Dean 365 - PRICE DROPPED !!!!

Clean and comfortable budget Blue water cruising cat.

READY TO GO!!

Technical Specifications ( owner supplied)

VAT-Paid, British Registered – currently at permanent moorings prepaid ’til October 2015 – Latchi – Polis – Cyprus. (the Greek side of Cyprus – closest airport is Paphos)

Length = 11.2m    Beam = 5.4m    Draft = 1m Mast clearance = 17m above water (including aerial) Construction = GRP Gross Tonnage = 6 tons

2 x double cabins, 2 single cabins, saloon, galley and heads : sleeps 8 (with 2 in saloon)

Single engine Toyota approx. approx. 85HP using approx. 2.5 litres diesel/hour @ 6.5 knots separate independent steering for the Volvo Z280 sail-drive

Steering : Hydraulic with twin rudders – Simrad auto-pilot

Sloop Cutter rigged : sails , 2 x roller furler + full battened main (3 reef points) + Gennaker

2 x Lewmar dual speed self-tailing winches at the cockpit and 2 Lewmar self-tailing winches on the mast. Jammers on all the lines.

Tankage : 2 x 300litre water tanks and a 25l “daytank” (+4x25litre cans) ; 2 x 150litre S/S diesel fuel tanks (+2x25litre cans) ; 80litre blackwater tank ; 24litre boiler 2 x 9kg propane tanks + 3 x 3kg propane tanks N.B. 75 GPH water-maker installed.

Dinghy & Motor : purchased new in 2012 started using in 2013 Hypalon Zodiac RIB with air-pump : in excellent condition Suzuki 15hp Lean-burn fuel injection , approx. 100 hours , serviced by the agents (to retain warranty) The dinghy handles 4 adults and a child and still planes, we have used it to tow the kids. My 10 year old pull-starts it. We use the 13 l Suzuki tank + have a spare Honda 15 l tank.

Improvements/changes since taking ownership

Created a detailed maintenance log with all work done.

NEW 3.1m Zodiac Hypalon RIB + NEW 15HP Suzuki (lean-burn 2012 model) with spare fuel tank. New Zodiac 4 man liferaft (in addition to the 6 man liferaft which needs to be updated)

New Rocna 15kg anchor, extra chain (total 70m connected) + extra, 2nd anchor ready to deploy = 15kg Delta (see Ground Tackle)

Installed new Raymarine (I70) DST800 depth guage to replace old Robertson system. (still have a backup Furuno fishfinder)

Installed 12v gas solenoid with red light switch + 2-way switch to enable gas tank switching without changing bottles.

Replaced original batteries with 4 x L.A. DC 135 Amp-hour (july 2013)

Installed new Isotherm 25l boiler/geyser connected to shore power and engine for hot water (10 minutes is enough to have a hot shower/bath) – 3 year warranty.

New / replacement exhaust manifold raw water mixer. Installed new sound-proofing in the engine compartment.

Installed an 80 litre black-water tank , with dual macerator pumps to allow easy charge/discharge and  all new  hoses for the black-water and hot water systems. Changed manual Heads pump to optional manual/hand pump or electric (macerator) pump with choice of tank or sea discharge.

New pulleys and line for the Genoa roller furler + new Main halyard

Installed LED’s to replace old incandescent lights.

Installed large screen TV/Monitor to connect to PC’s for chart display or video watching.

Installed Wi-Fi Repeater to improve shore based free Wi-Fi options when in Marina’s or on anchor.

Installed Canon scanner/printer (printing out guides and tourist stuff – we used it for home schooling too).

Installed replacement/new mosquito nets.

Bought new 220v kettle and galley appliances and a washing machine for when using shore power.

Installed new rope locker on the swim platform (keeps it tidy)

Installed 2 solar powered vents to aid air movement in the cabins when closed for storage.

Bought 2 new LARGE Fenders, 1 ball and 1 tube (some of the docks have been a bit dodgy) total +15 fenders.

New large fender board – also used as a spare gangplank or seat on the fordeck.

