1983 Bristol 45' _{(13.72 m)} 45.5

Key Maintenance Records Since 2019

2019

·      October -- purchase survey

·      Minor hull and engine repairs done by seller

·      Hauled and stored at Front Street Shipyard

2020

·      Extensive cleanup; rebuilt washdown pump and shower sump pumps

·      New inflatable, rebuilt Nissan 2-stroke motor

·      1^st Covid summer:  Maine day sailing and cruising

2021

·      2020-2021 Winter –  Restoration work by Front Street Shipyard

o   Standing rigging replaced; chainplates removed & rebedded; centerboard, steering inspected

o   Main furler removed, rewired, reinstalled with new hardware

o   Lifelines replaced; pulpit & pushpit removed and rebedded

o   Portlights removed and rebedded

o   Cellphone antenna booster installed

o   Exterior lights removed and replaced with LED lights

o   Venting added to propane locker

o   New running rigging:  halyards, outhaul, traveler, mainsheet

o   Sails inspected and mended

o   Windlass disassembled and serviced

o   Winches disassembled and serviced

o   Mast partners removed, refinished, and reinstalled

o   Galley sink drains and faucet replaced

o   Teak stripped and refinished

o   Hull sides cleaned and polished

·      2020-2021 Winter – Upholstery removed, cushions rebuilt, covers cleaned & restored

·      Spring – small leak in lower corner of water tank repaired with potable epoxy product

·      Covid summer #2:  Summer sailing in Maine

·      Summer -- Headsail furler replaced

·      August – voyage from Maine to Deale

2022

·      Winter 2021-2022 – Astral stored under shrink wrap at Herrington North

·      Winter 2021-2022 -- Sails inspected, cleaned, and mended and stored by Quantum (Inventory = Main, 100% jib, 130% genoa, spinnaker; all older but in good condition) 

·      Teak professionally restored and maintained

·      Engine seawater pump replaced

·      AC seawater distribution manifold replaced

·      Heads, holding tanks, macerators, and hoses replaced (equipped for holding-pumpout; direct overboard at sea; overboard pumpout via macerators)

·      Seacocks disassembled, inspected, cleaned, and lubed (all working well)

·      Fresh water electric pump replaced

·      Prep for A2B race – Astral scratched due to Covid among crew

o   Astral inspected by A2B volunteers

o   Iridium transceiver & EPIRB added

o   New 5-person life raft

o   Offshore safety gear – Jacklines and harnesses; personal AIS & strobes; Mustang vests with harnesses; ditch bag; flares; backup nav lighting, drogue, MOB gear, etc. 

o   Cockpit manual bilge pump installed (electric, 2 manual); bailing bucket

o   Storm jib and trysail added (purchased used from Bacon in Annapolis)

2023

·      Winter 2022-2023 – Astral stored under shrink wrap at Herrington North

·      Winter 2022-2023 -- Sails inspected, cleaned, and mended and stored by Quantum

·      Teak professionally maintained

·      House and engine batteries replaced (Three 100 amp hour batteries; 2 smaller batteries forward for thruster & furler;  All charged by Heart system)

·      Windlass motor rebuilt

·      Two Garmin chart units replaced

·      Lazarette hatches rebuilt

·      Bermuda Voyage

·      Autohelm motor replaced

2024

·      Winter 2023-2024 – Astral stored under shrink wrap at Herrington North

·      New Quantum mainsail (cruising sail with vertical battens);  Sails inspected, cleaned, and mended and stored by Quantum

·      Spring commissioning by Dependable Marine; all filters, fluids, belts renewed

·      Cleaning and detailing by Schuman marine

·      Engine alternator and regulator replaced

·      New Yamaha outboad motor purchased for inflatable

·      Mast partners sealed

·      Teak professionally maintained

·      Voyage to NYC and Bristol

2025

·      Winter 2024-2025 – Astral stored under shrink wrap at Herrington North

·      Teak professionally maintained

·      Spring commissioning by Dependable Marine

Deck and Deck Hardware

Astral has two-tone fiberglass decks with jack-lines are clean and open allowing movement around the boat to be easy and safe. Astral never had teak on decks.  

