Sailing Vessel "Boutonniere"
Pictures of "Boutonniere"

Boutonniere is a beautiful and very complete yacht. She is equipped with just about everything you would ever need for extended cruising. She is also easily sailed.

The division of the headsails with genoa and staysail, the furling systems for both, together with the powered winches and full batten main make for easy sail handling.

The powerful diesel engine and the bowthruster make light of marina berthing. Modifications to the guardrails have made the yacht even safer at sea and the special stainless details make Boutonniere's appearance sparkle.

The very spacious interior has a superb Captain's cabin aft but also two great guest/family cabins forward and each cabin has its own shower and head.

Year: 1990
Make: Tayana
Length: 55 Feet
Engine: Single Inboard
Fuel: Diesel
Hull: Fiberglass
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Hull & Decks

Mono hull, round bilged cruising yacht of heavy construction.
GRP hull, deck and superstructure.
Hull is single skinned GRP laminate consisting of chopped strand mat, hand laid, with Coremate core. Isophtelic resin was used throughout with a Isophtelic Gelcoat.
Deck: GRP with teak deck over laid.
Teak laid deck, new 2006 in Turkey, (all new teak including coachroof and cockpit sole, but the cockpit seats remain the original teak – these were only recaulked).
Fin keel of lead.
Transom with “Cut out” swim platform
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DECK FITTINGS & EQUIPMENT
Maxwell Nilsson electric anchor windlass. Windlass mounted on deck.

Lewmar self tailing winches:
2 x 66 ST electric primaries
2 x 52 ST manual secondary
2 x 43 ST manual, mainsheet
1 x 46 ST on mast – main halyard
3 x 43 ST on mast
1 x 40 ST reefing, on the aft side of the mast

Stainless steel chain plates.
Stainless steel bow fitting and twin anchor rollers.
Stainless steel outboard crane / davit at stern port side (removable).
Stainless steel deck fittings, Dorade vents, cleats, prisms etc (many new or newly finished when the deck was renewed in 2006)
Stainless steel stanchions, pushpit, pulpit, and fixed top rail around all boat.
Stainless steel “Granny bars” at mast
Swim platform with hot and cold shower
Alloy toe rail
Swim ladder,
Outboard brackets.
Deck wash pump and outlet
Gas locker at the stern
Large aft lazarette
Large storage at the bow including shelves for gear/fuel cans, oil etc.
Edson steering, pedestal and wheel – cable and quadrant system (renewed 2000).
Emergency tiller
Plexiglass on deck hatches all good and recently renewed
The yacht has many hull ports and deck hatches giving good ventilation to the interior.
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Interior

Description from forward:
Sail locker with access from the deck only.

Port twin guest cabin with upper and lower beds, wide singles, hanging locker aft; hanging locker forward of beds; fold up table unit; drawers under lower bed, (plus extra storage outboard of the drawers); locker on central bulkhead; 2 x hull ports; ventilator fan; overhead hatch with fly screen.
Ensuite head area forward with washbasin, hand held shower, manual marine toilet, lockers and mirror; teak grating floor, hull port.

Starboard forward guest cabin with twin single beds, upper and lower; 2 x hull ports; lockers under lower bed; hanging locker forward of beds with mirror on front; small locker on centreline with fold down table top; overhead hatch with fly screen; small cabinet at aft end of cabin beside the bed.
Forward ensuite head (same as portside).

Saloon: U shaped seating to port – aft end modified to provide good easy access to workshop and engine room. Beautifully crafted oval table with inlay, and fold over leaf reduces to half size revealing small drinks table at aft part.
TV at aft end; locker forward; 2 x hull ports portside; 3 x coaming ports. Storage areas under saloon seats. Tanks under the floor. Two overhead hatches.

Chart table forward to starboard with bench seat and lift up desk unit; Drawers built in to table;
Under the helm seat is the boats “filing cabinet” with books, manuals etc.
Instruments and electric panel in front and to side; Drinks locker/pantry unit aft of chart table;
3 x coaming ports starboard side.

Galley: Down a step aft from saloon on starboard side, the galley is in the passage to the aft cabin.
Double stainless steel sinks, with stowage under (including 2 fridge compressors). Spice rack and stowage cupboards above and outboard. Cooker with lockers outboard. Microwave oven. Fridge and freezer located at aft end of galley. Drawers under unit. There is a door to the engine room inboard (the back of the door is used for pan storage). There are tanks and some storage under the galley floor. With the electric fan, two hull ports and an opening port to the cockpit from the galley, plus the flow of air for and aft, the galley is a pleasant place to work at sea or in port.
Door aft to:
Huge owner cabin, which has a king size centreline double bed, mirrored headboard, and a drawer under the bed. Starboard side of the bed is a seat, small lockers and large double hanging locker (a fridge compressor is below the locker floor); there is a further storage box to side of bed. To port of the bed is a vanity/desk unit (using the bed as a seat) and small lockers. There are two hull ports each side of cabin plus a port to cockpit and 2 x deck hatches – so again great ventilation. On the forward bulkhead a lower hatch gives access to the water strainer, steering and shaft. Above that is a storage locker. Batteries are stored under the aft of the bed where there is further stowage space for spares etc. Aft ensuite head area – with a large sit-in separate shower cubicle with curtain (almost a bath-tub!); washbasin; new electric toilet; mirrors and lockers, and of course a hull port.

