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Richard acquired this 354 in September 2009.


Richard Uperti
VENDETTA 354 71
Lancaster VA . Yankee Point Marina
Chesapeake Bay
Mid-Atlantic Fleet


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Lee & Carol wrote in Oct 2007 :

DAISY was custom-specified by experienced blue water sailors as their "Bahamas boat". In 1999, she found a home on Chesapeake Bay where she has been upgraded since 2002 to be a coastal-cruiser for 1-2 couples. The full cockpit enclosure dodger/bimini protects from sun and bad-weather and much extends the cruising season, often by months at either end.

We bought another great Mark Ellis design conceived by Jim Eastland, a Northeast 400 http://www.eastlandyachts.com/eynonsuch.htm to allow an elderly parent 'to stay on the water' and continue sailing with us. Thus DAISY regretfully is now for sale for US $155,000
REDUCED March '09 to US $ 149,000
BUILDER / DESIGNER: Hinterhoeller Yachts / Ellis
DIMENSIONS :
LOA: 35” 4” LOD: 33’ 5" LWL: 31’ 6” Beam: 12’ 6” Draft: 4’ 10” SD (Shallow Draft)
Displacement: 15,350 lbs Ballast: 6,750 lbs
ENGINE : Westerbeke 38B Four, 37 hp, diesel 800 hours
GENERATOR : Nextgen 3.5 kW (2002); 32 hours
TANKAGE :
• fuel: 60 gals.
• water: 130 gals.; 3 Kracor tanks
• propane: 2 aluminum tanks
• holding: 33 gals

Like all Nonsuches, the 354 is noted for its ease of handling for the single-hander, for speed, and for amazing spaciousness. The 354 exceeds many 38 foot boats in usable room, storage, and sailing. There is 6’7” headroom in the salon. The entire interior is very roomy. The hull is the same as the Nonsuch 33 but the 354 has a redesigned shallow keel with a winged bulb, a carbon fiber mast and wishbone boom, and stainless steel cabin top hand rails and bow pulpit. The hull is a yellow gelcoat with a white Awlgrip boot stripe. The cockpit is unusually large and comfortable with a fold-down cockpit table, 32” Whitlock rack & pinion steering and all of the instruments mounted at the helm.

DAISY may be the best 354 coastal cruiser on the water. Her generator, high-powered alternator, and battery banks permit her to cruise and anchor, even with the heat, microwave, or A/C running. All sail handling is easily done completely from the cockpit including reefing and unreefing. She has helm-mounted integrated radar/color chart plotter and hydraulic autohelm. Tides Marine Strong track, electric halyard winch, and double-line slab reefing leading back to the cockpit, and VHF RAM mic allow great ease single handing. Crew is for company, not for work. She reflects custom interior materials and design changes as well. These include a light finished ash interior and a large custom navigation station in place of the usual twin settee to strbd in the salon. DAISY’s custom 60 gal. fuel and 130 gal. water tanks extend her range. Custom full cockpit enclosure dodger/bimini was installed for sun and bad-weather protection and extends the cruising season by months eash year. Major systems have been upgraded since 2002.

INTERIOR :
Variation of the 33 layout
http://www.nonsuch.org/Member/Contents.asp for 33 specifications and for sailing a Nonsuch, click "General Information" top left

U-shaped galley to port at base of companionway ladder. Opposite to strbd is the enclosed 'guest' aft cabin with hanging locker and two drawers under the double berth. Fwd on port side is large settee with dining table supported by a custom wine/liquor cabinet. Behind the settee cushions is lots of storage. Fwd of the strbd aft cabin is the large navigation station with file cabinet, multiple drawers, chart storage, book shelf, storage cabinet, systems management controls and indicators, AM/FM/CD player, single sideband and VHF radios. Nav station seat and dinette upholstery is a durable contemporary tapestry fabric. Fwd of the port dinette settee is a writing table with a flip-up desk top and book shelf above. Forward of the strbd nav station is the large head with Corian counter and separate shower. The head is both accessed from the salon and the fwd cabin. The fwd cabin has a queen berth to port and a Corian counter to strbd with plenty of shelves and drawers. Two large drawers are under the berth. Two hanging lockers are located in the fwd bulkhead. Task, general, and path lighting are installed throughout.