New plain white (Egyptian cotton) bedding and a new mattress in the captains cabin (original bedding still on board)

+ all the small things my wife did …   all this in 2013 … And in 2014 :- a haulout in Latchi and a complete removal of old bottom paint, Best quality Interlux primer for the stainless steel and Awlgrip for the hull, followed by 3 (4 at the waterline) coats Awlgrip antifoul paint. Should not need a bottom job for at least 5 years and probably 7. The hull was thoroughly inspected and Awlgrip fairing applied to all the minor bumps and dings. No major problems were found , altho a minor damage was ground out and re-epoxied just to be sure. (bilges are currently bone-dry)

New acrylic windows in the forward cabins and hard dodger.

Topsides cleaned and re-polished and waxed – and new gelcoat applied where necessary.

Cruising  speed under power/sail

I have found that when motoring without sails, my normal speed is 6 + knots. I have taken her to 8 knots and there is still a small reserve. When motor sailing , I normally de-power the engine to allow the sails to do most of the work.

Under sail only – we have regularly achieved 8 knots with our current record set at 13.5 knots (I am sure we could have gone faster, but the jib was reefed and it was comfortable)

Rigging and Sails

The original Dean designed cutter rig has been installed with larger spec. s/s wire – replaced new in 2006

All the rigging was carefully checked when purchased and inspected regularly during the year. There are no signs of degradation. This boat was designed to take the worst storms from the Indian and Atlantic oceans, and the heavy-duty fittings are in excellent condition.

The sails are original – with some repair work when needed. There is no repair work needed currently altho they could do with a good wash. The Genoa (roller furler) is the most used sail and thus has more obvious wear – altho , being of heavy construction, has probably another 5 years of life (depending on usage) The main is hardly ever used and shows it. It is a full battened sail with 3 reef points & lazy-jacks and excellent/new halyards and control lines. The stays’l (roller furler) is in good condition – seldom used. The rollerfurler sun-screens are in good condition and a new mainsail cover has been fitted. An additional Gennaker is on board and is very useful in light winds – very easy to raise and snuff (1 man operation).

The winches and tracks are all in perfect working condition and single handing FP is very easy.

The mast is approx. 16 m high (above water level) and we have cleared under many bridges easily. The footsteps are permanently mounted , allowing quick inspection or correction at any time – these are the enclosed type. The mast has place for the radar mount (with the correct aluminium bracket on board) , but the current radar is mounted on the radar arch above the swim platform.

There are extra spare sheets and halyard lines aboard – all in good order.

Electronics

The previous owners’ trade is an Electrician. The wiring and installation is all very professional.

Part 1.  12v Systems  NB. A copper earthing strap is connected throughout the boat

Charging methods : 60 amp alternator, 2 x solar panels with controller, intelligent Pro-Charge battery charger (220v) , separate stand-alone Honda generator. The stand-alone engine batteries can be directly charged via the alternator via a switch House/Engine, we normally leave it set to House and start the engine from the house batteries leaving the Engine ready for emergencies.

Batteries : HOUSE = 4 x 135 A.H. L.A. D.C. batteries (new 2013/7), each with isolator switch , ENGINE = 2 x 150 A.H. L.A. D.C. 1 connected and 1 backup.

INVERTER : 3 KW with a 50 amp breaker switch/isolator (shared with the windlass)

Navigation :- NB. We use our I-Pad with Navionics for a plotter – not included.

Simrad AP3000x Auto-pilot

New (2013) Raymarine DST800 with I70 display – depth / log / temp.

New (2014) Raymarine windex

Furuno fish-finder (in the event of the DST800 mal-functioning – this is the backup)

VHF Furuno radio

SSB Furuno radio

VHF handheld with recharge batteries (good) and extra battery-pack

Garmin C76X GPS

Autohelm digital compass

Furuno 24 km Radar – currently not working

Windex – Simrad – not working

Instrumentation :-

Compass – cockpit mounted + hand-held digital

Engine-bay temperature gauge

Water and oil temperature gauges + oil and charging red light indicators.

Alternator charging rate

Solar panel charging rate

Engine hours

Ships clock, barometer and temp.

