1974 Alden
47' (14.33m) -
Fantastic cruising opportunity. FAWKES has served as a reliable cruiser of revered pedigree for decades. She is in need of TLC, and then can serve again. Great cruising platform.
- Annapolis Maryland United States
- Cruisers
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
Data Sheet
In Stock: Yes
LOA: 47' " (14.33 Meters)
Type: Sail - Used
Year: 1974
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
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Full Details
SPECS
FULL SPECS
Builder/Designer
Hodgsdon Brothers, East Boothsbay Maine/John Alden
Dimensions
LOA: 47’
LWL: 36’
Keel: Full
Beam:12.9’
Displacement: 34,000
Ballast: 12,000
Bridge Clearance: 65’
Engine
- Make: Yanmar (New 2009)
- Model: 4JH4-TE
- HP: 75
Tankage
- Fuel: 200 gallons (Deck Fill: 135 gal./Running: 75 gal. under cabin sole)
- Water: 200 gallons (Two 100-gallon tanks, port and starboard below cabin sole)
- Holding: 35 gallon - decommissioned (replaced with compost head, below cabin sole)
Hull
- Full Keel
- Bottom Paint: Trinidad Petit, 65% Copper, hard. (Stripped and re-barrier coated 2017)
- Freeboard stripped and painted, Interlux Perfection (2011)
Electrical
AC: 110 volts
- Inverter: Heart EM S 2800
- Electrical Panels (Companionway across from wet locker and aft cabin bookshelf)
DC: 12 volts
- House Batteries: (8) 6 volt Trojans T-105 deep cycle, 740 amp/hours (under cabin sole, new 2016)
- Starting Battery: (1) 12 volt (2020)
- Battery Monitor: Victron BM V-600
- Electrical Panels (companionway across from wet locker and aft starboard bookshelf)
- Charging
- Shore
- Victron 40 amp 2 stage
- Engine:
- 110 amp Balmar Alternator
- Regulator: Balmar 3 stage smart
- Solar
- Panels: Kyocera (2) 85 watts, (2) 135 watts
- Regulator: Victron MPPT 75/50
Ground Tackle
- 33kg (73#) Rocna (new 2017)
- 225’ 3/8” G4 Chain (new 2017)
- 45 # Danforth
- 50’ chain, 300’ rode combination (for spare)
- Windlas: Maxwell VWC 3500 Electric/Manual
- Bow Roller: (2)
- Para-Tec Sea Anchor, size 18
Rigging & Sails
- Spars: (2) Aluminum deck stepped masts and spars
- Standing Rigging: Stainless steel with swedged and sta-lock fittings throughout, replaced on a rotating schedule
- Chain plates: (16) interior plates fabricated and replaced 2015, Bow fabricated and replaced 2017
- Six mast mounted winches (4) Main, (2) Mizzen
- Headsail: 100% roller furled genoa, Sunbrella solar protection replaced 2017
- Halyard: Wire/rope splice
- Traveler: aft of cockpit
- Staysail: Club footed, hanked on sail, additional storm sail
- Halyard: Line
- Traveler: forward main mast
- Refurbished roller furler system with new bearings, including excrutions available for new owners to install.
- Main: External mast roller furled, boom rests in gallows aft of cockpit, Sunbrella solar protection replaced 2017
- Halyard(s): (1) internal wire for roller furler; (1) wire in mast; (1) external line
- Mizzen: with lazy jacks
- Halyard: Wire/rope splice
Accommodations
Master (Aft) Stateroom
- Two individual (port and starboard) births with lee boards, used on passage
- Two center inserts make the two births a single queen birth, athwartship
- Two Caframo fans
- Two LED reading lamps
- Three overhead LED lamps
- Private head, sink and shower with Raritan head plumbed for direct overboard (Caribbean living)
- Small settee
- 2 bookshelves
- Full length mirror
- Storage
- Double wide hanging locker
- 6 dresser drawers
- 4 cupboards
- Under birth storage
Forward Stateroom
- Two individual births with lee boards
- Two Caframo fans
- Two LED reading lamps
- One overhead LED lamp
- Port and Starboard shelves, length of birth
- Chain locker access
- Private head, sink and shower with Nature’s Head, Composting Toilet
- Storage
- 4 dresser drawers
- 4 narrow drawers
- 3 cupboards
- Behind drawer storage
- Sail locker
Salon
- 6 large windows for open living
- Two Caframo fans
- Nav. station with chart table
- “L” shaped settee around a sliding table, making access to benches easier
- Shelves port and starboard
- Two “box” benches, (placed and secured on port) make a settee. Moved, become additional chairs for table.
- Storage
- Under salon floor (center and port)
- Two layers under starboard settee
- Drop down additional shelving behind port settees
- Behind starboard settee
- Nav. station cupboard
- Hanging locker turned pantry (going forward to forward Stateroom)
- Inside box benches
- Wet locker (next to nav. station)
Galley
- “L” shaped galley with pull out cutting board (creating a u-shaped galley, with added workspace.
