For those of you interested in the technical stuff, here is some more info on our new home:

Strider is a 43' cutter with fibreglass hull, designed by Al Mason and built in 1979.

Dimensions
LOA: 43'8"
LWL: 31'3"
Beam: 12'4"
Draft: 6'3"
Gross Reg. Tons: 24T
Displacement: 23,860 lbs (around 30,000 lbs laden with water and cruising kit)
Bridge Clearance: 64'
Ballast: 8,000 lbs

Engine
Yanmar 4JH2E 50 hp single diesel
Northern Lights diesel marine generator 6kW, 110V

Tankage
Fuel: 190 gal. in 2 tanks
Water: 200 gal.
Holding: 30 gal.
Custom reverse osmosis watermaker, producing around 20 gal. of fresh water per hour.

Accommodation
Strider's interior is entirely in teak, with a teak and holly cabin sole (floor). Starting from the bow, there is a large guest cabin to port, next to which there is a head (lavatory) to port with separate shower stall and a marble vanity counter sink. Then there is the salon, with a U-shaped dinette to port and a straight settee to starboard. Next to the salon is our galley, and nav station to starboard of the companionway (stairs). Moving aft from the galley on the portside of the companionway, is the entrance to the master cabin.

Galley
3 burner Force 10 propane stainless steel stove with oven and broiler
Propane: 2 x 20 lbs aluminium tanks in vented deck locker
Double stainless steel sink with hot/cold pressure water system
Top-loading Grunert fridge/freezer
Double-door front loader freezer above settee
Sharp Carousel microwave oven

Electronics/Navigation
Raytheon R20XX Radar
Standard Horizon CPV350 chart plotter, loud hailer and VHF radio
Standard Horizon CP180i chart plotter in cockpit
Standard Horizon fish finder
Garmin handheld GPS
2 x Standard Horizon handheld VHF radios
406 Mhz EPIRB
Furuno FS-1503 marine SSB radio
Autohelm wind/speed/direction/depth instruments
Robertson hydraulic autopilot with handheld remote operation
Toshiba flatscreen TV with built-in DVD player, Onkyo amplifier and Polk Audio speakers
Heart Freedom 2KW inverter

Anchors
33 kg (73 lbs) Rocna primary anchor
55 lbs Delta secondary anchor
45 lbs CQR anchor
Maxwell Nillson electric windlass
35 lbs Danforth (spare)

Sails
Mainsail with slab reefing (2 rows of reef points) and lazy jacks
Staysail
Genoa (150%)

Sail handling
Harken type III roller furling (headstay)
Navtec hydraulic backstay (with pressure gauge)
SS wire standing rigging
Boomvang
Detachable inner forestay
Mainsheet traveler with 4:1 purchase mounted forward cockpit area

Deck winches
2 Lewmar #48 self-tailing/two-speed (for genoa sheets)
2 Barlow #27 self-tailing/two-speed (for staysail sheets)
1 Lewmar #42 (for mainsail sheet)
1 Barlow #20 single-speed (for roller-furling line)
2 Barlow #20 single-speed/mast mount
2 Barlow #16 single-speed/boom mount

Safety equipment
AVON 6-person liferaft model V80294 "Ocean Canister"
6 Type II and 4 Type I PFDs
2 Type IV throwable PFDs
2 portable and 1 fixed fire extinguishers
Emergency tiller
Navigation lights (including strobe/masthead lamp)
1 handheld search light

Other features
Carib inflatable 10' RIB dinghy C10X (fibreglass bottom)
15 hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboard motor
3.5 hp 4-stroke Mercury outboard motor