Vessel Name: 1978 Southern Cross Masthead Rig 31'
Builder: SOUTHERN CROSS
Model: Masthead Rig 31'
Model Year: 1978
Year Built: 1978
Category: Sloop
Country: United States
MLS #: 408730
Heads: 1
Staterooms: 1
Length: 30 (9.14m)
Beam: 9' 5" (2.87m)
Water Capacity: 50 Gal
Holding Tank: 15 Gal
Manufacturer: Yanmar
Model: 3GM30F
Engine Hours: 200
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Horsepower: 24
Design
- The Southern Cross:
- Designed in 1976 by Thomas Gilmer, the Southern Cross epitomizes a traditional, double-ended cruising sailboat.
- Its underbody features a fine entry, firm midship section, and fine run aft.
- The hull topside includes a spoon bow, moderately low freeboard, and a rockered sheer.
- Propulsion options include a masthead sloop rig or a 24 hp diesel inboard auxiliary engine.
- The deck layout comprises a trunk cabin and aft cockpit for tiller steering.
- This design is considered typical for alongshore and offshore cruising in moderate weather conditions, requiring proper preparation, adequate skills, and prudent seamanship.
Heat and Air Conditioning
- Mermaid Thermostatically-Controlled ~8,000 BTU Reverse-Cycle Heat Pump:
- Equipped with seawater intake and an AC water pump.
Electronics
Navigation-Communication Electronics
Cockpit:
- Compass: Positioned in the bridgedecks aft face with a Kick Guard.
- Multi-Nav: Features a new 2015 Raymarine Model I70 providing depth, speed, wind speed, AIS, radar, GPS, and chart plotter functionalities.
- 2015 B & G Zeus T12 Touch-Screen Display and Plotter: Equipped with a 4G antenna on the mast face.
- Autopilot: Installed in 2014, Raymarine Tillerpilot with control head.
Inside Navigation Station:
- VHF Radio: New in 2014, Standard Horizon Eclipse.
Mast and Rigging
- Some Items New in 2014
- Mast & Standing Rigging:
- Masthead sloop sailplan with a wood bowsprit and white-painted Kenyon aluminum mast.
- Standing rigging includes original 1978 stainless steel 1x19 wire with swaged terminals, Nav-Tec center-stud stainless turnbuckles, and stainless bar stock chainplates.
- Rigging schedule includes a bobstay, replacement headstay inside the roller furling, split back stay, cap shroud through a single spreader, and forward and aft lower shrouds to the spreader base.
Sails & Running Rigging
- White-Painted Aluminum Boom with Fixed Gooseneck:
- Features a new Doyle Sails Dacron mainsail with 3 deep reefs, leech battens, and mainsail cover.
- Sheet led aft on the cabin top to a clutch and winch beside the companionway.
- New ProFurl roller furling on the headstay to fly the new Doyle full-hoist #3 genoa with sun strip.
- External Dacron double-braid halyards, led to winches with horn cleats on the mast sides.
- Custom Interior Built by a Yacht Craftsman:
- Features custom stairs over the engine and a dining table crafted with 5 different woods.
Custom Interior
