It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a stainless steel arch-mounted mainsheet traveler, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed wing keel.
[1][4] Factory standard equipment included a roller furling self-tacking genoa, full-roach mainsail, anodized spars, an emergency tiller, electric anchor winch, marine VHF radio, knotmeter, depth sounder, AM/FM radio DVD player and CD player with four speakers, dual anchor rollers, hot and cold water transom shower, fog bell and air horn, teak interior and cabin sole, two fully enclosed heads with showers, private forward and aft cabins, a dinette table that converts to a double berth, complete set of kitchen dishes, microwave oven, front-loading refrigerator, dual sinks, three-burner gimbaled liquid petroleum gas stove and oven with a range hood and life jackets.
Factory options included a deep draft keel, bow thruster, electric sail handling winch, mast-furling mainsail, a four cabin layout, desk and work bench in place of one aft cabin, air conditioning, ice maker or wine cooler (but not both), bimini top, dodger, clothing washer and drier and leather cushions.
The high, 4-foot-8-inch freeboard makes boarding from a floating dock a challenge (Pettengill bought a small step stool to keep aboard), but it ensures a dry cockpit, even when the breeze pipes up.
Sitting to leeward on a seat designed to let the helmsman lean back against the lifelines and pushpit with feet inboard and a knee on either side of the wheel, I found the boat a pleasure to sail.