Next the problem was what to use for their construction. Adjectives like practical, versatile, seaworthy, low-maintenance, and economical are often used to describe the stout-looking SeaPiper 35 thats clearly made for long distance cruising. Here some pictures of the engine room. She turns on a proverbial dime! Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He believes that MMGs Tartan/Legacy operation is uniquely suited to producing the Freedom tm Seapiper 35. You must log in or register to reply here. SeaPiper will be equally at home island hopping in the Caribbean, in the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes, or on the Atlantic Coast. The standard refrigerator is fine as a refrigerator but its freezer is totally inadequate. Good reviews and both to point out things the reviewer would want different. Tennessee Rhode Island While this is on the conservative side for a 35' yacht, the manufacturer touts a cruising speed of 7 to 9 knots, with a top speed of around 10 knots. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. I also added a state of the art external regulator made by Wakespeed a WS500. There are clear drop acrylic curtains which can be pinned up, when not in use, to protect them from the sun. This is now our new home base. Since you now know an owner and you are interested, ask away! Of Raymarine, I have an Axiom 9 MFD, a remote SD card reader,EV- 200 Autopilot, Quantum Q24 Radar, Wind Speed/Wind Direction System, P319 transducer for depth and boat speed, an i70 display, SR200 XM Weather Receiver and a Smart autopilot remote.The VHF is a Standard Horizon GX1600. The hull has a keel with a protected rudder and draws 29. This compacttrawler has been designed to offer excellent handling characteristics and a very comfortable motion coupled with greatfuel economy. Vermont To help mediate this possible problem I added a electrically driven prime pump to the diesel line entering the engine. We bought an 8.5 ft AB hard bottom inflatable and a 9.8 hp Tohatsu motor which I think is the largest practical for the boat. Therefore, it behooves us to do all we can to extend the range of reception of our cell phone signal; and if you like Netflix or other streaming services, you want to expand your data usage and rate. Alaska, through BC, back and forth to Haida Gwaii, and into Washington State for thousands of years. Take a closer look at this basic trawler for old school simplicity and an old world price. The same can be said for sufficient interior storage space for supplies. After much thought I decided to make two bookcases, since I couldnt figure out where to mount only one of some reasonable size. SeaPiper 35 This boat caught my attention several months ago. To moderate that I found that a vinyl coupler that is used for vinyl spiral hose fits nicely in the exhaust outlet. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Copyright 2021 SeaPiper - All Rights reserved. The stock antenna is a rectangular flat dish on a tripod. Production will be by the Marine Manufacturing Group (MMG) of Painesville, OH, who build Tartan sailing yachts, Legacy motor yachts, and AMP carbon fiber masts and spars. I made a fender holder out of thin wall PVC tubing; this gets the fenders out of the way and keeps them out of the sun. Connecticut There, I use an electric drill inserted in the winch to haul up the dinghy and attached motor. Looks interesting - not traditional downeast, but a west coast trawler. Me-thinks people have been cooped up too much. Posts: 113. I love the view while laying down. SeaPiper Forum SeaPiper 35 Technical / Driveline / Systems SeaPiper Systems Diagrams. As far as performance is concerned, the SeaPiper 35 is powered by a single Beta 85-horsepower engine as standard. Check here for details! British Columbia SeaPiper 35 SeaPiper Forum SeaPiper 35 Forum Topics Posts Activity SeaPiper General Discussion Anything related to the SeaPiper 35 15 94 2 months ago Technical / Driveline / Systems Technical discussions go here 6 12 1 year, 3 months ago How do I. If youve spent extended time cruising the Pacific Northwest waters, youll know how handy this can be in a pinch. Production of the Seapiper 35 is expected to restart in Painesville before the end of the third quarter, 2022. Contact us if you are interested in technical or pricing information for our SeaPiper 35. This required more attention. The Seapipers hull was fashioned after the Sea Bright Skiff made popular in the latter half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. I have young kids that I want to be able to enjoy and learn about boating on. 6 months from placing order to delivery. Im looking for something for a shallow inlet on cape cod. This is not a very enjoyable experience. According to Ritzo Muntinga, Seapipers designer and original creator, the move back to the U.S. is being occasioned by increased transoceanic transport costs and world supply-chain constrictions being experienced in the wake of the COVID pandemic. The tanks, while large, were needed to service this high usage of fuel. The owners (who did not know eachother) sent us a couple of nice pictures: We have had significant demand for a mid-cockpit bimini for SeaPiper. State/Province: Plus reading the various cruising and RV forums they all seem to rave about their induction cooktops. Prince Edward Island The lightening does not usually hit the boat but rather it hits the