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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.
HULL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (HIN): CBK352581889
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 gelcoat.
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: Vinyl covered plywood & formica.
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: 3 ‘Bomar’ aluminum framed deck hatches.
OPENING PORTLIGHTS: 7 ‘Bomar’ aluminum framed portlights.

ENGINE: Single ‘Perkins 6-3544’ six-cylinder naturally aspirated marine diesel engine.
ENGINE HOURS: 9782 recorded hours (wheelhouse).
DESIGNED BOAT SPEED: 10 kts.
ENGINE COOLING: Fresh water through a heat exchanger.
ENGINE EXHAUST: Wet exhaust - mixing elbow through looped reinforced exhaust hosing to a transom discharge.
COMPRESSORS & ALTERNATORS FITTED: Single alternator.
STUFFING BOX / STERN SEAL: Flax filled bronze stuffing box.
FILTERS: ‘Racor 500FGSS’ Primary fuel filters.
PROPELLER: Three bladed bronze propeller.
PANEL & ALARMS: Dual engine controls - panels with gauges and alarms.
ENGINE CONTROLS: Morse cables.

WATER TANKS: Approx. 100gallons 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 aluminum tanks on the flying bridge.
MARINE SANITATION DEVICES: 2 x ‘Par’ piston type manual marine heads.
SEACOCKS: Bronze ball valves.
PRESSURIZED WATER SYSTEM: ‘Shurflo’3.3GPM 45PSI diaphragm type pressure pump.
HOT WATER: ‘Seaward’ 6-gallon hot water tank.
DEWATERING SYSTEMS:
Electric: 1 x ‘Rule 2000’ – 2000GPH submersible pump (aft of the engine)
1 x ‘Shurflo Bilge 1500’ – 1000 GPH submersible pump (forward of the engine)
1 x ‘Rule 800’ – 800 GPM submersible pump (sump pump)
* All have automatic float switches.
Manual: ‘Guzzler’ – (starboard wheelhouse)

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: ‘New Mar’ 20A battery charger
     Shore power: 30A

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS:
     DEPTH: ‘Datamarine LX201’ (wheelhouse)
     BOAT SPEED: ‘Datamarine LX50’ (wheelhouse)
     DEPTH/BOAT SPEED: ‘Navman Multi’ (fly bridge)

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: ‘Uniden MC 535’ VHF

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES: 6 Type II Adult lifejackets (PFDs)
THROWABLE DEVICES: Horseshoe buoy & floating line (type IV P.F.D)
NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING: Sidelights, stern, steaming and anchor light.
FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS: 3 Type BC: size 1
STEERING COMPASS: ‘Gemini’ (fly bridge)

GROUND TACKLE
PRIMARY ANCHOR: 40lb ‘Bruce’
Chain / rode: Reported 180ft. x 8mm chain.
SECONDARY ANCHOR: 25lb ‘Danforth’
Chain / rode: Reported 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: ‘Eno’ stainless steel, two-burner stove with oven.
FUEL: Propane.

STEREO: ‘Boss CD - 3020’ FM/AM Radio with interior & fly bridge speakers.