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A Chat with Sailing Legend Paul Johnson

• By Cap'n Fatty Goodlander
• Updated: March 22, 2013

After a seven-year absence from the Caribbean, I’m happy to report that it’s still a safe haven for unconventional people. Take, for example, the yacht designer Paul Erling Johnson, now 74 years old. He’s currently living aboard and hard aground on his coffee grounds in Carriacou, in the Grenadines.

The last few years haven’t been easy for Paul. The problem isn’t sailing or the sea, it is the land. It can be treacherous. There are hidden dangers everywhere. There has been a succession of crazy shore adventures: He recently went to sleep on a discarded sheet of plywood on the beach and became a lethal (to himself) projectile when a frisky gust of wind sent him airborne over the harbor. His own 18-foot dinghy managed to land on him at the outset of a hurricane, thrusting a piece of its stem through his right calf. More recently, in the parking lot of the local grocery store, Paul mistakenly thought that all the screaming white folks were fans of his design work, not that he was about to be run over by a truck.

“The nurses at the local emergency room are sick of seeing me,” Paul admitted ruefully during our recent visit. He put down his water glass of rum in a studied manner so he could point to the spots where various bits of boats and houses and trucks have impaled his once-bronzed body.

I was a pre-teen when the 16-year-old Paul Johnson became my hero by sailing across the Atlantic in a beat-up, 18-foot lapstrake gaffer named Venus . Even back then, in the 1960s, he had a clear vision of who he was and what he was doing. Modern yacht design was off on a wrong tangent, he believed. The lofty Marconi rig was truly good only for racing hard on the wind, something that ocean-crossing sea gypsies didn’t do very often. Why put all that strain on the rigging? Why even have backstays? Gaff-riggers were cheaper, safer, faster, and more easily repaired. They were altogether superior in every way.

A cult sprang up around him. Sure, such designers as Dick Newick, Bob Perry, Gary Hoyt, Charlie Morgan, and Jim Brown all had fans and devotees, but only Paul was The One. Suddenly, half of the traditional sailboats being built by amateurs on a shoestring budget weren’t referred to as traditional or gaffers . They were reverently called Paul Johnson designs .

Paul blended the old and the new in unique and seamless ways. He quickly embraced PVC and Airex coring materials, which gave his vessels light displacement. And his designs, sporting a very modern run aft in the buttocks lines, were fast, fast, fast off the wind.

“Sure, the Marconi rig has advantages when you’re hard on it,” he’d say, “but once you crack off a tad, the power of the gaff offers clear advantages. With a gaffer, you can harness more power more quickly, and in a safe, controllable way. You don’t have to luff up to douse or hoist. The center of gravity is low, so there’s less roll. The result can be an almost maintenance-free ocean vagabond that can stay offshore for very long periods of time for very little money.”

Back in the late 1960s, Paul said, “Most modern boats are like governments. They look good on paper, despite the fact they don’t work too well in reality.” In the big picture, though, not many agreed. The yacht assembly lines in America and Taiwan rolled out their profitable look-alike cookie-cutter craft, with more attention paid to the sales brochure than to the hull. The IOR racer/cruiser dominated. But so what? Paul didn’t care. He refused to suffer fools gladly. He wasn’t running a popularity contest; he was designing practical, ocean-worthy boats that could put to sea and stay there.

Why should he pay attention to the quibbles of the harbor queens, the club racers, the naysayers? So what if the landlubbers thought he was totally nuts: All the better! And those few contrarian sailors who did agree with Paul Johnson became, well, disciples, if you will.

You didn’t just build a Paul Johnson design. You took up The Cause.

Dozens of Paul Johnson boats started springing up under palm trees in Bermuda, the Azores, and the Lesser Antilles. John Frith got involved with his Moon . Peter Muilenburg started Breath on St. John. Lulu Magras of St. Barts purchased Pluto . Bruce Smith glued up Woodwind . Shadrock, Cherub , and dozens of others splashed.

Suddenly, the trendiest people in the traditional world of yachts were yearning for Paul Johnson designs in wood, fiberglass, and steel. At one point, there were five new Paul Johnson designs match racing in Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour.

And Paul fed the PR fire on many diverse levels.

National Fisherman did an in-depth article. Other publications, like Yachting Monthly , sent reporters. Paul was suitably elusive and cryptic—but not too elusive or cryptic.

