Endeavour 32 - “Kelly IV”

Sailing and Cruising 2007 to 2016

"Kelly IV", Captain Murph's full-time cruising boat, was an Endeavour 32.  He bought her in September 2007 when she was known as "Raconteur", as she was called by her owner of 18 years, Don Slessman. Captain Murph sailed the Erie Islands and western Lake Erie out of Sandusky Harbor Marina in Sandusky Bay, Ohio until 2010.  Erie, PA was home port for "Kelly IV".

Interior View

Exterior View

The Endeavour 32 "Kelly IV" was designed by Ted Irwin and Bob Johnson and built in 1979 by Endeavour Yachts, now out of business.  Kelly's length overall is 32'4" with a beam of  10' and draws 5' displacing over 11,700 pounds so she is a very stable, seaworthy small vessel capable of sleeping up to 6 people.  As "Kelly IV" is rigged, she typically sleeps 3 or 4 adults, all in single berths.  As a US Coast Guard Documented Vessel with a large roller furling Genoa, fully battened mainsail, and a very light drifter, "Kelly IV" is easy to sail, yet can avoid using the engine in lighter airs as little as 5 knots.  In a decent breeze of 12 knots, "Kelly IV" can easily make over 5 knots.  Her slender beam enables her to cut cleanly and quickly through the water.

Since buying "Kelly IV", Captain Murph has provided many significant equipment upgrades:

•2013: Added 75 feet of 1/4" HT Grade 40 galvinized chain, shackled to the existing 300 feet of 1/2" nylon rode.  Due to shallow anchoring depths in the Chesapeake, this amounts to an all-chain rode.  Replaced stern navigation light with an LED nav light mounted on the radar post well above the aftmost solar panel.  The old stern light was on the transom and not as visible when the dinghy was raised on the davits.  Replaced engine/starter battery with an AGM, now all batteries are AGM.  Installed new electronic gauge for the fresh water tank so level can be measured without opening the inspection port under the v-berth mattress.  Two additional 12 volt fans so now every bunk has it's own fan.  LinkPro battery monitor installed to enable closer tabs on battery status.

•2012: Two new AGM 105AH house batteries.  Seven new LED cabin lights including red lamps for maintaining night vision.  Three new 12v cabin fans to keep us cool at anchor, replacing the older, louder, less efficient fans.

•2011: New Solar Panels (2 panels x 130 watts each), MPPT Charge Controller, Garmin 740s radar & chartplotter w/mount, and depthsounder.  Zippers and window in Bimini to accomodate the solar panel mounted on the bimini and enable a view of the mainsail & masthead.  New storm anchor, 300 feet of new nylon anchor rode, 35 feet of 5/16" anchor chain, 4 new half inch nylon dock lines (75 feet long, each), new Torqeedo electric outboard motor, spare battery, and solar charger for battery, new dinghy davits, 2 new portlights and lee cloth in v-berth, new backup bilge pump, 2 new bilge pump hoses, new manual diesel pump for the jerry cans, 4 lengths of 1/4" galvanized chain (each 6 feet long) for chafe protection of docklines on steel or concrete sea walls.  During the 2011 Cruise through Canada, a new fender board of PVC pipe was added.

•2010: New portable electric fridge, added fire extinguisher port to engine compartment, new Portland Pudgy sailing & rowing dinghy & lifeboat, new Yanmar 3YM20 motor, new AM/FM/USB/SD Stereo system, new deck fill for water tank, new hot water heater, new electrical panels (AC & DC), new AC battery charger, new additional 30 amp shore power plug for separate air conditioning circuit, new faucet & shower, 3 new vents, new remote fuel gauge, whisker pole, drifter, foam luff sewn into genoa, new composting head.

•2009: New dodger, lazy jacks that raise and lower from the cockpit, new radar reflector, new lee cloths for cabin berths.

•2008: New water pump, new overhead stainless steel handrail running the length of the main cabin.
Important and useful equipment on board from 2005 or before includes a Gori 3-blade folding prop; rope clutches for 10 lines running to the cockpit; 35 pound CQR anchor on roller; all 10 cabin ports open; 2 large overhead hatches in addition to the companionway; 2 air conditioners; 2 burner propane stove & oven, rail mounted propane barbecue, pressure water, Windscoop.

Other items on board:
Life Jackets for 6 adults, 4 children
Emergency whistles for 4
Emergency personal lights for 4
Jacklines, 2 harnesses, 2 tethers
Dinghy  (lifeboat)
MOB Lifesling
Emergency Flares
Handheld VHF Radio
Handheld GPS
Space Blanket
Flashlights
Pots, pans, cooking utensils
Flatware for 4
Plates and bowls for 4
Cocktail table for the cockpit
Dining table in main cabin
Endeavour 32 Specifications:
Length - 32'  
Year - 1979
Type - Sloop
LOA - 32'4"
LWL - 25'6"
Beam - 10'0"
Draft - 5'
Displacement - 11,700#
Ballast - 5,300#
Sail area - 470 sq ft
Mast clearance (air draft) - 43 ft
I = 39'6" = mast height from deck
J = 13'0" = headstay base
P = 34'6" = mainsail luff
E = 12'0" = mainsail foot length
Headstay Length = 41.6' (calculated)
Genoa 155 = 397 sq ft
Main = 207 sq ft
Drifter = 360 sq ft
Roller Furler with 155 Genoa
Whisker Pole, 13 – 23 ft OAL
Headroom: 6'3"
Berths: 6 (2 singles, 2 doubles)
Fuel, diesel: 51 gallons, total; 2 tanks, 18 gallons each; 3 jerry cans, 5 gallons each
Water: 65 gallons
Head:  Composting – no pumpout required, no odors
Engine - new 2010, Yanmar 3YM20, 3 cylinder, 20 hp
Starting Battery:  1, AGM deep cycle, 12v, Group 27, 92 Amp Hours
House Batteries:  2, AGM deep cycle, 12v, Group 31, 105 Amp Hours (210 AH total)
D/L Ratio: 315
SA/D Ratio: 14.59
BAL/D Ratio: 42.73%
L/B - 3.23:1
LWL/Beam 2.55
Capsize Ratio: 1.76
Motion Comfort: 30.38
Theoretical Hull Speed: 6.8 knots
Angle of vanishing stability: 114°