Description

Corroboree is a first professionally commissioned yacht design that was drew on 1984-5 for an American client who was working in Australia. This was built by Lloyd Stevenson Yachts of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1986-7, and she is crafted in wood-epoxy of Western Red Cedar and Kauri, a rare species of pine indigenous to New Zealand. The owner named her Corroboree, an Australian Aboriginal word for a party or celebration, and shipped her to Michigan where he and his family sailed her on the Great Lakes for 27 years. Main engine: 3GM30 modified to 3GM30F, rebuilt July 2017.

Specifications

Accommodation

Galley
Force 10 LPG 3-burner marine stove/oven/grill, new March 2020, Australia
Refrigeration compartment, stainless steel lined, countertop access
Double stainless steel sinks, one F.W. hand pump tap (with inline filter), and one S.W. tap
Igloo countertop ice maker (110VAC, 60 Hz) with 110V/220V converter
Hand-operated water maker, Katadyn Survivor R-35

Head
Jabsco Manual toilet
F.W. hand pump tap with inline filter
Stainless steel sink

Construction

Corroboree is a first professionally commissioned yacht design that was drew on 1984-5 for an American client who was working in Australia. This was built by Lloyd Stevenson Yachts of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1986-7, and she is crafted in wood-epoxy of Western Red Cedar and Kauri, a rare species of pine indigenous to New Zealand. The owner named her Corroboree, an Australian Aboriginal word for a party or celebration, and shipped her to Michigan where he and his family sailed her on the Great Lakes for 27 years.

It should be noted that Corroboree was designed for the Great Lakes, that is, for relatively protected waters. She does not have roller furling for her mainsail or jib, which can make it challenging to raise, reef or lower the sails in offshore conditions. For us the idea of a designer sailing his own boat around the world was just too good a story to pass up, and she has carried us safely over 31,000 miles. Nevertheless, we feel Corroboree is best suited for more protected waters such as the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, the New England coast from New York to Maine, south Florida and the Bahamas, or the Caribbean.

Design
Corroboree was built at about the same time as Gary Mull’s Freedom 36 was put into production by Freedom Yachts in Middletown, RI. Earlier, I was Chief Engineer at Tillotson-Pearson Inc., the original builders of Freedom Yachts, where I was instrumental in the further development of Freedom Yachts’ carbon fiber free-standing masts. Both Corroboree and the Freedom 36 designs sport free-standing carbon fiber masts in a sloop configuration on a hull with a raked stem, a reverse transom for the F36 and a scoop stern for Corroboree, fin keels (the F36 shoal draft version is similar to Corroboree’s), and separate rudder. The F36 has a spade rudder whereas Corroboree’s rudder is mounted on a substantial skeg built integral to the hull. The F36 mast was built by Tillotson Pearson Inc., and Corroboree’s mast was built by PLP Composite Technologies, a composite pole manufacturer in New Hampshire and a long-standing engineering client of mine. The aluminum main boom and stainless steel mast fittings were made by Hall Spars in Bristol, RI.

General Arrangement
Forward Cabin: Full-width V-berth (modified from original layout), shelves & lockers port, hanging locker stbd.
Main Saloon: U-settee & drop table port, bench settee stbd., lockers above settee backs Galley: port, 3-burner stove/oven, refrigerator lkr., double s.s. sink, lockers above & below Nav Station: stbd., seat & desk, electrical panel, locker above, batteries under seat
Aft Cabin: port, double berth, hanging locker above seat, drawers under seat, lockers on CL Main Companionway: main engine under lift-out steps
Head: stbd., toilet, sink, countertop, lockers above & below, main engine access by large hatch Cockpit: T-shaped, generously sized, storage locker under stbd. seat, water/fuel fills under helm seat,
LPG locker port aft corner Transom: scoop stern
Bilges: under floorboards along centerline
Fin keel, external lead casting, mounted to hull with 9 keel bolts
Skeg-hung rudder with stainless steel shaft and composite blade. Skeg is made of wood and fiberglass integral with structure of the hull, bronze shoe/bearing at lower end.