Who was that rum-reeking, Shakespeare-quoting sailing madman on The Today Show in New York? Surely, that couldn’t be—wait, is that Paul Johnson on Larry King’s radio show?

“I’ve seen your boat, Paul,” said Larry King. “And I wouldn’t sail it across the Miami River!”

“And given what I know of your sailing skills,” Paul replied, “that’s very wise, Larry.”

Best of all, Paul Johnson put his money where his mouth was. One year, he sailed from England to the Caribbean, then unexpectedly received a commission there to build one of his own 42-foot Venus designs. One problem: His tools were in Jolly Ole, and winter had arrived. “Tsk, tsk,” said Paul, who then nonchalantly sailed back to England and returned to the Caribbean without comment. That made four transatlantic passages for the year, two of them made in the dead of winter, and all accomplished without damage or fuss.

“Try that with a lofty, modern IOR production boat!” he taunted any who’d listen.

No one took up the challenge.

“Heavy weather doesn’t bother me or my vessels,” Paul said. “In fact, I rather enjoy being scared. It makes one feel alive!”

How many transatlantics has Paul done?

“I can’t remember precisely,” he admits during our chat, peering down into his glass for answers. “At least 30-some, but who can say, really?”

In the day, if Paul needed money, he’d hastily dash off an oil painting or two. The rich folk would snatch them up gratefully. Renaissance man was a phrase muttered deferentially wherever Paul sailed.

The women in Paul’s life are ageless. When he was a teenager, they were in their early 20s—and they still are, 50 years later.

“The ladies are better sailors,” he contends. “They work harder and are more willing to learn. Why, just recently, I had a lovely 23-year-old deckhand for a couple of years.”

I first met Paul in the late 1970s on St. Barts. He was already a designer/builder legend. His distinctive designs were being built all over the world. He was on the cutting edge of both traditional and ultra-cheap yacht construction. He’d work all day in his cedar-scented Gustavia boat shed, surrounded by scantily clad French models draping themselves about in hopes of sensuously mixing up some epoxy for him. Then he’d retire to the famous Le Select to attempt to drink the island dry. He was as handsome as Byron: barrel-chested, wild-haired, and well-muscled. He wasn’t arrogant, precisely, just dead right, and he knew it.

In his heyday, Paul could’ve modeled for Michelangelo’s King Neptune. He had not only the physique but the mental intensity as well. A spotlight followed him around. His entourage was international: a French poet, a Spanish artist, an Italian actress, a Dutch abstractionist, a Polish violinist.

He was untamed, and his lusty appetites were enormous. People wanted to share his raw passion and to witness such classic, unbridled hedonism. A succession of Beautiful People —Lulu Magras, Mad Murphy, Jean Claude, Joe Green, Bruce Smith, Jenny May—trooped through his epoxy-splattered boat shed in Gustavia. Former girlfriends and ex-wives came and went, trailing children and divorce lawyers and other shoreside vexations. Palimony, matrimony, alimony, and plain baloney were all the same to Paul.

What did it matter what some freeway-addled stateside judge proclaimed when the Caribbean trade winds were fair and the distant horizon clear?

If there has been one big insurmountable problem in Paul’s life, it was the wicked women of his design disciples. They just didn’t seem to get it. They didn’t stay under his spell like their eager, wanderlust-smitten husbands. So these devious women continuously and quietly sniped away, pointing out the bloody obvious: Paul never grew up. He never settled down, never signed on the dotted line. Never bowed. Never stayed put. Never took the blame. Never paid—what’s the expression?—the wages of sin.

Puritans hated Paul Johnson and the strong drink in his mighty fist and the lusty song of freedom that sprung from his larger-than-life heart.

It was then that the Pacific beckoned. Yet another young lady agreed to be shanghaied. Alas, there are a lot of tiny dots in the Pacific, and some of them are very, very hard. Paul hit one. His vessel sank. But, his 18-foot dory-style dinghy was nearly as big as his original escape craft, so they piled into that for another 1,500 miles or so of Pacific fun.

Money appeared. Another vessel was whipped up, but this one didn’t last, either. It, too, slipped beneath the sea.

Today, he lives aboard one of his beloved designs in the island backwater called Carriacou. If he’s too ill to come ashore, a young, local yachtie girl heats up some leftovers and rows over. Paul then pours on the famous charm and slips in a sea yarn or two for payment.

“Is that you, Fatty?” he asks as my wife, Carolyn, and I circle his gaffer while standing on the deck of Ganesh , our 43-foot French-built ketch. “Of course I’ll come for dinner!” He keeps us laughing until the wee hours with his bawdry sea stories.

