Hull 57 Loon

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HIN: OEY370570487 more images]
Hull Laid: April 1987
Yard: Ocean Eagle Yachts, Taiwan

Andy and Alice Mutch

What a beautiful salon!

Owner	Bought	Sold	Boat's Name	Home Port
Andy and Alice Mutch	Oct., 2004		Loon	Annapolis, MD
Steven B. Smith		Oct., 2004	Loon Magic	Herndon, VA
Paula and Jim O'Brien	1998		Red Mary	Cobbs Creek, VA
Bill E. and Kathy Glaysher	1996	1998	Jack Tar	Crystal Lake, IL
Shelby Putnam	1988	1996	Certus
"Doc" Harris1	1987	1988	Gabbiano	Annapolis, MD

About the Owners (former and current)

Paula and Jim O'Brien: Owned Red Mary for about a year (around 2001) and may have purchased her in Charleston, SC. They subsequently bought a Krogen 42.
The Glaysher's: Cruised Jack Tar from Maine to Key West via the ICW and as far west as Lake Michigan.
Layout

• "L" shaped salon settee/berth
• Galley to port
• Pilot house has single engine-room floor-hatch to port
• Engine access through galley & pilot house hatch
• Stateroom has offset double berth to port, vanity to starboard

Mechanical and Engine Detail

• Cummins 4BT3.9M turbocharged diesel engine, 4622 hours (1/08)
• Borg Warner Transmission
• Vetus Bow Thruster (BSCHR12A ?) with a 3-blade, 7" propeller.
• Dual Raycor 500 fuel filters
• Algae-X System
• Tankage
  • 250g diesel in 4 original black iron tanks
  • 150g water in 2 orginal aluminum tanks
  • 25g holding tank (a replacement) in welded plastic under stateroom bunk
  • 4 x 2000 psi galv. CNG cylinders in dry stack

• PSS dripless prop shaft seal
• Webasto diesel furnace
• Hydronic heat via hotwater coil
• 3 electric bilge pumps with helm indicator lights
• manual bilge pump
• Aqualarm raw water flow alarm
• 2 Groco sea water strainers (engine and a/c units)
• Hydraulic steering
• Air horn
• Manuel Head
• Pressurized fresh water system with expansion tank
• Water heater (from 120 VAC or engine cooling water)

Electrical

• 125A Balmar Alternator Model 9115
• Automatic 3-step Deep Cycle voltage regulator
• Heart 1500 Inverter/Charger
• Link-10 Battery Monitor
• 4 x 200Ah Wet Cell Batteries (house bank) and 1 Group 27 Wet Cell (start bank) plus spare
• Mariner 30A 120VAC battery charger (spare)

Galley

• Adler Barbour refrigerator/freezer with top and side access
• 3 burner CNG stove and oven

Electronics

• Simrad CX44 Radar / Chart Plotter
• Raymarine Depth Finder
• Autopilot w/ remote
• VHF Antenna mounted on top of Pilot House
• Icom Marine VHF
• Autopilot and GPS NEMA 0183 to USB (PC) interface
• AM/FM/CD/XM Radio w/ speakers in pilot house and salon

Deck

• Maxwell Windlass
• 65lb Forfjord anchor with 375' BBB chain
• 2 Fortress + one Bruce anchor and 200' of 1/2" nylon rode
• Saltwater washdown at bow
• Fresh hot/cold water bibb in stern
• Pilot house mounted spot light
• 2 x 12' kayaks
• Caribe 10' RIB with 9.8hp 2-stroke Merc. outboard
• Wood mast and boom aft of stack
• 1.5" rails on upper deck
• Dodger over stern deck
• Teak storage boxes on upper deck

Related Documents

1. Lattitudes & Attitudes, Feature Trawler: Loon by Captain Dale E. Norley, p. 136, March 2005
2. Out Look, The Magazine for Savvy Seniors, Holiday Issue '07, Loon the cover girl
3. Yacht World Listing Feb 2006

Footnotes

1. Original owner.