About SV Fayaway

“I sought out young Fayaway, and endeavored to learn from her, if possible, the truth. This gentle being had early attracted my regard, not only from her extraordinary beauty, but from the attractive cast of her countenance, singularly expressive of intelligence and humanity. Of all the natives she alone seemed to appreciate the effect which the peculiarity of the circumstances in which we were placed had produced upon the minds of my companion and myself.”

Tommo (Typee, Herman Melville)
Fayaway just after being hauled in Rockport, Maine, 2021

1996 Pacific Seacraft 40

Fayaway’s Basic Specs:

  • Displacement = 24,000 lbs (before we load up!)
  • LOA = 40 feet (12.8 meters) not including vane & anchor)
  • LWL = 32 feet
  • Beam = 12.5 feet
  • Mast height: 55 feet
  • Draft = 5.3 feet (Scheel)
  • Ballast = 8,600 lbs
  • Sail area = 846 square feet, not including spinnaker
  • Cutter-rigged, slab-reefed (3) main and headsail furlers
  • Rigging: SS wire w/ dyneema running backstays & topping lift; lazy-jacks/bag
  • Sail Inventory:
    • 125% Genoa, fully-battened main, staysail, asymmetrical spinnaker
  • Auxiliary Propulsion: 50 hp diesel; 3-blade self-pitching
  • Tankage:
    • fuel: tanks: 70 & 50 gallons; 25 gal gerry cans; 145 g total
    • water: tanks: 65 and 42 gallons; 10 gal gerry cans
  • Batteries: 300 Ah (24V) LiFePo4 (house) & 100 Ah (12V) AGM (start)
  • Power Sources:
    • 180A (24V) APS alternator
    • Solar: 820 w  main; + 100 w backup
  • Display Instruments: Various MFDs, AIS (B+) (Not tied to any proprietary system – multiple systems for redundancy)
  • Principal navigation tools: Garmin/Navionics. (Aquamap on the IPad)
  • Offshore communication: Starlink and Garmin InReach for tracking/redundancy)

More about Fayaway:

2022 Rockland Harbor, Maine.

We know very little about her early history, having purchased her from the second owner. Fayaway (not her original name) is one of the first built at the original west coast factory (hull #4).

Planning a maiden voyage east into the Caribbean, the original owner had her shipped from Fullerton, California to Miami. Shipping was paid by the factory in exchange for her unveiling at the 1996 Miami International Boat show – perhaps a first appearance!

Fast forward a couple decades… We found ourselves suddenly without a home, having sold our prior vessel in late 2020. Only the second out of twenty other boats considered, we found her early-on in our search, residing in the not-so-attractive “left out to pasture” section of the boatyard. Cosmetically, she’s in much better condition, having been shrink-wrapped for 15 years – more than half her life.

Fayaway’s Maxprop in pieces before purchase: a true “basket case”. Now we have a new Autoprop.
Borrowed from bluewaterboats.org

If you’re ever in the Washington NC area, we encourage you to visit the Pacific Seacraft factory, and meet its helpful and friendly owner Steve Brody. If on your own vessel, we wholeheartedly endorse stopping at nearby Mccotters Marina for taking care of any boat needs. They’ll treat you right!

About the designer, William Crealock.

First picture after signing the acceptance documents. Our new Fayaway is re-wrapped again until Spring arrives.

Fayaway – the name:

We must dedicate a brief owing to the literary source from which the name Fayaway is derived: From the nineteenth century novel Typee by Herman Melville, Fayaway is a beautiful South Pacific island native woman who accompanies Tommo during his “captivity”. Read the book, as I can’t possibly describe her as well as Mr. Melville!