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Owner: John Hurd
email John
Boat Name: Jacamar
Web Site : www2,whidbey.com/azure/
Model: Searunner 37
Sail Number: Unknown
Date Launched: 1981
Where Launched: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Present Location: Grenada, 12N latitude, SE Caribbean
Remarks:
"Currently for sale as is, where is (see bottom of this page)."
This Jim Brown design Searunner 37 trimaran design features 3 hulls, 22' beam,
wide decks, center cockpit, wheel steering, & bunks for 6-8 or more. It has a
cutter rig with a 45' mast.
The hull is composite fiberglass over plywood.
This one was made in a back yard in Ft. Lauderdale and launched in 1981.
Her name is JACAMAR, after a Central and South American bird.
JACAMAR underwent the following refit during 3 months (April, May and June) 1998 at Stock Island (Key West):
Eight ports rebedded, six with 6" circular openings added for ventilation,
the rear one hinged to open. The front one replaced with 3/8 plexiglas.
The electrical panel reconstructed and rewired with 12V. DC and 110V. AC
New breakers and gauges. One fore, and 2 aft 110V. outlets installed.
Electrical system bonded.
Replacement of plywood planking damaged by battery acid using multiple
layers of biaxial fiberglass and west system epoxy over new plywood. Lower bulkhead replaced. starboard side. Starboard bilge fiberglassed inside. Two new 6 volt house batteries (in series), and one 12 volt engine starting battery installed in proper battery boxes.
New Raytheon SL70 24 mile range radar installed. Masthead tricolor with
strobe installed on new masthead platform.
New masthead shieves for halyards. New jib halyard. New foresail wire
pennant created.
New lightning arrestor with through hull ground plate.
Ham radio (Kenwood 450) with 2 band whip antenna installed with ~1sq. ft.
copper through hull ground plane. Tape deck /radio. Cockpit speakers.
Two 35 gal. fresh water supply drums installed with new feed line & deck
fitting; foot pumps at each fore and aft sink; 12 v. salt water supply to
galley sink via dedicated through hull.
Head rebuilt and replumbed with new holding tank, deck fitting, pump and
plumbing to handle all options of disposal. New through hulls and seacocks.
Rerigged with all new sta-loc terminals above and below on McWhite sailbrite
II 1X19 wire. New removable staysy'l stay deck attatchment. Three sta-loc
insulators to create backstay SSB/Ham radio antenna.
Mast steps installed to lower spreaders.
6 sails inspected. Genoa stitched. Batten pocket and slide repairs to
main.
New dodger and awning made for cockpit.
Repair, reconstruction of 4 boat-lift chainplates at bulkheads with backing
plates.
New prop shaft and strut installed. Coupler machined and shimmed.
Backing plates of 3/16 aluminum installed on 5 deck winches and 6 deck
cleats.
Soles for amas created.
LP gas locker created in wing deck. Tanks, solenoid, and hose installed to 2-burner range.
New soles for port bilge, head.
2 speed windlass (Simpson Lawrence 555) installed on top of house with
hawspipe to bilge/chainlocker. Chainlocker/bilge fiberglassed. Sprit for
anchor roller installed. 200' of new 5/16" anchor chain brought on.
Salon and galley floors re-supported. Salon benches & table remodeled.
Nav station remodeled. 110 V. electric supply line redone.
New 26 gal. polystyrene fuel tank, filler line, deck fitting and gauge installed.
New through hull, seacock, salt water line and in-line filter to engine heat exchanger installed.
New zincs.
Hatches on decks and amas rehinged.
New engine cover box. Fore /aft below-cockpit tunnel created through
amidships bulkhead.
Shift cable replace. New mount fabricated.
Cockpit floor re-fiberglassed. New cockpit sole. Binnacle/wheel moved to Stbd. out of passageway traffic. Mast shoe fiberglassed and painted.
New topsides paint - Ezypoxy - sprayed on. New bootstripe. New bottom
paint - Seahawk (>75% Cu) and tributl tin added.
All the above changes were made in a boatyard on Stock Island next door to Key West, Fl. A carpenter, a fiberglass/paint guy and a guy Friday were employed in addition to myself in the process. It took three months of long days. After that the boat was sailed to Ft. Myers, Fl., then up the Calusahatchee river and stored.
In 6 wks of Feb. and March 99 in Ft. Myers Fl. additional work was performed:
Lifelines rebuilt and extended aft with 30" stainless steel posts, new coated line turnbuckles and hasps. Fish netting threaded to lifelines.
New Windex masthead fly installed.
Bow nets custom made by Sunrise products. Purple Heart (hardwood) net mounting installed to deck for nets. Nets installed.
6 - 4" thick hemp covered latex cushions installed in sterncastle - convertible between dinnette and a 6' X 5' bed.
