[SOLD] Custom Colvin Schooner

[Schooner2]

BlueTopaz is a custom Tom Colvin design: "TAMARACK" schooner located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. We have loved her and cruised on her for many a year and now it's time to pass her forward.

There is something special about a classic yacht, something that captures the imagination of sailors and landlubbers alike. The graceful silhouette of a schooner, red sails at sunset or maybe, the sense of a more romantic era.

Description:
BlueTopaz is a rugged, purpose-built, go anywhere, cruising vessel. A traditional gaff-rigged schooner, crafted with attention to detail that exudes old-world charm. Wherever she sails, with her tanbark sails, bowsprit and graceful shear, she's met with comments about her beauty.

Designed by Tom Colvin to be a comfortable home for extended/world cruising for a couple or small crew. Designed for short-handed sailing, she is stiff, easily driven, sea-kindly and can be efficiently sailed by a couple.

Built as a self-reliant, remote location, offshore, cruising vessel. She was constructed and fitted under the supervision of an owner/master planning to sail her where services and parts would be unavailable. She is fitted with an engine-room/workshop and copious space for parts and stores throughout the vessel. Her components are offshore quality; systems are simple and reliable.

Attention has been paid to minute details in safety and function, above and below decks:
Topsides:
• lifeline stanchions are custom made, polished, 316 stainless, schedule
40, pipe - not tubing;
• attachment points, i.e., chain plates, line and chain guides are
polished 316 stainless;
• all sheets can be handled from the cockpit;
• jack-line attachments for the entire topside;
• a massive, three-position, teak, main-boom gallows.
• Travellers Stainless - Staysail, Foresail & Main

Below decks:
• hardware below is die-cast, brass and bronze;
• all drawers have sliding bolt closures for seaway security;
• cupboards have securable latches;
• tables, counters and cupboard shelves have substantial fiddles;
• all entries to the vessel are lockable and unlockable from below.

BlueTopaz is "Sea Kindly", handles heavy weather well and makes good way in light air. She rides comfortable at anchor and is light and airy, with good ventilation below. She has a navigation station with room to lay out full-size nautical charts, access to all instrumentation and positioned for direct communication with the helm.

Her U-shaped galley is designed to accommodate real meal preparation. There is a three-burner stove, with oven and broiler, counter-top refrigerator access, insulated for tropical climates for efficient operation and generous counter space. In a seaway, the cook can be safely secured by a galley strap. A stepped section of the cabin sole provides a level standing surface even when the vessel is heeled. Cookware storage has cutouts to hold pots and pans in place.

BlueTopaz is a modified Tom Colvin, "TAMARACK" schooner. Her modifications include the addition of a cockpit well and one foot in length (which is principally the addition of one foot in the stateroom to accommodate a full double berth).


BlueTopaz was built by Dearden D'Estere Marine Ltd. Completed as a sailing hull and registered in 1983. We purchased her in 1994 and devoted four years to fitting her for offshore. Her joinery work was completed by "Noah's Marine" in Toronto, Ontario. She was put into service in 1998.

Specifications:
Vessel: 35 ft Auxiliary Sailing Schooner
Name: BlueTopaz
Home Port: Kingston, Ontario Canada (Port of Registration)
H.I.N.#: N/A Custom Build
Year: 1982
Const.: Welded Steel (Corten) / multi chine
L.O.D.: 35'
LOA: 47'
LWL: 28' 9"
Beam: 10'7"
Draft 3'8"
Displ.: 21,400 lb.
Aux. Power: Single "Yanmar", 40 H.P. Diesel
Model: 3JH4E (40 H.P.)
Speed Max: 7.2 knots
Documentation: Canadian #802357

Major Service & Refits:
• 1994 - 98: fitted for extended offshore cruising
• 2001: General inspection and service, Rybovich Spencer Boat Yard, West Palm Beach, Florida
• 2006: major refit, and re-power, new Yanmar 3JH4E 40 H.P. engine: Fort Pierce, Florida
• 2016-20 major refit: Bare-hull inspection including full hull ultrasound, painting, bottom, hull, topsides, replace hoses and fittings (on-the-hard during this period)

