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Brief Description:‘Waterline 1320’ professionally built to Jeff’s plans with a raised bridge deck.Launched in 2002Length 13.2m Beam 7.35m Draft 1.0m (boards up) 1.8 (boards down)2 x 30hp Yanmar 3YM30 diesel enginesPrice: $475,000History:“Forza” was built in Victoria and the first owner employed professional tradesmen to do theinitial build, finishing and painting, electrics and deck layout etc. She was initially fitted withtwo outboards as per the original plans and sailed to Queensland and back to Melbourne ontwo or three occasions. The main build was done by Ross & Deb McCombe, who are wellknown <strong>Schionning</strong> design builders,and who kindly allowed us to copy lots of their photos ofthe build when we met them in the Kimberley.She was sold in mid to late 2004 to a Queensland buyer who used her around theWhitsundays and also entered some of the popular Queensland races where, we believe, shedid rather well. The second owner had her for about 18 months before deciding to sell herwhich is when we bought her. During this period, the owner had the outboards removed andthe two Yanmar diesels professionally installed.We bought “Forza” in October 2005 with the intention of using her for extended oceancruising as part of our ‘retirement plan’ which is what we did. Initially we sailed her fromQueensland to Hobart where we live and where she is now presently located. We finallysailed north from Hobart 12 months later, in October 2006, after finally retiring and alsofitting additional equipment, as one does!Our initial intention was to cruise the Kimberley during the ’07 dry season and then possiblyreturn to Hobart via the West coast. However, we left Broome about 3-4 weeks too late andended up spending the wet season in Geraldton Marina as the southerlies on that coast arepretty daunting at that time of the year when you are trying to head south. Also, before wereached Geraldton we had decided to go back to Darwin via the Kimberley and enter in the2008 Sail Indonesia Rally.Without going into more detail, we spent the next three and a half years cruising in Indonesia,Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo, Brunei, Philippines, Palau, PNG, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, NewCaledonia and finally back to Coffs in November 2010. Arriving back in Hobart in time to dothe around Tassie Rally in February 2011.
During all our cruising, we had no major problems with ‘Forza’ and she was a wonderfulhome for the two of us and the memories of our trip will always be with us. It is with greatreluctance we have decided to sell her as we do not plan to do any further extended cruisingand it is time to find her a new owner rather than let her sit on a marina for 95% of the time.The following inventory is detailed and extensive but I feel it is the only way to show howwell this beautiful cat is equipped to take you anywhere in the world – just add food!!INVENTORYGeneral Details and layout:As with all Shionning designs, the hull material is balsa core ‘Duflex/Duracore’ composite,bonded with fibreglass and epoxy resin. In addition to the design requirements, Kevlar matwas laid up on the inside of the lower hulls to provide extra strength in case of grounding(whether intentional or unintentional!!)Rudders are free hanging fixed spades with heavy gauge SS tube stocks.The Yanmars are fitted with SD 20 saildrives and propulsion is through “Kiwi” feathering 3blade propellers. These propellers use composite resin based blades which can easily beremoved and serviced/replaced without slipping the boat. There is a spare set of blades andall the necessary tools to do this.The port hull, from forward to aft consists of a deck entry locker for lines, spares and fendersetc; a locker forward of the queen sized cabin which contains hanging space and thewatermaker. Aft of the sleeping cabin is the navigation station and radios etc plus chart table.Aft of this is the head and shower area, there is only one head.The starboard hull also has a similar deck entry locker forward and the locker forward of theother queen cabin has a small 2.2kg automatic washing machine fitted plus hanging space.Aft of the cabin is the galley, which is ‘down’, comprising a 3 burner cooktop, oven, twinbowl sink and combined fridge/freezer. The aft compartment has a double berth with storageunder.The cockpit has a central raised steering position with a comfortable swivel seat for thoselong seagoing watches or being able to see all ‘four corners’ when manoeuvring/berthing.The cockpit seating has lockers below plus the location of the gas bottles and two fuel tanks.All mainsail hoisting and reefing is done at the mast.There is an Aquapro dinghy and two outboard motors.Now for the detail!!
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Page 17 and 18: Safety Equipment:PFD’s• 5 x Adu
Page 19: Conclusion:When we bought ‘Forza

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