Additional Boat Details
Interior layout
Sedan with Flying Bridge
from aft to fwd:
Semi-Circular seating aft
10x8 cockpit w/ ladder to bridge, gated "transom" door
Galley & storage to stbd.
Convertible Dinette, storage, lower helm to port
Over and under bunks with storage drawers under & bookcases in sleeping quarters
Head, vanity, mirrored cabinet, hanging locker, and linen storage
Chain locker and large storage cabinet
Galley
Pantry, storage locker, 6 drawers, double sink w/ H/C water, 12v refrigerator w/ 6" extra insulation, 3 burner propane stove w/ oven and solenoid control for 2-20# propane tanks in locker overhead,
Electronic Equipment
2 compass, 2 VHF radios, 2 depth sounders, 2 Garmin GPS, all dated but all work fine.
Simrad Robertson 2 station autopilot for Wagner hydraulic steering
EPIRB
Alarm system w/ horns for overheat, low oil pressure, seawater flow, & high bilge water
Electrical System
2 deep cycle house batteries (old but still hold charge) i start battery new 3/19. Two alternators 35A for start battery, 100A for house bank. Battery switch. Circuit breaker panel with everything properly fused and wired no sketchy wiring. Small inverter. Dual bank battery charger. Solar battery maintainer panel (portable)
This is a 12v boat except for the 16000 BTU, water cooled, MarineAir air conditioning which runs on shore power; everything runs on battery power.
Other Equipment
Ideal windless, 300' all chain rode, 4 anchors including storm anchor w/ separate 250' rode, emergency tiller, Walker Bay 8 dinghy, Oars, dinghy anchor and lifting bridle, fitted swim ladder, hatch and door screens, fabric wind-catcher for hatch,
The engine is a Continental HD277 diesel 50 hp @ 2000 rpm. She cruises at 1300 rpm making 6.5k and burning .9 GPH. Continental now only makes aircraft engines but parts are available through tractor parts dealers as Massey Ferguson used these engines for decades. This engine had a valvejob and freshwater pump at 5000 hrs and gaskets and the pump were quickly available online. She now has 7000 hrs.
Remarks
Based on the "Vega", a canoe stern, round bilge hull design by William Garden. Willard built 39 of these hulls in fiberglass between 1961 and 1970 at its shop in Costa Mesa, California. Six of those hulls were built as pilothouse models. The remainder were built as sedans. This one is hull number twenty four of the sedan series. This design has become almost legendary as a long distance cruiser. A Willard 36 completed a comfortable trip to Hawaii and back in 1987. The trip to Hawaii, in October, took 18 days at six knots and a fuel consumption of 330 gallons over a distance of 2300 nm (0.9 gph). The owner who made that trip (at age 65) was so pleased with his boat he wrote a long letter to Willard praising it. The hull is well laid up heavy fiberglass. The low drag hull can cruise at six to six and a half knots with less than one gallon per hour fuel consumption. At that speed, range is over 1,200 miles.
This is a boat designed for long distance cruising and it was specifically highlighted by Robert Beebe in his book "Voyaging Under Power (1st ed.) on page 71. They are compact in size at 36 feet yet they offer safe side decks, four watertight bulkheads, a separate full height sleeping compartment and bunks for six with the convertible dinette down.
The fuel, water and holding tank capacity is ample for long distance cruising.
