Equipment & Gear in use on our CR 400DS sailboat Mad Dog Voyager
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Following is a list of some of our Equipment & Gear

Sailboat model: CR Yacht 400 DS
Information about this model: CR Yacht 400 DS
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Rating: ●●●●● (5 out of 5 is the best rating possible)

Rating    Equipment or Gear   Top^ / Sail & Deck Gear ●●●●●  Lewmar 2 speed self tailing winches ●●●●●  Selden backstay tensioner ●●●●●  Selden furling headsail / Furlex 300S ●●●●●  Selden telescopic spinnaker pole ●●●●●  Hood full batten main sail ●●●●●  Hood 140% Genoa (sail) ●●●●●  Nylon/Glass fibre folding Mast Steps ●●●●●  Dutchman Boom Brake      Top^ / Engine & Drivetrain related ●●●●●  Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine ●●●●●  CentaFlex flexible shaft coupling ●●●●●  TFX EC throttle control ●●●●●  Flex-O-Fold folding propeller ●●●●●  Racor diesel/water separators (filters)      Top^ / Electronics (Navigation) ●●●●●  Raymarine E80 Multifunction display ●●●●●  Raynav 300 D-GPS receiver ●●●●●  Raymarine DSM 300 Digital Sounder ●●●●●  Pathfinder Smart Heading Sensor ●●●●●  SmartController wireless remote ●●●●●  Raymarine 4KW Radome (Gimballed) ●●●●●  Raystar 125 GPS Sensor ●●●●●  RayTech Software v 6.0 ●●●●●  Raymarine AutoPilot ST6000+     ●●●●●  Self-Leveling Gimbaled Radar Mount ●●●●●  Navionics Gold digital charts ●●●●●  Interphase Twinscope forward sonar ●●●●●  Norcross DF 2200PX Depth finder ●●●●●  Magellan Meridian handheld GPS      Top^ / Communications ●●●●●  ICOM M802 SSB/Ham radio ●●●●●  ICOM AT-140 SSB antenna tuner ●●●●●  Gam / McKim SSB backstay Antenna ●●●●●  Pactor Modem ●●●●●  Simrad RD68 VHF radio ●●●●●  Dyna bronze plate by Guest ●●●●●  ICOM M502 VHF radio ●●●●●  ICOM remote Command mic III ●●●●●  ICOM IC-M88 handheld VHF radio      Top^ / Comfort & Lifestyle ●●●●●  Espar/Airtronic D4 diesel heater ●●●●●  Oil lamp by Weems & Plath ●●●●●  Oil lamp by Den Haan ●●●●●  Oil lamp by British Coal Mining Co ●●●●●  Isotherm (Indel marine) refrigerator ●●●●●  Isotherm (Indel marine) freezer ●●●●●  Diesel water heater by ITR ●●●●●  Bus heater by ITR ●●●●●  Eno Le Chef four burner stove/oven ●●●●●  Froli mattress support & bunk venting ●●●●●  Spectra Catalina 300 watermaker ●●●●●  Ultraviolet Sterilizer (for watermaker) ●●●●●  Magma "Rock 'n Roll Boat Stabilizer ●●●●●  Kona 12 Volt cabin fans ●●●●●  Hella 12 Volt cabin fan ●●●●●  Raritan manual pump toilet ●●●●●  Jabsco electric toilet conversion      Top^ / Computer related ●●●●●  12v Dell 4600 mini desktop computer ●●●●●  HP laptop ●●●●●  Dell Studio laptop ●●●●●  Microsoft Windows 7      Top^ / On board entertainment related ●●●●●  Flat screen TV & Navigation / Envision ●●●●●  Flat screen TV & Video / Samsung ●●●●●  Flat screen Navigation / Viewsonic ●●●●●  Viewsonic TV box (For rear berth) ●●●●●  DUAL Radio/MP3/WMA/iPod player ●●●●●  Sony 260w XS-V6942 4 way Speakers ●●●●●  Sony 100w speakers in the cockpit ●●●●●  ORB (Satellite) speakers in main cabin ●●●●●  Ipod Classic by Apple MP3/Video

Rating    Equipment or Gear   Top^ / Sail & Deck Gear ●●●●●  Anchor #1 - Manson Supreme ●●●●●  Anchor #2 - Manson Plough anchor ●●●●●  Anchor #3 - Bruce anchor ●●●●●  Lewmar V3 windlass  NA  Para-Tech, Sea Anchor  NA  Speed-limiting Drogue  NA  Offshore liferaft by Plastimo  NA  ACR electronics Globalfix 406 EPIRB ●●●●●  2 Electric & 1 manual bilge pumps ●●●●●  Tri-lens radar reflector ●●●●●  Katadyn Survivor watermaker ●●●●●  Jack lines and Harness Tethers (2x) ●●●●●  Mustang AirForce Life Jackets ●●●●●  Infrared Night vision binoculars         Top^ / Tender & Watercraft ●●●●●  High-performance inflatable Cat ●●●●●  Outboard - Honda 20 HP (video) ●●●●●  Outboard - Minn-Kota electric/salt ●●●●●  Inflatable kayaks by Stearns          Top^ / Power & Electric Supply ●●●●●  High output & quiet D400 windmill ●●●●●  6 Westmarine Hi-capacity batteries ●●●●●  Solar panels by SunPower ●●●●●  Freedom Marine 10 Inverter/Charger ●●●●●  Yamaha EF1000iS Generator ●●●●●  Outback MX60 Charge Controller ●●●●●  Morningstar TR 60 controller  NA  Ferris WP-200 Water Mill Generator ●●●●●  Balmar 70-110 high output alternator ●●●●●  Blue Sea system power panels ●●●●●  Dr LED led lighting fixtures            Top^ / Diving Gear ●●●●●  MaxAir / Honda air compressor ●●●●●  Ikelite underwater camera housing  *****  More details on our dive site      Top^ / Other equipment  *****  Fishing gear you should have ●●●●●  Loos tension gauge ●●●●●  Raymarine 100 Day & Night camera ●●●●●  Westmarine bosun chair ●●●●●  Fuel & Water tank deck fill locks NA  Endura Line / spare replacement ●●●●●  Teak deck & Cockpit ●●●●●  Laundry wash manual wringer ●●●●●  NavPod instrument pod ●●●●●  LED cabin lights / Dr LED ●●●●●  LED navigation & mast lights / Dr LED ●●●●●  Sailrite sewing machine ●●●●●  Wireless security system      Top^ / Ground transportation ●●●●●  Dahon folding bicycles ●●●●●  Aluminum cargo trailer      Top^ / Items for sale Follow link to view items for sale         Follow this link to view items or services that have been retired, removed (due to poor quality) or replaced by updated items