COOL CHANGE IS (No Longer) FOR SALE.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

S/V COOL CHANGE

1989 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31

Currently situated in Fiji. She will be fully recommissioned by May 15, 2023 and available for viewing, sea trial, etc. Please contact us by email with any questions or to make an appointment to view her.

PRICE: Please contact the sellers for pricing details.

CONTACT INFORMATION: CoolChange4Sale@gmail.com (it may take us a few days to respond)

SPECIFICATIONS:

Year: 1989

Make: Pacific Seacraft

Model: 31

Class: Cutter

LOA: 31’10” (9.7 meters)

LWL: 24’2” (7.4 meters)

Beam: 9’10” (3 meters)

Draft (standard): 4’11” (1.5 meters)

Displacement: 11,000 pounds (4990 kilos)

Ballast: 4,400 pounds (1996 kilos)

Sail Area: 485.67 square feet (45.12 square meters)

Fuel type: Diesel

Engine: Yanmar 3GM30, 29 HP auxiliary

Hull Material: Fiberglass

Hull Shape: Monohull

Cabin Headroom: 6 feet, 2 inches (1.9 meters)

Two fresh water tanks totaling 65 gallons: one 50 gallons and one 15 gallons (246 liters total)

Fuel tank: 23 gallons (87 liters)

Holding tank: 16 gallons (61 liters)

Heads: one

Total berths: five

MANUFACTURER DESCRIPTION:

“Pacific Seacraft Yachts have a well-deserved reputation for being among the world’s finest. They are simply beautiful.  Their construction is legendary. The Pacific Seacraft 31 is a world voyaging yacht reflecting the best of the Pacific Seacraft tradition, melded with an astonishingly innovative interior design…. The cruising design is from the board of renowned naval architect W.I.B. Crealock, born of the same wisdom that conceived the immensely successful Crealock 37 and 34.  The 31’s hull configuration, rig and underbody are very similar to her two forebears, yet she boasts a proportionately broader beam and longer waterline.  The result is outstanding speed, comfortable motion, and superb ease of handling.

“The Pacific Seacraft 31’s moderate displacement contributes to both comfort and speed. An efficient sail plan and highly effective underbody produces the kind of performance that has generally been associated with the all-out racer. The 31 is fast, powerful and easy to handle…. Control and comfort have been central to her entire design. Her balance is so positive that she is easily singlehanded, even under adverse conditions. Her elegant bow flows smoothly into a long keel and sturdy skeg-hung rudder for directional stability and balance. For protection against accidental groundings or when careened, the external lead keel extends slightly deeper than the skeg and rudder. The reinforced skeg also allows for a propeller aperture, which protects the propeller from being fouled by kelp, lines and debris….

“A conscientious attention to detail sets the 31 apart from most other production boats, such as 30-inch lifeline stanchions thru-bolted to stout vertical bulwarks, and a unique companionway and seahood unit that forms a totally weathertight enclosure over the hatch…. The Pacific Seacraft 31’s cockpit is a celebration of comfort. Seven foot long seats invite even the tallest crew to stretch out and dream under balmy summer nights.  High coamings provide refuge from wind and spray. Three large seat lockers furnish an abundance of storage area. And an ingenious locker utilizing the otherwise dead space of the cockpit coaming provides fully vented and drained stowage for propane or CNG … two oversized cockpit drains … a 25 GPM bilge pump is mounted thru the cockpit seat riser, always accessible from the helm.” (partial description)

COMMENTS FROM THE CURRENT OWNERS:

If only we could have found a boat as well outfitted as Cool Change when we were in the market! We purchased Cool Change in 2011 as a rarely used boat in Bristol condition whose first owner sailed her only in fresh water; there were less than 400 hours on the engine, and hardly any enhancements whatsoever had been added beyond the manufacturer’s standard equipment. Since then, we have invested over $100,000 in capital improvements, above and beyond maintenance costs. It was our dream to sail to the South Pacific, so we spent three years in California preparing Cool Change for ocean passage-making, and another three years in Mexico fine-tuning Cool Change’s equipment to suit the demands of full-time cruising. In March, 2018, we departed from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and crossed the Pacific to French Polynesia, where we remained for a season before departing the next season, in 2019, for Tonga.  We had hoped to continue our voyage west from Tonga in 2020, but were locked out of the country due to COVID.  We finally were allowed back into Tonga in 2022 and we were delighted to find Cool Change no worse for wear. She is back to her old self, better than ever, with new batteries, a new fuel pump, a new macerator and sanitation system overhaul, and brand new standing rigging.  She is ready to cruise again.  We are looking forward to finding her next owners to treat her with the love and respect she deserves, and carry on her voyage.  All of the pictures included in this post have been taken since we returned to Tonga in July, 2022 except as noted.  

