General: Tao is a full keeled sloop rigged Southern Cross 31 designed by Thomas Gilmer and built by the CE Ryder Corp. of Bristol, RI. She is hull #66 of 150 Southern Cross 31's.

We are her second owners and have had her since 1991.

During that time Tao has been kept in fresh water on Lake Michigan except for a 7 month offshore journey in 2002/2003.

Her engine has been professionally maintained and she has been under a full winter cover each year, with the mast removed and stored on a mast rack.

The interior is finished in dark walnut and white and has a bright and spacious feel.

She is documented, offshore equipped and readyto take you anywhere you want to go.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ( Tao 64 )

Documentation #: 608285

Year: 1978

LOA: 31

LWL: 25

Beam: 9'6"

Draft: 4'6

Displacement: 13,600 lbs.

Ballast: 4,400 lbs.

Sail Area: 447 Sq. Ft.

Tankage: Fuel- 35 gallons diesel in stainless tank with access port, Water - 55 gallons water in 2 separate stainless tanks with access ports, Waste Holding - 10 gallons flexible nauta tank

Engine: Yanmar 2QM15, 1492 engine hours

Accommodations

6' standing headroom throughout, sleeps 4

V-Berth with dry cell foam base cushions and egg crate custom cushions over 2 storage lockers, 2 book shelves, hanging nets, 2 Guest flexible reading lights, caframo 2 speed fan

Head has Groco HF toilet new in 2009 with 10 gallon waste holding tank and Y-Valve for allowing waste to holding tank or pump out overboard, 4 deep storage shelves, 3 smaller shelves and 2 bronze opening portholes with screens

Main cabin has 2 settees, equipped with lee cloths.

Starboard settee pulls out to a 3/4 berth.

There is abundant storage for living aboard.

There are 14 storage compartments, 4 bookshelves, a nav station with a seat and storage under.

There is dish storage over the stove and 2 deep lockers behind the stove.

Tao has a wall mounted Shipmate kerosene heater, 6 bronze opening portholes with screens and a hanging locker that drains to the bilge.

All cushions for settees in good condition and there are 4 small accent pillows.

She has 2 brass halogen reading lamps and 2 brass gimbaled kerosene lamps in main cabin and fluorescents over the stove and in the head.

There are 2 non-skid rugs in the main cabin to protect the sole.

All portholes and hatches re-bedded in 2007, hatches re-painted in 2007

Chain locker forward with access door in V-Berth

Galley

Ice box with 4 inches of insulation

2 burner gimbaled Shipmate Kerosene stove with oven

Forespar mini-galley propane swing stove with pots to fit

Extra deep sink with 2 chromed bronze Fyn spray hand pumps, one is raw water

Table on main cabin wall with fold down leaves

Shipmate burner replacements and spare parts for re-building the units

4 Revere Ware copper bottom pots and pans in special cutouts under sink

Engine and Mechanicals

Yanmar 2QM15 diesel engine, all new hoses in 2001, new exhaust elbow 2001, new stop cable 2001, new transmission cable 2007, transmission rebuilt 2007

Engine spares including all belts, filters and zincs

Yanmar 2QM15 owners, service and parts manuals

Balmar 80 Amp alternator with alternator rebuild kit

Racor fuel filter unit new in 2003, all fuel filters changed annually, most recent 10/2011

Electric fuel pump with switch, new in 2007, installed to assist in changing filters and bleeding the engine which has a mechanical pump

All seacocks maintained annually

Fuel tank fully cleaned and all fuel polished in 2009

Bronze raw water strainer

Engine spares including all belts, zincs, filters

2 Henderson Mk - V bilge pumps, one is a double action pump rebuilt in 2011

1 West Marine 2200 GPH bilge pump on manual switch

West Marine 36" Manual Bilge Pump

Groco HF Head, new in 2009 and master rebuild kit; head can be emptied to holding tank or overboard for offshore voyaging

