West Bay SonShip 58

The engines are Caterpillar Model 3406 - 6 cylinder - 800 hp each. The engine room is very clean and allows easy access to both engines and generators. There is also a work bench on the starboard side over the generator.

The engine has a 200 amp 12 v alternator to charge the ship's battery set and a 60 amp 24 v alternator to charge the engine start and control batteries.

There is also a 40 amp 12v battery charger for ship's battery and generator starting battery. Also included is a 40 amp 24v charger for the engine start battery bank.

The generators include one Onan 20 KW and one Onan 12 KW. The Sea Recovery water maker is very easy to service. The battery charger is a Sentry Newmar Phase 3 model and the inverter is a Prosine 30 with remote.

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

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.

4 burner Electric Stove