FEATURES:

PROPULSION:

1. Yanmar 3GM30 29 HP auxiliary 
2. 2369 hours on original engine (as of November, 2022)
3. Electro Maax small case 120 amp alternator with serpentine drive pulleys and belt (2014)
4. Max Prop 3-blade folding propeller, serviced, lubricated and coated with prop-glide in 2022
5. Dripless shaft seal (2014)
6. New electric fuel pump (2022)
7. New raw water pump installed in 2022, with rebuilt spare water pump on board
8. New motor mounts (2017)
9. Oil and transmission fluid have been changed religiously at 100-hour intervals
10. Fuel tank was rebuilt in 2014
11. Cutlass bearing replaced in 2016
12. Fuel tank: 23 gallons
13. Racor Primary fuel filter
14. Six 20-liter containers of on-deck diesel storage, attached with fixed webbing to teak rails midships on port and starboard

ELECTRONICS:

1. Raymarine Lighthouse multifunction Hybrid Touch e97 series 9” chart plotter with sonar, with Seatalk (2014)
2. Recent Navionics chart cards for the South Pacific; Queensland, Australia; Mexico; and the United States
3. Raymarine Type 1 Linear Drive Autopilot (replaced in 2017) controlled by Raymarine Evolution EV-200 Sail Pilot and P-70 control head (2014)
4. Raymarine Wind transducer (2014)
5. Raymarine i-70 instrument display head for speed, depth and wind (2014)
6. Raymarine AIS650 Class B AIS Transceiver (2014)
7. Shakespeare Galaxy AIS Antenna (2014)
8. Raymarine RD418HD 4KW 18” Digital Radome with 10M Raynet Cable (2014)
9. Raymarine ITC5 Instrument Transducer Converter
10. NavPod at helm for Chartplotter, autopilot and speed/depth/wind displays (2014)
11. Richie binnacle-mounted compass
12. Icom M802 Single Sideband Radio (2014)
13. Icom M604 VHF Radio (2014)
14. Pactor Modem (2014)
15. EPIRB: Global Fix Pro 406 Mhz GPS EPIRB (2014), battery replacement 2018; NOAA Beacon registration is current

ELECTRICAL:

1. 110 volt shore power system
2. Blue Sea Master Power Switch (2016)
3. SI-ACR Start Isolation Automatic Charging Relay (2016)
4. AC/DC master power control panel (hinged for easy access)
5. Balmar Max Charge MC-614 multi-stage voltage regulator (2014)
6. Sterling Pro-charge Ultra Global AC input and active power factor correction battery charger with display – 12v, 40 amps (2023)
7. Two Odyssey 2PC1800-FT 225 Ah AGM batteries – 450 Ah house total (2022)
8. One Optima 34M Bluetop Marine starting battery – AGM, 750 CCA, 55 Ah (2022)
9. Electric Rule 2000 bilge pump (2022)
10. Emergency Whale bilge pump at helm
11. High water alarm (2016)
12. Wagan Tech Elite 200 watt pro DC to AC Pure Sine Inverter (2017)
13. Red/white chart light at nav station (2014)
14. Lunesea Tri-color LED navigation and anchor lights at masthead with emergency strobe (2014)
15. Deck light on mast
16. LED strip lighting has been added in galley and on both sides of the salon (2014)
17. Carbon monoxide detector (2014)
18. MarineKinetix MK4+ Marine wind turbine, 400 watts (2018)
19. Eight Solbien 50 watt flexible solar panels (2014, 2016)
20. Eight Genasun GV-boost solar panel controllers (2014, 2016)
21. Engine room cooling fan (2014)
22. Two 12v accessory plugs at nav station, one on starboard in v-berth, one in aft quarterberth, one on port bulkhead amidships, and one at helm (2014, 2016); One double USB port accessory plug at nav station (2014)

SAILS AND RIGGING:

