs'l and lazarette | ||
| Video | Planned position by not installed | ||
| Sewage System | |||
| Holding tank | 30 imp. gal. Heavy gauge Poly tank located under the focs'l settee berth | ||
| Sewage Pump | Whale Gulper Toilet pump 4.5 gpm. | ||
| Tanks Monitors | WIMA Systems monitoring tankage from helm (7 tanks, 4 used) | ||
| Fuel (port and Starboard), Holding tank and Water tank | |||
| Rudder Position Indicator | WIMA Systems RPI with readout at helm and pickup on ram | ||
| Radar | 16 mile Furuno 1720 Daylight Radar | ||
| Helm Pump | Wagner B2 Hydraulic Helm pump | ||
| Rudder Ram | N90 Wagner Hydraulic Ram with RPI pickup attached | ||
| Auto Pilot | Wagner S50 Auto pilot with pump in lazarette | ||
| GPS | Garmin 128 GPS | ||
| Depth Sounder/Fish Finder | Raymarine L365 Depth/Speed with bottom charting capability | ||
| Running Lights | Bronze Port and Starboard running lights mounted on Pilothouse roof. | ||
| Bronze Aft White running light mounted on transom | |||
| Compass | |||
| In-dash | Aquameter liquid filled compass | ||
| Auto Pilot | Wagner Binnacle compass with auto pilot pickup puck on bottom | ||
| Anchor Winch/Ground tackle | |||
| Winch | Simpson Lawrence rope/chain gypsy with controls on foredeck and at helm position | ||
| Chain | 3/8" BBB Galvanized Chain | ||
| Rode | 3/4" Rope Rode | ||
| Bow Rollers | Double Bronze bow rollers mounted on stem head fitting | ||
| Galley | |||
| Refrigeration | Novacool LT200 cold plate fridge/freezer in insulated box with remote mounted 12V refrigeration compressor | ||
| Stove | Force 10 2 burner S/S Propane stove with oven | ||
| Sink | 2 compartment sink (one large and one small) | ||
| Pressure water | FloJet Integrated fresh water pump with accumulator tank | ||
| Tap set | Single lever tap set with spray wand | ||
| Head | |||
| Vanity | Oval S/S sink with hot and cold pressure water | ||
| Waste to holding tank | |||
| Shower | Entire head enclosure is shower stall with a "telephone" style showerhead attached to the vanity faucet | ||
| Waste to holding tank via inline automatic waste pump | |||
| Head | Jabsco manual toilet with salt water flush and waste to holding tank | ||
| Floor | Brazilian cherry inlaid with Yellow Cedar, epoxy sealed and varnished. Drain located in centre of floor plumbed to holding tank | ||
| Walls | Fibreglass panels floor to ceiling for monocoque structure | ||
| Domestic Heating | Radex style hot water coil/fan units | ||
| Heated from engine via heat exchanger in the manifold or through recirculation from the domestic hot water tank when hooked up to shore power (to be connected) | |||
| Comments | |||
| This vessel has had a distinguished career on the B.C. Coast as a picket boat during WW II and then as the first home of the Pacific Christian Children's Mission. The book, A Candle on the Coast, written by the founders of the mission, Alf and Margaret Bayne, details in vivid prose and photographs the history and people of the coast in the mid 1900's with specific emphasis on the development of the mission from its slight beginnings aboard MV Goforth to its present day land based mission at Gowland Harbour on Quadra Island. | |||
| The vessel is nearing completion and ready for many more years of coastal cruising in safety and comfort. | |||
| The MV Goforth truly is a rich piece of the maritime history of the B.C. Coast | |||
| Contact: | |||
| Steve Ree | |||
| Phone: | 250-245-1245 | ||
| Cell: | 250-616-4297 | ||
| Email: | steve@seawarkayaks.com | ||
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