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So where does the name come from? Well, Michigan holds a strong place in our hearts in all that it has to offer.
Experience has taught us that upon title transfer a vessel name must be chosen. We wrestled with many different options but what we ended up with couldn’t be simpler.
HOMES is an acronym for our beloved Great Lakes which our home (wink) state of Michigan is famous for. Lake Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior gave us our beginning in sailing and now we can take our “HOMES” with us!
SV HOMES is a 2004 Voyage 440. She is an owners version, never chartered with a “Jack and Jill” shared head. We are the 3rd owners with the previous names being Wind Pony and Gizmo. SV HOMES is an “off the grid” boat with everything running off of battery/solar. She is truly a well-kept world cruiser which has been maintained to the highest standard. We took ownership in Puerto Rico, on Feb 3rd after a few delays.
Name: | SV H.O.M.E.S (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) |
Model: | 440 |
Year Built: | 2004 |
Builder: | Voyage Yachts (Cape Town, South Africa) |
Designer: | Alex Simonis |
LOA: | 43' 7" ft / 13.30 m |
LWL: | 40' 5" ft / 12.35 m |
Beam: | 25' 1" ft / 7.65 m |
S.A. | 1,102.01 ft2 / 102.38 m2 |
Draft: | 3' 6" ft / 1.1 m |
Displacement | 22,000 lbs / 10,000 kg |
Headroom | 6' 4" ft / 1.9 m |
S.A./Disp.: | 23.82 |
Mast Height: | 62' ft / 18.9 m |
Disp./Len.: | 135.88 |
Fuel: | 100 Gal / 378.54 L |
Water Tanks: | 130 Gal / 492.10 L |
Holding Tanks: | 44 Gal / 166.56 L |
Cabins: | 3 |
Heads: | 2 |
Engines: | 2020 Beta Marine 38SD (Kubota V1505 4 cylinder) - 76hp Total |
Drive Type: | 2020 TwinDisk Technodrive Seaprop 60 |
Speed: | 7-15 Knots (We hit 20.5!!!) |
Construction: | Hand laid up GRP construction using multi-layers of Quadraxial glass robing, Isophithalic & Orthophithalic polyester resin & other highest grade material. Closed cell PVC foam core, vacuum bonded for stiffness, strength & minimal weight. Marine ply & balsa core on critical structure bulkheads for added strength & stiffness. Reinforced fitting area for rudders, keels, mast, chain plates, & deck fittings. Forward water tight compartments with horizontal bulkheads. Skeg supported rudders. Low aspect reinforced keels. |
House Batteries: | 2x Kilovault 3600HLX LifePO4 - (600Ah Total) |
Starter Batteries: | 2x Unknown??? 2017 |
Generator: | 2kw Honda generator 30A socket |
House Battery Monitor: | Victron BMV smart battery monitor |
Starter Battery Monitor: | Link 2000 Battery monitor |
Alternator Batter charger: | 2x 30A Sterling B2B (110A Alternators to house bank) |
House Inverter/Charger: | Xantrex Freedom Sw 3012 (3000W, 150A, 12V to 110V) |
Washing Machine Inverter: | 12V to 220V 1500W |
Isolocation Transformer: | 4KW Isolation Transformer on shore power (110V/220V) |
Solar Controllers: | 3x Victron smart solar controllers |
Solar Panels: | 4x 365 watts LG panels - (1.46kW Total) |
AIS: | em-trak B100 - Class B transceiver |
VHF Radio: | |
SSB Radio: | |
Autopilot Drive: | Raymarine linear drive - 2S - 2020 |
Autopilot Control Unit: | |
Autopilot Remote: | Raymarine ST600R |
Autopilot Backup: | LEWMAR Rotary sprocket drive |
Chart Plotter: | Raymarine e125 hybrid touch w/ lighthouse |
Multifunction Display: | Raymarine e125 hybrid touch |
Wind Instrument: | |
Depth Transducer: | |
Radar: | Raymarine RD418 DHD 4KW HD digital radome |
Network Backbone: | NMEA 2k Seatalk network |
NMEA WiFi Multiplexer: | Brookhouse IMUX over WiFi |
Boat WiFI Network: | |
Cellular Antenna: | x2 MIMO long range antennas |
WiFi Booster: | |
Security System: |
Washing Machine: | |
Stackpack: | New 2021 |
Arch: | Custom arch at transom for dinghy lift and additional solar panels |
Bottom Paint: | CopperCoat 2021 |
Enclosure: | Makrolon windshield, Strataglass panels on side with shade cloths |
Propellers: | Flexofold 3 blade |
Cooking Top: | 4 burner propane Alpes-INOX |
Oven: | SMEV Oven |
Winches: | 4x Anderson 46ST two speed - (One electric) |
Sailtrack: | |
Whisker Pole: | Selden Extendable |
Headsail: | Doyle Bluewater in LA Marblehead Dacron |
Spinnaker: | Quantum sails, Asym. (Unknown weight) |
Storm Jib: | Quantum Sails, Hank on (Doesn't fit baby stay) |
Mainsail: | Calibre sails w/ 3 reef points |
Rainwater: | Collection system w/ auto pump and filter |
Watermaker: | Open Ocean w/ 1.5HP Baldor elec. motor. (25gbh) |
Primary Ground Tackle: | Rocna 73 lb with 200' ft of 5/16" G4 Acco chain, 200' ft 5/8 Nylon eight-braid rode |
Windlass: | Lofrans - Atlas - Cayman 88 - Tigres - Falkon |
Secondary Ground Tackle: |
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