2017 Benford Dory

Ciao is a Benford 34’ sailing dory launched in 2018.  She was intended for a Pacific cruise in May 2020 that was a casualty of the pandemic.  As a result, her equipment is unusually complete.  The owners age and health cause her to be offered for sale.  Located Los Angeles.

She is owner-built of cold-molded okoume plywood (Kelet) using epoxy saturation (System 3) technique.  Intended for offshore use, she has two collision bulkheads forward and one aft.  All deck openings can be closed water-tight, and the cockpit well can be filled without affecting trim.  The owner-builders conceived the boat as being used for multi-week passages and this strongly influenced the building decisions.  The result is a light-weight expedition boat that can go anywhere within the ice limits.  It is not optimized for day-sailing or entertaining.  It is intended to sleep two, and dine four. 

The building philosophy emphasized simplicity and maintainability.  Water and fuel tanks can be removed without demolishing joinery.  Electrics are documented by schematic drawings and are accessible for maintenance.  Ground tackle, including bow roller and manual winch, is robust, based on owners’ years of experience in the tropical Pacific.  Many items that would usually have to be beefed up for offshore use in a newly purchased yacht have already been addressed in the building phase.  Most of the high-dollar equipment required for offshore use is in place.  One example is the Jordan drogue system and its chainplates; having this in place saves not only the purchase of the equipment but the considerable labor of installing it.  Another is the servo-pendulum self-steering gear with its complex installation.

On the other hand, if you want hot-and-cold pressure water or on-board satellite TV then you should look for a boat with heavier displacement.  This boat is a comfortable home for two people that want to go offshore without carrying the impedimenta of shore-side living.  If you find that attractive then it is worth looking at the equipment list.

She is fun to sail.  It is hard to stop a light boat with 633 square feet of working sail.  The lug rig will not go to windward like a racing sloop, but it will certainly make a long passage to windward; with the wind free she is fast.

• 3 Solbian solar panels, 2 ea. 47w and 1 ea. 72w mono-crystalline panels with integral charge controllers
• Garmin VHF 210 AIS Radio
• Garmin AIS 600 AIS-B transceiver
• Garmin GDT-43 depth transducer
• Garmin GPS-19X dedicated GPS antenna
• Garmin GPS-MAP 942 chartplotter
• Blue Sea Systems 7531 shore-power charger
• ProSafe 22034 FS 30 Amp galvanic isolator
• ELCI main breaker panel, 120v, 30A
• Full documentation drawing package
• Batteries: 2 ea. Interstate 6v golf-cart batteries
• Balmar Smartgauge battery monitor
• Yamaha EF1000iS four-stroke generator set (120v, 900W, 12.7 lbs)

• Hasler-style lug schooner rig, 633 sq. feet; yacht-braid running rigging.
• Cantilever masts: Douglas fir, provided by and turned at the Spar Shop, Aberdeen, Washington
• Halyard and sheet winches: 4 ea. Lewmar No. 30ST two-speed self-tailing bronze
• Running lines led aft to cockpit.

Bow anchor:

• 45lb. CQR anchor
• 150’ of 5/16” grade 43 chain
• 150’ of 5/8 nylon line
• Moritz bronze manual anchor winch with integral brake

Spare 35lb. CQR anchor and line

Stern anchor:

• 30lb. cast Danforth
• 50’ of 5/16” grade 43 chain with integral chain box
• 100’ 5/8” nylon line

• Life raft: Revere 45-OC2-4V 4-person Offshore Commander in valise
• Man-overboard gear: Jon Buoy 45-JON1005 recovery module in white rigid case
• Double lifelines with netting

• Jordan Drogue: 102 cones on 245’ ½” double-braid polyester, bridle 5/16” Amsteel Blue 12-strand Dyneema with Suncor thimbles, 10 lbs. 3/8” galvanized chain with sleeve; chainplates for same.
• EPIRB: ACR 2831 GlobalFix V4 CATII
• Jackline system, short tether for cockpit, long tether for working forward.  5/8” Yachtbraid jackline between masts.
• 2 ea. Fire extinguishers

• Yanmar 1GM10 diesel, ~150 hours
• Yanmar SD-20 Saildrive
• Fuel capacity: 18 gallons

• Dinghy: Achilles LT2 Hypalon inflatable boat
• Coppercoat 10-year anti-fouling paint
• Bilge pump:
  • Electric: Whale 12v Supersub 650 submersible automatic pump
  • Manual, built-in: Whale BP4410 Gusher Titan 20GPM at 60 strokes/min
  • Manual, portable (for watertight compartments): Whale BP4410 Gusher Titan 20GPM with flexible hose for remote pumping
• Cabin heater: Wallas 1300 Kerosene heater with 10-liter fuel tank
• Servo-pendulum vane gear: Cape Horn Varuna model
• Marine toilet: Nature’s Head self-contained composting toilet
• Water capacity: two built-in tanks of ~28 gallons each.  In addition, below-deck stowage for 5 ea. 5-gallon jerrycans.  Total capacity: ~75 gallons
• Headroom in main cabin, 6’
• Pilot berth for offshore use
• 305-piece tool-kit
• Boarding ladder: stainless steel with foredeck stowage
• Lee-cloths installed on berths
• Spray-dodger with cockpit awning
• Flammable liquids deck locker
• 2 ea. guest lifejackets – West Marine model 3042C Type V manual/auto inflatable PFD with Type III performance
• Plotting tool, dividers, and plotting sheets
• Barometer & clock

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.

Owner's personal items excluded.  Exclusions include, however are not limited to, Seller's personal possessions, loose items, binoculars, handheld radio(s), charts, tools, fishing equipment, spare parts, clothing and foul weather gear, galley equipment, linens/bedding and any items not specifically listed on equipment list specifications sheet.