Starting from the bow and moving aft the deck hardware includes:

   Fore Deck

• Stainless steel bow pulpit
• Stainless steel stem fitting with single anchor roller and port and starboard bow chocks
• Bright teak high toe-rail
• Bow cleats port and starboard
• Stainless steel deck striker plate
• Stainless steel chain lock
• Anchor chain hawse pipe
• Pressurized salt-water deck wash down
• Spare anchor chain hawse pipe
• Vertically mounted Ideal windlass with up/down foot-switches
• Stainless steel stanchions with upper/lower coated twisted stainless steel life-lines

   Weather-Decks

• Teak Spinnaker pole deck fittings on port weather deck
• Twin midships cleats port and starboard
• Stainless steel mid-ships chocks port and starboard
• Inboard sail sheet track port and starboard
• Outboard sail sheet track mounted on toe-rails port and starboard
• Mid-ships lifeline gates port and starboard
• Fresh water and diesel in fills; Holding tank pumpout ports 

   Coach-Roof

• (6) Hood stainless steel opening port-lights port and starboard
• (2) Fixed port lights port and starboard
• Bright teak brow port a and starboard coach-roof sides
• Bright teak hand rails port and starboard
• (3) Hood stainless-steel framed forward opening deck hatches
• Bright teak dorade boxes with chrome cowls port and starboard
• Stainless steel line guards over dorade boxes port and starboard
• Dinghy cradle (folded)

   Cockpit

• Molded integral cockpit coaming with bright teak cap-rail
• Stainless steel dodger frame with dodger (see Soft Goods)
• Outlet for autopilot slave control
• Outlet for VHF slave control
• Stainless steel cockpit bimini frame with bimini and storage boot(see Soft Goods)
• Cockpit storage cubbies port and starboard with bright teak trim
• Cockpit cushions (see Soft Goods)
• Winches on coaming and coach-roof (see Rigging)
• Suite of electronics above companionway and on binnacle (see Electronics)
• Edson binnacle with built-in compass
• Stainless steel hand-rail on binnacle
• Stainless steel helm with elk-skin cover
• Custom bright teak electronics pods on binnacle
• Dual control throttle on binnacle
• Electric jib furling control
• Electric main furling control
• Custom bright teak fold-down cockpit table
• Raw teak cock pit grate sole
• Manual bilge pump

   Aft of Cockpit

• (3) Hood stainless steel forward opening deck hatches, (2)aft deck hatches access aft lazarettes
• Main sheet traveler aft of cockpit coaming
• Bright teak dorade boxes with chrome cowls port and starboard
• Stainless steel push pit
• Stainless propane grill
• Life sling mounted on push pit
• Horseshoe throw on push pit
• Lighted man-overboard pole (inflatable)
• Outboard motor hoist mounted on push pit
• Outboard motor mount
• Stern cleats port and starboard
• Stainless steel chocks port and starboard
• Emergency tiller through-deck fitting
• Five-person life raft in cradle

Hull

Astral was constructed with hand layup process with alternating layers of fiberglass mat and woven roving for her hull. The ballast is lead, internally cast. Through hulls are brass.  The centerboard is molded fiberglass and not integral to the ships ballast. The centerboard to is secured by a bronze pin through a fiberglass pipe. The centerboard is deployed/retrieved with a stainless-steel twisted wire that is controlled with a Merriman deck-mounted winch on the coach-roof. The rudder is of molded fiberglass construction molded around a bronze stock with welded plates bearing on the hull, the top of the stock itself and an ample skeg that provides protection for the rudder and the propeller. 