Construction:
• Hull and topsides: 3/16" Corten Steel plate.
• Hull: multi-chine with and integral full keel. (See attached construction photos)
• Coach house right angles: side to deck - 1/4 round pipe - coach side to coach top - full round.
• Hull and topsides are extremely fair with only five quarts of filler in the entire vessel.
• Spars: Masts: non-tapered 6", round aluminum pipe,
bow sprit, 6" non-tapered round aluminum pipe,
booms & gaffs: non-tapered aluminum pipe various diameters.
• Topside storage: two generous deck boxes: one fore/aft on port side of the forward coach-top, second athwart ships - forward on the aft coach-top. Deck boxes are aluminum with stainless lock hasps.

Engine:
Aux. pwr: Inboard diesel
Type: Yanmar 3JH4E
H.P.: 40 H.P.
Yr. Manu.: 2006
Eng. Hrs. 372.3
Gauges: Full ignition and shut down with pressure and temp.
Shaft: Stainless steel tapered and machined with keyway
Shaft size: 1.25"
Exhaust: Water-cooled riser
Propeller: Michigan Wheel - 3 Blade: 16/15/1.25" Hy Torq

Plumbing:
• Engine Raw Water Strainer - Vetus 330
Fuel:
Tanks: Two
Material: Steel
Capacity: 40 & 25 gallons
Location: Engine room port side & Keel
H20/fuel: Filters dual system
Shutoff: Valve type
Potable Water:
Tanks: Two
Material: Stainless Steel
Capacity: 40 gal. & 35 gal.
Location: Amidships, port-side and galley
Raw Water:
Strainers fitted to both raw water feeds. (Galley & Engine)

Electrical:
• Alternator - Balmar, 100 amp 60 Series
• Battery Charger - Truecharge 40+
• Battery isolator - Balmar Digi Meter
• Inverter - Statpower 1600
• Three position battery selector
• E-meter - Cruising Equipment #900082
• Breaker panel - 24 breakers with analog meter

Electronics, Communications:
• ICOM: IC-M700PRO SSB Radio
• ICOM: AT130 Antenna Tuner
• VHF Radio - Raytheon RAY210
• Masthead antenna - Metz
• Emergency VHF antenna - Shakespeare 5911
• AM/FM Receiver & CD Player - Kenwood KDC-135
• Custom Speakers (4) - Kenwood Triaxial

Navigation:
• Compass - Richie D-5S-S
• GPS fixed mount - Garmin GPS 128
• Radar - Furuno, 6121 Mark-2
• Fishfinder/knotmeter - Apelco 365, Mod. M78885
• Brass Nav. Clock - Weems & Plath
• Brass Barometer - Weems & Plath
• Saye’s Rig Self-Steering Windvane
• Navico TP100 Tiller Pilot
• Wind Indicator - Davis Windex 15"

Metal bright-work:
polished 316 Stainless:
• grab rails,
• scupper lip shrouds,
• deck, bulwark and hull attachments, (chain plates, block rings, etc.)
• sprit spreaders and anchor plate, pipe and collar, polished, 316
• sprit stays and bob stay polished, 5/16", 316 stainless chain
• staysail & mainsail travellers: 1.5" polished stainless pipe
• Foresail traveller polished 316 stainless

Exterior Joinery:
• Companionway hatches and drop-boards are composites: centre, 1/8" aluminum plate, capped with 1.5" teak, interior finished with pine tongue- and-groove planking - matching the interior joinery.
• Drop-boards (amidships and aft) 0.5" teak exterior with 0.5", centre 1/8" aluminum plate, white oak on the interior.
• Security Screen - Aft half screened drop-board: 1/8" stainless plate with stainless 1/8" stainless security screen, 0.5" teak trim, inside and out.
• Heater chimney coach-roof pad: solid teak trim ring.
• Pin rails: white oak with teak pins
• Main boom gallows: custom - five foot long, 2" thick solid teak
• Cockpit grating: custom - 1" solid teak
• Samson post caps: teak
• Cockpit table custom - folding, collapsible, 1" teak

