37' Tayana 37 '77 "Night Heron"
NIGHT HERON has been superbly customized specifically for offshore single-handed sailing by an extremely knowledgeable sailor who has owned and enjoyed her for the last 23 years. Age and health issues have now forced him to move on and share his legacy with the next deserving owner.
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Dimensions
Tanks
Accommodations
Accommodations
V-berth forward with custom Pullman entry. Bench to port and hanging locker to starboard. Moving aft, to port is the private head with hand-held shower and “comfort bowl” toilet.
Main salon features a U-shaped dinette to port that converts to a snug double berth and a settee to starboard. Nav station just aft of the settee followed by a quarter berth.
The U-shaped galley is to port of the companionway steps.
Large number of storage locations throughout. Headroom comfortable for people as tall as 6'5". Lots of handholds. LED lighting. Four solar-powered overhead fans.
Galley
Norcold 12V refrigeration (needs service)
2-burner Regal propane stove with oven
Pressure and manual sea water system
6-gal water heater (engine driven and 120V)
Solenoid for propane
Fiberglass propane tank
Electronics and Navigation
Wind speed and direction
Speed and distance logs
Depth sounder
Autopilot (inoperative)
Compass GPS
Chart plotter
Furuno radar
VHF radio on binnacle
Hand-held VHF radio
ICOM M710 SSB radio
ICOM M710 ham radio
Clock and barometer
Diesel tank level indicator
AM/FM, CD with cockpit and cabin speakers
Electrical
12V DC and 110V AC
Heavy duty 12V lead-acid starter battery
(4) 6V AGM LongLife house batteries 420 amp hrs
Battery parallel switch
Newport battery charger
50’ shore power cord
Galvanic isolater
Extensive rewiring of 12V system
Deck
Custom bow platform
55-pound Spade anchor with 316' G40 5/16" HiTest
Fortress FX23 stern anchor
LoFrans – Tigres electric windlass
Dodger (starboard zipper needs repair)
Cockpit awning
Sail cover
Dodger cover
Bimini
Avon dinghy with 5hp Nissan 2-stroke motor
Anchor and steaming lights
Deck light
LED running lights
Bow pulpit and rails
Lifelines and stanchions
Boarding gates
Dock lines and fenders
Swim ladder
BBQ
Dinghy davits
Outboard mount
Radar reflector
Windex
Custom radar tower with tiltable Garhauer platform
Outboard engine lift
Anchor washdown pump
Anchor bridle
Stainless aft railing linked to stern pushpit
Fleming GLobal 501 windvane
Cockpit spotlight
Custom binnacle
Solid teak bowsprit
Chain plate knees (gussets) rebuilt with through-hull bolts and external backing plates
Hull
Actual LOA: 41’2”
Last bottom paint – 7/2020
Sails and Rigging
Manual soft boom vang
Wire standing rigging
Wood deck-stepped mast
Harken Ocean 300 series ball bearing mainsheet traveler
Mainsheet 6:1
Profurl 42 roller furling on headsail
Hood roller furling on staysail
Winches:
(5) Lewmar ST-30 two speed
(2) ARCO ST-45 Genoa
(3) small mast winches
Sails:
Genoa 440 sq. feet
Staysail ca. 230 sq ft
Mainsail ca. 330 sq ft (foot = 13'6", Luff = 44')
Optimized for single handing, all lines aft to cockpit (topping lift, main halyard, #1 and #2 reefing lines, traveler, furlers on Genoa and staysail), Dutchman boom brake Model 750 with dedicated ST30 Lewmar winch, Lazy Jacks,
Engine and Mechanical
Fuel filter
Raw water sea strainer
Stove and engine fuel shut-off valves
Cockpit engine controls
Thermal and acoustic engine area insulation
Manual engine fire extinguishing
(1) manual and (2) electric bilge pumps
Wheel and tiller steering
Manual head
15-gal fiberglass holding tank
Accu-Heater 20,000 BTU (engine hot water heater)
Dickenson diesel heater 17,000 BTUs (Newly installed) with heating coil for heating water
Small 120 Volt electric heater
Safety
(3) life jackets
Fire extinguishers
Custom emergency tiller (stainless steel)
Flares
Horn and whistle
LifeSling
MOB pole
Other Features and Equipment
Custom V-Berth (semi-Pullman for easier entry)
Custom porthole over quarter berth
Fitted sheets for v-berth
Heavy duty factory davits available (not installed)
Outboard engine lift on radar pole
Port forward lifelines modified to simplify lifting dinghy onto foredeck
Mainsail and boom shortened on advice of Bob Perry to eliminate weather helm and improve safety in cockpit
Leece-Neville 90A alternator
Completed replacing about 50% of teak deck bungs
Interior varnish was stripped to bare wood and refinished (2008)
Exclusions
All seller’s personal effects on board are excluded from the sale of this vessel.