Additional radio grounding (50' of 3" copper foil) run inside hull.
After that the boat was sailed to the Bahamas and back.
In 6 weeks of Oct., Nov., and Dec of 1999 the following work/upgrades were made at Manatee Bay Marina, Key Largo Fl.:
Main hull bow/stem repair (epoxy, glass, screws), second bowroller added.
Underwing supports added forward (epoxy & screws).
Ama bow deck tangs removed .
Universal 2 cyl. 16 h.p. engine replaced with rebuilt Yanmar 3 cyl. 27 h.p. (3GM 30).
Engine mounts recreated on steel rails, bulkhead attatchment reinforced.
Exhaust system rebuilt with 2" I.D.
New bronze 14" dia. X 14 pitch 3 bladed fixed prop.
New engine/prop shaft coupler fit and faced.
Inboard ama chine reinforced both port & stbd.
Rub rail removed, upper outer ama hull repaired and reglassed.
Repaint amas outboard.
Rear window dogs added.
Nav station stool, shelves added.
Lower gudgeon rebedded.
Tiller arm welded. New tiller boot at transom.
New pintles.
Void at bottom of rudder filled.
Bow pulpit rebedded.
New 12V outlet in binacle.
Lightning ground plate enlarged, mast grounded to it.
Limber holes put into 2 foreward bulkheads.
3 hatch cover repaired, repainted, gasketed.
Petit Trinidad bottom paint - blue.
After that Jacamar was sailed through the Bahamas, Caicos, D.R., Puerto Rico, the Virgins Islands, the Leeward and Windward Islands to Trinidad where she was stored on the hard at Peake's Boatyard June 6, '00.
Work done on Jacamar at Peake's boatyard, Chagauramas, Trinidad W.I. between 14 Jan and 20 Feb. 2001 with help from 4 regular workers and 2-4 occasional helpers:
Deck stripped of several old coats of paint
All deck fittings removed
8+ deck rot spots repaired
New coamings made for ama hatches
Ama hatches refitted with barrel bolt closures, gasketed
5 winches serviced
Epoxy / microbaloon fairing to deck
Deck primered with 2 coats (6 gal.) of white 2-part epoxy primer (IMS 385)
Deck painted with 2 coats (5 gal.) chlorinated rubberized (road) paint (white) with nonskid in first coat
New 4' Genoa block car tracks
Replaced mainsheet chainplates with new wider double hole chainplates
Windgenerator tower braces moved off house roof and mounted onto mainsheet chainplates
All deck fittings rebedded with 3M 101 caulking
Dingy deck slide strips fashioned from purple heart, rear of wing deck edge protected with 4" X 32" curved stainless steel plates.
Second stern 10" cleat added with reinforced backing
Bottom and underwings sandblasted
Fiberglass cloth, epoxy (MAS) and microbaloons fairing to underwings, painted with 2 coats of 2 part IMS epoxy primer.
Repairs made to skeg, rudder - reglassed
10" Biaxial fiberglass (41 lbs.), epoxied to waterline of main hull and bottom of ama hulls with silica/microbaloons fairing to entire hulls
Galley stove top replated
Main halyard replaced with wire/rope spliced halyard. Sheaves replaced at masthead.
5 Harken cam cleats replace jam cleats for main, jib and staysail sheets in cockpit
Aft cabin roof reinforced with 4 stringers
Radar head power supply rewired/slathered with lanocoat
Bottom painted with 3. 5 gal of International Intersmooth antifouling (Hisol 900 BFA 942 9C7143UF)
New roller for port bowroller
Rig tuned.
After that she was sailed to Grenada with Helma, Maya, Dr. Mark Burdell, & Robbie Oneill(Trinidad) departing 02:30 2 Feb 01. After that to Bequia, the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Grenada again, then to Antigua with crew of Dr. Mark, Dr. Ogle, Richard Silverman, LMT, Larston, local Rasta, and Captian John Hurd. Then back to St. George's lagoon, Grenada for storage June 01.
Work performed on Jacamar over 3 wks in Oct. 2002 at Spice Island Marine Services - Grenada - True Blue yard by Capt. John, helper/crew Gerard and carpenter/crew Oscar Worm: (Note: West system throughout.)
Repair of house roof over port aft and starboard forward bunks with 3/8 marine plywood & epoxy. Petit 2 part primer and "road paint", nonskid.
Created new headliner on port aft bunk with 1/8" door skin verneer.
Cleaned, Ospho (orthophosphoric acid), primer and Interlux 2 part epoxy to engine support rails.
Reinforced forward 7' of ama/underwing intersection with 2 layers of 6" wide biaxial fiberglass with diagonally sawn 2'' X 2" as fillet between. Painted with Petit 2 part primer.
