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One Of the Better Steel Boats In The U.S. The Folkes 39' is a good start for a couple interested in cruising..... What can you expect to spend when getting into this type of sailboat. I certainly would have appreciated a web site like this to explain sailboat ownership and what it entails before I bought a boat. Hope you find it interesting.

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Click on the picture to make it bigger. This is what the Rose of Jericho looked like as she sailed out of Canada down to Bellingham, Washington around the early months of 1988.

Click on picture for larger one. We sailed the Rose down the coast and stopped one time in Oceanside, California.

We actually sold the Rose of Jerico in May of 2002.

FOLKES 39 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE
OF JERICHO

Length Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39'
Waterline Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30' 6"
Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11'
Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5' 6"
Displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,000 lbs.
Ballast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,400 lbs
Sail area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .764
Hull material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .steel (#10 gauge)
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .diesel (Yanmar 32HP)
Fuel capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 gal
water capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 gal
holding tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 gal
rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cutter
watermaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 gal per day

Registration: United States Documentation No. 925544

Builder: Dave Folkes, Columbia Valley, British Columbia, Canada
1987
Commissioned: 1988
Hull number: SV37500251987

So there you have the numbers and specifications.

The Folkes 39, "Rose of Jerichoo, is a strong offshore yacht with a unique hull design giving her outstanding performance under sail or power. Her multiple chine construction providing high initial stability and giving stiffness which contributes greatly to her all around sailing ability.

The rigging has its lines all leading to the cockpit making the sailing of the Rose easy and the line handling simple enough to be handled by one person. The cutter style with its high cut headsails offers exceptional visibility. It has been designed to balance and sail well under main alone and can easily be reefed and therefore handles safely under adverse conditions.

The interior has been customized and is rather special for a sailing yacht of this size. It has sleeping quarters for couples both fore and aft. The table area also converts into a sleeping area accommodating another three people. The Rose is able to sleep 6. There is a hanging locker (clothes closet) in both the central stateroom and forward berth. There is also a linen locker in the forward berth and storage area under the bed. Between the stateroom and forward berth is the large head compartment with a shower. The toilet is the top of the line Imperial

The U-shaped galley is spacious and delightful for the cook to work in. It features a 3-burner alcohol stove with an oven. There is an oversized refrigerator facing a deep stainless steel double sink with both hot and cold-water pressure.

The main salon measures an overwhelming 8' x 11'. Sharing this space is a gigantic dinning area complete with oversize table and a navigation station including a full size sit down chart table with storage under. Since this is a pilothouse there is a steering station aft of the navigation/chart table complete with two battery banks and two instrumentation panels.

To the rear of the main salon is the aft cabin or the main bedroom with a large sleeping area for two separated from the kitchen area by a wall.

The forward anchor locker as well as the rear lazarette has been paneled with wood giving the foam covered steel ample protection.

There are two hatches for light and ventilation. Both are Bomar with the main one in the central lounge being oversize. The cockpit features very comfortable seating with solid teak coamings both on floor and on the seats.

Rose of Jericho's equipment included:

HULL:

* #10 guage steel, 5/32" hot rolled mild steel, double welded (inner and outer) surface.

* Standard color as per International Paint Canada Ltd. Color guide. Off-white with blue whale stripe and gray top deck. Devoe two component urethane above waterline, Interlux CC below waterline, an anti-fowling paint. White shear strip and blue boot-strip was included.

* 1" to 1 1/2" polyurethane insulation on entire inside of hull &deck behind the wood interior.

DECK:

* Steel #10 guage, 5/32" hot rolled mild steel. Double welded.
* Non-skid surfaces on deck.
* Large self-draining cockpit
* Mahogany main companionway door
* Locking forward cabin & main salon "skylight type" Bomar hatches.
* Bow roller & mooring bit.
* Locking type solid mahogany hatch on lazarette.
* 1 1/2" polyurethane insulation on entire inside of deck

KEEL:
* 8400 lbs. of ballast.
* 1/4" steel plate on keel shoe.

Of course this wonderful person helped make it all happen when we bought the boat and sailed her off into the sunset. Click on her picture to see her in her native Chinese dress.

Yes, we did sell the Rose of Jericho so it no longer sails out of the Corpus Christi area. It was a sad day to wave her good-bye.

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