Working sail area is 2,000 sq ft (190 m 2) and a crew of three can have all working sails set and flying (or furled) in under 15 minutes.
HOOD SEAFURL 5 MANUAL MANUAL
The four self-tailing Barinet primary and secondary winches surrounding the cockpit are also electrically driven, again with manual back up just in case. The 816 sq ft (75.8 m 2) foresail has Hood Sea Furl manual roller furling assisted by the powered Barient winches (also with manual back up). The main and foresail are an identical 577 sq ft (53.6 m 2) (She only qualifies as a schooner because the after mast is stepped on foot higher than the fore.) These two sails reef and furl into Hood Stoway spars equipped with electric roller furling with manual back up.
When first launched her sails were Hood Eclipse ultraviolet-resistant cloth. There are two carbon Spinnaker poles on deck. There is a Navtec control console for vangs and mainmast backstay control. All standing rigging is Navtec discontinuous stainless steel rod. Both spars, the mainmast and foremast (each weighing 2,100 lb (953 kg)), have electric roller furling with manual back up.
The rig is powerful and flexible and is equipped with furling systems and powered self-tailing winches designed to facilitate sailing with a smaller crew. Masts and rigging Īrchangel is configured as a Bermudian schooner. She is also equipped with two eight-man liferafts. The deckbox (a covered well between the masts) accommodates a 11.0 ft (3.4 m) RIB dinghy with a 25 hp (19 kW) outboard motor. The spade rudder is fitted with a partial skeg. The fin keel is externally bolted with lead ballast encapsulated in GRP. She is flush decked with an aft cockpit and helm, as well as a substantial pilothouse with internal helm, navigation area and pilot berth. Only one example was completed.Īrchangel is built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core, and finished with wood trim. Archangel was an enormous project-six months in design and 14 months in construction. The boat was built by Erich Bruckmann and his crew at C&C Yachts Custom Division in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. That was met with a rig strong enough (in theory) to allow Archangel to carry on, in 50 knots of wind, massive tankage, two sources of AC power, desalinators, a huge freezer and two dinghies. Īs a final requirement, Davies wanted a boat that would be as independent of shore and shore facilities as possible. Such a requirement evolved into a pilothouse, which allowed the option of inside steering and gave the aft open cockpit considerable shelter from spray. He also decided that watchkeepers should have access to the radar, navigation instruments, and the plot, without having to go below where they are cut off from all else that may be going on in the world. ĭavies wanted a dry boat, which required an aft-cockpit layout. This resulted in the schooner rig being chosen for Archangel, resulting in a boat that goes to wind as well as a sloop rig, but also allows Archangel's vast sail area to be distributed about the boat in manageable proportions. He wanted a boat with uncompromising windward ability a boat that he would not have to motorsail, or worse yet, power, whenever the wind came ahead. He wanted a cruising yacht large enough to voyage anywhere in the world in comfort, but requiring only a small crew.ĭavies had very clear ideas what he wanted in Archangel. Davies participated extensively in the design and build process. She was commissioned by Michael Davies, publisher of the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper, who Cuthbertson knew quite well. The C&C Custom 67 Archangel is a recreational keelboat, intended primarily for world cruising.