Finally he’s ready to go, but there’s one final question. “I’ve been considering sailing back across the Pond to the Azores,” he says. “Or maybe just into the lee of Tobago for the remainder of hurricane season. What you say? Which is the better choice?”

I look at the growth on his anchor rode, his sun-weary halyards, those tattered bits of baggywrinkle drooping to the deck of his nearby boat.

Yes, time has passed. Yes, none of us are quite what we once were. And yet—despite it all—there’s still fire in Paul’s belly. The horizon beckons. Why not one more grand sailing adventure?

“Both are pleasant this time of year,” I said. “I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful passage either way.”

He smiles. We’re sailors. We’re home upon the sea. Our vessels are our seashells as long as they are afloat. Screw the scolding doctors, the bean-counters, and those bloody Dirt Dwellers!

It takes him a long time to crawl into his battered dory and swing his twisted limbs into place. He coughs and clutches his chest. Finally, breathing heavily, he casts off his painter.

“I’m sure I will,” he says ever so softly as he sculls away into the inky blackness of Tyrell Bay.

Cap’n Fatty and Carolyn Goodlander are bending on a new mainsail while getting ready for another transpacific toddle.

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Paul Erling Johnson (1938-2021): Iconoclastic yacht designer and ocean rambler

A world-renowned sailor, builder of boats and frequent caller on Bermuda was recalled by friends for his motto in life: “Never be afraid to be terrified.”

Paul Erling Johnson, famed for crossing the Atlantic alone in a sailboat at 16, died last month in the Caribbean island of Carriacou where he lived aboard his last boat, Cherub . He was 83.

Many of his boats were popular in Bermuda and are still sailed.

Born on a sailboat on the Hamble river in England, Mr Johnson spent his life aboard various boats of his design.

John Frith, who with his wife Gillian and their children lived and sailed aboard one of Mr Johnson’s creations, said he was “magnetic, with a great sense of humour”.

Larger than life and devoted to the sea, Mr Johnson was something of a professional vagabond who “never had any money – he would tell his stories and people would feed him well”, his friend added.

“He was an unforgettable character,” Mr Frith said. “We met him when he sailed into Bermuda – we were interested in anybody who would do that. He had an amazing history of crossing the Atlantic Ocean single-handed.

“Many people in Bermuda knew him well because of his character.”

The two formed an informal company in the 1970s, Venus Yachts, to build boats to Mr Johnson’s specifications.

Mr Frith said: “His boat designs are still being bought and sold around the world. His boats are not a modern type but based on an old Norwegian design.

“We sailed 100,000 miles in ours, Moon – we bought our three children up aboard the boat.”

Mr Johnson built a “carbon copy” of the Friths’ boat, and called it Venus .

Mr Frith said he was also an accomplished painter, with three of his works still at the couple’s home in Paget.

He added that Mr Johnson was “a great aficionado of rum; I believe he is being buried with a bottle in Carriacou”.

A 2013 profile in the magazine Sailing World hailed him as a “legend” to sailors worldwide, with a cult following for designs that blended old with new.

“Suddenly, the trendiest people in the traditional world of yachts were yearning for Paul Johnson designs in wood, fibreglass, and steel.

“At one point, there were five new Paul Johnson designs match racing in Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour.”

He told the magazine he had no idea how many times he had sailed across the Atlantic, adding: “Heavy weather doesn’t bother me or my vessels. In fact, I rather enjoy being scared. It makes one feel alive.”

His friend Ken Matthews, of West Palm Beach in Florida, said Mr Johnson’s exploits were captured in a 2018 documentary, The Sailor, as well as numerous books and articles.

After a stint in the Royal Navy in the Shetland Islands, Mr Johnson took to the sea aboard an 18-foot dinghy built in 1895, and ended up spending much of his life in the Caribbean.

Mr Matthews said he had three children a son, Magnus Johnson, of Flores Island in the Azores; a daughter, Eliala Salvadori of Amsterdam, and another son, Merlin Johnson of Florida.

⋅ Paul Erling Johnson, a respected sailor and designer of boats, was born in England in 1938. He died on June 28, 2021, aged 83.

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Paul Erling Johnson, a respected sailor and designer of boats, was born in England in 1938. He died on June 28, 2021, aged 83. A world-renowned sailor, builder of boats and frequent caller on Bermuda was recalled by friends for his motto in life: “Never be afraid to be terrified.”

