Blue Jacket — Bass Harbor Power Cruiser

Blue Jacket is one of several boats included in the personal fleet of a long standing and prominent summer resident of Mount Desert Island. All the boats in this ownership have been looked over by a dedicated fleet manager and worked on by only the best of artisans and craftsman available in and around Mount Desert Island, an area known for it’s “deep bench” of talent in the yacht services trades.

Designed and built at the shop of famed MDI boat builder Robert “Bobby” Rich in 1956, Blue Jacket has been under current ownership since the early 1990’s and during this time has seen much in the way of proactive care and maintenance along with more major upgrade projects such as doubling of frames, replacement of floors, complete rebuilding from the deck up and most recently repowering.

Interior Accommodations and Equipment

• The interior of Blue Jacket is finished in the Herreshoff style with White laminate bulkheads, overheads and joinery fronts accented by varnished Mahogany trim and drawer / locker fronts and further accented by dark blue with red piping cushions for settees and berths. Interior spaces are well ventilated and illuminated both naturally by way of opening ports and overhead hatches along with artificial ventilation and lighting by way of well-placed fans, reading lights and overhead lights. Cabin soles thru-out the interior are vanished teak and holly.
• Interior layout aft to fore.
• Step down two-step companionway ladder from cockpit to interior spaces
• Galley to port with U-shaped counter, storage in drawers, lockers and racks, stainless steel sink basin with hot and cold pressure water, Force 10 propane 2-burner stove and well-insulated, under-counter, front-loading refrigerator.
• Enclosed head area to starboard with vanity, polished stainless steel sink basin with not and cold pressure water, and Mahogany framed mirror / medicine cabinet
• Immediately forward of the head area and to starboard in the main saloon is a solid fuel (wood / coal) cabin heater with Charlie Noble chimney leading out through the house top.
• Main saloon features convertible settee’s port and starboard that allow for comfortable seating or can be converted to upper and lower (bunk bed) berths with a varnished Mahogany drop leak table on center line.
• Furthest forward is the crew’s cabin with sleeping accommodations for two persons in a V-berth configuration, separate crew’s marine toilet and porcelain sink basin with hot and cold pressure water.
• Furthest forward in the crew’s quarters is access to the ground tackle chain locker.

Cushions and Canvas

• Interior cushions
• Interior port curtains
• Exterior cushions
• Pilot house side windows and aft drop curtains

Hull Construction

• Traditional plank-on-frame hull constriction
• Mahogany planking with bronze screw fastening (refastened 2004)
• Red Oak frames, floors, stem, backbone, sheer clamps, keelson, keel, dead wood, stern post, etc.
• Purple Heart shaft logs
• Mahogany transom
• All frames doubled (early 2000’s)
• Many floors doubled (early 2000’s)
• Topsides painted Dark Blue with single White boot stripe
• Bottom coated with Red anti-fouling paint
• Spray rails from bow to max beam port and starboard
• Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards at aft quarters
• Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards on topsides port and starboard
• Rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards full length at sheer port and starboard

Deck, Cockpit and House Construction

• Complete rebuild from deck up 1996
• Raised deck forward with curved break in sheer running down to level of cockpit and transom aft.
• Low dog house / couch roof forward followed by raised pilot house / shelter and open cockpit aft.
• Fir shelves, deck beams, carlins and other structural deck, house and cockpit sole members.
• Decks and cockpit sole are marine plywood with teak deck overlay and teak toe rails
• Dog house sides , pilot house sides, windshield and structural members are solid varnished Mahogany.
• Dog house and pilot house tops are marine plywood with FRP overlay and painted (Light Gray) finish.

Deck Hardware (bow to stern)

• All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
• Stem Iron furthest forward on center line
• Bow chocks port and starboard
• Burgee staff socket on centerline
• Samson post on center line for bow lines
• Aluminum Fortress anchor with coated chain and rode stored in chocks at port bow
• Ground tackle deck pipe by anchor stored on deck at port bow
• Ideal electric windlass on centerline with foot witch immediately aft of windlass
• Docking cleats port and starboard at aft end of raised forward deck
• Docking cleats port and starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit
• Cockpit boarding ladder safety rails starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit
• Swim / boarding ladder sockets to port on side decks outboard of cockpit
• Fuel, Water and Waste deck fills on starboard side
• Samson posts port and starboard at aft quarters for stern lines
• Ensign staff socket on center line at aft deck
• Stainless steel exhaust ports in transom
• Stainless steel scupper openings in transom
• Stainless steel plank end covers port and starboard outboard of transom

