Alsek

Alsek has a new home.

We are very happy to have found the perfect buyer for our boat. Clark and Catherine Shultes. They hail from the west coast and have an eye for the Pacific Northwest workboat style. Clark and Catherine flew into Boston and spent a few days in maine doing a thorough inspection and sea trail and we came to an mutually satisfactory agreement. We are thrilled to pass her onto to someone with a passion for boats. In some ways it feels fitting since she will now spend summers on a mooring in Puget Sound.

Here she is at Hurricane Island Maine a few weeks ago.

Woodenboat Show 2011

It is Saturday evening and we are going to finish cleaning up and loading Alsek for the trip over the road to Mystic CT for the annual Woodenboat Show at Mystic Seaport. Being able to trailer her opens up a lot of cruising possibilities. We will launch at Stoneington CT and poke around for a couple of days in Fishers Island Sound before landing at the Seaport. This will be our second trip to the show but the last time we cruised the 110 miles round trip from East Greenwich RI. If you have any interest in wooden boats or in seeing Alsek up close stop by and see us over the weekend.
Anchored at Potters Cove RI alongside Olive a Nordic Tug 32

Rafted to the Tug.

Engine Compartment

Well its been a while since I have posted anything but it has been a hectic spring around here. I have been busy with spring commissioning chores to ready Alsek for an early summer cruise. We are scheduled to be in Mystic for the Woodenboat Show Show in late June and will probably launch in East Greenich and cruise over fom there. I had wanted to repaint the hull and decided this was a good year to do it. We pulled her into my main shop a few weeks ago and repainted the hull from the sheerline to the waterline. I also repainted the anchor well and cockpit. Revarnishing the mast and pilothouse roof hatch wrapped up pre-season touch up. Then I cleaned the main prop shaft and cleaned and re-finished the 2 stainless steel props. Below are some shots of the engine compartment and other aft deck parts.

Some Interior Photos of Alsek

Below is a series of interior photos of the pilothouse, galley and helm. I had these from last year and will get some detailed shots from the rest of the interior and engine soon. I have had some very encouraging interest in the boat but I am doing my pre-season prep to ready her for the summer anyway. If she isn't in someone elses hands by then I plan to show her at the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic CT. in late June. I expect I will launch her in E. Greenwich again and cruise over from there, a run of 55 miles or so. 

 

 

 

More coming soon!

Boat Details

 

2006 Devlin Surfscoter 27 "Alsek"

Okoume BS 1088 Plywood/fiberglass/epoxy composite construction

26'8" LOA

8' 6" beam

32" draft

Volvo D3-160 AA (320 hours)

Volvo XDP Ocean Series all carbon fiber duo-prop outdrive

6200lb

83 gal fuel

additional 24 gal aluminum water or fuel tank

28 gal water

20 gal waste

9 gal fresh water flush tank

ZF Dual station electronic engine controls

Dual Hydraulic Steering  stations

Furuno 1623 Radar

Raymarine ST40 depth Sounders

Garmin eTrex handheld GPS

Uniden DSC - VHF

406mz EPIRB

2 anchor rodes, 22lb Bruce with 18' 5/16" chain and 250' 1/2 3 strand nylon And 9 lb. Fortress with 18' 5/16" chain and 300' 1/2" nylon Brait line.

Spare set of stainless steel props and prop wrench.

Force ten 2 burner propane stove/oven/broiler

Newport propane fireplace/heater

Taylor Tundra 110vAC/12vDCRefridgerator

2 - 8D house batteries and one starter battery

20 amp smart charger

Diamond Seaglaze windows

Vetus wipers

Bimini cockpit cover

2 opening hatches and solar fans

Groco model K head

Racor MA500fuel filter/water separator

Bennett Hydraulic Trim Tabs

Swim platform

Devlin Polliwog dinghy and Weaver davits

Steady Sail

6 sided hollow fir mast

2 axle Cradle Ride trailer w/hydraulic brakes

 

Trailerable Trawler for sale

This is a copy of a little brochure I made and handed out at the Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland ME. It is an annual gathering of the clan so to speak and was a great place to network with people and get the word out that our special little boat is available. I would have trailered her up but didn't think of it until the last minute. We had a good time though and came home excited to get her ready for the summer season.

Alsek Particulars

ALSEK

LOA                                                      27'

LWL                                                     24' 8"

BEAM                                                  8' 6"

DRAFT(drive up)                           22"

DRAFT (drive down)                    32"

DISPLACEMENT                          5425 lb.

BRIDGE CLEARANCE                9'3"

DEADRISE at TRANSOM         5 degrees

FUEL                                                   83-107 gal.*

WATER                                             30-54 gal.*

HOLDING TANK                          25 gal.

POWER                                             160hp Volvo D3 diesel

DRIVE                                               Vovlo Ocean Series all carbon fiber duoprop

MAXIMUN SPEED                     26 knots

CRUISE SPEED                            16knots

RANGE                                             450 miles

ELECTRONICS                             Radar, GPS, VHF, 2 Depth sounders, 406 MHz EPIRB

DESIGNER                                     Sam Devlin

*ALSEK has an extra 24 gal tank that can be plumbed for water or fuel

A few more photos

 

I always liked this shot. It was taken in the spring before the sea trials. It doesn't yet have the bow rail in this shot but other than that it is pretty complete. You can see the skeg that runs all the way from the stem and cuts away just before the drive in order to allow clean water for the proprs. It is 11" tall at the aft end and is made from a 1.75" piece of solid Brazilian mahogany with 1/2" Okuome laminated to both sides. 

 

Photos of Alsek

Below are photos of our boat. They were not shot with the intention of selling the boat but rather just plucked from photos of using the boat. I will try to get together a set of photos showing all the different parts of the boat soon. This boat was featured in the January/February 2008 issue of Passagemaker Magazine. It was also featured in Soundings this last year. I will post all the specifics tomorrow. If you have any questions e-mail me at [email protected]

 

Thanks, Peter

 

Devlin Surfscoter Alsek for sale

It is with mixed feelings we put our dream boat Alsek, a Sam Devlin designed Surfscoter 27, up for sale. We have enjoyed 7 trouble free years and many wonderful adventures but life changes and so do our needs. I will describe Alsek in depth in the following posts. For now here she is.