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Maker Pacific Seacraft
Year 1997
Location Minnesota
Engine Type Yanmar 1gm 10 - 252 hours
Enclosed Head? Yes
Hull Material GRP
Web Site N/A
Previous Owners Daryl and Judith are third ownders. Second owner was Craig Balaban. First owner: unknown – checking with Crusader Yachts
Previous Names Ballo Liscio from new - means Smooth Dancing in Italian!
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Ballo Liscio, 1997 PSC Flicka #433


HIN:  PCS20433B797


Hull  color: Green (fastest color  right) with White Boot stripe. Hull is protected with  clear coat of Imron.


Comfort:  


             Bronze port  lights.


            Bronze port  light screens – by John Danicic (Sreens of  Schooner Bay).


             Companionway screen – zipper access with Velcro mounting.


            Forward  hatch screen – chain weights.


Enclosed  marine head.


Privacy  curtain forward.


            Green  sunbrella dodger over companion way.


Teak  interior cabin house sides. (I am working, slowly, at varnishing the  interior).


Webasto  diesel forced air heater (to be installed this spring).


 


I am the third owner.   Second owner was Craig Balaban. First owner: unknown – checking with Crusader  Yachts to see if they know.


The vessel, I believe,  has always been named Ballo Liscio  and I wouldn’t dream of changing her name!


The name just rolls off  your tongue!


Italian for –Smooth Dancing …. (Ballo = dancing; Liscio  = smooth)


Anchoring  gear:


2 bow  rollers - CQR 20 pound main anchor with 20 feet of chain and 200 feet of rode.  


Stern:  Fortress FX-7 with 200 feet of rode and 12 feet chaing.


 


Electronics:


            B&G  Network depth and speed.


            Raymarine  C70 GPS/Chart Plotter/Display with Integrated Radar


            Raymarine  RD218 Radar – digital.


            ICOM  VHF


             EPIRB


            120 Volt  A/C shore power and battery charger.


 


Engine: Yanmar 1GM10 currently  about 250 hours (July 2010)


Navigation:


Ritchie  BN202 Compass


Lake  Superior Charts and Lake  Superior (Superior  Way) Cruising guide by  Bonnie Dahl.


            Fujinon  binoculars with compass.


            Hand  bearing compass.


Rigging:


Sloop, but  plan to convert this spring to Cutter Rigging. Tang is already in place on the  LeFiel mast.


Teak  capped cockpit coming with Harken bronze ST16 primary winches; Harken #8 Bronze  halyard winches on cabin top.


Teak  rub-rail with bronze guard (between waterline and toe rail) port and  starboard.


Teak cover  for engine panel.


 


 


Safety:


Single  handers package.


Saftey  harness padeyes in cockpit – with jacklines port and  starboard.


SOSpenders  life inflatable life vests (2).


Questus  radar mount – attached to port back stay.


Survival  suit.


ACR  RLB-35-CAT II EPIRB with GPS


 


Sail  inventory:


Harken  roller furling


130% ULMAN   Genoa  (1997).


ULMAN -  full batten mainsail with Dutchman flaking system (not sure if I like the  flaking system that much much!).


 


I have  built a second drawer insert for the upper drawer under the galley to hold  eating utensils.


I have  built a teak holder on the head door to manage the docking pole and the pole for  swabbing the deck.


I have  built a cherry mount for the Raymarine display and a teak mount for the Questus  self leveling pole / radar mount.


 


I am currently using a  folding kayak for transportation to shore.


I may build myself a  nesting pram.


 

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