Time since Major Overhaul in 2001~500 hours. We took delivery of the boat in Detroit             with 25             hours after the major and have put 525 hours on moving the boat from Detroit to             Baltimore and then cruising Chesapeake Bay.

        

        Engine raw water pump, raw water strainer, engine fresh water pump, rudder bearing,             shaft, and shaft             Cutlass bearing replaced in 2002. Hydraulic steering pumps rebuilt in             2003.



        Total time: ~3025 hours

The price on our Willard has been reduced to $40,000. Willard Vega Voyager 30' Trawler for sale. This is the world's greatest learner boat! It's safe and capable and inexpensive to buy, maintain, and operate. For you armchair cruisers, this is a way to experience the trawler life without having to wait until you retire and sell the house-we have. After three years, we're sure that we like the cruising life and are moving up to a bigger boat. Our Willard widebody compact trawler is for sale and has been reduced from $42,000 to $40,000. Length on Deck: 30 feet LWL: 27 feet Beam: 10.5 feet Draft: 3.5 feet Construction: Hull, decks, and house are fiberglass. Teak cap rail, bow pulpit, and swim platform. Engine: Perkins 4-107 50 HP Fresh water cooled Time since Major Overhaul in 2001~500 hours. We took delivery of the boat in Detroit with 25 hours after the major and have put 525 hours on moving the boat from Detroit to Baltimore and then cruising Chesapeake Bay. Engine raw water pump, raw water strainer, engine fresh water pump, rudder bearing, shaft, and shaft Cutlass bearing replaced in 2002. Hydraulic steering pumps rebuilt in 2003. Total time: ~3025 hours Fuel capacity: 100 gallons (range of approximately 600 miles) in two 50 gallon tanks port and starboard of the engine. Cruising Speed: 6+ knots at 1700 rpm. Max cruising speed 7.5 knots at 2200 rpm Fuel Filters: Dual Racor 500s with continuous duty fuel polishing pump and fuel transfer valves and manifolds. Fuel vacuum gage. Secondary Oil Filter: Amsoil bypass oil filter added in 2002 Oil Change Pump: There is an 12 vdc electric oil pump to drain the engine oil Hot water Heater: 11 gallons (engine heat exchanger and 110vac) Water Capacity: 100 gallons Holding tank capacity: 35 gallons Galley: The boat has a stainless sink with hot and cold pressure water. The top loading refrigerator is large (2x2x3) with 12 VDC and 115 VAC operation with an automatic transfer system. We have cold beer and ice cream! Hela 12 vdc fan. The stove is an alcohol stove/oven unit that we have not used. We cook instead on a portable propane stove in the cockpit. There is a microwave oven which can be run from the inverter or off shore power 115 vac. Head: This boat has a wet head. The shower is a hand held wand type. The floor has a teak grate so that you dont stand in the water. There is an automatic shower sump pump. The toilet is a very efficient Mansfield Vacuflush that uses minimal fresh water for flushing. This is a great toilet and I wouldnt have any other. There is a stainless sink with pressure hot and cold water. There is plenty of storage and a Hela fan and a bronze opening port for ventilation. Berths: There is a vee berth in the bow with an insert to convert to a double. There is an overhead hatch and three opening bronze ports with screens. The wind scoop can be set with the screen in place. Bow berths make good sense. The cool air blows over you before it gets to the hot engine area. Stern berths without air conditioning must be really hot by comparison. There are 12 vdc lights and a Hela 12 vdc fan. To port there is a hanging locker and drawers and there are drawers under the berth. There are molded shelves port and starboard. There is a large storage area under the berths. Ground Tackle: Delta 35 pound anchor, 30 feet chain, 200 feet 5/8 nylon rode. Larger than required for this size boat but safer. Batteries: 12 vdc engine starting battery w/Guest battery charger. Four 6 vdc golf cart house batteries. Battery charger: Statvolt 20 amp high efficiency battery charger with battery combiner. Inverter: 1000 watt 12 vdc to 115 vac inverter with separate 115 vac outlets. Electrical Panel: Large 12 VDC and 115 VAC electrical circuit breaker panels with meters and reverse polarity indicator. 30 amp shore power cable. Equipment: VHF radio. Depth sounders on flybridge and lower steering station. Magnetic compasses on flybridge and lower station. Solid state display radar at lower steering station. Auto pilot ( how great to be able to do things other than steer all the time). There is an Azimuth electronic compass at lower steering station. There is a Rudder angle indicator at lower steering station. The FM radio in salon has speakers in the salon and on the flybridge. The searchlight was functional when disconnected. I use a Garmin portable GPS 76 and it and the antenna are not included in the sale. Ventilation: There are four opening bronze ports with screens. Forward opening hatch with screen and a wind scoop which works wonderfully at anchor. There are five sliding