The World Cruise of Veleda IV

For Sale 1978 Ontario 32 $20,000

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Veleda' s Inventory

 

Basic details

1978 Ontario 32, Blue hull, Cream decks

LOA 32'   LWL 26' 6”  Draft 4' 6”  Beam 11' 6”

Yanmar 3YM 30, 30 hp diesel new 2011

Displacement 9800 lb, Three Quarter Keel, Ballast 4300 lb

 

Accomodations

 

Sleeping

Large Vee berth with stand up headroom and 12 volt fan

Large storage lockers and holding tank beneath Vee berth

Drop leaf table makes a small double berth

Settee on starboard for a single berth

All berth and settee cushions new 2010

 

Heads

Jabsco Heads can be pumped overboard, or into the holding tank

Electrical macerator pump for overboard dischage from the holding tank

(Three way valve system would have to be disabled in the Great Lakes)

Holding tank capacity 33 gallons

Heads sink has hot and cold water

Full length mirror and vanity mirror on behind-sink bulkhead

Three storage compartments, and cupboard below sink

 

Galley

Deep SS sink with pressurized hot and cold water 

Foot pump for overboard water faucet

Katadyne Power Survivor 40 Reverse Osmosis watermaker

Top loading refrigerator (Waeco Cold Machine)  with small freezer

Gymballed Force Ten three burner propane stove with oven

Knife rack and spice racks, full set of cutlery, dishes, pots and pans

 

Main Cabin

Dickinson Newport Diesel furnace plumbed into main diesel tank

Piezo electric fan for heat distribution

12 volt fan in salon

Settee benches on port and starboard

Two leaf dining table

Storage behind settee seats

Alcove storage above settee seats

AM/FM/CD radio with two speakers in main cabin and two in the cockpit

Four closing compartments above settees

Hanging locker

Large tool and storage locker

Cabin sole flooring with long lasting PlasTeak (teak and holly pattern)

 

Navigation Station and Electronics

Top hinged chart table

Storage bins beneath station seat and sole

Two storage compartments alongside bulkhead

Four updated electrical panels with fuses

Nautical brass clock and barometer

Link 10 Digital Battery Monitor

Garmin GPS 440S, USA standard installed, with chips for Canada, SW Caribbean, Pacific Mexico and Central America; on a swivel mount for interior nav station or cockpit usage

Raymarine 6000 below deck auto pilot

Simrad Wheel Pilot

Raymarine Wind speed and direction indicator

Standard Horizon depth sounder

 

Upper Deck

 

Ground Tackle

45 pound claw anchor with 150 feet 5/16^th chain plus 150 feet of rope

45 pound CQR anchor with 100 feet 5/16^th chain plus 100 feet of rope

35 pound CQR stern anchor with 30 feet 5/16ths chain,120 feet of rope

Quick 1400 watt windlass with rope and chain drum, motor replaced 2016

Chain hook snubber

 

Sails and Rigging

Standing rigging 1/4” SS new in 2013

45 foot mast with mast steps

Selden Furlex furling system

Fully battened main with three reef points for slab reefing

#2 and #3 Genoa

Symmetrical spinnaker with sleeve and tacker system

Gale Sail storm jib

18 foot fixed whisker pole

All lines lead into the cockpit

2 Barlow 27 two speed genoa winches

2 Barlow 16 winches for halyards and main sheets

2 Barlow 16 spinnaker winches

 

Power, Electrical and Electronics

2010 Yanmar 3YM30 diesel, reconditioned in 2017

New (2019) 100 amp  alternator with Xantrex smart regulator and echo charger

Link 10 battery monitor

Four 6 volt ThermOil long life golf cart house batteries (2015) with watering system for house bank

12 volt heavy duty start battery (isolated from house bank)

1000 watt Honda generator (new in 2016) with charging cables

30 foot shore power electrical cable can be plugged in to sealed anchor well or cockpit fittings

100 foot three-pronged extension cord for 110 V current

Two 85 watt solar panels mounted on hard bimini

 

Cockpit and Stern Furnishings

Destroyer wheel helm with Plastimo Magnetic compass on the binnacle and attached Simrad Wheel Pilot

Fold down two leaf wooden cockpit table

Large storage compartments below side benches and lazarette

Emergency steering post in aft cockpit sole

Manual bilge pump and handle on stern bench

Four cockpit drains

PVC tube holds 35 stern CQR anchor

Two racks for four large fenders mounted on stern pulpit

Boarding ladder alongside stern pulpit

Opening gate midship in stern pulpit

2” foam cockpit cushions on all benches

Overboard water hose connection in port cockpit pocket

Closed Propane locker with overboard vent

Magma barbecue plumbed into ship's propane tank

 

Safety Gear and other Equipment

Emergency tiller

Three fire extinguishers

Two safety harnesses

Three inflatable life vests, one with safety harness rig

Crash bar in front of galley stove

Webbing Jack Lines stem to stern on port and starboard

Two safety harnesses, plus several life jackets

Two complete sets of masks, fins and snorkels

Four fenders in stern holder

(Fittings for hard bimini with soft dodger and full window and screen enclosures)

Four 30 foot docklines plus a large number of extra lines

100 foot Jordan Series Drogue

8 jerry cans for diesel and gas and 1 for fresh water, lashed behind  8' fender boards at midship shrouds

Sailrite sewing machine

 

Dinghy

Dinghy Tow system

Dinghy not available

Two Stroke15 horsepower Johnson outboard

 

 

Summary

 

Veleda IV is an excellent cruising vessel allowing us to enjoy full time liveaboard cruising for 20 years. It has taken us through all the Great Lakes, down the Mississppi River and across the Atlantic to Northern Europe and through the rivers of France to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea before returning across the Atlantic via the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands to spend several years in the Caribbean. It has safely taken my wife and me down the entire eastern and western seaboards, from Newfoundland to Honduras and from Glacier Bay in Alaska down to Costa Rica. Articles with Veleda have been written up in GAM and Good Old Boat, presentations have been made at the Toronto and Vancouver International Boat Shows, and the owner has written over 500 logs of our travels in her, several of which have been published in sailing magazines.
However my wife wants to settle down up here in Northern Ontario, so our offshore passage making days are over. We wanted to bring Veleda back to Lake Huron into the North Channel Yacht Club, as we now live in Elliot Lake. With this plan we sailed up to Puerto Penasco, Mexico on the northern tip of the Sea of Cortez with the intent of shipping it to Chicago and then sailing it up to Lake Huron to enjoy it closer to home. However it is still on the hard awaiting borders to be opened. Thus if we could sell it where it is in Mexico, we would do so and buy another boat for up here. Such would also save us the shipping expense. Thus it is for sale in Mexico. If we bring it up here we will take it off the market.

 

 

Price $20,000 US or $22,000 Cdn for private purchase in Puerto Penasco, Mexico