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S/V Queen Jane
Queen Jane - Shannon 50 Ketch built in 1983 by Shannon Yachts, Bristol RI; Designed by Walt Schultz
The
Queen Jane is Shannon 50 hull number 15 and was originally constructed during
the year 1983. She was christened the BRAVA and served for 15 years as a
captained charter in the British and US Virgin Islands as well as in the New
England area (Rhode Island). She was purchased by Kate and Jordan Bigel in the
fall of 1998 and shipped to Seattle, Washington where an extensive refit and
rebuild was undertaken at YachtFish Marine on Lake Union.
Photos of the Queen Jane re-launching in May 2000
While in New Zealand in 2001 the Queen Jane had an unfortunate collision with a container vessel and required major repairs. Her bowsprit was sheared clean off and part of the bow and deck had to be rebuilt. Below are photos showing the repair underway as well as the re-re-launching of the Queen Jane.
Photos of repair work done in New Zealand in 2002
Specifications
LOA 50' 11" LWL 42' 9" BEAM 14' 3" DRAFT 5' 8" Up/9' 9" Down DISP 39,000 (empty) SA 1300 SA/Disp 17 Ballast 15,500lbs Fuel 189 US Gal Water 150 US Gal Holding 44 US Gal
About the Name
The Queen Jane is named after a Bob Dylan song which appeared on the album "Highway 61 Revisited" which was released in 1965. The full name of the song is "Queen Jane (Approximately)". You can listen to a verse of the song using the RealPlayer or read the lyrics. The song was also part of the repertoire of the Grateful Dead and was played in concert by them regularly. Systems Propulsion Perkins M90 82hp Genset Phasor 3.5kw Alternators Balmar 185 and 150 Voltage Regulation AmplePower, NextStep Refrigeration Glacier Bay WhisperJet Heating Espar DLC8 Watermaker Spectra Communications Icom M710, Icom M127 SCS Pactor radio modem, PTC-II Satellite Communications Iridium handheld phone Weather OCENS SeaStation 2000, Vetus MetroLiner, Furuno FAX207 Radar Furuno 1831 w/FMD-811 LCD slave Instruments KVH Quadro Sonar Interphase TwinScope Computers Intel PIII/500, DataModul 15" LCD, Panasonic Toughbook 71 AutoPilot Simrad AP20/AP22 w/Hynautics ram Windvane Monitor Solar Panels Siemens SM110 Inverter/Charger ProSine 3000 Charger (230vac) Freedom 40i Power Monitoring Link 20/Link 10 Radar Detector C.A.R.D. Electrical Panels Paneltronics Bow Thruster Wesmar 5hp Sails Halsey/Lidgard, Seattle WA Standing Rigging SparTech, Redmond, WA Spars SparTech, Redmond, WA Running Rigging Fred Huffman Rigging, Marina Del Rey, CA Canvas Ron's Lake Union Upholstery, Seattle, WA Mattresses Foam Source, Washington Dodgers Artful Dodger, Port Townsend, WA Sanitation Lavac Sea Anchor Para-Tech 24' Drouge Series Drouge Tender Gig Harbor Boatworks & Zodiac 10' inflatible Cooker Force 10
Failures and Repairs
This section is an experimental segment on boat maintenance and repair. A proper log was not kept aboard the Queen Jane as it might have been. Instead, below, I have tried to list from memory each system which has undergone unplanned matinenance or modifications (to solve some unanticipated problem perhaps) what was done and why. The idea is to give people some idea of what kind of things can come up that are very hard to plan for.
Items are freeform and are in roughly chronological order.
Monitor Wind Vane (line chafe & breakaway tube) Main winches Engine idler pully Main engine Alternator (primary) Genset Tank monitoring device LP Gas sensor Radar radome cable (chafe) Galley sink drain Reefer circ pump Inflatible dinghy Sat image receiver Wind vane (gear dislocation Voltage regulators Fuel pump, 12v (for priming and bleeding) Genset fuel feed pump Watermaker feed pump Autopilot pump motor Wind vane (breakaway tube breaks twice) Idler pully bearing Watermaker compressor cracked Stbd. solar panel Stbd railing (bent) Tachometer Hot water heat exchanger hose Hull blisters Centerboard trunk fiberglass work Bow thruster motor Pressure water pump & pressure switch Oil change pump Reefer cutoff switch Inverter/charger (got wet, died) Transmission Shaft seals/cutless bearing
And much much more...
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