Origin:

Builder:	Mao Ta Yacht Corporation
Designer:	Kauffman & Ladd

Dimensions:

LOA: 51'	LWL: 42'11"	Beam: 14'3"
Displacement: 38,798	Draft: 7'	Bridge Clearance: 70'

Engine:

Manufacturer: Perkins	Power: 85HP	Engine Model: 4-236
Cruising Speed: 7.75 knots	Max Speed: 8 knots

Tankage:

Fuel: 110 gallons

Water: 240 gallons

Holding: 25 gallons

Skyelark Is one of the finest examples of a proper bluewater cruising yacht. She is designed, engineered, and built to quality standards comparable with the finest yachts in the world. Few performance cruising designs built today have the exceptional strength, classic styling and beautifully varnished woodwork that Skyelark offers. With a comfortable 3 stateroom interior, excellent spacious deck layout with a large safe cockpit and wide side decks Skyelark is an excellent choice for sailors who appreciate great design and workmanship.

Skyelark's varnished teak interior, equipment and systems have been very well maintained and updated. The interior arrangement provides a full width master aft cabin with in-suite head, proper navigation center, galley, spacious salon, and two private guest cabins forward with a second head. The storage is excellent in every cabin and the machinery very well organized.

Interior Accommodation:
Forward is the guest head and shower with teak grating over the fiberglass shower pan. The head features a vanity and lockers for storage. Moving aft, there are two mirror guest cabins with upper and lower berths. There are numerous lockers for storage and deck hatches for light and ventilation. The spacious main salon is amidships with a settee and pilot berth to port and starboard with a varnished teak table. The navigation station with chart table, electronics, bookshelf, electrical panel. Across is a well thought out, U-shaped galley. The master aft stateroom has a queen-sized berth and in-suite head. The master head has a separate stall shower, vanity with mirror, and lockers for storage. Behind this cabin is the engine room and workshop.

Galley:

• U-shaped galley designed for bluewater cruising with excellent storage and counter space.
• Double stainless steel sinks, Polar Model 102-1.
• Stainless ENO 3 burner stove and oven, with remote solenoid shut-down valve and manual shut-down.
• Large 12 volt Danfoss fridge and separate high capacity deep freeze.
• Hot and cold pressure water.
• Electric solenoid for gas oven.
• Seward 11 gallon hot water heater.
• Manual saltwater and freshwater pumps.

Deck Equipment:

• Fiberglass sandwich deck with 3/4" Airex foam core, overlaid with teak planking.
• Maxwell electric windlass.
• 65 lb. stainless steel plough anchor with 95m of hi-tensile chain.
• 35 lb. Danforth anchor.
• Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits.
• Stainless steel mast pulpit.
• Custom mount for outboard on stern pulpit.
• Double lifelines.
• 5 Goiot opening deck hatches.
• 4 dorades.
• Full companionway dodger.
• Stainless steel companionway handrails.
• Edson pedestal with stainless steel wheel and instrument pods.
• Double roller anchor platform.
• Cockpit sole teak decking.
• Cockpit coaming reinforced for winches and cleats.
• Edson 48” diameter stainless steel Destroyer wheel.
• 10 foot RIB with 15 horsepower outboard.

Hull:

• Solid fiberglass reinforced with a series of eight longitudinal stringers glassed into each bulkhead .
• 15,500 lbs ballast, internal, completely encapsulated.

Electronics:

• Full navigation PC with integrated satellite communications and 20 inch screen.
• Garmin 292 GPS with color chart plotter.
• Garmin 76 GPS hand held.
• Comar class B AIS transponder.
• NAVTEX
• Raymarine ST 6001 autopilot.
• Raymarine ST 60 wind, depth and speed.
• Horizon Intrepid DSC VHF radio.
• ICOM M802 SSB
• Ritchie compass on pedestal.
• ICOM handheld VHF with charger.
• Weems and Plath Chronometer and Barometer.

Electrical Equipment:

• 12V DC and 110 volt electric system with Bass breaker panel, 2 banks of batteries and isolated starting battery.
• Victron 200A battery charger.
• 140A alternator on engine.
• Two 12V bilge pumps plus three manual pumps including one high-volume portable.
• 110V shore power connection with 30 amp rotary switch.
• 230V shore power connection.

Engine and Mechnical:

• Perkins 4-236 diesel engine with Walters Vee Drive, 2:1 reduction.
• Lombardini 9000 8kVa inboard generator.
• Honda 2kW auxiliary generator.
• SK 60lph watermaker.
• PSI dripless shaft seal.
• 3 blade Max prop.
• Teleflex control cables.
• Emergency tiller.
• Propeller shaft 1” diameter stainless steel.

Mast and Rigging:

• Tapered aluminum keel stepped mast with internal halyards and aluminum boom.
• Track insert to eliminate sail slide jamming and allow reefing downwind or at any heading.
• Headstay with foil and Harken roller furling.
• Custom spinnaker pole.
• 1 x 19 stainless wire standard rigging.
• Stainless steel chain plates.
• 2 x Lewmar ST 65 three speed cockpit winches.
• 2 x Lewmar ST 55 cockpit winches.
• 3 x Lewmar ST 42 halyard winches.
• 1 x Lewmar ST 30 halyard winch.
• Lewmar long aluminum track & car mainsheet traveller, bolted to bridge deck.
• 1 x Anderson spinnaker pole halyard winch.
• Navtec hydraulic boom vang & backstay.
• 1 x 19 stainless steel with swaged end fittings.
• Navtec open body swage-on sized turnbuckles.

Sails:

• Fully battened Vektron mainsail with 3 reef points and lazy jacks.
• 98% Vektron number three blade with vertical battens.
• 120% genoa with foam luff for reefing and sun cover.
• Staysail.
• Storm sails.
• 1.5 oz. asymmetrical spinnaker.
• 1.5 oz. symmetrical spinnaker.
• 0.75 oz. symmetrical spinnaker.

Safety and first-aid kit:

• 2 x 8 man ORC liferafts (offshore).
• 2 x 6 man Solas A liferafts (ocean).
• 17 x Ocean Safety automatic life jackets with integral harness.
• 17 x harness lines.
• 2 x ACR 406mhz EPIRB with GPS.
• 1 x GME 406 mhz EPIRB.
• 2 x Garmin 76 handheld GPS.
• 2 x Iridium handheld satellite phone.
• 2 x Solas approved grab bags.
• 2 x emergency water makers.
• CAT 0 full medical kit.

Miscellaneous:

• 4 ABC powder fire extinguishers.
• Automatic fire extinguisher for engine room.
• Flares.
• Horseshoe ring and ocean Danbuoy.
• Inflatable horseshoe.
• LifeSling MOB retrival system.
• Sea anchor.

Skyelark is a proper performance cruising yacht with a very strong construction and attractive interior woodwork. The comfortable 3 stateroom interior with excellent navigation station and offshore galley makes Skyelark an excellent choice for serious sailors.