2008 Alerion-Express
Newport Beach, CASail20'
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Specifications
MakeAlerion-Express
Length20'
Beam6.83'
Draft3.5'
Year2008
TypeSail
HullFiberglass
Description
The Alerion Express experience is all about pure sailing pleasure - what we refer to as Alerion Sailing - the thrill of a fast, responsive yacht that looks terrific, handles like a dream and doesn't require a large or experienced crew. Alerion Sailing means sailing on your terms and at times that best suit your mood, your schedule, and the weather. It is our distinct honor to introduce you to the way sailing should be.
The Alerion Express 20 is a tried and true Day Sailer with all the Alerion essentials present--classic topside, modern underbody, gratifying speed and single-handed ease with fingertip controll. The special features are open cockpit, complete simplicity and a friendly price designed to introduce sailors to the Alerion Express Fleet.
The Alerion Express 20 is a tried and true Day Sailer with all the Alerion essentials present--classic topside, modern underbody, gratifying speed and single-handed ease with fingertip controll. The special features are open cockpit, complete simplicity and a friendly price designed to introduce sailors to the Alerion Express Fleet.
Accommodations and Layout
Large cockpit with tiller steering and all lines led aft to cockpit. Lazy jacks, simple two-line reefing system, optional Hoyt jib boom with extender, roller furling jib, classic sail plan with no winches required.
Deck & Hull Construction
- Hull & Deck molded with End Grain Balsa, E-Glass biaxial glass fabrics and polyester and vinylester resins.
- Ten Year Blister Warranty
- Hull and Deck molded with White Gelcoat, hull has 1/4" gold colored recessed cove stripe
- Boot top choice of color from standard color chart
- Hull to deck flange joint bonded with plexus glue
- Manual cockpit bilge pump operable from helm
Steering
- GRP rudder with stainless steel tube shaft and internal stainless steel tangs
- Bearings are low maintenance synthetic material mounted in GRP carrier tube
- Balanced spade rudder with semi-elliptical profile and low drag sections
- Tiller is laminated teak with extension
- Rudder head is stainless steel
Keel
- High Efficiency lead bulb keel
- Approximate weight 790 lbs. bedded to keel stub with epoxy
- Antimony added to lead for stiffness
- 3 x 3/4" 316 stainless steel bolts
- Keel faired to hull and coated with primer
Interior
- Interior bulkheads from marine grade plywood bonded to hull and deck with biaxial glass and vinylester resin
- Interior finished in off white gelcoat
Deck Hardward
- Mainsheet system 4:1 ratio with fiddle blocks
- Reef system with hook and 2:1 purchase
- Standard horn cleats for main and jib halyards
- Soft vang with 4:1 purchase
- Stainless steel chainplates and stemhead fitting
- Roller furling unit with furling line lead to cockpit
- Mooring cleats, 2 aft 1 forward
- 2 bow chocks
- 2 line bags
- Ensign, staff and socket
- Color-coded sheets and lines
- Varnished teak toerails and coaming caps
- 2 seat lockers
- Gear locker at helm
- Bare teak seat edge trim
- Jib sheet stand up blocks port and starboard
- Plastic cockpit grate gives bilge access
Options Available
- Lazy jacks
- Adjustable backstay
- Mid-boom mainsheet system
- Hoyt jib boom (no sail change necessary)
- Mainsail boom cover
- Cockpit cover
- Cooler brackets
- Outboard brackets
- Teak cockpit grate
- Bottom paint
- Compass
- Sail-away kit (life jackets, dock lines, safety kit)
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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