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CHIEN HWA 35 TRAWLER

This roomy and very comfortable powerboat with its displacement hull can cruise from island to island with ease and safety.  From the cabins fore and aft, the spacious galley/salon and lower steering station is only two steps away. On deck, there is a covered sun deck aft and upper steering station three steps up, covered by a bimini. These powerboats are becoming increasingly more popular in the BVI boating world.

Specifications: 

KIND OF VESSEL: Full displacement, single engine, fiberglass trawler with a flying bridge.
BUILDER: Chien Hwa, Taipei, Taiwan.
VESSEL MODEL: BVI Sundeck Trawler.
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: 1989
LOA: 34ft. 5in.
LWL: 31ft. 6in.
BEAM: 12ft.
DRAFT: 4ft.
DISPLACEMENT: 16 500lb.

HULL MATERIAL: Fibrous Reinforced Plastic – solid laminate.
COLOR: White Awlgrip.
FRAMING: The lower hull is stiffened and reinforced with longitudinal and transverse FRP stringers and webs bonded directly to the hull. Transverse plywood bulkheads are bonded to the hull with fiberglass tabbing.
DECKING: Cored FRP with a non-skid surface.
SUPERSTRUCTURE: Balsa cored FRP.
BULKHEADS: Teak faced marine plywood.
CEILINGS: Formica & vinyl covered plywood.
RUDDER: A single bronze rudder supported with a keel mounted lower bearing shoe.
BOW & additions: 3ft FRP bow platform with dual anchor rollers.
STERN TYPE & additions: A molded FRP swim platform with a stainless steel swim ladder is bolted to the transom.
THROUGH HULL FITTINGS: Bronze skin fittings with bronze bodied ball valve type seacocks.
DECK HATCHES: 1 ‘Bomar’ (forward cabin) & 2 ‘Lewmar’ (aft cabin) aluminum framed deck hatches.
OPENING PORTLIGHTS: 7 aluminum framed ‘Bomar’ portlights.

PROPULSION MACHINERY
ENGINE: Single ‘Perkins 6-3544’ six-cylinder naturally aspirated marine diesel engine.
ENGINE HOURS: 6435 recorded hours (wheelhouse)
DESIGNED BOAT SPEED: 10 kts.
ENGINE COOLING: Fresh water through a heat exchanger.
ENGINE EXHAUST: Wet exhaust - mixing elbow through reinforced exhaust hosing to a transom discharge.
COMPRESSORS & ALTERNATORS FITTED: Single alternator & ‘Sea Frost’ refrigerator compressor.
STUFFING BOX / STERN SEAL: Flax filled bronze stuffing box.
FILTERS: ‘Racor 500FG’ Primary fuel filter.
PROPELLER: Three bladed bronze propeller.
PANEL & ALARMS: Dual engine controls - panels with gauges and alarms.
ENGINE CONTROLS: Morse cables.

TANKAGE & PIPING
WATER TANKS: Approx. 100 gallons in two fiberglass tanks under the aft bunk.
DIESEL: 300 gallons in two fiberglass coated mild steel diesel tanks with side gauges and shut off valves.
COOKING GAS: Propane – 2 x aluminum tanks on the flying bridge.
MARINE SANITATION DEVICES: 2 x ‘Par’ piston type manual marine heads.
SEACOCKS: Bronze ball valves.
PRESSURIZED WATER SYSTEM: ‘Flojet’ 3.5GPM 40PSI diaphragm type pressure pump with accumulator tank.
HOT WATER: ‘Force 10’ 6-gallon stainless steel covered hot water tank.

DEWATERING SYSTEMS:
Electric: 1 x ‘Rule 1500’ – 1500GPH submersible pump (forward bilge)
1 x ‘Rule 1500’ – 1500 GPH submersible pump (shower sumps)
* Both have automatic float switches.
Manual: Hand pump (starboard wheelhouse)
High water alarms: Lights on switch panels

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

DC - SYSTEM:
12-volt House Batteries: 4 x‘Trojan’ 6 volt lead acid batteries.
Engine start battery: 1 x 4D lead acid battery.
Battery stowage & ventilation: Engine compartment below the saloon sole.
Circuit Protection Devices: Isolation switches.
Power distribution System: 12v & 110v labeled circuit breaker panels.
Volt & Ammeters: Yes
Charging system: Single alternator and a 110-v battery charger.

AC – SYSTEM:
110-volt
Battery charger: 20A battery charger.
Shore power: 30A

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS:
DEPTH & BOAT SPEED: ‘Navman Multi’ (fly bridge).
DEPTH: ‘Datamarine LX201’ (wheel house).
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: ‘Uniden MCC 535’ VHF (wheel house).

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES: 6 Type I & Type II Adult / Youth lifejackets (PFDs)
THROWABLE DEVICES: Horse shoe Type IV (PFD)
VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS: 3 x red handheld Expiry dates: 05/2011
NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING: Sidelights, stern, steaming and anchor light.€
FIRST AID KIT: Yes
FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS: 5 x Type B:C size 1
STEERING COMPASS: ‘Gemini’ (fly bridge)

STEERING GEAR
TYPE: ‘Hynautic’ hydraulic steering system with ‘Sea Star’ ram.
RUDDERSTOCK SEAL: Bronze flax filled stuffing box.

GROUND TACKLE
PRIMARY ANCHOR: 44lb ‘Bruce’
Chain / rode: 180ft. x 10mm chain.
SECONDARY ANCHOR: 35lb ‘Kingston fortress’
Chain / rode: 180ft. rode.
WINDLASS: ‘Lofrans Tigres’ 1000W 12-volt windlass with foot switches.

SHIPBOARD AMENITIES

INTERIOR DESCRIPTION: Forward stateroom with shower and head, saloon with galley to starboard, master stateroom aft with head and shower.

COOKING FACILITIES
STOVE: ‘Plastimo Neptune 2500” – 2 burner stove with grill & oven.
FUEL: Propane.

STEREO: ‘Dual MXD50’ FM/AM Radio with wheelhouse & fly bridge speakers.