Johnson, famed for crossing the Atlantic alone in a sailboat at 16, died last month in the Caribbean island of Carriacou where he lived aboard his last boat, Cherub. Many of his boats were popular in Bermuda and are still sailed.

Born on a sailboat on the Hamble river in England, Mr. Johnson spent his life aboard various boats of his design. John Frith, who with his wife Gillian and their children lived and sailed aboard one of Mr. Johnson’s creations, said he was “magnetic, with a great sense of humor”.

Larger than life and devoted to the sea, Mr. Johnson was something of a professional vagabond who “never had any money – he would tell his stories and people would feed him well”, his friend added.

“He was an unforgettable character,” Mr. Frith said. “We met him when he sailed into Bermuda – we were interested in anybody who would do that. He had an amazing history of crossing the Atlantic Ocean single-handed. Many people in Bermuda knew him well because of his character.”

The two formed an informal company in the 1970s, Venus Yachts, to build boats to Mr. Johnson’s specifications. Mr. Frith said: “His boat designs are still being bought and sold around the world. His boats are not a modern type but based on an old Norwegian design. “We sailed 100,000 miles in ours, Moon – we bought our three children up aboard the boat.” Mr. Johnson built a “carbon copy” of the Friths’ boat, and called it Venus. Mr. Frith said he was also an accomplished painter, with three of his works still at the couple’s home in Paget. He added that Mr. Johnson was “a great aficionado of rum; I believe he is being buried with a bottle in Carriacou”.

A 2013 profile in the magazine Sailing World hailed him as a “legend” to sailors worldwide, with a cult following for designs that blended old with new. “Suddenly, the trendiest people in the traditional world of yachts were yearning for Paul Johnson designs in wood, fiberglass, and steel. At one point, there were five new Paul Johnson designs match racing in Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour.”

He told the magazine he had no idea how many times he had sailed across the Atlantic, adding: “Heavy weather doesn’t bother me or my vessels. In fact, I rather enjoy being scared. It makes one feel alive.”

His friend Ken Matthews, of West Palm Beach in Florida, said Mr. Johnson’s exploits were captured in a 2018 documentary, The Sailor, as well as numerous books and articles. After a stint in the Royal Navy in the Shetland Islands, Mr Johnson took to the sea aboard an 18-foot dinghy built in 1895, and ended up spending much of his life in the Caribbean.

Paul Johnson had three children; a son, Magnus Johnson, of Flores Island in the Azores; a daughter, Eliala Salvadori of Amsterdam, and another son, Merlin Johnson of Florida.

Source: The Royal Gazette

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Designed by Paul Johnson who was influenced in his designs by his childhood on board his parent’s Colin Archer yacht Escape. He is best known for this design, originally known as the Venus Ketch.

Built by Terry Heard at his Tregatreath Boatyard in Cornwall in 1971.

Strip plank, edge-glued 1 1/8” iroko hull skin epoxy/glass coated on the outside and screwed and glued to massive 3” x 3” grown oak varnished frames at 24”c with 2 steamed oak timbers between.  This type of construction and finish, although not entirely traditional,  gives a very low maintenance hull.

4 ton iron ballast keel . This is a new keel fitted in 1991.  Galvanised mild steel keel bolts last drawn in 2008.  Heavy oak floors with a few additional ferrous straps.

Very clear, clean plywood deck sheathed with West System epoxy with marked camber. Good hull free-board.  4” bulwark all round with varnished capping rail, varnished rubbing strake. Small dog-house with varnished edge trim, 2 bronze ports each side, varnished sliding hatch and 2 wash-boards to the cabin.  Fore hatch up forward.  Varnished teak coachroof coamings.

Galvanised steel push-pit with boom-crutch over. Stanchion posts each side from the rigging aft to the push-pit and led down to the fwd toe rail.    All stanchion bases replaced in 2006.

Self draining cockpit well with bridge deck to companionway.  Tiller steering to rudder hung on the stern post.

Rudder removed and gudgeon pins and pintles replaced in 2011.

Gaff cutter rig on keel-stepped varnished pine pole mast .  Varnished pine boom with slab reefing, sheets to the push pit.  Varnished gaff with traditional leather saddle.

Galvanised wire rigging Replaced 2005 by Spencers of Cowes set up to external galvanised chain plates.  Galvanised mast fittings. Combination of Tuffnell and varnished blocks with s/s pins and roller bearings. Runners on tackles.  Fife rail at mast foot.

