Drift — International 500 Yawl

Drift is an International 500 Yawl, designed by Naval Architect Robert G. Henry and built in Bremen, Germany by Dutch yacht builder Johanne Dedood and Sohns. The International 500s are universally held in high regard as sea kindly and safe sailboats, large enough for a couple or small family to cruise in comfortably yet small enough to be a fun day sailor or weekender.

Built in 1963, Drift has benefited from a succession of caring owners that have all maintained her in consistently exceptional condition. Drift differs from other I-500s in that she had a new, lower and arguably more attractive mahogany deck house installed back in 2002 along with new teak decks and other upgrades.

The quality of materials, construction and craftsman ship is evident throughout Drift and attests to the fact that she has been well loved and cared for by her owners, past and present.

Drift often shows her transom to larger and newer yachts, frequently getting friendly, appreciative waves as she leaves behind what should be faster boats. Drift always garners admiring looks and comments wherever she sails and anchors.

Hull, Deck Cabin and Cockpit Construction

• Full keel with cutaway forefoot and keel-hung rudder underwater configuration.
• Mahogany planking over White Oak frames with bronze screw fasteners.
• White Oak stem, stern post, keel timber and deadwood.
• Bronze keel bolts
• Cast iron ballast keel
• Decks are marine plywood over White Oak deck beams overlaid with blind fastened teak deck surface
• Cabin sides are of varnished Mahogany
• Cabin top is White Oak coach roof beams overlaid with marine plywood and further over laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy with painted exterior surface.
• Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings and cockpit sides with laid deck cockpit seat tops and cockpit sole
• Storage lockers under cockpit seating and aft deck
• Varnished Mahogany toe rails and taff rail
• Topsides are painted Black with Gold cove stripe and White boot stripe
• Cabin top is White painted finish
• Bottom is Green anti-fouling paint

Deck Hardware and Features

• Stainless steel bow pulpit and stern rail
• Bronze lifeline stanchions
• Upper and lower stainless steel wire life lines (upper Vinyl coated)
• Bronze stem fitting
• Bronze anchor roller
• Cast bronze bow chocks
• Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates anchor locker)
• White Oak Samson post
• Low profile Lewmar anchor windlass
• Bronze mid-rail chocks
• Bronze diamond pad eyes (4ea port and starboard) block attachment points
• Bronze headsail tracks port and starboard on toe rails
• Bronze main sheet traveler
• Chromed Bronze mizzen mast partners
• Bronze stern docking cleats and chocks
• Varnished Mahogany lazarette hatch
• Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates lazarette locker)

Cabin and Cabin Top Hardware and Features

• Bronze opening ports in cabin sides (4ea. port and starboard) and front (1ea)
• Varnished Mahogany and Lexan opening hatch above forward cabin
• Chromed Bronze main mast partners
• Varnished Mahogany opening butterfly-style hatch above main saloon
• Varnished Mahogany companionway hatch off set to starboard
• Bare Teak handrails port and starboard

Interior Layout and Accommodations

• Layout described forward to aft.
• Furthest forward is anchor locker accessible thru forward bulkhead of forward cabin
• Nest aft if forward (sleeping) cabin with accommodations for two (2) persons with bunks in a Vee-berth configuration, storage shelves forward, port and starboard, water tanks located under berths and storage drawers also located under berths.
• Continuing aft is the passageway to the main saloon with hanging locket to port and enclosed head space to starboard with privacy door that also can be used to provide privacy to the forward (sleeping) cabin.
• Aft of passageway is main saloon with 5’ 10” standing head room.
• To starboard in the main saloon (forward of the settee) there is a hanging locker outboard and (3) drawer and bin storage cabinet inboard followed by a single settee berth that extends aft slightly under the cockpit and has a hinged door at the aft end providing access to the starboard cockpit locker.
• To port in the main saloon is a single settee berth with storage shelves outboard and above / forward.
• Both port and starboard settee’s each have storage space in drawers and bins either below or outboard of the settee platforms.
• For dining below decks (and above) there is a nicely finished folding Mahogany table that can be set up either between the settees or up in the cockpit for “Al Fresco” dining.
• Aft of the port settee is the galley area that extends to the aft port corner of the interior space and continues athwartships under the companionway ladder to provide a L-shaped galley arrangement with single-burner alcohol stove immediately aft of the partial bulkhead separating the settee from the galley area, followed by a well-insulated ice box under the galley counter, the stainless steel sink basin under the companionway ladder and generous storage spaces in lockers outboard and aft of the galley counter along with drawer and locker space under counter below the stove.
• The galley counter cabinetry located under the (removable) companionway ladder is the enclosure for the engine. There is a door in the face of this cabinetry for quick engine access or can be disassembled as needed either partially for routine maintenance and service or completely for full access to all engine and drive train equipment.

Galley Equipment

• Origo single burner alcohol stove
• Well-insulated, under-counter ice box
• Pressure water (cold only) supplied to galley sink basin

Interior Light and Ventilation

• Natural light and ventilation from nine (9) Bronze opening ports in cabin sides and front, two (2) opening hatches in cabin top and sliding companionway hatch.
• Custom screens for forward hatch and companionway
• Natural ventilation from three (2) dorade vent / cowls providing fresh air to anchor locker and aft lazarette
• Overhead dome lights in galley (1ea), main saloon (1ea), head enclosure (1), Forward cabin (2).
• Reading light at port settee

Spars and Rigging

• Masthead rigged yawl rig configuration
• Single spreader varnished Sitka Spruce main mast
• Varnished Sitka Spruce mizzen mast
• Varnished Sitka Spruce main and mizzen booms
• Varnished Sitka Spruce spinnaker pole
• Bronze spinnaker pole track
• Bronze sail tracks on masts and booms
• Bronze chain plates
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters
• Varnished Mahogany shroud rollers for main and mizzen shrouds
• Yacht braid style halyards with the exception of main halyard which is rope to wire.

