1992 Custom 31' (9.45 m) Canning Otis 31
Brooklin, Maine, United States
Little Gem
This salty little Downeast styled power cruiser is on just her 3rd owner who gave her a notable number of upgrades in 2004 and then had the engine removed, gone over, and painted and Awlgripped the hull in 2018. She is a sensible boat providing comfortable accommodations for 2 or 4 if need be,
Flag of Registry: United States
- Downeast
- Power
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: OTC31003L293
Description
This salty little Downeast styled power cruiser is on just her 3rd owner who gave her a notable number of upgrades in 2004 and then had the engine removed, gone over, and painted and Awlgripped the hull in 2018. She is a sensible boat providing comfortable accommodations for 2 or 4 if need be, in a galley up layout. Her 100 hp engine provides economical cruise speed of just over 9 knots burning app 2 GPH.
In 2021 the current owners made several additional upgrades to Little Gem including aft seating in the cockpit with additional storage, varnished wood floors, new stove and reupholstered interior cushions.
Specifications
HIN/IMO: OTC31003L293
Official Number: 1181709
LOA: 31' (9.45 Meters)
Type: Power- Used
Year: 1992
Beam: 11'
Draft Min: 3'
Heads: 1
Maximum Speed: 11 Knots
Cruise Speed: 9.25 Knots
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Fuel Tank: 120 Gallons (454.25 Liters)
Fresh Water: 60 Gallons (227.12 Liters)
Holding Tank: 15 Gallons (56.78 Liters)
Displacement: 14000 lbs
Designer: Canning Otis
Builder: Canning Otis/Beal
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Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Perkins
- Engine Model: 6-354
- Engine Year: 1992
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 120.00
- Power KW: 89.48
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 2400.00
- Engine Location: Middle
Full Details
Vessel Details
Hull and Deck/Construction
This custom Downeast has a solid fiberglass hull finished in Platinum Gray Awlgrip with a red boot stripe done in 2017. Her bottom was given a hard sanding at that time and is finished with black epoxy anti fouling and has been kept very fair with no paint build up.
The house and decks are fiberglass over marine plywood and are likewise finished with Awlgrip "Moondust" with Griptex in all appropriate areas. The side decks a wider than normal for a 31' boat making getting fore and aft easier than other vessels.
The hull was purchased by her first owner and finished by him and purportedly first launched in 1993. The first owners cruised her throughout New England but mostly in Maine and took her south one winter. Her 2nd owner cruised extensively in Maine but did two trips to FL, one on her own bottom and on the 2nd trip was trucked to Chesapeake, VA and then cruised south from there. The current owner has been cruising her in Maine.
- Electric reel type windlass ~ 2007
- Sitka spruce anchor pulpit set up so that anchor self deploys
- 35 Pound Bruce anchor with 20' stainless steel chain and 140' rode
- 35 Pound Fisherman style anchor with 250' storm rode
- Sitka spruce mast with block and tackle of lifting a dinghy aboard and rigged to take a riding sail if desired
LITTLE GEM is a nicely finished sensible no nonsense Downeast styled power cruiser that has been well-maintained by her 3 knowledgeable owners.
Vessel Walk Thru
This custom Downeast design provides sensible cruising accommodations for up to 4 but was really designed around a cruising couple. Her interior is finished in varnished cedar with carpet over fiberglass soles and there is 6'2" of headroom in the wheelhouse (under the deck beams) and 6'0" of headroom below decks. With her 3 large hatches, 2 dorades, 2 opening windshields and 6 opening ports there is plenty of natural ventilation. During early or late season cruising or simply to take the chill off on a foggy morning there is a diesel fired Dickinson heater. Ample 12-volt lighting throughout.
Starting forward is the V-berth measuring 6'0" fore and aft and a bit longer along the length of the V. Plenty of storage in sliding face lockers below and shelves above.
Next aft the enclosed head is to port with manual marine toilet plumbed via a Y-valve to the holding tank. A small vanity with storage and stainless basin sink is along the forward bulkhead.
