Description
Orion 37ft Bermudan Sloop 1968
Valkyrie is a beautifully designed and built cruiser-racer ideal for both coastal and medium distance cruises. She handles very well in all conditions and is a particular pleasure to sail. Her design is along classic lines with a traditional layout inside, ideal for cruising comfortably with 5 people aboard.
Her condition is testament to how well she was constructed in 1968. Needing some TLC and superficial touching up she will make any prospective buyer very proud as she draws a lot of attention from all ports she enters.
Builder: Michalisko, Poland
Designer: R. Langer, Sweden
Date 1968
Displacement: 9000kg
Construction: Laminated mahogany on oak frames
Engine: Volvo Penta 2020 18HP Diesel 2002
Dimensions
LOA: 11.35 m
Beam: 3.17 m
Maximum Draft: 2.0 m
Headroom: 2.0 m
Location- Baltimore, Co Cork. Ireland
HISTORY
Valkyrie is a Swedish designed bermudan rigged sloop built in Szczecin, Poland in 1968. She spent a lot of her early life cruising and racing in the Baltic sea.
In the 1990’s she was purchased and transported to Ireland. She was purchased by the current owners in 2004 and underwent an extensive refit at that time
A new mast was made in 2009 of Oregon Pine and a new solid iroko deck was laid in 2016.
At the time of laying the new deck the boat again underwent a refit- with new beams and strengthening bolts fitted throughout, a new transom and new sheerstrake was fitted along the full length of the boat.
Survey completed following refit in May 2016
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
- Laminated mahogany, diagonal planked on laminated oak frames
- External cast iron long keel secured with through bolts
- Shaped timber blade rudder
- New Iroko 1.5in deck with Sikaflex seams and Coelan varnished finish
- Teak toe rails
- Mahogany coach house supported on solid carlings
ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
- 7 berths
- Access from cockpit aft with sliding hatch over and washboard
- Steps down over engine compartment to worktop with removable steps
- Removable step panel and worktop aft centre to engine compartment
- Lifting sole boards to access bilges
Navigation area aft to starboard
- Chart table worktop with chart stowage under
- Lockers and instruments / electric panels above chart table
- Battery locker starboard aft
- Long berth running aft under starboard cockpit lockers
Galley area aft to port
- Gimballed 2 burner hob, grill and oven
- Stainless steel sink inboard with mixer tap and hand pump
- Lockers and drawers around galley
- Hatch under cockpit seat aft with access to gas bottles
Saloon
- L shaped settee berth to port with long settee berth above
- 2 Long settee berths stbd
- Removable drop leaf table on centreline
- Full set of signal flags port side
Head compartment
- Jabsco marine WC with manual pump on shelf outboard. New pipework 2016.
- Worktop with lockers above and below
Sail Locker with hinged timber door opposite head compartment
Fore cabin
- 2 Single berths. Vee berths with infill
- Bin lockers P&S underneath and locker under forward centre
- Bulkhead steps to skylight hatch over aft
- Varnished exposed timber
- Opening in bulkhead fwd to fore peak
- Anchor chain
RIG, SPARS AND SAILS
- Oregon Pine, laminated, single spreader mast (new 2009) and boom
- Stainless steel standing rigging in very good condition
- Spinnaker pole tracks on mast leading edge
- 2 x wire halyard winches
- 1 x rope spinnaker halyard winch
- Halyards of wire and plaited running rigging
Sails
- Mainsail with three reefs by Sterling 2006
- Genoa
- No. 2 jib
- Spinnaker
- Storm sail
DECK LAYOUT, EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE
From aft
- Stern light centre
- Backstay
- Stanchions and 2 x stainless steel, plastic covered guard wires to fwd P&S
- Chrome fairleads each side on taffrail
- Lazarette lifting hatch on aft deck
- Stowage for fenders, oars, anchor and chain, warps and spares
- Laminated timber tiller with stainless steel hinge
- Bronze mooring cleats each side
- Recessed, self draining cockpit with seating both sides
- Vanished timber raised coamings all round
- Seating with hinged lids to lockers below
- Engine control stbd
- Manual bilge pump- Whale gusher under aft port seat
- 2 x Lewmar twin speed primary genoa winches
- 2 x Anderson 28 twin speed ST secondary jib and spinnaker winches
- 1 x Anderson 28 mainsheet winch
- Raised trunk cabin with curved raked front, sides and well cambered roof
- Varnished sides with 2 x fixed windows on each side
- Varnished coach roof with Nav lights P&S
- Varnished teak hand rails along each side
- Spray rail across aft with spray hood, 2010
- Secondary spray hood with rail, 2011 to make an optional cockpit tent when anchored/ashore
- Skylight hatch forward over fore-cabin
- Mast forward collared on coach roof stepped to keel
- Wooden spinnaker pole in chocks stbd
- 2 x Danforth Anchors with 25m of chain and warp
- Stainless steel forestay chain plate extending down stem
- Pulpit with A frame stanchions P&S
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE
- Volvo Penta 2020 three cylinder, 18HP, naturally aspirated, raw water cooled Diesel engine on 4 Rubber mountings on a steel frame. 2002
- Stainless steel shaft to a 2 blade propeller on cutlass bearing (replaced May 2017)
- 12V Alternator
- 2 x HD batteries
- 2 way master battery switch by chart table
- Stainless Steel 125 litre fuel tank
- Stainless steel fresh water tank
NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS
- Nasa Navtex display
- Clipper wind anemometer system
- NASA depth sounder and speed log
- Garmin GPS
- VHF radio
- Radio/CD player with detachable speakers- for cockpit and saloon use
SAFETY
- Rule automatic electric bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
- 2x fire extinguishers and 1 x fire blanket
- 2 lifebuoys in cradles
- Radar reflector
- EPIRB 2015 GME ACCUSAT MT 403
- 6 Person Liferaft in plastic casing. Serviced SOLAS, Dublin May 2016
Extras
-Road trailer, used also as cradle for winter storage
-Winter cover