Plumbing
3 x HDPE water tanks totaling 61gallons, under the cockpit, non-pressurized system (hand pumps at sinks)
1 x stainless steel diesel fuel tank, 45 gal., mounted under aft cabin berth, with access port Seawater inlets, 1 x engine cooling, with large strainer, 1 x house supply with small strainer Seawater tap at galley sink
Jabsco manual toilet in head with Vetus 6-gal. HDPE holding tank in cockpit storage locker 6 x 20-liter blue water jugs stowed on deck P&S adjacent cockpit
2 x 20-liter yellow diesel fuel jugs stowed in stbd. cockpit locker
1 x fuel funnel with catch screen
1 x 10-litre red gasoline jug stowed on cockpit floor port quarter
2 x 11-lb. enameled steel LPG tanks with regulator, stowed in dedicated self-draining LPG locker. Port quarter
Through-hulls & seacocks for domestic and engine seawater supply, under aft cabin berth Through-hull & seacock for galley sink drain, under galley counter, port.
Through-hulls & seacocks in cockpit locker for: Engine Exhaust, Holding Tank Drain, Head Sink Drain, Bilge Pumps Drain
Bilge Pumps, electric 12VDC, 4 x Seadog 750 gph (3 under main cabin sole, 1 in bottom of cockpit locker)
Bilge Pump, manual, Whale Gusher Titan, cockpit aft bulkhead

Ballast: 2,500kg
Sail Area (main + jib): 57.33m2
Sail Area (spinnaker): 47.04m2

Equipment

Deck Equipment
Nilsson H700 12 VDC electric windlass with chain wildcat stbd. & gypsy head port
Foot switch for windlass, bow port side
6 bronze mooring cleats, 9” open base, 2 at bow, 2 amidships, 2 at stern
2 bronze hawse pipes forward, 2 hawse openings amidships, 2 bronze fairlead chocks at stern
Bow & Stern s.s. pulpits with double lifelines and tapered s.s. stanchions P&S, opening gates P&S, and aft over transom
2 bronze folding steps on transom
Schaefer, Harken and Ron stan assorted deck hardware
Main traveler rail & double cars with Hex ratchet block by Harken for mid-boom sheeting, 6 part tackle.
Main boom vang block and tackle
Deck Prisms, 2 x bronze and glass, P&S in deck into forward cabin
Bimini over cockpit, s.s. folding frame, sun-resistant canvas cover, 3 front clear windows (center panel rolls up), three windows in top with removeable sun covers. Tie-downs provided for two solar
panels on top
Cast bronze deck collar for mast partners, through-bolted to deck
Custom fabricated UHMW mast wedges, Tides Marine
Cast bronze mast step with mast anti-rotation lock bolt, bolted to cabin sole in forward cabin Maxwell #33 s.s. & bronze 2-speed self-tailing winches mounted on coach roof top
12 x bronze rope hangers, bulkhead mounted, 6 x each side of main companionway hatch
Misc. blocks (Schaefer, Ron stan) fairleads and jammers (Lewmar)
Bomar Deck Hatches: 1 x main companionway with removeable lid, 1 x forward hatch into Forward Cabin, 3 x vent hatches in Head, Aft Cabin, and Galley
Bronze opening portlights, 10
Plastic screens for all hatches and portlights
Edson wheel and pedestal with 41⁄2 ” Ritchie compass, double instrument pods, and grab rail

Ground Tackle
1 x 35 lb. CQR anchor with 250’ G40 5/16” chain
1 x 33 lb. Bruce anchor with 100’ of Grade L 8 mm chain + 175’ 3⁄4” Nylon rode
1 x 22 lb. Danforth anchor, spare, stowed in cockpit locker

2 x HDPE flopper stoppers, home-made, with counterweights, ropes, and blocks
2 x garden hoses with nozzle
1 x water filter for hoses
5-part lifting tackle (approx. 250’) for a bosun’s chair (bosun’s chair is EWS’ personal gear)

Navigation Equipment

Bulkhead mounted clock and barometer

Engine(s)

Main engine: 3GM30 modified to 3GM30F, rebuilt July 2017. Rebuild included new: cylinder sleeves, pistons, rings, connecting rods, main crankshaft bearings, valves, injector tips, and engine mounts. New fuel feed pump installed January 2023.
Flexible engine mounts
Scatra (later Aqua Drive) #19100 thrust bearing
1” (25 mm) dia. stainless steel propeller shaft (new April 2022)
Tides Sure Seal prop shaft seal (new April 2022)
Bronze cast propeller bracket with offset to port for removal of prop shaft past rudder
Propeller: Michigan Wheel Sailor fixed two-blade 16” x 11” RH, bronze
Zinc shaft anode on propeller shaft
Engine gear/throttle control, Cockpit stbd.
Engine control panel, cockpit forward