Sail Trim and Handling Equipment

• Mast Fly / Windex
• Harken roller-furling headstay
• Mainsail lazy-jacks (3-strand Dacron)
• Bronze head sail tracks port and starboard on toe rails
• Bronze main sheet traveler
• Bronze halyard winches on main mast
• Barient 22 self-tailing, 2-speed, bronze primary winches (port and starboard cockpit fwd.)
• Gibb single-speed secondary winches (port and starboard cockpit aft)
• Bronze sheet cleats at cockpit coaming (2ea port and starboard
• Barlow 15 single-speed bronze halyard winches on main mast (2ea)

Sails and Canvas

• Shore Sails
• 140% Genoa with Toast color sunshield
• Main sail
• Mizzen sail
• Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock
• Mizzen staysail
• Main sail cover / Toast color
• Mizzen cover / Toast color
• Hatch covers (3ea) / Toast color
• Interior cushions
• Cockpit cushions

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• White Constellation helm / binnacle compass (5” card)
• Icom IC-M402S VHF radio
• Garmin GPS chart plotter
• Signet knot meter
• Signet depth sounder
• Autohelm ST300 autopilot
• Wheems and Plath Ship’s clock
• Wheems and Plath Barometer
• Brass inclinometer
• Autohelm personal compass (handheld)

Propulsion and Fuel Systems

• 1992, Westerbeke fresh water cooled diesel. Model 20-B2, 18 HP
• Engine Hours: 1,529 Hours as of Spring 2024
• Westerbeke ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges / alarms
• Single lever transmission and throttle control
• ¾” Bronze propellor shaft
• Flax packing type stuffing box
• Bronze fixed 2-blade propellor
• Raw water filter / strainer
• 10 Gallon polypropylene fuel tank
• Racor water separator fuel filter

Steering Systems and Equipment

• Steering pedestal with varnished Mahogany six-spoke steering wheel
• Cable and quadrant steering gear
• Keel-hung rudder of Bronze and wood construction
• Bronze rudder post, pintails and gudgeons
• Emergency tiller
• Autohelm ST300 autopilot

Electrical Systems and Equipment

• 12-Volt DC electrical system
• Separate deep cycle batteries / battery banks for ship’s systems and engine start
• Guest 3-position master battery selector switch
• Marinetics DC Electrical panel with circuiting to control all ship electrical systems and battery condition meter.
• Stand-alone circuit breaker control for Lewmar windlass
• Three (3) 12-Volt DC power stations

Freshwater Plumbing and Sanitation Systems

• Freshwater Capacity: 30 Gallons
• Freshwater Storage: Two (2) Copper tanks port and starboard under forward cabin V-berths
• Pressure water supply system to galley sink.
• Stainless steel galley sink basin
• Stainless steel head area sink basin
• Groco manually operated MSD / marine toilet
• Waste plumbed for direct overboard discharge or discharge to blackwater tank for later shore side pump-out.

Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment

• Bronze anchor roller
• Primary Anchor: 35 lb. CQR with 20’ of 5/16” galvanized chain and 220’ of 5/8” Nylon 3-strand rode
• Secondary Anchor: 25 lb. Danforth with 200’ or ½” Nylon 3-strand rode.
• Lewmar low-profile electric windlass

Dewatering Equipment

• Rule 800 GPH electric / automatic pump with float switch
• Jabsco Water Puppy 6.3 GPM electric pump manually operated
• 3” Bronze Navy style manual / emergency pump mounted in starboard sail locker

Safety Equipment

• Type II PFD’s (4ea)
• Type III PFD (1ea)
• Lifesling
• Emergency tiller
• Navigational Lighting: Port, starboard and stern deck lighting / steaming and anchor lights on main mast.
• Spreader lights
• Engine compartment automatic fire extinguisher
• Hand held fire extinguishers (3ea)
• Radar Reflector

Additional Equipment

• Dock lines and fenders
• Folding swim ladder

Recent Upgrades and Significant Work History

• 2017-2019: Bottom wooded, removal and inspection of 100+ fasteners, replacement of 2 fasteners, fasteners rebunged, seams reefed, caulked and paid, bottom primed and painted.
• 2016: Helm compass rebuilt
• 2016: New leathers for emergency bilge pump
• 2015: Head area rebuilt with new paint, varnished ceilings, varnished Mahogany towel tack and installation of manually operated Groco MSD (toilet) with holding tank and plumbing for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later shore-side pump-out.
• 2002: Removed and replaced existing cabin house with newly designed, lower profile cabin house with Mahogany cabin sides and epoxied Dynel cloth cabin top surface.
• 2002: Removed deck, replaced a small number of deck beams, installed new marine plywood sub-deck overlaid with spring teak decks blind fastened from below eliminating the need for bungs in teak decking.
• Early 1990’s: Replacement of stem, stern post, keel timber, dead wood and planking below the water line. Work done by Brooklin Boat Yard.