Equipment: Ground Tackle, Sails, Electronics
Ariel came to us moderately equipped, the demands of sailing on Cayuga Lake minimal. She had an older Apelco radar unit, the scanner mounted on an obtrusive stainless steel tower rising up from the transom. Opposite the radar unit, a large Loran whip antenna, fiberglass splinters and all, was mounted on the stern pulpit. A suitable VHF radio and a Jensen stereo were mounted in the nav station. There was no autopilot or GPS. The only automatic bilge pump was located in the shower sump. The alternator was the only mode of charging batteries.
We filled the first winter as Ariel's owners with buying, buying, and more buying. We made several trips to the local marine store, and placed order after order with online suppliers. A trip to Chicago for our first Strictly Sail boat show resulted in GPS and a few other goodies. We pored over marine catalogs, and before long we'd added an autopilot, a new JRC radar unit and mast mount, binoculars, datascope, Pioneer CD player, handheld VHF, battery charger, anchor, docklines.
And the list continues to grow.
Ground Tackle
36lb CQR anchor
44lb Bruce anchor
12ft 3/8" chain on primary rode
200ft. 5/8" braided nylon primary rode
200ft. 1/2" three-strand secondary rode
Bronze Spartan bow rollers
Sails & Rigging
Original mainsail, yankee jib, and staysail
Hull #108 mainsail from Woody's CD36 - reconditioned by Sailcare
1.5 oz drifter
Original standing rigging
Spin-Tec Triumph 2000 roller furling for staysail and jib
Hull & Deck
Spartan bronze mid-ship cleats/chocks
Dodger (ACS)
Cockpit awning
8.5' inflatable dinghy
4hp Evinrude outboard
Life Sling
3 inflatable pfds
Safety harnesses and tethers
Schaefer folding D-rings for tethers
Mystic Stainless boarding ladder
4 Caframo cabin fans
Perkins 4.108 4-cylinder diesel
VC17 bottom paint
Schooner varnish
Systems
Xantrex Link 20 battery monitor
Shurflo washdown pump
Wilcox-Crittenden head
Automatic bilge pump with audible & visual cycle signal
Engine compartment blower
2 Trojan T-105 6-volt batteries, 220 Ah
Whale Gusher galley foot pump
26 gallon Ronco Plastics holding tank
Fuel polishing & improved filtration system
Guest battery charger
Groco raw water strainer
Anchor locker drains
Electronics
Garmin 176c GPS
ST1000 Autohelm autopilot
JRC radar
Handheld VHF
Datascope
GPS NavX for Mac