OWNER/SKIPPER PROFILE

Bill Myers

• Retired nuclear scientist living in Hawaii
• Owner of Cirrus since 1996
• Fourteen Pacific Ocean crossings to date including two Transpacs and six PacCup races
• Detailed resume at nav.org
• Email: navigator.bill @gmail.com
  

CIRRUS DESIGN SPECS

Cirrus Data

• Class: Standfast 40
• Designer: Frans Maas / Breskens, Holland
• Builder: Palmer-Johnson, Sturgen Bay, WI, 1973

• Hull: Monocoque construction, fixed keel
• Design displacement: 22,839
• Length: 40
• Waterline: 32.12
  
• Beam: 13.11
• Draft: 7.46

• Rig: Sloop, Symmetrical Spinnaker
• I=55.93
• J=17.23
• P=48.33
• E=13.54

• Mainsail area: 378.1
• Jib area: 567.4
• Spinnaker area: 1456.6

• Diesel inboard: Yanmar, 3HM35F
• Other features: Propane stove, Refrigeration, Water maker, GPS, Radar, SSB, VHF, Autopilot, Monitor windvane, Anchor windlass
• Some history: Paccup '98, '00, '04,
  '06,
  Transpac '07
  
• See: Photos
• And: www.nav.org

WHITE SAILS

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