CONSTRUCTION: Fiberglass hull and deck. Original off-white gelcote, brown cove stripe and waterline. Full keel with inboard ballast, attached rudder. Teak rubrail and trim. Mahogany and teak bowsprit/anchor platform. T-shaped cockpit. Bullwarks.
ACCOMMODATION: Sleeps 5/6; two in forward owner's cabin double berth, portside, with hanging locker, vanity and storage spaces. The large head compartment is next aft to port with H&C pressure shower/tub and sink. Owner currently has large capacity porta potty installed. The marine toilet has a holding tank with deck pumpout fitting and a Y valve with macerator to pump the tank overboard while offshore is available for re-installation.
Nav station, hanging locker and drawers opposite. The L-shaped dinette next aft to port sleeps two with a teak drop-leaf dining table and settee opposite. Also to port the private aft cabin can sleep up to two and has its own hanging locker and drawers. An L-shaped galley to starboard contains an S/S sink with pressure water, hand pump, a 2-burner TASCO S/S propane stove/oven and a 12/110-volt NOVA KOOL refrigerator. Abundant storage for dry food, cutlery, dish and cookware.
Main bulkheads, cabin sole and trim are finished in teak. Light and ventilation via ten screened opening ports and five screened hatches including the butterfly skylight over the salon. Each cabin has an overhead hatch. All three hanging lockers are cedar lined. Bronze faucets, etc.
POWER: New YANMAR 98 model 51 hp FWC diesel inboard. Jack Rabbit high capacity alternator. 3-bladed propeller.
TANKAGE: 30-gallon aluminum fuel tank, 100-gallon aluminum water tank, 30 holding tank.
RIGGING AND SAILS: Equipped for cruising. Aluminum spars, keel stepped mast. The NORTH "Aeroluff" Yankee (designed for optimum set while reefed) furls on a HARKEN System 2. NORTH main w/two jiffy reefs, staysail and tri-radial spinnaker with sock. LEWMAR halyard, sheet and reefing winches, mostly two-speed, primaries are self-tailing. HALL "Quickvang" mechanical boom vang. Internal halyards, masthead anchor light, WINDEX, flag halyards. Mainsail cover and headsail deck storage bags.
ELECTRONICS: SITEX 891 VHF at nav station, KING 7000 VHF in cockpit. AUTOHELM 4000 autopilot. ROSS 200 LORAN. Inverter, depth finder, GPS. Manuals.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: 12/110 volt electrical systems. (3) 200 amp/hr gel house batteries, one engine start battery. (2) 50' shore power cords. 10 gal. S/S electric hot water tank (can be engine heated). Navigation and cabin lights. 1 manual bilge pump and two electrical.
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT: Anchor platform mounted 35# CQR w/30' chain and a 35# BRUCE anchor w/25' chain both with 200' nylon rode each. DANFORTH dingy anchor. EDSON wheel steering, guard and binnacle mounted compass. Bow and stern pulpits, lifelines and boarding gate. Horseshoe life ring, swim ladder, boat hooks, teak cockpit table, dinghy davits (not installed), dinghy, docklines, fenders, cockpit cushions, and oil lamp. Hull has three coats of barrier coating.
CANVAS: The companionway dodger links to a Bimini top via a clear panel and allows full standing headroom for the helmsman. An additional piece of canvas can be rigged in place of the Bimini. Cockpit sunshade with side flaps. Some of the canvas has only seen one short season's use.
COMMENTS: The BAYFIELD 36 cutter is an attractive, full keel yacht, which will appeal to the buyer with an eye for tradition and quality. She compares favorably with better production yachts. Her original owners had her custom built for their use on the Great Lakes. The second owner has owned her since 1995, loves her, but must downsize to a smaller boat.
LOCATION: New London, Connecticut - Documented and registered in Florida.