Interior Joinery:
• Bulkheads, ceilings, cabinets, doors and cabin soles - Canadian pine. Bulkheads and ceilings are tongue & groove. Doors, cabinet frames and cabin soles are plank.
• Working surfaces - white oak: counter tops, nav. Station, legs and fiddles
• Speaker boxes- 2 forward, 2 aft: custom made and fitted - pine
• Dorade and solar vent interior trim rings - teak
• Galley counter tops, dinette table and companionway worktable tops - white formica.
• All hardware and fittings - cast bronze or brass
• Cupboards:
* doors - fitted with woven caning over vented plywood
* doors have cast bronze lockable latches
* all shelves have white oak fiddles
* backs - cupboard at hull, "Heresshoff " planking for ventilation
• Stateroom berth - settee converts to full-double berth. White oak extension with full length piano hinge, bronze hardware and oak leg.
• Amidships Companionway Steps - Custom Stainless & White Oak

Layout Below Decks: fore to aft layout (see drawing):
• fore-peak: sail locker up - chain/rode locker below
• Head, lockers port and starboard
• Saloon, dinette & cupboards - port, settee & cupboards - starboard
• Galley, port, companionway steps and heater amidships, cupboards & wet locker - starboard
• Companionway, engine room/workshop - port, companionway - amidships, cupboards & collapsible work tables - starboard
• Stateroom, full-size berth/settee - port, navigation station (with removable seat), chest of drawers & cupboards - starboard, companionway steps amidships

Sail/Rode Locker:
Sail Locker - up
Rode Locker - down

Head:
• Single "Lavac" hand pumped fixed head
• Single sink and Fynspray brass, hand pump
• Cupboards port and starboard
• Custom teak grate/sole
• Ventilation: hatch mounted "Nico" continuously on fan

Saloon:
• Port: cupboard, dinette (two seat) cupboards up and down, outboard
• Starboard: Settee, cupboards up and down, outboard

Galley:
Port, aft of main saloon
• Sink: Stainless single deep bowl
• Feed: two Fynspray brass galley hand pumps. (fresh and raw water)
• Stove: Propane Gas "Force 10", 3 burner with oven & broiler
* Fixed: with fiddles & pot clamps to prevent pot movement on stove top
* Gas: mounted outboard. Port side in vented box with twin 11 lb, bottles
* Shut Down: solenoid fitted at stove, and valve at bottles
* Lines: approved with flexible coupling
* Ventilation: mounted directly above stove, "Nico" continuously on fan
• Propane sensor and Solenoid - Electro Systems
• Propane Regulator. Gauge & Solenoid
• Propane Tank Holder, Double - Custom amidships port side
• Propane Heater - Stainless steel "Force 10", Model 1000
• 2 each, 11 lb. Steel propane tanks (new)
• Refrigeration: Compressor - WEACO Series 80 Adl/Bar
• Refrigerator: Adler Barbour Electric / Insulated counter box
• Refrigerator Compressor area is fan ventilated
• Ceramic custom art back splash
• Dish holder - built-in removable counter mounted
• Cup-hooks - brass, bulkhead mounted
Starboard - Chest of draws, Hanging locker

Amidships:
Port - Engine room - continuos ventilation with 4" muffin fan
Centerline - Companionway
Starboard - 3 Cupboards up, 2 fold out tables, 40 gal. stainless water tank outboard

Stateroom:
Port - Double berth, converts to settee for underway
Starboard - Stereo & VHF radio, Navigation station, SSF/HAM radio, GPS, Radar
Starboard down - 3 draw chest of draws, nav. Station cupboards with safe
Amidships - cabin sole, steps to cockpit

Quadrant:
Quadrant - continuous ventilation with 4" muffin fan
Port - large, ventilated clothing locker
Centerline - Quadrant (access for Emergency Steering Tiller), storage
Starboard - storage

