12 volt, 11 batteries charged by: engine, shore power, generator

GRP construction with semi-displacement underwater profile, gelcoat finish

The West Bay SonShip boat building company was started in 1967 by Ben and Leidy Vermeulen in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. The Vermeulen family still owns and manages the company that produces vessels from 54 to 158 feet.

The hull is hand-laid fiberglass with a gel coat finish. There are four sealed bulkheads in the hull. The area below the waterline has AOC vinyester resin. The propeller shafts are 3" dia. 316 stainless steel with hydroynamic 316 stainless steel V-struts. The rudders are also 316 stainless steel with power steering assembly. Shaft and rudder seals are Tides Marine.

The hull has Barium filled foam composite laminate in the engine room bulkheads and overhead for sound insulation. The electrolytic bonding system includes zincs and shaft brushes.

The bottom paint is Interlux 2000/2001 epoxy bottom paint with Micron CSC anti-fouling paint.

The floor plan of the vessel includes two very large staterooms with queen size berths plus a third stateroom with two single upper and lower berths. The master stateroom has its own separate head and shower. The forward stateroom and mid stateroom share a separate large head and shower. Both heads have Vacu-flush toilets.
A standard apartment-sized stackable washer dryer is located in the master stateroom.

The main salon includes a custom U-shaped sofa along the port side. The starboard side of the salon includes two very comfortable chairs plus a pop up bar out of the custom cabinet. A flat screen TV is mounted on the forward bulkhead. The aft door is double-width with horizontal roll up screens. All woodwork is flat cut American Cherry.

The pilot house includes an L-shaped dinette. The galley includes an over-sized Sub Zero refrigerator /freezer, electric four-burner glass cook top and a standard-sized oven. A trash compactor, dish washer, ice maker and microwave are also included.

The flybridge is fantastic. It is accessible from the pilot house and aft deck. The bridge includes a helm and companion seat plus a large dinette.

The lower helm includes an ultraleather Stidd chair.

6 berths with 2 doubles and 2 singles in 3 cabin(s) 4 burner electric cooker

Electronics include: Furuno FR 7062 radar, Furuno 582L color sounder, Icom M127 VHF, Northstar 941XD GPS, Robertson auto pilot, Simrad wind indicator, and an Ocean PC computer with 15" flatpanel display. There are full electronics on the flybridge.

The engine room has a Firewatch automatic fire extinguishing system.

There are two double Racor fuel filters for the main engines.

Muir Hydaulic up/down windlass (with remote control)
1 anchors
(Bruce)
91.44m (300'0") of chain
Rendova (14') dinghy (2001)
(Inflatable)
50hp outboard, Yamaha, Short Shaft (2001)
The bow thruster, anchor windlass, dinghy crane and stern thruster are all hydraulic. There is a Kobelt swing-out engine control station on the back deck. The aft cockpit includes a Jenn-Air propane BBQ and sink. The engine room access is from the aft cockpit. The swim step includes removable SS staples. The aft deck and swim step have snap-on removable all-weather carpeting.

3 bilge pumps (0 manual / 3 electric)