1. All new standing rigging in March, 2023
2. Cutter rig with running backstays
3. All lifelines replaced in 2013
4. Top lifelines in cockpit replaced with stainless steel rails in 2016
5. Extensive $20,000 refit of running rigging and rigging system improvements performed in 2014 by Hansen Rigging of Alameda, California, including addition of a rigid boom vang, modification of the running back stay system, installation of rigging and additional bowsprit for the asymmetrical spinnaker, mounting of the whisker pole on a track on the mast, replacement of the traveller, addition of deck organizers and clutches, restoration of boom (removed and reinstalled), addition or replacement of most sheets and halyards, and other improvements
6. Hood Mainsail replaced in 2014, slab reefing, three reefs, all lines run back to cockpit (clew and tack reefing lines)
7. US Sails Yankee jib in very good condition, sacrificial strip replaced and restitched in 2018, on Harkin furling system
8. North Sails furling staysail (replaced in 2018) on Pro Furl furling system
9. All control lines return to cockpit – rigged for single-handing
10. Pineapple Sails trysail with dedicated track on mast, bought second hand (2018) but never deployed
11. Anchor riding sail
12. Hood Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock (2014)
13. 100% Genoa, reburbished including new furling cover in 2012, available for additional shipping charge from California (stored at current owners’ residence)
14. Harkin Traveler replaced in 2014 
15. Whisker pole mounted on track on mast (2014)
16. ATN Tacker spinnaker rigging
17. SSB antenna incorporated into backstay
18. Preventer system upgraded in 2019
19. Delta Drogue
20. Custom waterproof dry bag for sail storage on deck 26” diameter by 24” after roll down. (2017)
21. Harken bosun chair

DECK/HULL/STEERING EQUIPMENT AND STRUCTURE:

1. Custom stainless steel arch and pole for wind generator and solar panels (2017)
2. Top lifelines in cockpit replaced with 1” stainless steel tubing, and a stern rail seat added (2016)
3. Scanmar Monitor Windvane steering system with two sails, wheel adapter and Cruising Spare Parts Kit (2013)
4. Seaforce AFI Teak four drink holder and removable cockpit table (2012)
5. Edson throttle and transmission cables and chain replaced in 2017. 
6. New pedestal wheel lock – helm brake (2017)
7. Topsides painted (2017)
8. Five padeyes in cockpit for security underway (2018)
9. Engine fuel shut-off cable replaced in 2014
10. Magma Marine Kettle BBQ installed on cockpit rail (2013)
11. Bilge pump counter added (2017)
12. Radar reflector suspended from spreader (2018)
13. Lifesling in soft case on cockpit rail (2011)
14. Life ring with strobe attached to stern pulpit (2011)
15. Vetus stainless steel dorade cowl vents (2014)
16. Hot and cold shower in cockpit (2017)
17. Two 7’ seats in cockpit
18. Two oversized cockpit drains
19. A 25 GPM whale bilge pump is mounted thru the cockpit seat riser, accessible from the helm
20. (4) Lewmar #16 two speed winches 
21. (2) Lewmar #43 two speed winches
22. Wide side decks, double-rail bow and stern pulpits, 30”-high double lifelines, four teak handrails and bulwarks from 4” high amidships to 9” on the foredeck
23. Two 12” bow mooring cleats on the foredeck with 4” hawse pipes; at the stern are two 10” stern mooring cleats with 9” chocks; amidships are two 8” spring cleats. Herreshoff cleats thru-bolted to deck using full backing plates for even load distribution, polyurethane caulking is used under hardware and under backing plates to prevent leaks 
24. All winches, cleats and other deck hardware are of solid polished bronze.
25. The heavy solid teak caprail is hand fitted with butterfly joints.
26. Deck/hull connection is engineered with a double flange bedded in high tensile polyurethane adhesive compounds and thru-fastened with ¼” 18-8 stainless steel bolts. 
27. The main structural bulkheads are bonded with fiberglass mat and woven roving, then bolted in place 
28. The rudder has a ¼” thick backbone welded to a 1.9 O.D. stainless steel shaft. The rudder is further supported by the skeg, which is reinforced with a molded-in structural steel channel. Skeg and rudder are connected at the lower end by a massive manganese bronze gudgeon
29. Chain plates are type 304 stainless steel, thru-fastened to the hull with ½” stainless steel bolts and full backing plates
30. Fenders and docklines available for docking and mooring

GROUND TACKLE:

1. Massive stainless steel bow platform incorporates two extra heavy-duty anchor rollers
2. Forward is a double chain locker for two anchor rodes. Aft is a stern chain locker.
3. Cool Change has 200’ of 5/16” G4 chain (2014) attached to a 35 pound Mantus anchor on the bow, and 350’ of rode in the stern locker attached to a 13 pound Mantus anchor mounted on the port quarter rail.
4. One 10 pound Danforth anchor (2014) stored in a canvas case in lazarette
5. Lofranz Tigress 1500 watt Windlass with solenoid control box and deck foot switches, 150 amp breaker and panel (2012)
6. Mantus snubber

CANVAS:

1. Dodger (2016)
2. Full at-anchor cockpit enclosure (2018-22)
3. Bimini (2014) 
4. Sail cover (2011)
5. Storm curtains with pockets surrounding the cockpit for privacy, wind/wave protection and storage
6. Caprail covers for protection during storage (2014)
7. Covers for all handrails, liferaft, forward hatch, outboard motor, BBQ, windlass (2014)
8. Full boat sun covers for long-term storage
9. Bottomsider brand closed-foam custom-made cockpit cushions, covered in custom-made Sunbrella fabric.

