1973 Bruno & Stillman Friendship Sloop
“Independence”
Description
Independence was built by the Bruno & Stillman Boatyard in Newington, New Hampshire in 1973. She is hull number 21. She has five sails and berths for 4 in the standing room cabin, an enclosed head and galley. Being out of the water for several years in storage, she will need some TLC to get back on the water next summer. Independence has been owned and sailed by the same family since new and is currently in a boat storage building in Rockport, Maine.
Dunigan Marine Group is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Newman Marine Brokerage. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
Overview
Key Specifications
Accommodation
Engines
Full Details
Construction
Built by the Bruno & Stillman yard in New Hampshire, Independence is the last hull built. Her hull and deck assembly are cored fiberglass. Black topsides, gold boot top, green bottom. Buff decks and cabin top with varnished teak trim.
Engine
2000 Yanmar 30 HP diesel engine located aft of the companionway steps in the cabin. Low hours. Stainless steel shaft swinging a 3-blade bronze propeller.
Accommodations and Layout
Aft of the anchor locker is the forward stateroom with a vee berth arrangement for two separate berths or one large double berth. Storage lockers and drawers below berths. A hanging locker with door is on the starboard side and the enclosed head is to port with a marine flush and folding sink. A cabintop hatch provides good light and ventilation. A door separates the stateroom from the main cabin.
In the main cabin are two berths, port and starboard with outboard lockers and shelves. A heat stove is mounted on the starboard forward bulkhead and a folding dining table on the port bulkhead.
In the aft cabin are the centerline companionway steps forward of the access to the 2000 Yanmar 25 HP diesel. The galley is to port with a stainless steel sink and a hand pump for fresh water. A top-loading icebox is outboard, with access from the cockpit as well. The starboard navigation table is also covered with Formica with stove and lockers below. Electrical and bilge panels are mounted on the aft bulkhead.
The woodwork below is varnished teak cabinetry with an unfinished teak sole. Electric lights throughout and a custom butterfly cabintop hatch and six opening ports for good ventilation and light. The headroom is 6'1.
The cockpit seats several on lockers on lockers with below and a pedestal compass and wheel steering.
Sails and Spars
Varnished fir mast, boom, gaff, topmast, bowsprit.
Mainsail, staysail, jib, topsail, flying jib.
Stainless steel standing rigging, Dacron running rigging through blocks and deadeyes.
Teak shelves mounted on the port and starboard shrouds for the navigation lights.
Equipment
Compass
Depthsounder
VHF radio
Running and navigation lights
Automatic Bilge Pump
Cabin and cockpit cushions
Dock lines and fenders
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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