power grid with the resulting transients translated into the boat through the boats power cord. I chose to replace the standard 125 A alternator/regulator with a 360A alternator made by American Power Systems. I surrounded the base of the antenna with a plastic frame. They never should have disclosed what they sold Hull #1 for though. While this is on the conservative side for a 35 yacht, the manufacturer touts a cruising speed of 7 to 9 knots, with a top speed of around 10 knots. SeaPiper 35 Delivery Update and Reviews - Trawler Forum Notices The brand new Trawler Forum Burgee is now available for order. The main point I want to make here is that the designer/builder -- Ritzo Muntinga -- is a prince of a guy and apparently an amazing talent. Indiana In the end we have a nice and dry locker. -------- Toward this end, I added a Poynting Omni 400, a high performance LTE antenna to my mast, connected to a Surecall Fusion 2GO-3 cell phone signal booster. Norris Comer is an award-winning writer and the former Managing Editor of Northwest Yachting magazine. Sliding doors lead from the tiny aft cockpit to two steps down to the galley. This is fine, however when the battery is charged typically there will be no or little field voltage and therefore no tachometer readings. The accommodations had to be comfortable for two people with an occasional two person sleep over. Alabama It was 35 ft with a range of 2000 miles at 6.7 knots on a tank of fuel. New South Wales New Mexico Louisiana In the not-too-distant future, seeing a SeaPiper cruise by could be a common Pacific Northwest sight. Low shaft angles mean improved thrust and higher efficiency. To this end I added lights with self contained alarms which signal when a pump is running. Even without them though, this is the only new trawler that has my attention as a potential replacement for the troll down the road. Welcome aboard, and a very nice write up with good photos on your blog. water, 8.6 beam so still trailerable. The result usually decimates the boats electrical/electronic systems. ). Manitoba It was only then that I saw an ad on a news website advertising a long range cruiser. Seapiper 35 - Trawler Forum Notices The brand new Trawler Forum Burgee is now available for order. I also sold our home and moved inland expecting my cruising days were over. Michigan Virginia KIWI has four bilge pumps, one in the forecabin, in the engine room, in the galley area and in the aft lazarette. North Dakota Nice write up on your blog. In the fore cabin, we added textilene panels with twistlock fasteners in front of the shelves on each side of the bunk to make for easy accessible storage. It was a different looking boat resembling a North Sea Trawler with a fore cabin for sleeping and center cockpit followed by Pilot house with a helm, dinette and galley. Going the Distance The SeaPiper 35 was built to wander farup to 2000 nautical miles, and do it with utter simplicity so it can be serviced with minimal handiness and tight budget. Also I learned again that being plugged into shore power here in Florida during lightning season is not a good idea. Ohio Maine To store it, I installed Garhauer Marine davits on the stern. This gives me significantly greater cell phone range; and when using my cell phone as a hot spot, I have WiFi throughout the boat. Aft is the pilothouse with the helm, a dinette and galley. The third picture is the router mounted in the cabin. South Carolina I chose to disable the servo system and depend solely on the inherent properties of the dish. Very interesting boat. The Seapiper boatbuilding operation is being moved back to the USA, where the line will be produced under the Freedom Yachts trademark as the Seapiper 35. New scupper box design:We have changed the scupper configuration in the mid cockpit. The published maximum range of 2,000 nautical miles at 7 knots is almost jaw . LOA is 32'9", beam is 11'7", and displacement is just over 13,000 pounds. She is economical to own and operate, needs very little in maintenance and has a large fuel capacity and long range. Quebec Since the bottom of the engine can nestle down into the top of the skeg box, Sea Bright skiffs are one of the few relatively light boats that can fit engines low enough to have virtually no shaft angle (that is , their propeller is parallel to the waterline). We incorporated design improvements based on customer feedback from the earlier SeaPipers. I am proud of my American Tug and will tell you all the wonderful strong points of my boat. And we originally moved production to China because we could achieve our goals best there. I did not feel I could match the color and finish of the wooden bulkheads in the boat, so next to consider was plastics. Idaho The cost of the newer boats was excessive, more than I wanted to spend. New Brunswick But they were big and roomy; and most, I could not imagine being very comfortable in a mature seaway. Quality control is of the utmost importance. The water and fuel capacity must be consistent with the need for longer-term travel independent of marinas. Another commonsense feature not seen on most new boats these days is the flat bottom section of the hull to allow easy gunkholing. I decided to buy a trawler. . Get seven of our most popular stories It's the Friday before a long weekend and IT'S. With a length of 35ft and a substantial design displacement SeaPiper will allow you to comfortably