The saloon has cream leather upholstery, renewed 2001.
New mattresses 2000.
Overhead hatches have custom teak framed mosquito screens.
New Brass reading lamps for aft cabin.
Ventilation fans in all cabins.

There is very good ventilation throughout the boat with opening hull and coaming ports and deck hatches. Hull ports and prisms have s/s frames that were all refinished or renewed in recent refit.
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Engines & Technology

Perkins M135 (6-3544) 120 hp, 1990 diesel engine.
(this was out of the boat and rebuilt in 2006/7 in Turkey - with new rings, seals, fuel lines, etc).
Approx 7,300 engine hours on clock at November 2007 (since new).
Shaft drive with mechanical controls, throttle at helm.
Drip less shaft seal.
Max Prop 22" feathering three blade propeller.
Rope cutters fitted to shaft.
Fuel Capacity: approx 590 litres (75 US gallons) in two stainless steel tanks.
Maximum speed: 10 knots
Cruising speed: 7 knots
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ELECTRICAL
Bowthruster: electric Vetus unit, tunnel system at bow, control unit at helm (removable plug in-system).

Generator: Northern Lights 6 KW, installed in the engine room in a soundproof box.

Batteries:
Start/house batteries:- 2v 800 Ah Gel Cell commercial style units, 800 Ah, located under bed aft cabin, 2001.
Gen set start battery 60 Ah.
Bow gear battery (for the bow-thruster, deck wash pump and windlass) 1 x Bosch 220 Ah, new 2007.
Switch over arrangement gives options to provide start power.
Link 10 battery state indicator.
Newmar 220v/40A battery charger (for bow gear and start gen set battery)
Trace U2512SB 25 kW high efficiency power inverter/charger
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PLUMBING
Water capacity, approx 800 litres (225 US gallons) in 2 stainless steel tanks
Hot water from engine calorifier and 220v immersion system.
Three showers, each with own shower sumps and discharged with electric pumps.
Black water tank with capacity of approx 65-70 litres (18 US gallons) in one fibreglass tank.
2 x manual marine toilets forward.
1 x Sani Marine electric 12v marine toilet newly installed aft head, Nov 2007.
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Navigation

Raymarine / Autohelm instruments with updated displays as required:
Speed log: Raymarine ST60
Depth sounder: Autohelm ST50
Wind set: Autohelm ST50
Instrument repeater units located above the companionway at the cockpit (from left to right):
NavData, Depth, Wind, VMG, Speed, Autopilot
Auto pilot: Autohelm ST 7000 with full set of spares, control at helm starboard side and ST6000 repeater at companionway with wind instruments.
VHF radios:
Icom IC M120 at chart table
Icom IC M302 at cockpit
Hand held Icom unit and base at chart table
SSB radio: ICOM M 710 (backstay acts as aerial)
Radar: Raytheon R40X, screen at chart table and with scanner on mast
Garmin 128 GPS
Pedestal/binnacle compass
EPIRB
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Rigging & Sails

Sloop/Cutter rigged, with Kenyon anodised aluminium spars, (mast, boom and spinnaker pole).
Mast with double spreaders.
Full batten main track and car system.
The mast and rig was out of the boat and fully overhauled in 2001.
New stainless steel wire rigging, in 2001.
Forestay renewed 2003 and Profurl unit overhauled as well.
Hydraulic backstay adjuster.
Profurl manual furling systems, for both genoa and staysail.
Original boom but overhauled and modified 2001
Preventer system
Alloy spi pole, stows on deck or at front of the mast.
Mainsail - by Quantum Sails, standard 3 slab reef main of Dacron, with full battens, 2003
Furling Genoa – also by Quantum Sails of South Africa, 2002
Furling staysail, 2000, made in New Zealand, has had light use
Spinnaker 1992 with sock.
Storm trysail and jib both 1990 and “never used!”
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Accessories

Toys: Tender: 3.3m Brittany custom RIB (stows on foredeck)
18 hp outboard engine
Kayak

Deck:
Two anchors, main anchor is a CQR with 100m chain.
Sun awning, custom light weight fabric, new 2005 (easy to put up!)
Sprayhood, extra large with hand rails at sides, new 2004
Teak folding leaf collapsible cockpit table, with cover
Mainsail cover
Cushions for cockpit and sundeck
Winch and pump handles
Wind generator,
Back stay antenna
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Safety equipment:
6 person life raft, in canister, stows at aft rail
Flares, Dan buoy, Life-sling; Life-vests, Safety harnesses, Grab bag,
Bosun's chair, etc.