Sunshine

"Sunshine"  1974 W30 No. 72

Particulars:

  • Builder: Willard Marine, Costa Mesa, CA.  Designer: Hale Field
  • LOA: 30'   Beam: 10'-6"  Draft: 3'-6"
  • Displacement: 15,000 lbs  
    Ballast: 5,000 Lbs
  • Engine: Perkins 4-107, 50 hp
  • Cruising Speed: 6.5 - 7 knots.
  • Fuel Capacity: 100 gallons in 2 black iron tanks (holding up well, no leaks.)
  • Water Capacity: 100 gallons in 2 plastic tanks
  • Holding Tank: 12 gallon plastic tank
  • Hot Water: 12 gallon Quick Water Heater
  • Location: Anacortes, WA
    (Viewing by appointment only.)

         

     

           

Sunshine is a well equipped Willard Vega 30 that has been well cared for, with numerous recent upgrades, including the following work done in 2009:

  • Re-wired all primary and most branch circuits, and new Blue Seas electrical panels
  • New West Marine VHF radio
  • New Garmin 545S Chart Plotter/Sounder w/charts Olympia to Pt. Hardy
  • New navigation lights, LED anchor light, and horn.
  • New Flojet variable speed fresh water pump
  • New 12-gallon hot water tank (AC & engine supplied)
  • Mast & boom completely refinished
  • Handrails and caprails refinished with 7 coats of high gloss varnish
  • New Soundown insulation in engine room, and sound absorbing paint
  • Storage area reworked and painted
  • New Curtains
  • New head sink faucet/shower mixer
  • New engine heat exchanger
  • New ring lifesavers
  • New lines & fenders

Other recent work:

  • Engine overhaul 1999 ($6400.)  Aprox 200 hrs since then. (Boat was laid up for several years.)
  • New exhaust riser and waterlift muffler
  • Bottom paint and zincs Fall 2007
  • Fuel Tanks professionally cleaned Fall 2007
  • SeaStar Hydraulic steering system
  • Adler-Barbour Refrigeration conversion of Ice Box. (Quiet, low-power, & effective!)
  • Epoxy Barrier coat for bottom blister repairs.

Features & Equipment:

  • Substantial teak bow pulpit with railings and anchor roller
  • Additional hand railing above cap rail around stern - no other Willard Nomad has this, and it gives a very secure feeling.
  • Walker Bay 8' dinghy with hoist on boom.  Stows neatly above house top.
  • Simpson-Lawrence manual anchor windlass and heavy duty Bruce anchor
  • Hot water engine heat in main cabin, with 2-speed fan.
  • Propane Force-10 stove top, w/remote safety switch.
  • Microwave Oven
  • 2 Group 27 house batteries, 1 Group 27 start battery
  • 1000W Xantrex Inverter (new 2009)
  • Furuno 1831 Radar (works, but needs a longer cable for hooking up.)

Particulars:

  • Builder: Willard Marine, Costa Mesa, CA.  Designer: Hale Field
  • LOA: 30'   Beam: 10'-6"  Draft: 3'-6"
  • Displacement: 15,000 lbs   Ballast: 5,000 Lbs
  • Engine: Perkins 4-107, 50 hp
  • Cruising Speed: 6.5 - 7 knots.
  • Fuel Capacity: 100 gallons in 2 black iron tanks (holding up well, no leaks.)
  • Water Capacity: 100 gallons in 2 plastic tanks
  • Holding Tank: 12 gallon plastic tank
  • Hot Water: 12 gallon Quick Water Heater