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I am reporting to you from the good ship “VESPER” now arrived
in Northern Nicaragua.
Current position:
12’ 36.55 N
87’ 22.41 W
Marina
Puesta del Sol Resort is located in Estero Aserradoeres. I will rest
up before setting a course for San Juan Del Sur, most likely tomorrow
with the tide. San Juan Del Sur is approximately 130 nautical miles south.
I will make a few anchorages along the way to update my reports in CRUISING
CENTRAL AMERICA. After San Juan Del Sur and heart break time with Rosio
and our 3 babies, I will continue to Costa Rica to finish the job. The
sooner the better so I can get back to my family. The plan is to deliver
CCA by deadline. But nor will I settle for anything less than excellence.
There are no shorts cuts when it comes to doing it right.
S.V. VESPER is an Albin Vega 27
Okay Amigos, here are some details on the boat I am sailing to do the
research. (Thanks to kindred spirits Trevor and Patrick)
S.V. VESPER is an Albin Vega 27, designed and built in Sweden. She is
27 feet L.O.A., full keeled very seaworthy.
- Headroom: 5’9”
- Hull material: Fiberglass
- Keel type: full keel
- Engine: Volvo Penta MD6A, diesel. ¼ gallon/hour at 4
knots.
- Horsepower: 10 hp and runs like a top!
- Fuel tank: 9 gal + 10 gal jerry cans
- Water tank: 17 gal.
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S.V. Vesper - Albin Vega 27 |
She is fully loaded with 4 persons life raft, Florentine sea-anchor,
wind vane, autopilot, gps, inflatable dinghy, 3.5 hp outboard, paper maps,
cruising guides, etc
The Albin Vega has received excellent reviews from sailing magazines
and can be found anywhere on the planet (more than 3000 produced!). Some
crazy guys even went to Antarctica with a Vega!!! She is incredibly roomy
for a 27’ and can store a lot of food and gear.
Accommodation
| Interior joinery is of Mahogany. The
interior layout is very simple and can sleep 4. There is a forward
V-berth with a head and two hanging lockers. The companionway is
made of two 5’9” settees with a stove on port side and
the sink and ice box on starboard side. Headroom is 5’9 throughout
the companionway.
- Lee cloth for sea berths
- One oil lamp.
- Three ceiling lamps and two reading lamps.
- All through-hulls have been changed
- 2 manual bilge pumps
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Vesper's interior/Navigation charts |
The head is on the starboard and consist of storage and a Porta-potti.
I don’t use the P-P. I prefer to “bucket it and chuck it”.
But it’s nice to have the Porta-Potti for when lady guests are aboard.
Galley
- Factory-built icebox
- Two burner Origo alcohol stove
- Fresh & raw water foot pumps (new 2005)
- Stainless steel sink.
- Lots of macaroni and ichiban noodles.
Electronics & Navigation
- Garmin handheld GPS72 (new 06/2005)
- Bulkhead navigation compass
- West marine binocular with built in compass (new 2005)
- Sony SSB receiver (new 2005)
- Data Marine depth meter
- Simrad TP10 autopilot (new 06/2005)
- Horizon VHF with masthead antenna
- Uniden handheld VHF (new 2005)
- Wind Pilot Pacific light wind vane (new 2005)
- Mast tricolor & anchor lights
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Wind vane - Pacific light |
Electrical
- Wet cells batteries (2 new 2005)
- 90 Amp Starting battery (new 2007)
- 300W power inverter (new 2005)
- 2 Electrical bilge pumps (1 new 2005)
- 80 W siemens solar panel (new 2005)
- Switch panels with battery controller (new 2005)
- Bilge alarm switch (new 2005)
- Voltmeter (new 2005)
- 110 shore power cord
Ground tackle
- 22 lbs CQR with 130’ of 5/16 High-test chain + 150’ ½
nylon 3 strands (new 2005)
- 20 lbs Danforth with 60’ of 1/4 High-test chain + 180’
½ nylon 3 strands
- S/L manual windlass (new 2005)
- 10 lbs Danforth
- 5 lbs Bruce (for the inflatable)
- Custom-designed anchor bow-roller (new 2005)
- 4 X 60’ nylon dock lines
Sails & Rigging
- Deck stepped mast
- S/S standing rigging
- Backstay tension adjuster
- 2 mast winches
- 2 jib sheet Lewmar 8 winches
- Whisker pole
- Selden Headsail furler (2003)
- Main sail with 3 slab reefs (reworked 2005)
- 130% Genoa
- 100 % Working Jib (new 2005)
- Stern porch for solar panel and other gear (new 2005)
- Dodger
- Lazy-jacks
Other equipments
- Mercury 6’1” inflatable (new 2005) It’s small
but will actually get up and plane.
- Johnson 3.5 hp outboard (new 2005). Starts on the first pull.
- ORC + Plastimo 4 person’s life raft (new 2005)
- Florentine 9’ sea anchor with 330’ of 7/8 3 strands
nylon
(new 2005)
- Jack lines and lifelines
- Lot of flares and parachute flares with 25mm gun (new 2005)
- 3 extinguishers
- 4 life vests
- 8 fenders
- Penn fishing rod with Penn reel (40 lbs)
- 8 tool boxes with a lot of tools and engine spare parts
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Mercury dinghy/Johnson outboard |
The Albin Vega 27
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Box
839, Dana Point Ca 92629 |
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Phone:
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011
505 668-1501 (Nica)
959 374-0803 (USA) |
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