Bowsprit heel into twin varnished oak Sampson posts, chain bobstay with tackle. Boomed staysail, sheets led aft, halyards to the fife rail. Heavy tan terylene slab-reef mainsail, genoa on Wickham martin roller gear to the end of the bowsprit, working jib, staysail, light weather genoa, storm jib and main topsail on a wind-surfer mast yard.

Bowsprit replaced in 2004

New stainless steel bobstay chain plate in 2008

New S/S whisker stays in 2011

Maxwell 24 two-speed polished bronze sheet winches.

Yanmar YSB12 12hp 1-cyl reconditioned 1997. Salt water cooled.  Twin lever controls to centre line 3-blade prop gives 5 knots at 0.25 gallons per hour. Electric and hand start. The engine is installed under the double berth aft with excellent access.

2 x 12v batteries .

14 gallons of diesel in galvanised tank aft with sight gauge.  Tank removed, cleaned and seals replaced in 2008.  The engine is installed under the double berth aft with excellent access.

4 berths . A large double, 1 passage berth and 1 shorter berth.

Fore cabin is arranged as a workshop but could easily be converted back into twin V-berths.  Full headroom.  Bulkhead to saloon cabin with semi-circular settees each side with varnished T&G pine backs, lockers behind. The stbd berth is full length passage berth, shorter port berth with.  Lots of storage space in this open feeling saloon.

Staggered key-hole white painted ply bulkheads.  To stbd a 2-burner grill and oven gimballed gas cooker and chart desk; port side sink and work surface with hand pump from 40 galls water in 3 galvanised tanks in the bilge, sink drains over-board.

6’+ head-room under the doghouse, 5’10 in saloon. Larger double berth aft under the cock-pit well, open to the cabin. Sestral  bulkhead compass

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Garmin 126 GPS

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Aries wind vane auto-pilot with extensive spares

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40lb Fishermans

22lb Danforth

3 anchors, windlass,

250 feet of calibrated chain

200fett of warp

The yacht has cruised extensively around the south coast and English Channel in present ownership and only the pressures of a young family force the sale.  In her relatively short lifetime, she has clocked up several blue water passages with a voyage to West Africa, the Caribbean and home in the 90’s.  She proved to be fast and seaworthy averaging 135 miles/day on a trade wind crossing to the Caribbean, very respectable indeed for a yacht with a waterline length of 24’.  Easily handled by one or two people, this is a very capable boat and a fantastic value cruising yacht.

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PAUL JOHANSEN

PAUL JOHANSEN is a massively constructed, steel hulled, expedition type motor yacht built originally to ice class certification.

PAUL JOHANSEN is one of 13 similar rescue vessels built between 1963 and 1972. While no longer classified as such, this vessel was built to Bureau Veritas standards.

She was originally stationed in northern Norway from where she experienced the high seas and inclement weather found in that part of the world.

In the mid 1990s PAUL JOHANSEN was converted into a private yacht. From 2012 the present owner, a former Swan owner, has invested significantly to upgrade all aspects of this yacht. She is fully found with the most recent of systems, including back-ups. PAUL JOHANSEN is ready for her next adventure.

Smedvik Mek Specifications

• Model: 1970 Smedvik Mek
• Hull Number: 75.28
• LOA: 75 ft 0 in
• Beam: 19 ft 7 in
• Draft: 11 ft 0 in
• Displacement: 280,000 lb
• Engine: Detroit Deisel 8V71N 304 HP

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Full displacement, welded steel construction

Steel frames with welded steel shell plate

5 x transverse bulkheads forming 6 x watertight compartments

Hull painted using the roll and tip method with International paint (2019).

Welded steel construction

Clutter free decks

The decks were painted with International Paint in non-slip in 2020 and 2021.

Heavy steel mooring cleats with fairleads through the bulwarks

Handrails each side of saloon coachroof for safer side deck access

Access door in port bulwark close to midships

Hydraulic anchor windlass HB-B376 with dual windlass gypsies and rode drum

2 X 540lb stockless anchors

Spare 110lb anchor on the foredeck

Nine shots of 17mm stud link anchor chain

Painted non-skid decks

Steel deck hardware

Steelhead ES1000 crane on the foredeck

Steelhead CT2500 on upper deck

Foredeck hatch to the master stateroom

Forepeak storage

2 X foredeck storage boxes

Deck floodlights

Bosun's storage locker forward

Boarding gates on each side

Boarding ladder

Rod holders

Deck lighting in watertight fixtures under overhangs

¾" bronze tinted glass in saloon windows

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General Arrangement

Accommodations.