GALLEY :
• two stainless sinks
• microwave
• Force 10 3-burner gimbaled stove w/oven & broiler
• Alder-Barber fridge/freezer
• Corian counters
• hot / cold pressure water
• fresh & salt water foot pumps
MECHANICAL :
• Westerbeke 38B Four diesel, 37 hp 800 hrs
• 60 gal. fuel tank
• 3-blade folding Maxprop (reconditioned 2000)
• remote oil filter
• Speedseal raw water impeller cover
• Tides Marine drip-less shaft seal
ELECTRONICS / NAVIGATION / COMMUNICATION :
• Raymarine S3G hydraulic autopilot with rate gyros & ST6001 control head
• Raymarine RL70C color chartplotter/radar in navpod at helm
• C-MAP super-wide map cartridge covering NY to NC
• Raymarine speed, depth
• Raymarine wind
• Raymarine 2KW “Pathfinder” radar
• Standard Horizon VHF with RAM mic in cockpit
• ICOM M700 SSB radio with AT 150 Tuner, 23’ whip antenna, and ground “screen counterpoise” built into hull
• Jensen AM/FM/CD/WX radio (aux input set up for Sirius or IPOD input)
• speakers: 2 cockpit, 2 cabin
• Sunbrella cockpit pedestal cover
• 5” binnacle compass
ELECTRICAL :
• Nextgen Generator 3.5 kW (2002) 32 hrs
• 2-Lifeline GPL-1400 AGM starting batteries (engine & genset)
• 4-Lifeline GPL-4C “golfcart” AGM batteries for 2 house banks; 440 amp hrs (12 volt)
• Powerline 150 amp engine alternator
• Balmar 612 programmable voltage regulator
• Heart 2000 charger/inverter w/ link remote.
• Pathmaker adjustable battery combiner (w/ remote) ensures complete auxillary battery charging and ability to combine house and engine batteries.
• analog battery meter for 4 battery banks
• 2 12V outlets (nav. station & cockpit)
• multiple 110V outlets
• galvanic isolator
• 30 amp shore power cord
HVAC & VENTILATION :
• Cruisair 5000 BTU AC & reverse-cycle heating; SMXII microprocessor control
• genset can operate HVAC
• 5 - Hella 12V 2-speed fans
• 5 - Lewmar hatches w/ screens; 2 large hatches with Sunbrella covers
• 8 stainless steel port lights w/ screens and interior shades
• high capacity engine room blower
• 2 stainless steel ventilation cowls
SAILS & RIGGING :
• original carbon fiber spar and wishbone boom
• new North Sail (2004)
• new Sunbrella sail cover (2004)
• original sail, strong and serviceable
• adjustable topping lift, also has adjustable “preventer” (safety lanyard) on topping lift
• 2-line slab reefing controlled from cockpit (converted from single-line reefing in 2003)
• Tides Marine “Strong” sail track (2003)
• Harken Hi-Load ball bearing masthead sheaves
WATER / WASTE :
• pressure hot /cold water
• 3 poly fresh water tanks totalling 130 gals.
• poly holding tank 33 gals.
• 11 gal. SS water heater operates from engine heat or 110V AC
• larger pressure tank
• macerator for overboard holding tank discharge
• direct discharge/holding tank ‘Y’ valve beside toilet
• Scandvik hot/cold cockpit shower
COCKPIT / DECK / HULL :
• full cockpit enclosure (Sunbrella, Lexan front panes)
• dodger/bimini frames (through-bolted to the deck cabin top and cockpit combing) includes a “roll bar” to protect the sheet and bimini from chafing
• Lewmar 40 electric halyard winch
• 3 Lewmar 30 winches
• Horizon 1100 electric windlass
• bow pulpit w/double anchor roller
• 200’ 3/8 chain and 44# Bruce anchor
• 180’ 5/8 nylon rode & 10’ chain w/ 20# Danforth anchor
• anchor windlass operates from foredeck switches (remote switch for cockpit operation available but not rigged )
• anchor/deck sea water wash down pump
• foredeck light (2007)
• Aqua-Signal masthead steaming/anchor light (2006)
• custom cockpit cushions
• 4 fenders with rail-mounted holders
• swim ladder
SAFETY GEAR:
• Lifesling
• ACR 406 EPIRB
• Ultra Safety Systems “Senior” bilge pump switch with high water alarm (2002)
• radar reflector
• 3 fire extinguishers
• 4 life vests
• flares


Lee & Carol Jacobsen
DAISY 354 71

Chesapeake Bay
Mid-Atlantic Fleet

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