GALLEY AND NAV STATION:

1. Cool Change is equipped with a Spectra Ventura 200t watermaker with a Z-ion Protection System (2014) that was recommissioned in July, 2022 with good pressure, clear discharge and water quality well within manufacturer’s specifications.  An additional pressure vessel membrane is included as a spare.
2. Custom-built shelf and support post installed between galley and port settee (2014)
3. LED Lighting strips installed above food preparation areas (2014)
4. The galley faucet was replaced (2022)
5. Hot and cold pressurized water at galley, head and cockpit shower
6. Fresh water foot pump
7. Salt water foot pump
8. Two burner gimballed Force 10 stainless steel propane stove and oven
9. 10’ deep stainless steel double sinks
10. The icebox has a five cubic foot capacity, is insulated with 3.5 inch thick, poured polyurethane foam, and contains an electric sump pump with overboard discharge.
11. Icebox upgraded to a refrigerator (2012) with the installation of an Isotherm 3251 SP with ASU energy management electronic control cold plate with a Danforth BD 35 compressor located under the head sink.
12. Custom teak dish locker with 5 compartments
13. Two deep storage lockers outboard and forward of the sinks
14. One large locker with sliding doors outboard of sinks and stove
15. Four drawers
16. Cool Change comes supplied with dishes, silverware, cooking pans, pressure cooker and utensils
17. Nav Station contains a large chart table above the refrigerator, and includes a tilt-out chart storage locker and a tilt-out drawer 

INTERIOR

1. Cabin sole sanded and revarnished in 2016
2. Two lounging settees stretch to port and starboard, and extend forward under the vee-berth to 7 feet
3. Settees are both equipped with lee-cloths with pockets to serve as sea berths
4. Teak bookshelves with removable fiddles extend behind the settees.
5. A large dining table slides from below the vee-berth, locked into the compression post with a solid 3/8’ stainless steel pin welded to an internal stainless steel plate. When not in use, the table disappears under the vee-berth.
6. Vee berth in the forward cabin is 6’6” long and 5’0” wide for a queen-sized sleeping room. Full length shelves and lockers to port and starboard, and drawers underneath.  
7. The vee-berth stock cushions have been removed and replaced by a custom-made, Queen vee-berth 5.5” Latex Mattress with pillowtop by Handcraft Mattress (HMC) – 2013. The mattress folds lengthwise to allow access to the storage lockers below. Fitted sheets are supplied with Cool Change.
8. Underneath the vee-berth is the largest water tank, and to both sides of the tank are additional storage lockers
9. The aft cabin of Cool Change has been modified to include centerline storage, aft of the stuffing box access, for the heavy but slimly designed house batteries that offer increased amperage. The remainder of the double aft cabin has been modified to supply unfettered access to the stuffing box and to store supplies for passage-making.  This arrangement can be easily modified to restore it to a sleeping cabin with the addition of cushions, or the use of the existing cushion backs from the settees. 
10. The head includes a stainless steel sink, marine head, a shower nozzle using the sink faucet extension, and a shower pan with a solid teak grate. Teak drawers and lockers offer storage.  
11. Marine head replaced in 2017 with Raritan Manual Marine toilet
12. The water maker is mounted in a locker aft of the head.
13. Four Cafran fans for ventilation are distributed around the salon, galley and vee berth

OTHER

1. 4 person Viking RescYouPro life raft with deck cradle (2013, recertified in 2017)
2. Achilles LSI-260 Grey Dinghy (2011)
3. Tohatsu 6HP 4 stroke outboard motor with 15” short shaft, tiller steering (2011), with complete tune-up in July, 2022; serviced in May, 2023
4. Removable Stainless steel lifting arm mounted on RADAR pole off stern quarter for lifting outboard motor onto its mount on the stern pulpit
5. 3-to-1 block crane system with ½” 8 plate polyester rope, Harkin Rachet block with bocket, and Garhauer Double block for lifting and lowering outboard motor onto its stern pulpit mount (2012)

PARTIAL LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS:

DISCLAIMER:

The owners offer the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

SOME RANDOM PICTURES FROM OUR TRAVELS (2015-2022)