1973 Bruno & Stillman Friendship Sloop "INDEPENDENCE"

Built by the Bruno & Stillman yard in New Hampshire, Independence is the last hull built. Her hull and deck assembly are cored fiberglass. Black topsides, gold boot top, green bottom. Buff decks and cabin top with varnished teak trim.

2000 Yanmar 30 HP diesel engine located aft of the companionway steps in the cabin. Low hours. Stainless steel shaft swinging a 3-blade bronze propeller.

Aft of the anchor locker is the forward stateroom with a vee berth arrangement for two separate berths or one large double berth. Storage lockers and drawers below berths. A hanging locker with door is on the starboard side and the enclosed head is to port with a marine flush and folding sink. A cabintop hatch provides good light and ventilation. A door separates the stateroom from the main cabin.

In the main cabin are two berths, port and starboard with outboard lockers and shelves. A heat stove is mounted on the starboard forward bulkhead and a folding dining table on the port bulkhead.

In the aft cabin are the centerline companionway steps forward of the access to the 2000 Yanmar 25 HP diesel. The galley is to port with a stainless steel sink and a hand pump for fresh water. A top-loading icebox is outboard, with access from the cockpit as well. The starboard navigation table is also covered with Formica with stove and lockers below. Electrical and bilge panels are mounted on the aft bulkhead.

The woodwork below is varnished teak cabinetry with an unfinished teak sole. Electric lights throughout and a custom butterfly cabintop hatch and six opening ports for good ventilation and light. The headroom is 6'1.

The cockpit seats several on lockers on lockers with below and a pedestal compass and wheel steering.

Varnished fir mast, boom, gaff, topmast, bowsprit.

Mainsail, staysail, jib, topsail, flying jib.

Stainless steel standing rigging, Dacron running rigging through blocks and deadeyes.

Teak shelves mounted on the port and starboard shrouds for the navigation lights.

Compass

Depthsounder

VHF radio

Running and navigation lights

Automatic Bilge Pump

Cabin and cockpit cushions

Dock lines and fenders

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