s/v Pachina Mia
$45,000 CAD
Rafiki 37

Boat specs & data

General specs
  • Full keel, transom hung rudder
  • Rigging Type: Cutter
LOA: 36.75 ft / 11.20 m
  • LWL: 32 ft / 9.75 m
  • Air draft: ~50 ft / 15.25 m
Sail area (reported, not measured): 729.00 ft² / 67.73 m²
  • Beam: 11.97 ft / 3.65 m
Displacement: 26,500.00 lb / 12,020 kg
  • Ballast: 11,500.00 lb / 5,216 kg
Max Draft: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
  • Construction: Fibreglass
    • Deck & cabin is balsa cored
    • Hull is Airex cored down to a foot above the encapsulated keel
  • Built: 1977 (~50 built)
Builder: Pacific Yacht Crafters/Lien Hwa (TAIWAN)
  • Designer: Stan Huntingford
 
Rig & deck
  • Teak decks
    • Generally in good shape
    • Some areas need re-caulking
  • **Deck has some leaks into cabin
    • Some deck fittings (stantions mainly) need to be rebedded
  • Stainless steel wire
    • Unknown age
    • Inspected twice annually
  • Main, yankee, staysail, all came with the boat. Unsure of age
    • All sails in good shape
  • Harken jib furler
  • Light airs nylon Drifter sail,
    • Luff tape added so it can be hoisted on furler (2013)
  • 2 Andersen 46 self-tailing jib winches (2011)
  • Other existing winches:
    • 2 on cabin top, for mainsail and staysail sheets
    • 2 on mast, for main and jib halyards
    • 1 reef winch on boom
  • Aries windvane

By the numbers
  • Displacement/ LWL: 361 (Heavy cruising boat)
  • Comfort Ratio: 44.92 (very high, means easy motion at sea)
  • Capsize Screening Formula: 1.61 (considered very safe)
  • Hull Speed: 7.58 kn
Engine & fuel tanks
  • Perkins 4.108
    • 1982
    • 1413 hours
  • Diesel tanks (2)
    • Main: 58 gallons / 265 l
    • Secondary: ~35 gallons decommissioned



Electrical
  • 12v DC via original cuircut panel
  • 120v AC via panel, five (5) standard outlets throughout boat
  • Shorepower charger, 30 amp.
  • Batteries:
    • 3 x Group31 (12v) Magnacharge deep-cycle
    • 1 Group27 Magnacharge (2016)
  • LED lighting throughout boat


Plumbing
  • Two sinks, galley & head
  • Nature's Head composting toilet
  • Pressure tank water to both
  • Raw (sea) water foot pump at galley
  • Water tank
    • ~120 gallons
    • Stainless steel
    • Access port
    • Flow meter (2017 installed)


Anchoring gear
  • Four anchors:
    • Rocna 25 (55#)
    • Bruce 15kg
    • Fortress FX-37
    • Danforth (large, unknown size)
  • Rodes:
    • Main: 250’ 3/8” BBB chain (2024)
    • Secondary rode: 60’ 3/8” HT chain + 200’ 3-strand rope (2015)
    • Third rode: 150’ double-braid nylon + 12' 3/4" chain.
  • Plath/ABI bronze manual windlass.
  • Simpson-Lawrence Seatiger 555 manual windlass (not installed)