and safely cruise. From a distance, the SeaPiper 35 looks like a cross between a small yacht and a classic U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat 36, with an enclosed aft wheelhouse, large center cockpit, and cabin forward. We made similar improvements in the interior: fewer individual components that save on weight and assembly time. The advantage of the narrow beam and its length is that the boat occupies the space of a standard shipping container which greatly reduces the cost of shipping. Massachusetts I found a device made by Design Technologies in Indiana which senses the fuel pulses in an injector tubing with their piezoelectric sensor mechanically mounted to the injector tubing and electrically connected to their Piezoelectric Amplifier. All Rights Reserved. However this through hull lets water in from time to time, making for a very wet locker. This alternator has a high output which is more than I will need but it is better to run an alternator below rating for reliability reasons. SeaPiper with Seakeeper 2 Gyro Stabilizer - SeaPiper, New 19 x 17 RH DQX 4 Blade Prop For 1 3/8" Shaft, Used Boat Parts, Fishing Gear, Electronics, etc. Said Muntinga recently, We built the Seapiper concept around delivering a high quality product at a value-laden cost. New Hampshire I find Raymarine to be better in that regard. I opened Gerr's book to Chapter 4 where he discusses Sea Bright Skiff design and sure enough the SeaPiper 35 looked an awful lot like a modern incarnation of this classic design. This offer published by United Yacht Sales - Florida, St. Petersburg Area, World's largest selection of boats for sale by private persons and professional dealers with new and used boats, yachts and vessels for sale. Anyway, it's great to see a company coming up with an innovative design based on an efficient hull form. The antenna itself is a phased array system which in itself optimizes the received signal. Key Features Very long 1,400-1,800 NM range in a seaworthy design. Ontario These cookies do not store any personal information. I'd like to see them offer a variation with the forward cabin enlarged, the pilothouse moved forward to join it, and a larger salon/galley in back. Not so with the SeaPiper 35, although both cabins seem plenty for a couple or small family on the go with headroom consideration for those of us over 6. Since I am an owner of hull #5 which I received in August 2019 I thought my input might be of interest. The Seakeeper engineers claim that their Seakeeper 2 would reduce roll of the Seapiper by 85-90%, and they were right. (Tips and Tricks) 21 106 2 months, 1 week ago Development Projects Items or Features that are under development or feature requests We have completed SeaPiper #4 and #5 and they are now underway to their new owners. The large center cockpit might be great in the Caribbean, but not very useful at all in the PNW. Northern Territory Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. JavaScript is disabled. The problem was where to put it plus what to make it from. It takes 65A DC to do this and it takes 45 minutes for it to reach its necessary speed of 9000rpm (as a side note when you shut it off it takes 16 hr to stop spinning). After a five month cruise from Naples through the Chesapeake, spending a significant amount of time at anchor, we realized that 400 watts of solar panel is marginal if one wants to stay off the grid or not want to start the engine. Naval architect Dave Gerr gives us some insight into why the design was so popular in his book The Nature of Boats the hulls were light and strong and their bottoms dead flat athwartships for as much as a third of their beam this sets it apart from other boats, is its hollow box garboard or skeg..Another plus of these box skegs is that they create plenty of additional volume down low on the centerline of the hull aft. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! We bought a two burner cooktop to experiment with. As I had mentioned previously, there is a significant amount of weight below the waterline in the Seakeeper. I have #9 and is nearing completion. Keeping weights low is one of the important contributors to making a good sea boat, and I wouldnt be surprised if this alone accounts for much of the Sea Bright skiffs ablenessOf course, the box garboard or skeg also acts who would of guessed it? Designed for self sufficient long range cruising. This new scupper system works very well and looks clean on the boat exterior and interior. A USCG 100 Ton Master, Zuzana has cruised, chartered and skippered flotillas in many parts of the world and serves as a presenter on charter destinations and topics. SeaPiper 35 - Modern Compact Trawler - SeaPiper https://www.seapiper.com/, 377A3283-D654-4349-BEBB-EB27FF5559A6.jpeg, Untitled Document http://dieselducks.com/History.html, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. I have created a blog outlining what I have done to the boat to make it a comfortable cruiser. Maybe this will work, you can carry on a normal conversation at the helm without raising your voice. Nova Scotia Other than the the showering accommodation, improved interior lighting required some improvement. The problem was that mounting the panel in that location covers the center opening hatch of the pilot hatch. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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