Dog House and Coach Roof Hardware

• All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
• Varnished Mahogany cabin sides and eye brow
• Life ring brackets port and starboard
• Opening ports (with screens) in cabin sides port and starboard (3ea / side)
• Varnished Mahogany and smoked Lexan opening hatches on center line of coach roof (2ea)
• Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard on coach roof
• Charlie Nobel chimney exhaust on coach roof to starboard of centerline furthest aft
• Varnished Mahogany flag mast on coach roof at center line furthest aft

Pilot House and Top Hardware

• All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
• Varnished Mahogany cabin sides, windshield frames and house top supports
• Engine room cowl vents port and starboard at pilot house / shelter sides
• Life ring brackets port and starboard
• Navigational lighting port and starboard on pilot house sides
• Fixed windows port and starboard on pilot house sides
• 3-Bay windshield facing forward
• Port and Center line wind shield bays are fixed windows
• Starboard windshield bay (helm station) is an opening window
• Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard outboard on pilot house top
• Varnished Mahogany radar platform and antenna mast on center line of pilot house top
• Bow stern navigational lighting on antenna mast.
• VHF antenna on centerline of pilot house furthest aft
• Search light to starboard on pilot hose top
• Ship’s horns to port on pilot house top

Interior Pilot House and Cockpit Hardware and Features (aft to forward)

• All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
• Varnished Mahogany cockpit and pilot house / shelter furniture, interior hull sheathing and bulkheads
• Coach roof extends aft of windshield to act as pilot house dash board
• Bare Teal soles in aft cockpit and (slightly raised) pilot house
• Farthest aft is full beam hinged stern seat
• Varnished Mahogany boarding ladder with safety rails to starboard
• Varnished Teak and Bronze boat hook stored under port side deck
• Fresh (starboard) and Salt (port) water washdown spigots
• Cockpit speakers port and starboard
• Folding helmsman and passenger seating port and starboard
• Helm station to starboard with engine controls, gauges and electronics all within easy reach
• Passenger seating to port
• Pilot house sole raises on gas shocks to allow full access to engine area.
• Tongue and groove forward bulkhead with companionway door on centerline

Propulsion and Fuel Systems and Equipment

• Engines: Twin Engines / MerCruiser 350 MPI Horizon, V-8, Fuel Injected, 300 HP
• Engine Year: 2007 / Installed 2008
• Key ignitions and engine shut-downs at helm
• Kobelt throttle and transmission control levers
• Stainless steel (1 ½”) prop shaft
• Bronze prop struts
• Prop shaft line cutters
• Bronze 3-blade propellor, fixed-blade
• Engine Hours: Port Engine 608 Hours / Starboard Engine 611 Hours
• Faria engine hour gauges
• Faria engine status gauges for Tachometer, oil pressure, engine temperature and voltage
• Cruising Speed: 15 Knots
• Max Speed: 22 Knots
• Aluminum fuel tanks
• Racor fuel filters
• Fuel Capacity: 270 Gallons
• Faria fuel gauges

Electrical Systems and Equipment

• 12-Volt DC ship’s system
• Separate house and engine battery banks
• Batteries stored in secured and covered battery boxes
• Rotary style battery selector switch
• Separate rotary style engine battery selector switches
• DC Panel for control of ship’s electrical circuits

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Ritchie Helm Compass
• Furuno Radar
• Furuno Chart Plotter
• Icom VHF radio
• Chelsea ship’s clock
• Chelesa Barometer
• Jensen Blue Tooth stereo with interior and exterior speakers

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems and Equipment

• Freshwater Capacity: 140 Gallons in stainless steel tanks (2ea)
• Stainless steel freshwater tanks (2ea)
• Hot and cold pressure water system
• Engine supplied hot water
• Polished stainless steel sink basins in galley and head enclosure
• Porcelain sink basin in crew’s quarters
• Manually operated marine toilets in head enclosure and crew’s quarters
• Toilets plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for shore-side pump-out.
• Blackwater Tank Capacity: 12 Gallons in single stainless steel tank
• Fresh and salt water washdown bibs in cockpit

Ground Tackle

• Fortress anchor with appropriate coated chain and rode
• Ideal electric windlass with foot switch control
• Polished stainless steel deck pipe to anchor locker

Safety Equipment

• PFD’s
• Flares, horns and ship’s bell
• First aid kit
• Fire extinguishers
• Fire Boy engine fire suppression system
• Fixed and movable stainless steel boarding rails

Additional Equipment

• Dock lines and Fenders
• Varnished Teak and bronze boat hook
• Varnished Hinckley-style folding boarding ladder