windows with screens. We have a screen for the rear cabin door. Three Hela high efficiency 12 vdc fans are installed for ventilation. All of the original plastic ports (three fixed and three opening) have been replaced with bronze. Bilge pumps: Two 12 vdc Rule pumps. One emergency hand diaphragm pump. Bilge high water alarm. Generator: Yamaha EF1000 air cooled generator mounted on top deck for battery charging at anchor. This is included in the boat price. Storage: Because we cruise for months at a time and live 1800 miles away from our boat, we store many repair items and tools on board. We added a very large (2x2x4) fiberglass deck box on the upper deck to store these items. This box goes with the boat. There is storage under the flybridge, in the seat backs on the fly bridge, under the vee bunks, in the starboard cabinet in the salon, and under the seats in the salon. We carry two bikes on the upper deck. The bikes and general repair items are not included in the price. Ive had small boats since I was a kid but this is our first really capable cruising boat. The largest boat I had previously owned was an 18 sailboat. This has been a good choice on which to learn power boating. The boat was inexpensive to buy and own and is capable and very safe. The engine is very economical and burns approximately one gallon per hour. I estimate that we have traveled approximately 2500 miles since we acquired the boat. We took delivery in Grosse Isle, Michigan in July, 2001 after finding the boat on the internet. The very first trip we took aside from a short familiarization ride was a multi month trip from Detroit, Michigan to Baltimore, Maryland. This trip took us across the length of Lake Erie from Detroit to Buffalo, NY, through the entire length of the Erie Canal to Albany, NY(Great trip with 36 locks!), down the Hudson River to New York City and Sandy Hook, down the New Jersey coast to Cape May, NJ, up Delaware Bay, through the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, and down Chesapeake Bay to Rock Creek, Maryland just outside of Baltimore. This trip was about 1300 miles. Our 2002 vacation was spent on Chesapeake Bay. What a wonderful cruising ground! The boat is great for this kind of cruising. With its shoal draft and protected prop, it goes into anchorages other boats lust for yet its very safe when the bay gets rough. We spent over five weeks on the bay and are going back this spring to try and see the rest of it. We have towed our 12 foot inflatable with a 15 hp engine the whole time that we have cruised. Even when we got caught out in a Chesapeake squall with a nasty cross chop while crossing from Crisfield, MD to the Potomac River, it towed very well. The previous owner had a small dingy on Weaver davits off the swim platform and that is a viable option for a small dingy. Our inflatable is not included in the boat price. The fuel, water, and waste tank capacity on this boat has worked out well for us as we anchor out most of the time. With the large refrigerator, we can stock up for extended time away from the dock. We routinely stay out a full week without needing to replenish water, pump out the holding tank, and replenish the ice cream. We have stretched it to 10 days by paying careful attention. Why are we selling? This is a two person boat if used for extended cruising. We want to get a larger boat so that we can have people come cruise with us. Were looking for something like the Willard 40 or Pilgrim 40 that are also single engine displacement boats. This has been a great learner boat. Its big enough to allow long away-from-the-dock cruises but small enough to not be intimidating. Its capable-one just made a round trip to Bermuda (see the December, 2002 Passagemaker magazine). Its a pretty boat. We know that because every day that we were at a dock someone told us that it was. It looks like a boat should look. Were on the Bay again this summer during the month of June so all the spring commissioning is taken care of. The weather hasnt been great but weve been to many places we hadnt visited before. We even made the trip up the Potomac to Washington DC and anchored within site of the Jefferson memorial and the Washington monument. Its been great so far and we have two weeks yet to go! The boat is available the first week of July. Bring your dingy and personal gear and go cruising. Its located in Fairview Marina, a great yard on Rock Creek in Pasadena, Maryland off the south side of the Patapsco River and convenient to Washington and Baltimore. The owner of the yard has been a great help to us in learning how to maintain the boat and has allowed us to do our own maintenance. This boat and its location offer a great chance to experience trawler cruising on one of the countys best cruising grounds. I can be reached at 505-379-3905. Additional pictures at http://photos.yahoo.com/willardtrawler30 Email: willardtrawler30@yahoo.com but were cruising and away from the docks and email so call the above cell #. Come join the cruising world-youll like it! 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