Windlass : Lofrans foredeck mounted with controls at both foredeck and helm.

12V DC Control Panel

All isolator/breaker switches labelled and have red “in-use” led for easy use. All wires professionally individually labelled for trouble-shooting , with a full wiring diagram from the original owner.

Analogue gauges showing current DV voltage, discharge and charge

12v Supply via isolators/breakers for  port and starboard  cabin lights, 12v plugs, etc…

Navigation lights : switchable from anchor to steaming to sailing to tri-color with 12v panel indication

Miscellaneous :-

12v propane isolator with galley mounted switch

2 x gas detectors mounted at galley and forward cabin (where pipes come in from fwd locker)

2 x stereo systems playing CDs, MP3’s (USB & SD) and FM+MW+SW radios – with remote control.

Spotlights , 1 x 12v via cockpit power source and 1 x handleld re-chargeable 2 million candlepower.

Part 2.  220v /110v Systems

The shore power lead is long , and there are additional extensions if necessary (so far, only used during haulout). FP has all the various plugs/connectors we have come across allowing any shore electric connection.

The base plug for FP is the 13 amp British square pin with fused plugs – and the breaker switches in the separate 220v panel being additional security for overloading. There are numerous adapters for British, European and American plugs (110v supply also) and all cabins have power.

When off shore power, switch to Inverter and the 12v power feeds the 220v – we have never had a problem.

Monitoring analogue gauges show power usage.

Assorted Galley appliances (kettle/toaster etc.)

Washing Machine

UniRoss re-chargeable battery charger with “some” batteries

18v cordless vacuum cleaner

WiFi Repeater/Router (multi-devices)

Part 3.  220v/12v Water-maker

The 70 gallon/hour water-maker appears to work perfectly and has plenty of spare cartridges for the filters. We just don’t use it.

Ground Tackle

Normal anchoring is done with the Lofrans windlass , 2 separate controls, one on foredeck and additional in the cockpit. The salt water deck-wash can be used when bringing up dirty chain. Currently have 80m galvanised 10mm short chain with a new Rocna 15kg anchor as primary anchor and have fitted a new bridle.

Secondary anchor is a 20kg Delta with 30 m chain and 70 m 30mm rode – also have a sentinel. Additional 3 x 20kg CQR anchors and 1 S/S Coral anchor – used when long term mooring. Spare rode/chain in excellent condition – mostly as new :- Approx. 70m additional chain including 20m s/s. Brand new roll of 13mm braided line – still wrapped – approx. 200m. 2 x twisted 20mm anchor line      40m 1 x braided 20mm anchor line      55m 1 x twisted 15mm anchor line      50m 1 x twisted 10mm anchor line      75m

2 x permanent mooring balls + other floats and lines.

15 x various sized fenders mostly with new lines. Mooring lines a-plenty : with all types and lengths – temporary and permanent dock-lines/fittings…

Hulls and fittings

The original from the factory hulls and deck have been well maintained and are in excellent condition. The keels each have a S/S Slipper to protect from damage/abrasion which is earthed via a strap to the boat systems. Each have Zinc anodes attached. There was no evidence of Osmosis when I bought the boat and again when I repainted the bottom (cleaning up first) with anti-foul.  During the complete 2014 removal of all the old paint, the hull was thoroughly inspected and found to be sound. The new Awlgrip bottom job should last about 5 years or more. All the fittings are of good quality . The S/S Radar arch with integral davits is very strong and works very well. All the lifelines and jacklines are in good condition. The stern has a special rot resistant hardwood (Jarrah) swim platform with a S/S swim ladder giving easy access to the water. When underway, the ladder is up and assists in securing the dinghy in the davits during lumpy seas. The Hard-dodger is custom made and very strong – bigger than the original factory recommended version. The rudders are Stainless Steel with zinc anodes attached and hydraulically operated.