Lights & Lighting:
Running Lights: (12 volt)
• Anchor /Tri-Light - Aqua Signal #3514952
• Navigation Light Port/Starboard - Aqua Signal Series 40
• Steaming Light - Aqua Signal Series 40
• Stern Light - Aqua Signal Series 40
Interior Lights: (12 volt)
• Brass bulkhead light with shade - Halogen (2)
• Brass & Teak Dome Light - Halogen (head)
• Brass & Teak Dome Light - Halogen (saloon)
• Brass Halogen - Bulkhead Mount (2)
• Dome Light- 5" Red/ White (engine-room)
• Goose Neck Nav. Light - Halogen (nav. Station)
* Oil Lamp - Brass, Den Haan #8211-0

Ventilation:
* Cabin areas - hull is ventilated using “Herreshoff Planking”.
* Enclosed spaces - Refrigerator Compressor, Quadrant and Engine-room,
active ventilation using 4" muffin fans
• Dorade/trap boxe - solid teak with cast bronze trim rings (2)
• Cowl vent - 4.5", cast bronze with cast bronze collars (2)
• Day-Night continuos operation vents - NICRO Bronze 4" (2)
• Bronze Vent Guards - Custom (2)
• Electric Fans, 12 volt - Hella (3)
• Wind Scoop with frame (1)

Anchoring & Docking:
• Windlass - Lunenburg Foundry, rode and chain manual
• Anchors hung forward on custom brackets
Anchors:
• 45 lb. Plow anchor
• 20 lb. Danforth T-II 2500 Hi Tensile
• 35 lb. Yachtsman folding anchor
• Rode: 300 ft. 5/8" nylon anchor line plus 25 ft. 5/8 BBB chain
• Rode: 300 ft. ½" nylon anchor line plus 25 ft. 5/8 BBB chain plus
• Rode: 200 ft. 5/8" nylon anchor line plus 8 ft. 5/8 BBB chain
• Rode Bags (3)
Dock Lines:
• Nylon Three Strand - 5/8" 50 ft. (2)
• Nylon Three Strand - 5/8" 35 ft. (2)
• Nylon Three Strand - ½" 25 ft. with eye (2)
• Chafe Gear - (6)
Fenders:
• Fenders - 8.5"X26" (4)
• Fenders - 10.5" X 30" (2)
• Fender - 15" Tuff End Round Fender
• Fender Covers (6)

Sail Inventory:
Sails are in good condition, covered when not in use or in sail bags when stored.

Working lowers:
• Yankee (6 oz. Dacron - tanbark) (106 sq. ft.)
• Staysail (6 oz. Dacron - tanbark) (70 sq. ft.)
• Foresail (6 oz. Dacron - tanbark) (149 sq, ft,)
• Mainsail (6 oz. Dacron - tanbark) (301 sq. ft.)

Light-air:
• Genoa (New 4 oz. Dacron - white) (240 sq. ft)
• Fisherman staysail (4 oz. Dacron - white) (144 Sq. ft.)

Heavy Weather: (new never used)
• Storm staysail (10 oz. Dacron - white) (38 sq. ft.) (new/never used)
• Storm tri sail (10 oz. Dacron - white) (45 sq. ft.) (new/never used)

Tackle:
Turnbuckles ½" Bronze 11 ea.
Turnbuckles 3/8" Bronze 2 ea.
Blocks - Lignum vitae: singles 4 ea.
Blocks - Lignum vitae: w/Becket 2 ea.
Blocks - Lignum vitae: Doubles 4 ea.
Blocks - Teak: Singles 12 ea.
Blocks - Teak: Singles w/Becket 4 ea.
Blocks - Teak: Doubles 4 ea.
Blocks - Oak & Bronze: Single 24 ea.
Blocks - Oak & Bronze: Sgl /Becket 8 ea.
Blocks - Oak & Bronze: Double 8 ea.
Blocks - Oak & Bronze: Dbl./Becket 3 ea.
Blocks - Snatch (Ronstan 10168B 2 ea.
Mainsheet Fiddle & Cam (Shaefer SS)
Mainsheet Fiddle (Shaefer SS)
Boom Bail - (Shaefer SS 4")
Staysail Traveller - Coach-roof mounted stainless
Foresail Traveller - Mid-deck mounted stainless
Mainsail Traveller - Pushpit mounted stainless
Inner Forestay Adaptor - Stainless Steel - Custom
Foresail Gooseneck - Stainless Steel - Custom
Preventer (Sea Snub 45")
Inner Forestay Adaptor
Foresail Gooseneck
Bobstay & Spritstays 5/16" polished, 316 stainless chain
Bowsprit Net