Reinforce inboard ama hull section port and starboard beneath this area with rough cut 1" X 2" X 40" sisters to the 2 existing 1 X 2 stringers and with 1/2" plywood "yokes" to attatch to bulkheads on either end.
Removed multiple barnacles using vinegar spray nightly for a week followed by taps with a mallet on a dive knife. International bottom paint left intact after 6 months of sailing and 10 months at anchor in St. George's lagoon. Applied touch up bottom paint - Petit Trindiad 44 - blue.
Lowered forward ama hatch coaming from 3" to 2" and added a 2" X 4" wedge so seas can pass over it without being pitched up by coaming.
Aft companionway hatch repaired. Rubber bumper added to fwd excursion
Sank multiple rusting fasteners on deck and topsides with nail set, painted them with Ospho, filled with silica epoxy mix, & painted (epoxy & "road" paint on deck, primer and ezpoxy on topsides).
Painted front part of forward bunks with white paint.
Cleaned and painted galley stove.
Installed new propane solenoid valve after "marinizing" it. Repainted 20 lb. propane bottle with 2 part epoxy primer.
Fiberglassed refrigerator door. Widened opening.
Repaired DC power lead to ICOM handheld VHF charger.
Fabricated and installed a bow anchor guard from 3/32 stainless steel.
After that Jacamar was sailed for a week with 3 crew into and back from the Grenadines, then with Helma and Maya with the skipper (John) for a month to Bequia and back. In Bequia the port aft deck support was reinforced.
In May of '03 Jacamar took out 3 crew into and out of the Grenadines as far as Bequia over 10 days. The aluminum masthead casting failed at the forestay pin, dropping the forestay, but the mast remained erect. Jacamar returned to Grenada under reefed main and staysail using the jib halyard as a temporary forestay. In Grenada the mast was lifted by crane onto the deck and the masthead removed. Tony (local) assisted.
In June of '04 Jacamar was hauled at Spice Island Marina in Grenada's Prickley Bay. Brother Chuck assisted the Skipper. Gerard and other locals helped. Over 3 weeks the following was done:
Bottom cleaned.
A new masthead from LeFiell (sales@lefiell.com 800-451-5971 Santa Fe Springs, Ca) installed as replacement for the failed one on this Famet 5 mast.
Three mast wiring conduits were riveted at 3' intervals with aluminum rivets.
A new refrigeration compressor and a galley electric water pump were installed.
The exhaust manifold/swan neck union was replaced with a stainless one.
Three weeks later she was sailed into to the Grenadines and back. See the following:
http://www.usual-suspects-sailing.com/exp-grenadines-tobagocays.htm
Onboard: Capt. John, brother Chuck, Helma & Maya. Returned to St. George's Lagoon. Jacamar left side tied to a steel hulled ketch, in turn tied to a larger steel motor yacht. Jacamar also had out a stern anchor (35 lb. CQR) and a bow line to a coconut tree belonging to local, Mary at Island Paradise "Bamboo" bar.
On Sept. 7, 2004 Hurricane Ivan blasted Grenada with Category 4 winds wreaking havoc throughout the island. Jacamar was dismasted. Her starboard ama sank raising the port one a few feet out of the water. After a few days the entire deck was awash.
Jacamar is partially salvageable. She is now for sale as is, where is.
Onboard are:
A Yanmar 27h.p. 3 cyl. inboard diesel (3GM30) and 2" exhaust system including water muffler, transmission, 1" prop shaft, strut and 14" 3 bladed prop. I've talked to professionals and know that it doesn't matter how long the engine's been under water. What does matter is how quickly and thoroughly it gets rinsed/cleaned/dried out after it comes out of the water. Done right, it can live and run again. The engine can be hoisted with either the crane at an engineering firm nearby or the mobile crane that hoisted her mast twice.
Additional equipment still aboard are professionally fabricated custom bow nets (Sunrise Yacht Products $841 new), new mainsail (Alec Sails, Bequia $1300 new), 45lb CQR anchor & chain, a new dingy sail and spars, oars, a whole lot of Tupperware ($100's worth), head, dodger, bimini and a lot of other equipment - Hummingbird depthsounder/fishfinder transducer (I have the readout head at home), Catadyn ceramic water filter, Baja fuel filter, German rigging shears, etc. etc...
It would be possible to inflate inner tubes and/or inflatables under her starboard underwing and raise the damaged starboard ama enough to pump out the intact main hull and port ama enabling equipment retrieval. Jacamar is available for pennies on the dollar.
Please direct future communications to : azure@whidbey.com Or call me in WA at 360-579-1201. Photos can be seen at: www2.whidbey.com/azure
Thanks,
John Hurd
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