Civil Twilight Specifications

ABOUT THE BOAT

Civil Twilight under sail

Civil Twilight is a Passport 470CC. She is 47 feet with a center-cockpit. She was commissioned in 2004 in Annapolis, MD.

Inner-mast mainsail makes furling and reefing easily accomplished from the cockpit.

Cutter-rigged, both headsails are on roller furlers. Fully equipped with Raymarine Electronics, including color Chartplotter and Radar.

Civil Twilight at Anchor

The layout below consists of a forward queen berth, with separate head/shower, a large salon with U-shaped settee, 2 swivel chairs and nav station, walk-through galley with Refrig/freezer, microwave, propane stove and oven, and trash compactor to starboard, and a third cabin with single berth to port that shares the head/shower with the captains quarters. Captains quarters are at the aft end of the boat.

Civil Twilight carries a 10 foot inflatable hard-bottom dinghy with a 15 HP Honda engine, as well as 2 inflatable kayaks.

For your enterainment, there is an Alpine Stereo with a 5-disc changer and Bose speakers in the main salon and in the cockpit. NO television on board, but we do have books and games!

On those rainy, foggy nights (yes, they happen) we might pop a dvd in the 17" laptop, pop up some popcorn and have 'Movie Night'...so bring along a favorite it you have one.

Layout

Main Salon Port (looking aft)

Main Salon Starboard

Forward Guest Cabin

walk-through galley

Civil Twilight Specfications

Passport 470CC Hull #135 Built 2004

Length Overall 48'10"

Length at Waterline 39'1"

Beam 14'2"

Draft 6'4"

Ballast 11,000 lbs

Displacement 30,611 lbs

Sail Area Standard 1,299 sf

Fuel Capacity 130 gal

Water Capacity 150 gal

Aux. Diesel Power 75 hp

Sail Inventory

Inner-mast furling Main

Roller Furling Genoa 120

Roller Furling Staysail

Assymetrical Spinnaker

Anchors

66 lb Spade on all chain rode

66 lb Bruce on rope rode

Fortress FX-33

Navigation/Safety Equipment

All required Coast Guard Safety Equip.

EPIRB

Raymarine color GPS Chartplotter with CMap Charts

Raymarine Color Radar

Raymarine Wind speed/direction, Depth sounder, and boat speed instruments

Icom 502 VHF Radio

Icom 802 Single-sideband Radio

Autopilot

Laptop with Nobeltec Charts

Complete Paper Charts

Mechanical

Diesel-fired forced hot air heat

Air conditioning

Refrigeration

Freezer

What does 'Civil Twilight' mean? According to Wikepedia,

This begins in the morning when the center of the Sun is less than 6° below the horizon (the point of civil dawn), and ends at sunrise. Evening civil twilight begins at sunset and ends when the center of the Sun is more than 6° below the horizon (the point of civil dusk).
The brightest stars appear during civil twilight, as well as planets, such as Venus which is known as the 'morning star' and/or 'evening star'. During this period there is enough light from the Sun so that artificial sources of light are not needed to carry on outdoor activities. Civil twilight can also be described as the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished; at the beginning of morning civil twilight, or end of evening civil twilight, the horizon is clearly defined and the brightest stars are visible under good atmospheric conditions in the absence of moonlight or other illumination.

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