Electrical

12V DC electrical system with parallel switch

2 house batteries - 4D SeaGel Marine Gel new 2009

1 starting battery, SeaGel Marine Gel Group 27 gel cell new 2011

30 Amp Marinco Shore power inlet

60 Amp Circuit board

1 GFI outlet, new 2001

Heart Freedom 15, 1500 Watt Invertor, 75 Amp Charger, with separate switch

Link 2000-R monitor with Link Regulator

USF 32 Flexible Solar Panel with Flexcharge NC25A Charge regulator

Aqua Signal Nav Lights, Series 40 Tricolor Quickfit on mast head - new bulb 2011, steaming and foredeck lights, bow and stern navigation lights

2 Vetus brass halogen cabin lights

Firdell radar reflector - mast mounted

Electronics and Navigation Equipment

Standard SL45 Knotlog

Standard DS45 Depth Sounder

Kenwood TS-50 SSB, SGC Tuner, norseman backstay insulators, foil ground system hooked to stainless tanks allows excellent range

Apelco 5160 VHF radio with poly planar cockpit speaker, masthead mount Metz antenna

Apelco 520 Handheld with both rechargeable and AA battery options

ACR 406 Rapid fix Epirb with Garmin Etrex GPS unit

Garmin Etrex Mariner Handheld GPS

Magellan 300 GPS

Plastismo Contest 101 thru read compass

Silva handheld hockey puck style compass

Rigging

Equipped for long distance cruising with heavy duty Metalmast aluminum spar

All Standing rigging replaced in 1996 with stainless 1X19 MacWhyte type 316

All bronze turnbuckles

Double lifelines, all 1X19 stainless, replaced 1996, also added lifeline gates

All running rigging replaced 2001/02

Ratcliffe marine stainless self steering windvane and extra paddle (not installed)

4:1 Mainsheet tackle system

Flag halyard on starboard

2 Barient #24 Self tailing 2 speed winches in cockpit

1 Barlow #16 bronze winch for mainsheet on coachtop

2 Barlow #16 bronze winches mounted on mast

2 Winch handles, 1 bronze (winch handle holders mounted in cockpit and on mast)

Many spare stays including spare bob stay

Sails

Thurston/Quantum mainsail with 3 reef points and all reefing lines (re-furbished by Sailcare )

Lazy jacks

Profurl LC32 roller furling unit, installed 1996, with 130% RF genoa and 100% RF yankee

Schaefer furling block system

Staysail on lazy boom, with 1 reefpoint

Doyle Gennaker with custom ATN sock

Lee Storm jib

Storm trysail with separate trysail track on mast

Sail covers in sunbrella pacific blue and mesh sheet bags for main, genoa and staysail

Deck Equipment

35 lb. CQR on bow roller with 60 Ft. 5/8 Campbell HT chain and 100 Ft anchor rode

Bruce Anchor roller with 60 ft. 5/8 Campbell HT chain with another 100 feet anchor rope

15 lb. Danforth anchor on stern pulpit mount

Bronze Ideal manual windlass with gypsy and capstan

2 Dorade vents on coach top with interior screw caps for heavy weather

2 Bomar reinforced deck hatches with screens

Bimini with Phifertex drop piece for sun shade in the tropics

Dodger with Phifertex mesh visqueen covers

Stainless steel folding swim ladder on stern

Boat hook

Boat cushions

3 8X23 Fenders

8 docklines, 2 are double braid 40 ft.

Anchor buoy with polypro line

Deck Brush and Mop with bucket and brushes

8 foot rigid dingy and wooden oars with bronze oarlocks, and oar leathers (dinghy has lifting points and rests on main coach top between mast and dodger for offshore)

Safety Equipment

6 person Revere Offshore Liferaft in Valise - last inspected 2009, with Top Gun cover for deck mounting with (4) Wichard folding padeyes on foredeck

2 Wichard folding padeyes on foredeck for jacklines attachment

Forespar Man overboard pole with Life ring

Lifesling man overboard recovery system

2 Fire extinguishers

2 life jackets

2 sets of emergency plexi glass port hole covers

Extras

ABI Brass clock and barometer

Screens for all hatches and for companionway

Brass ships bell