Mustang Sally
 
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Mustang Sally specifications at a glance:

  Length: 38 feet overall, 38 feet on the waterline
 
 
  Beam: 20 feet
 
 
  Draft: 3 feet,  8 inches
 
 
  Displacement: Design 12,000 pounds, weight was 15,200 on the scales.
 
 
  Sails: 1,000 square feet of working sails,  1,400 sq. ft spinnaker plus 800 sq ft chicken chute,  storm jib.
 
 
  Accommodation: 3 Double state rooms plus 2 singles that have been converted to a work shop and storage area.
 
 
  Water System: Reverse osmosis 200 gallon per day water maker. 2 X 35  gallon water tanks.  Sinks in each state room.  Hot and cold water.  Inboard and transom showers.  Backup foot pump for fresh and salt water.
 
 
  Construction: Fiberglass composite construction,  Airex foam core and solid glass below the waterline.  Carbon fiber used extensively as a stiffener and to strengthen high load areas.  Five bulkheads per hull. 
 
 
  Auxiliary Power:
Two 18 horse Volvo fresh water cooled diesel engines.   Sail drives with folding props.  (All overhauled in 2002/3)
 
 
  Fuel Usage: 1/2 gal per hour at 2000 RPM
 
 
  Fuel capacity: 53 gallon tank, 40 gallons usable, plus 10 five gallon jerry jugs
 
 
  Speed on Auxiliaries: 9.5 knots max.  6 knots at 2,000 RPM - (flat water, clean bottom and no wind!)  Subtract .5 knots of boat speed for every 5 knots of contrary breeze.  
  Speed Under Sail: On a reach in a stiff breeze Mustang Sally can hit speeds in the mid teens.  Average cruising speeds are less than half that.  
  Range: 480 miles primary,  1,000 miles with jerry jugs
 
 
  Galley: Stainless steel galley with Broadwater propane stove/oven and 12 volt fridge.  Propane barbeque on stern stanchions.  Dual propane tanks with sniffers, remote solenoid, alarm and auto shut off. Lots of storage.
 
 
  Navigation: Garmin 210 GPS Map,  Garmin GPS 72 and 50 backup,  Integrated computer and Nobeltec navigation software with backup system.  Radar. ComNav 1101 hydraulic below deck autopilot. Raytheon ST4000 backup autopilot.   Compass and hand bearing compass.
 
 
  Communications: Ocean Radio VHF, Horizon handheld VHF, Icom M700 Pro Single Side Band
 
 
  Electrical: 2 X 6 volt, 400 amp hour house batteries,  2 starting batteries, 300 watt inverter,  12 volt charger and 30 amp shore power.  2 X 90 amp engine alternators.
 
 
  Heat: Espar D10W diesel Hydronic system with 3 heat exchangers
 
 
  Tender: Achilles 11 foot inflatable with 8 horse outboard.
 
 
  Emergency Gear: Paratec parachute anchor,  ACR 206 Emergency position indicating beacon.  Required flares plus.  7 bilge pumps.  5 eclectic, 2 manual, 1 portable that reaches all corners of the boat.
 
 



Mustang Sally was manufactured in western France in 1989 by Aquitaine Multicoques.  Group Graal designed her.