Sails & Spars

Sails
Mainsail, North Sails, New Zealand, new April 2019
Jib, North Sails, New Zealand, new April 2019, with self-tending CamberSpar-type jib boom Spinnaker, Unknown maker, original, probably 1988

Spars
Carbon fiber free-standing mast, 50’
Aluminum Main Boom, 17’
Aluminum Spinnaker Pole, 12’

Running Rigging
Assorted yacht braid rigging sizes for: main halyard, main sheet, main traveler, boom vang, jib halyard, jib sheet, spinnaker halyard, spinnaker sheets P&S, fore guys P&S, aft guys P&S, all yacht braid of various diameters 7/16” to 5/8” (11 mm to 16 mm).
Running backstays, s.s. 3/16” (5 mm) dia. plastic coated wire upper parts, 3/8’ (10 mm) yacht braid lower parts & retrievers, with Harken Hex ratchet blocks with beckets
Lazy jacks, Dyneema 1⁄4” (6 mm) dia. upper parts and 2:1 block and tackle 5/16” (8 mm) dia. yacht braid lower parts with Ron stan blocks and snap shackles
Flag Halyards P&S, 3/16” (5 mm) dia. polyester braid

Standing Rigging
Forestay: Dyneema, 5/16” (8 mm) dia.

Electrics

3 x 140 AH AGM batteries under Nav station seat, new March 2020
Magnum Energy 2.5 KW Magna-Sine true sine wave Inverter/Charger with US shore power connection, mounted outboard of Nav Station seat
Two 15 amp shore power cords with assorted adapters
CTEK M300 charger for 240VAC/50Hz input, mounted under Nav table
Electrical Panel, DC and AC, mounted above Nav table
Solar panels, 2 x 100 Watt semi-flexible type, mounted on bimini top
GO Power Solar Controller, mounted in electrical cabinet adjacent Nav station seat
Silent Wind 400 Watt wind generator, mounted on dedicated mast on transom, stbd., with its controller mounted inside under the Nav table
12 VDC lighting throughout. 5 x White/Red dome lights, 5 x brass/white reading lights. 1 x white 2 level dome light in cockpit locker
110 VAC outlets in main saloon P&S, galley, and head
12 VDC charger outlets, two in main saloon P&S, one at Nav table
Nova Kool electric refrigeration, Danfoss 35 type, new February 2022, Australia
LPG gas solenoid ON/OFF switch, located on bulkhead above stove. Solenoid located in LPG gas
locker, cockpit port quarter
Cabin fans, 3 x Sirocco II, one in forward cabin, one in main saloon, one in aft cabin
Dynaplate grounding plate hull bottom, stbd. side.

Electronics

VHF radio, ICOM IC-M423G, GPS and DSC equipped, with external Command Mic Garmin/Delorme SE GPS
Iridium GO satellite communications/weather by Predict Wind, with exterior antenna
AIS, Vector Marine Vision Mate display with exterior antenna
AIS, Spare, Vector Marine Watch Mate unit
Ray marine i50 Tridata Depth/Speed/Water Temp transducers and helm readout
Ray marine i60 Wind Speed/Direction masthead transducer and helm readout
Ray marine Smart Pilot X-5 wheel drive autopilot

Safety Equipment

Safety Gear
EPIRB, ACR Global Fix Pro 406 MHz GPS
6 x Life Jackets, 4 x Type I and 2 x Type III
Life sling, throwable horseshoe flotation device, with lifting tackle
Pick-up marker buoy for MOB
Air horn
Distress Signals kit (flares, smokes, parachutes, mirror, distress blanket)
Life raft: 4-man Viking RescYou Pro (requires servicing 2023)
Ditch Bag with survival supplies
Fire Extinguishers: 2 x Type BC size 1
Fire Extinguisher: 1 x Halon type mounted in Engine Compartment (out of date but still in commission)
Emergency tiller, stainless steel, stowed in cockpit locker

Dinghy: Hypalon inflatable, Mercury Air deck 240, (2.4 meters, 7’10”), with 4 oars and 2 hand pumps
Outboard Motor: Yamaha 2 HP 2-stroke
2 suits of Line 7 foul weather gear (jackets and bib overalls)

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