Full Description
“People sail for fun and no one has yet convinced me that it’s more fun to go slow than it is to go fast” – Dick Newick.
Chi Machine is a lovely example of Dick Newicks philosophy and having been built solidly in New Zealand by Blum Hard, she is ready to go out and sail. Having fun is what this design is all about!
General Information
- Echo 36 designed by Dick Newark
- Built in 2002 by Blum Hard, Auckland
- Cedar and Epoxy construction with carbon reinforcement
- 160 Litres water capacity
- Weight 3 tons
- Keel – dagger board and fins
- Tiller steering
- Red Awlgrip – 2009
Electrical & Power
- Yamaha 4 stroke 9.9hp outboard engine 2009
- BEP Marine Matrix DC/TLM Meter
- Four 110a batteries – 2009
- Six 110w solar panels
Water System
- Pressurised cold water system
- Two 80L collapsible water tanks
Navigation Aids
- Lowrance Globalmap 9200c colour chart plotter
- Raymarine 6002 autopilot
- B&G Wind / speed / depth
- Icom IMC302 VHF
- Icom HF Man IC-M802SSB Ground Tackle
- Two anchors
- Chain and warp
Rig & Deck
- Rotating Wine Mast – wood / epxoy
- Carbon bow sprit
- Standing rigging – 2011
- Two Facnor continuous furlers
- Slab reefing main with stack bag and lazy jacks
- Two Harken 44sts winches
- Two Harken 40 sts winches
Sails
- Doyle Stratus Carbon Square-Top Main – 2009
- Doyle Stratus Carbon Furling Genoa – 2009
- Doyle Carbon Squreacher – 2009
- UK Sails spinnaker – 2010
General Equipment
- Cockpit table – carbon
- Cockpit cushions
- Cockpit shower
- Boarding ladder
- Tender with 3.5hp Tohatsu engine
- Four man liferaft
Accommodation
- Forward cabin with double v-berth
- Double berth to stbd saloon
- Single berth to Port saloon
- Heads with sea-toilet aft of cockpit
- Galley to Port saloon with Origo 2 burner alcohol stove, sink and fridge
- Escape hatch in Galley