Astral also features:

    Topsides

• Awlgripped flag blue topsides
• Awlgripped double white boot stripe
• Gold cove stripe
• Stainless rub-rail below toe-rail
• Folding stainless steel swim/boarding ladder with teak treads on transom

Below Waterline

• Black ablative bottom paint
• Vetus bow thruster in molded tunnel
• 3-Blade feathering Maxiprop bronze prop with cone zinc
• Stainless steel rope cutter
• Zinc bonding plate

Sails

• Quantum main-sail with vertical batons
• Harding 135% Genoa
• Thurston 100% jib
• Hood MPS with ATM dousing system
• Storm jib and trysail with rigging

Rigging

   Standing

• Hood Stow-Away painted aluminum mast; single spreader,with built in electric mainsail furler
• Hood painted aluminum boom
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging with Navtec turnbuckles and covers
• In-mast main furler with in-cockpit controls
• Electric head-sail furler with in-cockpit controls

   Running

• Braided halyards
• Braided sheets
• Soft boom vang; jibe preventer
• Main sheet traveler
• Gear driven telescoping whisker-pole with on mast stowage
• (2) Spinlocks on mast

   Winches

• (2) Lewmar 65 2-speed self-tailing primary winches 
• (2) Lewmar 55 2-speed self-tailing secondary winches
• Lewmar 45 2-speed self-tailing topping lift winch
• Lewmar 45 2-speed self-tailing out-haul winch
• Merriam centerboard winch
• Lewmar 44 3-speed main halyard winch on mast
• Lewmar 44 2-speed jib halyard winch on mast

Exterior Lighting

• All exterior lighting has been modernized with LED fixtures
• Navigation lights; anchor light; steaming light
• Foredeck light and spreader lights

Propulsion

• Westerbeke W-70 70 hp diesel engine
• Hurth HBW 250, 2.5:1 ratio transmission ~ rebuilt 2015 
• Fresh water cooled with raw water heat exchanger
• Perko sea strainer
• Racor filter with pressure gauge
• Wet exhaust system with Westerbeke mixer elbow
• Direct drive
• Flex mounts
• Stainless steel shaft
• 3 Blade Max Prop (see Hull)

Electronics

   Cockpit

• (2) Garmin ???? chart plotters/multi displays connected to radar
• (3) Garmin GM20 multi displays connected to depth, speed, and water temp transducers and wind anemometer
• Raymarine ST 7002 autopilot connected to SPX 30 control unit
• Raymarine handheld autopilot remote
• Standard Horizon Comand Mic remote
• Garmin 1800 HD radar
• Garmin wind instruments
• VHF antenna
• Wind direction indicator on masthead 

   Navigation Station

• Standard Horizon Matrix AIS+ GX2150 marine VHF
• Iridium transceiver
• Cell phone booster & mast-mounted antenna

Electrical System

   12-Volt DC System

• Bass DC panel with 30 breakers, DC ampmeter and DV volt meter
• Guest parallel switch in forward cabin
• (3) Guest battery switches
• Jib furler breaker forward
• Bow thruster breaker forward
• Windlass breaker under companionway
• (2) 4D AGM house batteries located below aft bunk
• 4D AGM cranking battery located below aft bunk
• Group 37 AGM batteries for bow thruster and jib furler located under forward bunk
• Group 37 AGM battery for genset
• Balmar 120-Amp alternator; electronic regulator
• ProWatt battery charger
• Heart Interface PathMaker automatic battery switch

    110-Volt AC System

• Bass AC panel for generator with AC amp meter
• 110-Volt source switch
• (2) 30 Amp receptacles
• 50 Amp receptacle
• 50 Foot 30 amp shore power cable
• Fischer Panda 6 kilowatt genset with sound shield and 800 hours estimated
• Xantrex 2000-watt inverter/charger
• 1000-Watt inverter

Galley

• Overhead florescent lighting 
• Opening port light 
• Locker storage aft and outboard above work surfaces
• Propane solenoid control
• Florescent lighting under soffits 
• Florescent lighting below aft locker
• Built in spice rack
• (3) 110-Volt outlets
• Cutlery drawer above work surface
• White laminated Formica counter-tops with varnished teak trim
• Counter loading refrigeration box with thermostat
• Sea Frost 12v refridgeration with 2 cold plates
• Tasco 3-burner propane stove with oven and broiler
• Stainless steel handrail inboard of stove
• Pan storage drawer under stove
• Under counter storage through counter locker lid
• Double basin stainless steel sink 
• Single control pressurized fresh water hot/cold mixer head
• Pressurized fresh water hot/cold mixer spray wand with flexible hose
• Stainless steel vertical handrail  
• Locker storage below work surface forward