Opposite is a hanging locker with shelf above and then a double berth 6'4" in length aft with storage above and under. Opposite to port is more storage and the companionway to the wheelhouse area.
The wheelhouse features the helm station to starboard aft of which is a flip up large, fixed table with bench style flip up seats forward and aft. The forward seat backrest can be attached to the forward edge to make an aft facing seat for the table or on the aft edge making this the helm seat. Opposite to port is the straight galley with Frigoboat 12-volt refrigeration/freezer, Origo 3000 2 burner alcohol cook top and good storage in lockers and drawer and dish/glass racks.
- Kitchenware included in ships inventory
The wheelhouse offset to starboard provides access to the cockpit which again will provide space for up to 4 in deck chairs.
The side decks are wider than the norm for a 31' Downeast styled boat and with the convenient hand holds allow good access forward.
Throughout the vessel is nicely but simply finished and easy to maintain.
- Chelsea Clock and Barometer
- 2 Hela 12-volt fans
Electronics
Fully outfitted for coastal cruising with all electronics located at the helm station.
Helm
- Furuno Navnet 10" color plotter/radar ~ 2004
- Simrad AP16 autopilot ~ 2004
- Standard Horizon GPS 180 back up ~ 2004
- Icom M-502 marine VHF ~ 2004
- Apelco VHF 4500 marine VHF
- Raymarine depth display
- Ritchie 6" magnetic compass
- (2) windshield wipers
Pilot Salon Roof
- Furuno open array radar
- GPS antenna
- (2) VHF antenna
Electrical Systems
Wired for both 12 Volt DC and 110 Volt AC service. The 2011 refrigeration is so efficient that it may be turned on when the boat is commissioned and turned off when decommissioned as the 100 watt solar charger will keep the batteries up indefinitely. The owner reports anchoring for a couple of days at a time, reading in the evening etc. without the need to start the engine.
12 Volt DC
- Distribution panel with breakers
- 80 Amp alternator
- (4) Group 27 batteries ~ 2020
- Volt and Amp meters
- App 100 watt solar charger on house top ~ 2011
110 Volt AC
- 30 Amp shore power inlet
- 50' 30 Amp shore power cord
- (3) Outlets
- Water heater ~ 2007 (also engine supplied)
- True Charge 20 battery charger
Mechanical Systems
Perkins 120 HP fresh water-cooled diesel turns a 4 bladed 22" X 20" propeller on a 1 1/2" stainless steel shaft through a Borg Warner 1.91:1 reduction gear. Cruising speed at app 80% of throttle is 9 1/4 knots burning less than 2 GPH.
- Morse engine controls
- Racor fuel filter
- Spur cutter on shaft
- Line deflector on hull to keep fishing gear away form shaft and prop
- Electric bilge pump ~ 2021
- Manual waste tank pump out
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Scott makes his passion his career. Growing up in a sailing family, Scott was on yachts from an early age cruising Block Island Sound as well as the Maine Coast. Upon entering college, he started racing and was introduced to dinghy sailing where he honed his skills. After college Scott joined the Living Classroom Foundation in Baltimore originally as a volunteer and then as an employee where he taught sailing to inner city youth, assisted with their boat building program and met his wife of 22 years, Alex.
Returning to Maine in 1998, Scott started his professional career in the yachting industry by taking a job with Sun Yachts in Camden, Maine as a Sales Agent. From Camden, Maine Scott worked his way up through the ranks as he moved to Portland, Maine as the Crewed Yacht Supervisor for Stardust. Then on to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for 7 Years as the Caribbean Yacht Sales Manager for Sunsail. He then moved to Ft Lauderdale, Florida to take on the position of Global Sales Manager for Leopard Catamarans for 7 years. In 2014 Scott returned home again with his family and joined East Coast Yacht Sales taking over the Camden Office and then opening a second office in Belfast, ME.
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