1978 Southern Cross 31 with 18hp diesel cutter rigged with 2 jibs. dodger,
bimini and solar panels 2 anchors with 300' chain. many extras sleeps
4.owner has sailed over 3500 miles this past year and boat is in great
shape.
Contact me at

where is it located? Is it priced above market, at market, or something else?

Does it have the 12 hp marketed as 18 hp raw water cooled Yanmar which is not
capabable of producing hot water for a shower? propane stove or kerosene?
Reefer or ice box? How much battery capacity? Why 300# of chain on a 31 foot
boat? Is there damage to the cored hull? Does it is have a double berth in
the salon, or the tiny double berth v-berth? Does it have an installed holding
tank as required in most states these days. How much in the fuel tanks? When
were the fuel tanks last scrubbed? How much in the water tank? More than one
water tank? How new the sails? Any storm sails? a tiller pilot? A wind
vane? what brand? How many watts solor?

Plus anything else that might be interesting, such as how many tens of
thousands of dollars might the owner have in mind to consumate the sale? for a
clear title.

1978 Southern Cross 31 with 18hp diesel cutter rigged with 2 jibs. dodger,
bimini and solar panels 2 anchors with 300' chain. many extras sleeps
4.owner has sailed over 3500 miles this past year and boat is in great
shape.
Contact me at

(JAXAshby) lifted the trapdoor, peered around and wrote:

Why 300# of chain on a 31 foot
boat?

Why is this relevant?

Surely the amount of chain carried is more a function of the depth of water
one expects to anchor in, rather than the length of the hull (up to a point
anyway)

steveb

Why? because the SC 31 has a short waterline (25 feet? 23 feet? I am trying
to recall for sure, but certainly short) and 300# of chain on the bow will push
it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off its lines, making a terrible sailor out of the
boat.

btw, depth of water is NOT the reason to carry 300# of chain (chain is mostly
useful in coral and/or rocky bottoms, and even then you really, really, really
want not much more chain than might be needed to stay off the bottom). people
carry 300# of chain because chain goes through an electric windlass easier than
a chain/rope rode does. In other words, it is useful if the boat owner is too
weak and decrepit to haul up by hand 35# of anchor and 20# of chain, or manual
windlass 45# of anchor and 40# of chain.

Why is this relevant?

Surely the amount of chain carried is more a function of the depth of water
one expects to anchor in, rather than the length of the hull (up to a point
anyway)

steveb

(JAXAshby) lifted the trapdoor, peered around and wrote:


btw, depth of water is NOT the reason to carry 300# of chain (chain is mostly
useful in coral and/or rocky bottoms, and even then you really, really, really
want not much more chain than might be needed to stay off the bottom). people
carry 300# of chain because chain goes through an electric windlass easier than
a chain/rope rode does. In other words, it is useful if the boat owner is too
weak and decrepit to haul up by hand 35# of anchor and 20# of chain, or manual
windlass 45# of anchor and 40# of chain.

I suspect opinions will differ on this

steveb

not really, except for those too weak to haul up an anchor and who feel they
REQUIRE an electric windlass.

btw, depth of water is NOT the reason to carry 300# of chain (chain is
mostly
useful in coral and/or rocky bottoms, and even then you really, really,
really
want not much more chain than might be needed to stay off the bottom).
people
carry 300# of chain because chain goes through an electric windlass easier
than
a chain/rope rode does. In other words, it is useful if the boat owner is
too
weak and decrepit to haul up by hand 35# of anchor and 20# of chain, or
manual
windlass 45# of anchor and 40# of chain.

I suspect opinions will differ on this

steveb