Salon

• (2) Overhead opening deck hatches
• Overhead dome lighting
• Bright teak hand-rails overhead port and starboard
• Fixed and opening port-lights port and starboard
• 12-Volt Hallo fan
• Kerosene ships lamp with globe
• Florescent lights under soffits
• Reading lights port and starboard 
• Vizio flat screen TV with pullout swivel
• DVD player
• AC with reverse heat in salon
• (4) 110-Volt outlets
• 12-Volt outlet
• Shelf and locker storage outboard above settees port and starboard
• Storage locker with wine rack and glass holders to port and aft of settee
• Hanging & drawer storage unit forward of settee to starboard across from head
• Bright teak two leaf fold out dining table with silverware and bottle storage locker below center section
• L-shaped settee to port with pull out twin berth
• Bench settee to starboard with pull out twin berth
• Locker storage under port and starboard settee

Forward Stateroom

• Opening overhead deck hatch
• Opening port-lights port and starboard
• Locker storage outboard and forward above bunk
• Opening port cadenza with hanging locker and drawer storage aft of bunk to port and starboard
• Reading lights port and starboard
• Chain-locker access
• AC with reverse cycle heat
• V-berth with infill, infill stored above bunk  
• Single settee in V
• Private access to forward head; privacy door to salon
• Electric 12-volt fan

Forward Head

• Opening Port
• Overhead Dome Lighting
• Storage Lockers above sink
• Shower head and curtain
• Large Mirror
• SS Towel Bar
• Porcelain Sink
•  Raritan hand-pump commodePrivate Access from Either Salon or Fwd Cabin
• Teak Floor Grate
• Holding tank with dockside pumpout deckplate & macerator driven overboard pumpout 

Navigation Station

• Large chart table with chart storage underneath
• VHF and Iridium electronics (see Electronics)
• Shelf storage
• Bookshelf
• Drawer with storage under
• Storage under seat
• Main electric control panel
• Electronics charging station

Safety Gear

• EPIRB on bracket at companionway
• SOS channel on Iridium transceiver
• Five-person life raft on dedicated frame on aft deck
• Emergency go bag
• Flares; signaling devices
• Personal AIS locators
• Jack lines and lanyards for weather deck and cockpit
• Two manual bilge pumps
• Throw ring; lighted inflatable pole; Life-sling for reboarding

Aft Stateroom

• Opening overhead deck hatch
• Opening port-lights port and starboard
• Reading lights port and starboard
• Electric Fan
• Shelf storage outboard and forward above bunk
• Storage under berths
• Drawers, shelves, and hanging locker line port side passageway to salon
• One double and one single berth
• Battery and electrical access under berth
• Air conditioning with reverse cycle heat
• Private access to head
• Privacy door in passageway to salon; Wardrobe mirror on door

Aft Head

• Overhead dome lighting
• Opening ports
• Bulkhead mounted lighting
• Storage lockers above sink
• Stainless steel towel bars
• Porcelain sink
• Raritan hand-pump commode
• Holding tank with dockside pumpout deckplate & macerator driven overboard pumpout 
• Large mirror
• Separate shower stall
• Teak floor grate
• Private access from aft cabin

Tankage

   Diesel

• (4) Aluminium tanks located under salon sole
• Gauges on each tank
• 135-Gallons total

   Fresh Water

• (3) Stainless steel tanks, (2) located below salon sole and (1) located below forward berth
• 140-Gallons total
• Fresh water pump manifold for tank selection; electric fresh-water pump
• 12-Gallon hot water tank

   Black Water

• (2) Polyethylene holding tanks (1) located under forward berth and (1) located under aft berth
• Deck pump-out fittings for both tanks; macerator-driven overboard pump-out for both tanks

   Propane

• (2) Aluminum 10-pound tanks
• Vented propane locker in aft lazarette
• Solenoid cutoff with control in galley

Soft Goods

• Bimini with boot
• Dodger 
• Upholstered cockpit cushions
• Helm pedestal cover
• Winch covers
• Upgraded interior upholstery
• Wind scoops
• Opening port screens & mosquito netting for companionway and hatches