PILGRIM
BASIC SPECIFICATIONS:

LOD: 40’
LWL: 36’
Beam: 12’ 3”
Draft: 4’
Displacement: 19,000 lbs.
Material: wood/epoxy
Model: Lobsteryacht
Builder: Covey Island Boatworks 1990
Designed by Spencer Lincoln
Power: Cummins B-250, 6-cyl turbocharged (2,300 hours)
13 knots cruise at 6.5 gph, 15 knots WOT
Tankage: 2 x 80 gal fuel, with direct reading gauges, piped to 2 Racor 900 FG filters with vacuum gauge; 135 gal water; 45 gal holding

LAYOUT:

Pilgrim was built as a “stretched” version of Covey Island’s popular Spencer Lincoln 38-footer. The extra length allows for a second cabin opposite the head and shower. Galley is up, to port opposite the helm. The helm station includes an oak banker’s chair, extended to the proper height, with a custom cushion, and an oak wheel with custom bezel. Aft of the helm there is a nav station (new 2006) including AM/FM/CD/XM capable stereo; behind this there are two armchairs with room between for a folding coffee table. (These chairs and table can be removed in favor of a pipe berth, also provided.) To port is a comfortable dinette which converts to a double berth. The afterdeck has two full-length bench seats, with cushions, and a mahogany-strip deck.

There is ample stowage throughout, including three sets of deep drawers for clothing and bedding and three hanging lockers below, stowage for a complete set of tools and spare parts (all included), lockers for spices, cookware, dishes, glasses, cutlery, food and drink, and all incidentals. The cockpit lazarettes easily hold the dinghy (new 2005), motor (Johnson 4-horse twin) and fuel tank, cockpit barbeque, and lines and fenders. Canvas covering all the exposed wood (except the accent strips and anchor platform) is included. A locker holding two 20-lb propane tanks is provided. There is a H & C freshwater cockpit shower, a freshwater faucet in the cockpit, and an anchor washdown on the bow.

All the cushions, including cockpit cushions, were redone for 2005, with light blue Ultrasuede covering all of the interior cushions. Tempurpedic foam was used for the V-berth and second cabin berth cushions. A summer/winter weight sleeping sack was custom made for the V-berth and is included. Separate cushions fitting the dinette when used for sleeping are included. Blinds were also redone in 2005, and new area rugs are also included. The after decking was redone in 2006 in mahogany. Counters in the head and galley are Corian. Interior lights include ample dome and incidental lights, plus new four reading lights (2005).

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MECHANICAL AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDE:

Interphase chartplotter (2004)
Raytheon 20xx radar
Teleflex hydraulic steering with Autohelm pilot
Engine room fire extinguisher system
2 - 4D house batteries (2004)
1 starting battery (2002)
105 amp alternator, 20 amp three-stage charger, Ample Power monitor and regulator
12 v Adler-Barbour refrigerator/freezer
Anchor windlass
Vacuflush head with monitor on holding tank
Force 10 3-burner stove with oven, LPG auto-shutoff system
Cabin “bus” heater
Two windshield wipers
Anchors: 45 lb Bruce with 200’ HT chain, 100’ nylon rode,
35 lb Danforth-type with 40’ galvanized chain, 200’ nylon rode
The drivetrain includes a 2” type 316 SS shaft, with dripless bearing in a wet bronze stern tube, and a 28 x 26 4-blade bronze propellor.

Construction was done to Covey Island’s usual high standards; see the April/May 2006 issue of Professional Boatbuilder for details (and a photo of Pilgrim).

CONSRTUCTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Backbone 10” wide by 6” deep, laminated of Western white spruce (WWS); stem 4.5” W x 6” deep laminated WWS; sheer clamps 3” x 3” laminated WWS; frames 2.5” w x 1” thick laminated WWS; deck beams 1.5” x 3” laminated WWS; planking 1.125” thick WWS strips; hull sheathed in two layers 9.6 ounce FG cloth in epoxy; decks 1” Douglas fir plywood, sheathed in one layer 9.6 ounce cloth and epoxy; house sides and top 1/4” mahogany and 1/2” fir plywood, sheathed in 9.6 ounce cloth and epoxy.

PORTS AND OPENINGS:

Four Atkins and Hoyle opening ports in cabin sides. Central hatch over V-berth; smaller hatches in head and second cabin. Side windshields fixed, with windshield wipers; central windshield opens forward. Sliding doors P & S. Fixed windows in house P & S. Custom mahogany sliding doors aft.