Dove III has been sold

Thanks for your interest.

Dove III was purpose built by famed sailor and boat builder Winston Bushnell for sailing the Northwest Passage. It became the 4th boat in recorded history to make the entire passage in a single season. The boat was built in 1994 and made the voyage in 1995.

Dove III is in dry dock in Anacortes, Washington right now. Our intent was to get Dove back on the water and do some sailing around the San Juan Islands. As life would have it we haven’t found the necessary time to put into the boat. Other hobbies and adventures are calling us in other directions. I’d like to sell Dove III to someone passionate about boating and who really wants a dependable craft to adventure anywhere they want to go on the planet.

There are a few images included below. If you’d like to see more photos let me know and I can either send them to you directly or I’ll expand this page. I can show you the boat in person by appointment. Please email me if you have any comments or questions at matt@primalnw.com.

Designer	Brent Swain
Builder	Winston Bushnell
Year Built	1994
Length	27'
Beam	9' 2"
Draft	3' 6" Centerboard up
Displacement	10,000 lbs
Registered Tons	4.71
Max speed	6 knots
Hull Construction	Welded 10 gauge steel plate with additional support provide by retrofitted chine and bow reinforcing, 1" angle longitudinal stringers, and transverse webs in way of the keel
Deck Construction	Welded 10 gauge steel plate
Superstructure	Wood wheelhouse
Bulkheads	2 x Partial transverse
Hull/deck joint	Welded
Fasteners	Stainless steel
Caulking	Synthetic
Ballast/Weight	Welded steel box with 3/16" sides and 3/4" bottom plating. 1,400 lbs lead ballast in forward keel void, water tanks in aft keel voids outboard of centerboard trunk.
Deck openings/closure	17" x 17" FRP sheathed plywood forcastle escape hatch. Hinged wood door to wheelhouse.
Cockpit drains	Freeing ports in bulwarks and transom
Pulpits/bow rails	3/4" Diameter welded tubular steel rail around perimeter of deck, mast pulpits with integral belaying pins
Mooring Cleats	2x7" Stainless steel cross bollards forward, welded ss cleats aft and midships
Towing eyes	1/2" welded steel gusset on forwad end of keel
Tender/aux. outboard	8' FRP dinghy with 2 oars
Other	Double welded bow assembly with bronze rollers, bronze ceterboard winch
Main engines	1995 Isuzu 23 HP, naturally aspirated diesel
Engine hours	2,193
Marine gear	Hurth 2.0:1
Starting	12 VDC
Cooling	Fresh water cooled through 10 Gal. keel cooling chamber
Exhaust	Dry to stack, lagged in interior compatments
Instruments	Tachometer, water temperature, oil pressure, DC amperes, hours
Ventilation	Natural draught flow through
Propulsion	1" Stainless steel propeller shaft through bronze rubber mounted stuffing box to 14D x 11P 3 blade bronze propeller
Anodic protection	Shaft, rudder and hull zinc anodes
Rudder and steering	2 Station, rope to tiller
Engine controls	2 Station, push/pull cables
Fuel tanks	1 x 45 Gallon aluminum tank abaft engine, gravity feed with shut-off and drain valves at tank bottoms
Filled/lines/vents	Filled at cockpit sole, vented above deck, neoprene fuel line
Ship's voltage	12 VDC
Batteries/location	2 x Lead acid type secured to port of machinery space
Wiring	Thermoplastic coated copper throughout
Overload protection	Cole Hersee sparkproof master switch to individually fused circuits
Centrifugal pump	Rule 100 gph 12 VDC in machinery space
Manual diaphragm bilge	10 gph secured to main cabin sole
Anchor	Danforth type, 22 lbs
Seconday anchor	25 lb grapple
Chain and rode	14" dia. ss drum with 40' x 5/16" dia. galvanized chain and 200' 5/8" dia. 3 strand nylon rode
Gate valves	None
Ball valves	Bronze marine head suction and discharge, galley basin drain
Through hulls	Stainless steel nipples welded to hull
Stove	Kenyon 2 burner gimbaled propane cooker
Cabin heaters	Welded steel solid fuel space heater (wood burning stove) with 4" dia. steel flue to deck
Fresh water system	2 x 20 Gal. port and starboard in keel voids
Marine Santiation Devices	Manual marine head, direct overboard discharge
Propane tankes, lines, and stowage	20 lb bottle secured to aft cockpit railing, neoprene fuel line
VHF radio	Icom IC-707
Depth sounder	Bottom Line TBL210F Fish finder / depth sounder
GPS	Garmin 75
Autopilot	Wind vane with rudder trim tab
Compass	3" dia. Saturn
Lifering	24" Aer o buoy
Spars	Single spreader laminated red cedar mast and boom, stainless steel mast bands, tangs and masthead fitting
Standard rigging	Galvanized steel, 1 x 19 stainless steel wire, galvanized and ss turnbuckles
Running rigging	Dacron rope
Chainplates	welded
Sails	Mainsail, spare mainsail, genoa, working jib, Yankee, storm jib
Winches	2 x Merriman No. 2 lever action

Dove III’s floor plan as it appears in Arctic Odyssey: Dove III Masters the Northwest Passage by Len Sherman.