Here is a list of the major equipment aboard Heartsong III for all or part of the circumnavigation.

Rig

  • Selden furling mast
  • Selden Furlex furling jib
  • Retractable staysail stay
  • Lewmar electric primary winches
  • Lewmar manual secondary winches
  • Modea electric winch handle
  • Lewmar graphite “power grip” winch handles (4)
  • Self-ratcheting mast-climbing harness

Sails (Hood Vectran™)

  • In-mast furling main
  • 130% Genoa
  • Storm staysail
  • Tri-sail (orange)
  • Asymmetrical gennaker

Anchoring System

  • Maxwell VWC 3500 electric windlass
  • Cockpit windlass remote
  • 110-lb Bruce anchor
  • Chain, 300 feet (for South Pacific, better to have 350)
  • 60-lb CQR anchor
  • Fortress FX 55 stern anchor (no stern roller — would be nice to have)
  • 250 feet rode

Electronics & Radios

  • Autohelm ST6000+ autopilot
  • Autohelm ST6000+ autopilot (fully installed spare)
  • Raytheon GPS, stern rail-mounted antenna
  • Raytheon R20XX radar at nav station, mast-mounted antenna
  • Raytheon SL70+CRC color radar/chartplotter in cockpit, mast-mounted antenna
  • C-Map NT+ chart cards (Club C-Map)
  • Trimble Inmarsat-C, stern rail-mounted antenna
  • Authohelm ST50+ navigation instruments
  • Interphase Probe sonar
  • SGC 2000 SSB/ham radio
  • SCS PTC-II TNC (radio modem for sailmail)
  • Standard VHF DSC radio
  • Remote VHF transceiver (in cockpit)
  • Speedtech Weathermate digital barometer (very accurate)
  • Motorola 3-watt analog cellphone, mast-mounted antenna (totally obsolete; not useful outside US and northern Caribbean waters)
  • Iridium 9505 portable satellite telephone
  • Magellan Colortrak handheld GPS (2)
  • Motorola “Freetalk” family band radios (2)
  • Radio Shack TRC 508 family band radios, with headphones (2 sets of 2) (extraordinarily useful)
  • ICOM M1+ portable VHF radio, waterproof
  • ICOM IC-M3 portable VHF radios (2)
  • “Blinky II” watch-keeping alarm, by Sea Witch (indispensable)

Computer System

  • Dell Inspiron 8000 notebook, with CD R/W
  • Dell Latitude XPi notebook
  • Dell port replicator for each notebook (docking station)
  • Canon BJC-80 printer
  • Canon Cano-Scan flatbed scanner
  • Backup drive
  • C-Map PC Planner NT navigation software
  • Nobeltec Visual Navigator software
  • Coretex Weatherfax software
  • JVConn weatherfax software
  • Visual Passage Planner software
  • SkyMap software

Power Systems

  • Yanmar  4JH2-UTE100hp turbo-diesel engine
  • Maxprop feathering propeller
  • Dual alternators
  • Onan MDKAL 8kw generator
  • 300-gallon stainless diesel tankage, with fuel cleaning/recirculation system
  • Heart 2500 inverter, Link 2000
  • Heart Freedom 300 inverter (dedicated to computer)
  • Isolation step-down transformer (for NZ/Aus/European power conversion)
  • Four 210-amp Concord Lifeline AGM (absorbed glass mat) batteries
  • Coleman PowerMate 1000 portable generator
  • Detachable stern outboard motor mount in case of main engine failure

Safety Equipment

  • Fireboy automatic fire extinguisher (engine room)
  • Viking 6-person Yachtsman UK life raft
  • Lifesling
  • M.O.M.-8 man overboard module
  • U.S. Coast Guard safety gear (PFDs, flares, etc.)
  • 406 EPIRB
  • West Marine inflatable Sospenders, with tethers
  • Stearns bum-bag PFDs (4)
  • Hydraulic wire cutters
  • Super Gyser 4 115V submersible emergency pump (5000gph)
  • Watch Commander “Blinky” watch alarm device

Galley & Water System, etc.

  • Village Marine Tec 150 watermaker (6 gal/hr) (very reliable)
  • 200-gallon stainless water tankage
  • 20-gallon hot water heater
  • Force 10 propane stove/oven
  • 20-lb propane tanks in vented lockers (2)
  • Microwave
  • Dual 12V/220 Grunert refrigerator (top- and side-loading)
  • Dual 12V/220 Grunert freezer (top-loading only)
  • Combomatic 6000 marine washer/dryer
  • Broan trash compactor
  • Cruisair air conditioning (20,000 BTU, 2 blowers fwd; 16,000 BTU, 1 blower aft)
  • Water saline tester

Other Equipment and Supplies