Varnished mahogany, jatoba and cherry wood finish with granite countertops. 4 sleeping cabins. 5 heads. Herreshoff style interior with white paneling and varnished wood trim. Varnished hardwood floors throughout. Headroom throughout the interior of the yacht is between 6’3 and 6’9”.

Master Cabin

Master cabin in the bow with centerline, island queen bunk. Ensuite head and shower. 2 x port lights. Navigation displays. 2 x hanging lockers. Other storage lockers and drawers. Escape hatch above. Entertainment center.

Guest Cabins

Located aft of the master cabin and accessed via a walkway between the cabins. Mirror imaged. Each with an offset, pullman type double bunk and ensuite head with separate shower. 1 port light. Bench seat. 2 x hanging lockers. Storage lockers and drawers. USB port connection. Flat screen TV. 

Located in the aft end of the yacht. Accessed from the aft starboard corner of the main saloon. Double bunk to port as well as a single bunk to starboard. Crew head with stall shower. Engine room access. Navigation displays. Hanging locker. Storage lockers and drawers.

Main Saloon

Located in the aft end of the yacht with access via a watertight door to the fantail deck in the stern. Port and aft of the saloon is a large “U” shaped dining arrangement with 2 hi-lo folding tables to make 1 large table. On the starboard side is a pop-up TV that may be viewed from the dining area. On the forward bulkhead are 2 screens allowing for the chart plotters to be displayed. From the forward end of the saloon is access on the port side leading up to the pilot house or down to the guest cabins. Port side and forward of the saloon is a serving area with a large granite counter-top and storage for glassware. Doors to the port and starboard side decks are forward of the day head. The door to the engine room is between side deck doors.

Located in the forward and starboard side of the main saloon. Lang 30 stainless steel electric 4 x burner cooktop and oven. Samsung stainless steel fridge/freezer inboard with ice dispenser in door. Miele dishwasher. Insinkerator garbage disposal. Large stainless steel sink outboard to starboard. Ample storage and granite counter tops. Vitrifrigo Under Counter under counter freezers in the saloon.

Located forward and to port of the main saloon.

Pilot House

Accessed from the port aft corner from the main saloon. Bench settee with table aft. Full display of navigation and communication electronics forward and full width. Electric breaker panel aft to port. Side deck access doors to port and starboard. Bensenzoni helm seat. 3 x engine control stations, 1 x port, 1 x midship, 1 x starboard.

Fan-Tail Deck

Located in the stern. The Fan-tail deck is covered along with each side deck. Access to the fan-tail is from the aft end of the main saloon or side deck doors. 2 hi-lo varnished teak tables, 1 each side with a bench seat aft for each. Centerline transom gate. Vitrifrigo under counter fridge and freezer forward. Lazarette access. Access to the flying bridge forward and to starboard.

Flying Bridge Deck

Accessed from the aft starboard corner and from the fan-tail deck. Surrounded with handrails. Painted non-skid deck. Space for 4 x lounging chairs aft. Fisher Paykel stainless steel BBQ grill aft. 2 life rafts, 1 each port and starboard. Space for 2 x inflatable RIBs forward, 1 to port and 1 to starboard. Steelhead tender crane between the 2 AB aluminum RIB tenders for launching and retrieval. Forward of the RIBs, at the forward end of the flying bridge, is an elevated flying bridge with 2 more lounging chairs. 3 x navigation displays.

Engine and Thruster

2 x 8V71N Detroit diesel engines, each with 304HP at 2100rpm, with about 7,500 hours as of 2021

Approximately 11 gallons per hour consumption at 8 knots

Top end rebuild (2015) included the following:

• Heads removed & rebuilt 
• Heat exchanger rebuilt
• Fresh water pump changed – new
• Salt water pump changed – new
• Engine Mounts rebuilt as new by LowRez
• Shaft flexible coupling rebuilt as new
• CCV system added & installed – new
• Starter motors - new
• PTOs – new
• Alternators – new 195 amp
• Engine control cables – new
• All clips, hoses, etc replaced – new
• Twin RACOR Filters added for each engine – new
• Injectors removed and rebuilt 
• One full set of spare injectors  (8)