Canvas Work: All canvas work is Marine quality “Sunbrella”
• Cockpit:
* dodger
* weather cloths
* cushions
* sheet bags
* table cover
• Covers:
* sail covers (all sails)
* hatch (amidships)
* propane top
• Awnings - Custom: (main cover coach tops and decks complete with roll-up sides)
* forward (foremast to amidships companionway)
* aft (mainmast to transom)
* Motoring Bimini (dodger to transom)
• Bags:
* sail bags all sails - Nylon with draw string
Emergency/Safety Equipment:
• Automatic Bilge pump - Rule 1100 GPH, model #27S PLT
• Boatman’s Wire Cutters -ARN WR-14, 9/16"
• Safety Harnesses - Vest (2), harness (1)
• PFD - Type III (2), Type II (4)
• PFD Bag & Organizer
• MOB Strobe Light - ARC Automatic Strobe Light with float
• Fire Extinguishers (3)
• Jack-Lines - 36', 1" Nylon Tube - Stainless Shackles (2)
• Lifelines - 3/16", plastic coated wire with bronze and stainless turnbuckles
• Emergency Tiller - 4 ft. stainless tiller attaches directly to quadrant

Miscellaneous:
Jerry Jugs with Sunbrella Covers:
• Gasoline (2)
• Potable water (2)
• Diesel (2)
• Safes: Canada Vaults 12" cube safe - nav. station (1), concealed safe (1)
• Boarding Ladder - Swim Step Ladder, Stainless - Custom
• Outboard Motor Mount - Pushpit mounted, machined Delrin
• Bosun’s Chair - Professional Bos. Chair. Mod. #WMP.BOSN
• Boat hook - Classic 10 ft. wood with bronze tip ( hook)

Spares:
Inventory provided on request.

DRAWINGS:
• Sail plan & TAMARACK description by Tom Colvin, designer
• Starboard interior (BlueTopaz)
• Port interior (BlueTopaz)
• Floor plan (BlueTopaz)
• Photographs with descriptions

Price: $59,900.00 US
More photos available

[Tayana42]

Wow! That’s a lovely boat.

[mako]

A very handsome looking boat. You must be very proud of her. Curious how long you've been trying to sell her.

[SuW]

I think we looked at this boat for sale in the 1990s. You have made many, many changes and she looks great!

[Schooner2]

Just this month

[Schooner2]

To those in the US interested in seeing BlueTopaz - Canada will open the border to fully vaccinated US citizens (flying in or driving) on August 9. No quarantine required.

[George_SD]

Very nice looking boat inside and out

[JohnnyChristo]

Tried to write a pm but your mail box is to full and not accepting any more. [emoji20]

[Schooner2]

Try again, it's no longer full

[Manateeman]

Corten steel. That’s what a boatbuilder would use for his personal boat.
Pipe not tubing.
Yanmar diesel.
Design based on working vessel.
Doesn’t get any more seaworthy than this.
WOW.
Very, very nice.
All the manatees doff their caps.

[Russian007]

is this based on the Angelman Sea Witch?

[Schooner2]

No, it is a modified Tamarack design by Tom Colvin

[Celestialsailor]

I saw a few of these in Mexico. very pretty in an anchorage.

[NSboatman]

Lovely, lovely vessel. hope she goes to a suitably appreciative and caring owner. best of luck -