Topside Marguerite is like most other Schuckers. Differences include handrails on the forward deck instead of lifelines. The mast is aluminum and slightly taller with an air draft of around 50 feet or so. The boom is also aluminum. Main sail is a Doyle stackpack where basically the bottom of the sail is the sail cover and lazy jacks are an integral part of the sail cover. Jib is about 85%, roller furled. I also have about a 130% jib which has a rip in it. There is a spinnaker with integral sock. There is also a small cutter sail with a loose footed boom. Spreaders have bird spikes installed on them. Included is a 'Top-Climber' which I use to haul myself up the mast when necessary. I also have a nice stout spinnaker pole which mounts on the stbd side salon roof. Air horns are mounted under port front edge of overhang. Jib sheets are run using tracks and snatchblocks to a centrally mounted jib sheet winch on the transom coaming. Main sheet winch located on stbd side outside the pilot house door. There is also a winch mounted on the port side Pilothouse door for the cutter. Marguerite is a Schucker where the aft deck overhang was removed at the factory. I added an aluminum frame on the back deck with a 1/2 inch King Starboard roof attached to it. I can attest that it has withstood 70mph gusts during a nor'easter in January. There is a very large winch mounted on the forward edge of the salon roof which is the original anchor windlass, I can attest that it will fulfill that function. Anchor windlass is a Horizon 900GD, freefall or power down, with gypsy and capstan drum, with a switch in Pilothouse and a couple wireless remotes. Ground tackle is 60 pound danforth, 35 pound danforth, and 35 pound delta. Two rodes one with 20 feet 3/8 chain and 150 feet nylon and the other with 20 feet 5/16 chain and 250 feet of nylon. Gypsy accepts 5/16 chain although you can buy larger gypsy for the anchor windlass. There are probably a dozen fenders of several different types with numerous dock lines and spare halyards. I installed a walkthrough on the stbd side next to the Pilothouse door which is useful at the dock or while anchored as a dinghy landing area. The rudder post was replaced last year due to crevice corrosion at the gland. I will include pics of that later. The propeller is a Luke propeller 17 inch diameter. The Luke is a 180 degree reversing propeller. The blades can rotate 180 degrees when going astern which implies your thrust pattern should be the same as going ahead. The blades also lay sort of flat when sailing. The hub is lubricated with grease every 3-6 months depending on how much use it gets.
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