- HilleRange Model 3121 (3) burner stove/oven
- (2) 20# Aluminum propane tanks, stored in port aft vented locker with solenoid
- Water: Pressure and foot pump, including switching foot pump to saltwater, if desired
- Engel Model MT 45F-U1 AC/DC Fridge/Freezer (new gasket, thermostat 2019)
- 22 gallon/hour Eco Marine engine driven water maker (new 2012)
- One Hella fan (over sink)
- Storage
- Above sink and counter
- Dry storage
- Behind dry storage and stove
- Below sink (all the way to port hull)
- Below counter (large enough for pots, pans and 5 qt. pressure cooker)
- Drawer below stove
- 4 narrow drawers
- 1 small cupboard (through-hull access)
- Previously mentioned pantry closet
Electronics & Navigation
- VHF : Icom IC-M 504 with HM-162B/SW remote mic
- Auto Pilot: Simrad NAC-3
- Depth Sounder/Knot Meter: Raymarine ST40
- Compass: Danforth
- Radar: Furuno 36 mile
- AIS: Simad Transceiver with antenna splitter (send & receive, integrated to NavNet 3D and VHF)
- GPS/Navigation: Furuno NavNet 3D MFD8
- Electronic Charts: Maine to Florida, Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean, including Trinidad
Deck & Equipment
Cockpit
- Hard top bimini (new 2014)
- Enclosure (new 2014, Phifertex for breathability with interior Sunbrella lining to drop for sun and rain)
- Five cockpit salon cushions (new 2013)
- LED rope lights (blue and white)
- Four self-tailing winches ((1) main sheet, (2) genny sheets & (1) main furling system)
- One block for main sail operation (topping lift, furler, outhaul)
- Depth/knot meter
- Engine panel (nav lights, steaming light, compass light)
- 12 volt outlet
- Trim bulb
- Ship’s bell
- Storage
- One cockpit locker (dock lines, sail ties, (2) jacklines, harnesses, tethers, etc.)
Deck
- Salt and freshwater facets (outboard cockpit)
- Complete solid aft pulpit (new 2017)
- Integrated davits (new 2017, with additional stern anchor/security light and running light)
- Stantions and stantion bases (new 2017, throughout)
- Complete solid bow pulpit (new 2017)
- Forward lifelines (new 2017)
- Six step folding boarding ladder, rigged for either port or starboard install
- Two stern, hull mounted steps (dinghy access)
- Two aft lazarettes ((1) extra dock lines, extra storage, fishing gear, etc. (1) vented propane locker)
- Five- and two-gallon fuel tanks (for outboard, new 2019)
- Boat hook holder
- Awning beam
- Horseshoe and throwables (port and starboard, covered 2017)
- Seven fenders (varying sizes)
- Outboard engine mount
- Awnings ((1) forward deck, (2) mid deck, attached to boom and cleats on hard top (1) aft awning, attached to gallows, rigged to davits and mizzen topping lift)
- Four dorades (2) forward, (2) aft
Mechanical Systems
Running Gear
- Prop Shaft: 1 1/2” stainless steel
- Prop: Milwaukee MP 21” R 14 pitch
Engine Room (Large stand-up engine room)
- Engine: Yanmar 4JH4-TE
- Transmission: ZF 30 M
- Alternator: Balmar 110 amp
- Fuel polishing system
- Water maker
- Saltwater manifold
- Starting battery
- Storage
- Large shelf for tools
- Several small shelves for parts and equipment
- Two-5-gallon diesel cans
- Two-5-gallon potable water cans
- Assorted Filters
Thru-hulls (5 thru-hulls, refurbish and re-bedded 2017)
- Bow
- Depth Sounder/Transducer
- Galley
- Sink
- Engine Room
- Two saltwater intakes in engine room, (1) for engine, (1) for aft head, water maker, galley sink and deck wash manifold
- One cockpit drain
- Aft
- Head
- Deck
- Four hull integrated scuppers
Additional Equipment
- Dinghy: 10’6” AB Aluminum bottom, (unpainted, two layer) with bow compartment and chaps (2016)
- Outboard: Tohatsu 2 stroke 18 hp (2015) with fuel tank
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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PROPULSION
Engine Make
Yanmar
Engine Model
4JH4-TE
Engine Year
2009
Total Power
75hp
Engine Type
Inboard
Drive Type
Direct Drive
Fuel Type
Diesel
SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions
Length Overall
47ft
Max Bridge Clearance
65ft
Beam
12.75ft
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank
Fuel Tank
Holding Tank
Accommodations
Double Berths
2
Twin Berths
2
Cabins
2
Heads
2