2 x 3 blade, bronze, 56” diameter, 39” pitch propellers

Walker Airseps

Twin disc MG504 gearboxes

LowRez engine mounts and flexible couplings

UltraFlex electronic engine controls

VDO and Aetna gauges

Tenfjord hydraulic steering system

GP SP111P303 hydraulic PTO on each engine

3 X Maretron DSM150 systems monitoring displays in the engine room

Maretron TSM1330C display in the pilothouse

4 X Maretron DSM410 displays in the pilothouse, 2 displays in the master stateroom

2 X Maretron TSM800C displays in the pilothouse

3 X Maretron DSM250 displays in the crew cabin

Dual Racor 75/1000MAX fuel filters with vacuum gauge for each main engine

Dual Racor 75500MAX fuel filters with vacuum gauge for each generator

Separ KWA-100 fuel polishing system and transfer system

2 X Reverso oil change systems

KeyPower stabilizer system

KeyPower bowthruster

Plumbing and Ventilation

Fuel capacity 6,626 gallons

Water capacity 1,550 gallons

Holding tank capacity 240 gallons

Dometic Cruisair 72,000 BTU X 2 reverse cycle air conditioning system

Kabola diesel fired heating system

Tower heating system

2 X DAB fresh water systems pumps

Stainless steel water heater

Viqua ultraviolet fresh water purifying system

Techma electric heads

MSD blackwater treatment/holding system

2 x Northern Lights M844Lw3 16KW generators (2015).114 hours and 264 hours as of July 1st 2021.

1 x Northern Lights M843NW3 10KW generator (2015). 1224 hours as of July 1st 2021.

A@Sea AC36Q-3 165Amp shore power conversion system

3 x Outback 3,000Watt inverters

Mastervolt Chargemaster 24/100-3 battery charger

2 x Mastervolt Chargemaster 24/60-3 battery chargers

Victron Energy battery monitors

Blue Sea electrical panel

Blue Sea battery switches

2 x 190Amp alternators

2 x Dairyland Electric galvanic isolators

Electronics

2 x Furuno radars

3 x Furuno Navnet TZ multi-function displays in pilothouse

1 x Furuno Navnet TZ multi-function display in master cabin

Furuno multi-function display in crew cabin

3 x Furuno F170 displays in pilothouse, 2 x in the master cabin, 5 x in the saloon, 3 x on the aft deck, 1 x on the FB, 2 x in the crew cabin

3 x Furuno RD-33 displays in the pilothouse

2 x Simrad FU80 autopilot controls in the pilothouse

2 x Flir night vision cameras in the pilothouse

ICOM, IC-M604, VHF in the pilothouse

ICOM, IC-M802, SSB in the pilothouse

ICOM VHF Command Mic in the pilothouse

Furuno SC-702 satellite compass in the pilothouse

Wave Wi-Fi network system in pilothouse

Iridium satellite phone system in pilothouse

2 x Samsung flatscreen monitors for navigation information in the saloon

AV equipment:

KVH V7 VSAT

KVH Tracvision HD7 satellite TV system

KVH Tracvision TV6 satellite TV system

Samsung 4k flatscreen TV on lift system in the saloon

Samsung flatscreen TV in master cabin

Oppo UDP-203 HD Blu-Ray player in saloon

Denon AVRX-3550 AV receiver in saloon and master cabin

Denon DBT-3313 UD AV player in master cabin

Direct TV HD DVR satellite TV system receiver in saloon and master cabin

Sonos home sound system in saloon

Sony Play Station4 system in saloon and master cabin

Cambridge Audio interior speakers

LG flatscreen TV in each guest cabin

Sirius XM satellite radio in pilothouse

Additional equipment

Miele washer

Miele dryer

Craftsman tool-box

Spare parts inventory

Stability report

Coltri dive compressor

Safety Equipment

2 X Viking RescYou 8 person liferafts

Lifesling3 overboard recovery system

Fireboy fire suppression system

Fire extinguishers

Maretron carbon monoxide detectors

Security camera system

2 X Francis searchlight

Watertight door in the guest companionway

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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Born in Ottawa, Kirby worked on newspapers in his home town and Montreal and was an avid dinghy racer, competing in the International 14 class. After reportedly losing a race at Cowes in England, Kirby, who had no formal training as a yacht designer, drew his own plan for an International 14 that he called the Kirby Mark 1. He is said to have sold 30 of his Kirby Mark 1 designs early on. The boats went to sell a total of 739. Kirby is quoted as saying, “I had a copy of Skene’s Elements of Yacht Design . If you can understand 50% of what’s in that book, you can design a boat. Design isn’t brain surgery. We should always pretend that it is, but it’s really not.”

