Arctic Monkey Options List

Here is the factory Option List for Arctic Monkey.  I welcome all comments and suggestions.  We'll be adding a few aftermarket things too.  Zetty also has a special cook top in mind but I don't have the specs yet.

Arctic Monkey Base Boat - Custom Allures 45

Hot water at swim platform shower - Must have for high latitude sailing with 4+ girls!

MaxProp upgrade - I'm a performance sailor at heart.

Remote Windlass Command

Power Upgrade to 75hp Volvo D2-75 Sail-Drive - Safety reasons, when you have to get somewhere...

Mooring Package, anchors fore and aft.

Safety Package for 8 - Includes Life Raft, flares, harnesses, etc.

Port Aft Cabin instead of technical cabin - 2 more bunks.

Workbench in sail locker

Lee cloth for all bunks

Foot pump for sea/fresh water in galley

Washing Machine

Katadyn 160E Watermaker

Microwave Oven

Upgrade to 1 frig, 1 freezer drawers

Radiant Heating - Wabesto

40L Water heater

Electro-Scan for One Toilet

Electric Gas Shutoff

Dual Racor fuel filters

ALGAE-X fuel conditioner system

Upgraded Electricity Package to include USA 110v

Battery Manager

D400 Wind Generator

280W Solar Panel w/Charge Controller

Watt&Sea Hydrogenerator

Isolation Transformer 3600W

B&G Zeus 8" Navigation Package

B&G AIS Black Box

NAVICO WiFi GoFree Box

B&G 4G Broadband Radar

2 Waterproof cockpit speakers

Performance Sail Package - No bed sheets on this yacht.

Self tacking Staysail, furler & back-stays

Mini Doger with handrails

ICOM M802 SSB with Pactor III modem

Backstay Insulation for SSB

IRIDIUM antenna on arch

8 Hella Turbo2 Fans

1 Electric Toilet, 1 Manual

Complete HARKEN upgrade for all winches, furlers and running gear.

New Name and Possible New Boat!

  I realize that its been a long time since my last post but we've been working hard.  We've decided on a new name for the new new boat, Arctic Monkey.  Kind of mixing our Arctic journey and our current name, Monkey's Orphan.  Everyone called us the Chunky Monkey so now we're just chill'in it out.

As for the new new boat, that's where the time has been spent.  Our friend Jimmy Cornell called about a month ago to ask if we had purchased a boat yet.  I said no, his reply was "good LJ, I'm going to get a new boat and you may be interested too."  Turns out that Jimmy has been working very hard with the Allures yard in France on a custom Allures 45.  It's setup for world cruising and has all the things that you'd need.  We took one look at it and decided that made economic sense.  Since then we've been working with Allures Stephan Constance on the options for the base boat.  As this is the Blue Planet Odyssey, we've gone as green as we can with Solar, Wind and Hydro for power, ElctroScan for the holding tanks.  We done quite a bit of research on the equipment but thankfully there are some very thoughtful owners out on the water sharing their ideas on the net.  One thing I had to insist on was Harken gear where we could and Allures said no problem!  This is a big plus for us as Harken is a very big company close to our home town and Olaf & Peter are very good friends!  On the next post, I'll get into the equipment we've chosen and why.