Achillies 840

Construction:
GRP construction. White hull, with red stripe. Grey non-slip paint on deck.
Fin keel and skeg hung rudder.
Designer: Chris Butler
Builder: Butler Yachts.

Accommodation:
Double v-berth forward.
Heads: Jabsco marine toilet and retractable washbasin.
Saloon: Removable table; two berths and quarter berth.
Galley: Gimballed Plastimo Atlantic 2-burner hob, with oven and grill.
Cockpit: Large cockpit locker port side; small locker to starboard; large lazarette.
The saloon includes good storage to both port and starboard.

Navigational Aids:
NASA Duet (depth and log) – 2004.
NASA Wind – 2004.
NASA GPS repeater – 2005.
Chartplotter – Standard Horizon CP180 – 2006.
NASA AIS Engine, with separate pushpit mounted VHF aerial – 2008.
VHF radio – Icom IC-M56.
NASA BM-1 battery monitor.
2 x Plastimo compasses (bulkhead mounted).
Raymarine ST1000+ Autopilot (tiller).
LED Tricolour; side lights, steaming lights.

Engines and Tankage:
Sole Mini-17 (16hp at 3,600 rpm) – new in January 2008 (120 hours). Sole use Mitsubishi engines.
New prop shaft, two-bladed prop and Sureseal stern gland – 2007.

2 x 110 Ah batteries (domestic and start), with individual switches and an emergency parallel switch.
Battery charging via VCR (charges engine start battery first, then the domestic battery).

Sails and Spars:
Sloop masthead rig.
Jeckells main sail, with 3 reef points – 2007.
Jeckells roller genoa – 2007.
Harken genoa furler.
Selden mast, with single spreaders. Z-Spars boom – 2007.
Stainless steel rigging – 2001.

Equipment:
2 x Antal W30 self-tailing genoa winches – 2005.
2 x Barlow 18 spinnaker winches.
Barton mainsheet track. 2 x cheek blocks.
Manual bilge pump.
2 x fire extinguishers and a fire blanket.
CQR type anchor + 20m chain and anchorplait nylon warp.
Double s/steel guardrails; s/steel pulpit and s/steel pushpit – 2008.
Fenders and warps.
Horseshoe lifebuoy.
Sprayhood and mainsail cover in red by Arun.
Rutland 503 wind generator and regulator - 2008;

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