Engine and transmission

The engine is a 2 litre Toyota (2C) diesel – taken from a Toyota taxi. They have a reputation for being strong engines and this one works very well – The approx.. HP is 85. It always starts immediately and I have serviced it regularly. The timing belt and pulleys was replaced June 2013 and will probably last another 3 years. I used a Toyota mechanic with genuine Toyota spares. He reported the engine to be in excellent condition. It has been professionally marinised with a copper/bronze heat exchanger fed by a Jabsco raw water pump driven off the engine and a Vetus exhaust . The S/S raw water exhaust mixer was replaced new June 2013. NEW – the fuel pump was leaking in December 2013 and I had it professionally overhauled – the result is a very easy start (even without pre-heat) and better fuel consumption – I estimate we now have 2.5 l / hour or less cruising at 6.5 knots. (cruise to Turkey 2014) The current engine replaces an earlier smaller similar Toyota engine, this was done when the engine hours was approx. 1500 , so the current 2600 hours gives approx.. 1100 hours on the boat. My understanding from the previous owner was that the original vehicle the engine came from was nearly new when scrapped.

The transmission is a Volvo Penta Z-Drive 280 with an extension. Additional steering is obtained by moving the leg port and starboard via the extra wheel in the cockpit – normal sailing is in the forward position. The leg can be raised or lowered if required (less drag under sail). There are 4 spare propellers on board. I found cloudy oil in December 2013 and in 2014 had the leg completely overhauled by the Volvo agents in Limassol at a cost of 4200 eu – almost everything was replaced.

Fuel tanks : 2 x 150l s/s tanks are fitted under the cockpit seats with inlets under the cushions.

Interior : saloon, galley, cabins & heads

The interior is well fitted out and very comfortable – our 3 person family has plenty of room and the extra guests have all praised the space. The 2 forward double cabins and the 2 aft single cabins make sleeping 6 people very easy and if the saloon is also used 2 more adults can sleep comfortably. The headliner is cork and this is an excellent insulator resulting in a cool interior. Lights are LED throughout. All cupboards have catches to open and cannot accidently open in heavy seas. We have easily had 8 people to dinner. The interior is panelled in Oak and the very strong hand-holds are wood covered. The fabric is a very comfortable non-sweaty kind that is easy to clean and easily removable for access to storage. Lighting is mainly LED altho I have left some of the original lights in place. Whilst seated, the view to outside is un-restricted. Ventilation is excellent with both forward and aft opening hatches. Good mosquito screens are Velcro mounted for easy deployment.

Forward double cabins : Master cabin has a new mattress (March 2013) , the other cabin is not as well used so is still good. Very comfortable with plenty of storage including hanging and a mirrored vanity storage. Also have a 12v fan in the master cabin.

Aft single cabins : both very comfortable with hanging storage : I have used the port aft cabin as a workshop.

The saloon has a comfortable area seating 8 people comfortably. The adjoining chart table is large and has the VHF and SSB radios fitted.

Galley : This is an un-usually large galley with plenty of storage. The cooker has 2 burners, + a grill and an oven. The fridge is actually a chest freezer set to 6 deg C. and works exceptionally well.  The additional 220v appliances have plenty of space. The washing up area has pressurised and/or manual foot-pump supplied water. Custom designed storage for 12 x plates, 12 x cups and other galley utensils reduce rattle. The 4 drawers can be locked during heavy seas. The propane tanks are stored in the foredeck locker and have a 2-way switch to easily swap. The 2 x 9kg bottles last us 7 months. + 3 x  2kg bottles as well. Turkish, Greek and Cypriot propane fittings on board.

Heads : The heads include a sit-up bath / shower, the toilet and a washbasin. The waste system includes an 80 liter black-water tank with 2 x input/output macerators (+ suction pump-out fitting). In the event of no power or pump failure, manual pumps can be used. The boiler supplies hot water to the shower and sink. Solar shower bags also on board.

Cockpit :

Single handing is easy as all the lines and controls can be operated from the helm. The cockpit has a helmsman’s swivel chair and seating with cushions for 8 people. The table is easily erected/stowed and is comfortable for 4 people to have dinner (the rest eat on their laps). The hard dodger is custom made and larger than original with good visibility and ventilation.  The canvas Bimini is adequate and the side covers have been repaired – perhaps a new Bimini needs to be fitted – altho this one has been adequate for us. (see note about additional new canvas aboard in “Extra’s” below)

The swim platform is sturdily built, strong enough to put the dinghy on it, made from everlasting Jarrah hardwood (rot resistant) and has an easy to use ladder for easy climbing aboard. The Radar-arch has the davits attached and a safety rope across makes this a secure place underway. The freshwater shower allows instant rinse after a swim.