After years spent sailing International 14’s, Kirby switched to the Finn class and won a place on the Canadian Olympic team. In 1956, Bruce moved to the Finn class and made the Canadian Olympic team that year and in 1964. He switched again to the Star class in 1968 and once more sailed for Canada in the Olympics.

Other successful boats that Kirby designed include the Sonar, Kirby 25 and Ideal 18, America’s Cup Twelve Meters; San Juan 24 and 30. He designed offshore racing boats like the 40-foot Admiral’s Cup contender Runaway , various cruising designs, and plywood Sharpie boats for DYI builders.  

Kirby was widely acknowledged by the sailing world for his contributions to the sport. He was inducted into both the Canadian and US Sailing Hall of Fame, the World Sailing Hall of Fame, the International Yacht Racing Hall of Fame, the International Laser Class Association Hall of Fame, the Canadian International Fourteen Foot Dinghy Hall of Fame, and the City of Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. He was also awarded the Order of Canada, the nation’s second highest civilian award.

Kathy Dyer Kathryn Anne (Kathy) Dyer, a long-serving judge on international race committees and juries, died on December 13, 2021 in Hamilton, Ontario. She was 66. Dyer was well known as an international judge in the sail racing world. She was active for decades at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club and has been cited as a mentor and instructor to many women in international sail racing.  

Paul Erling Johnson English sailor and boat designer Paul Erhling Johnson died on June 28, 2021 aboard his boat Cherub at the island of Carriacou. He was 83 years old. His motto in life was reportedly, “Never be afraid to be terrified.” Johnson was also quoted as saying, “Heavy weather doesn’t bother me or my vessels. In fact, I rather enjoy being scared. It makes one feel alive.” Johnson may have made as many as 30 transatlantic passages.  

Johnson was born on a sailboat on the Hamble River in England and by age 16 had made a solo crossing of the Atlantic to the Caribbean, where he spent most of his life. Johnson and friend John Frith started a company in the 1970s called Venus Yachts to build Johnson’s designs. Frith was quoted in Bermuda’s The Royal Gazette as saying about Johnson’s boats: “His boat designs are still being bought and sold around the world. His boats are not a modern type but based on an old Norwegian design. We sailed 100,000 miles in ours, Moon ….” At one point there were reportedly five new Paul Johnson designs match racing in Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbor.

A 2018 film documentary by Lucia Kašová, The Sailor (www.toxpro.sk/portfolio/sailor/) captured Johnson’s situation late in life. His exploits were also covered in various books and magazine articles.

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Generous outdoor spaces

Spacious master stateroom

Comfortable and inviting interior

Built for entertaining family and friends

Updated equipment and machinery

Palmer Johnson DEFIANT For Sale

DEFIANT is a 135-foot (41.45-meter) motor yacht built by the Palmer Johnson shipyard in 2012. She is part of the PJ 135 series, known for its sleek lines and high performance. DEFIANT is no exception, with her aluminum hull and twin 3,650hp MTU engines, which give her a top speed of 28 knots and an impressive cruising speed of 24 knots.

The interior of DEFIANT is just as impressive as the exterior. The yacht can accommodate up to 12 guests in five spacious cabins, including a full-beam master suite with a private balcony. The other four cabins are all en suite and feature comfortable beds, plush bedding, and stylish furnishings. The main saloon is the perfect place to relax and entertain, with its spacious seating area, chic dining area, and wet bar. The deck areas are also well-appointed, with a large sundeck, an impressive flybridge, and a spacious alfresco dining area.

In addition to her luxurious accommodations, DEFIANT also offers a variety of amenities that make her the perfect yacht for cruising and entertaining. These amenities include a Jacuzzi, a water slide, a tender garage, and a variety of water toys. DEFIANT is also fitted with TRAC at-anchor stabilizers, which provide a smooth ride even in rough seas.

Here are some additional details about DEFIANT:

• She has a gross tonnage of 305.
• She is powered by twin MTU 16v 4000 M90 engines,
• She has a range of 1,700 nautical miles at 12 knots.
• She is fitted with TRAC at-anchor stabilizers.

If you are looking for a luxurious and well-appointed motor yacht that will make your next cruise unforgettable, DEFIANT is the yacht for you.

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