Fresh Water systems

2 storage tanks are fitted beneath the soles and each hold 300L water – filling from the deck mounted inlets. The 25l “day” tank (filled from the main tanks with an electric pump) supplies cold water to the galley via a manual foot-pump and the heads wash-sink via a manual hand pump. Pressurised cold water is supplied to the galley, the heads, the day tank and the swim platform shower. Pressurised hot water is supplied to the heads shower via the boiler. The hard dodger has water collection points.

Salt Water systems 

The 2 salt water inlets are both in the stbd aft cabin and supply the raw water pump for the engine, the toilet water flush pump and the deck-wash pump. Altho pipes are in situ, salt water to the galley has not been connected. The water-maker uses the other inlet. The inlets are fed to the raw water strainers before use.

Safety

Charts (paper) : Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, with cruising guides for Turkey, Cyprus, etc…

2 x manual whale bilge pumps + 2 electric automatic bilge pumps (+ spare electric pump)

Liferafts : New 2012 4 man Zodiac liferaft + 6 man liferaft needing a service.

Fire Extinguishers : 2 x dry powder + 1 x carbon dioxide

Flares : as per requirements – will need replacing before next cruise.

2 x waterproof grab-bag containers filled with emergency supplies/flares/etc.

Emergency tiller – direct to rudder attachment

Bosuns chair(s) – 2 styles.

Safety harnesses x 7 : various sizes.

Jack-lines and harness-points strategically mounted for clipping onto (designed for heavy Atlantic seas)

Life Jackets x 8 (including 1 x kids)

PFD’s x 1 adults

Gas shutoff solenoid

Gas detector x 2

New Bolt-cutter (never used !) and hacksaw with new cobalt saw blades

Easy access extra sharp (never used) quality knife and waterproof flashlight at the helm.\

Emergency panels to close broken hatches.

Boat Systems Documentation

For all the equipment on FP, the relevant documentation is kept in a file in the chart table. The maintenance log (on a spreadsheet for easy searching) has further details. The necessary operation notes are detailed (I have created them myself over the last year) and designed for a potential delivery skipper to use in case of emergency.

Spares and extras

On-The-Hard-Haulout extras – plenty of power cords and power tools (2 x orbital sanders , angle grinder ++) with possible awning deployment over the work area. Water hoses x 2 plus plenty spare hose fittings.

Awnings : 3 awnings are available, we ended up only using 1 altho if I was going to be in 1 place for a while, I would put up all 3.

I normally don’t tow the dingy as I have a system of pulleys to mount/dismount the dinghy and engine in approx. 10 minutes. My 10 year old manages it OK. There is a towing bridle if required. Have 2 detachable nylon wheels to attach to the dingy for easy on-shore movement (taken off the old dinghy)

There are many more extras and spares aboard that are very useful and designed to make life comfortable and easy.

Andy was used to cruising in areas where there was no stores or help – so he carried spares for himself and more , to help other cruisers. All these spares are carefully packed away and I have a list of everything on a spread-sheet to enable easy location. Also on board are all the tools necessary to repair anything mechanical :-

Full complement of spanners and wrenches ; all oils and greases ; filters ; 2 ton steel chain block and tackle ; a roll of new 13mm braided line (approx. 200m) ; High Quality canvas – approx. 40m x 1.8m (enough to redo the boat) ; spare alternator ; spare starter ; spare bilge pumps ; spares for pumps ; gas torch and lead/solder ; rigging spares ; spare deck fittings ; hoses & pipes ; electrical fittings, wire and connectors ; electric soldering iron ; etc.

Fishing Gear : 9 rods , from light to heavy + 4 reels to suit. Plenty of “stuff” in the tackle box

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