1992 Santa Cruz 52 Boat in Seattle, WA 98117 US

It's difficult to add to the list of superlatives shared by the owners, crew, and all those fortunate enough to have spent time aboard a Santa Cruz 52, but Escargot, hull number one, is truly unique. Bill Lee drew and built the 52 as a more versatile successor to the legendary Santa Cruz 50. Over her life, this particular 52 has been on the continuous receiving end of upgrades and performance modifications, including a turbocharged Hall Spars custom carbon mast with a 15/16 fractional rig that stands seven feet taller than her original spar, and an extended carbon boom. Her asymmetrical spinnaker inventory can be flown either directly from her custom carbon bowsprit or squared back on her 25' carbon spinnaker pole. All rigging and performance modifications were made under the guidance of Scott Easum. Below the waterline, she's balanced by a bulb on a high-aspect stainless steel keel and a modern high-aspect carbon rudder designed by Alan Andrews. Her grid has been reinforced for increased strength and rigidity.

The SC52's design brief called for a fast, refined, racer-cruiser experience, and this is where Escargot is truly special among her sisterships. All powered winches can be controlled from multiple locations, including panels at the helm station, making her easy to sail solo or shorthanded in cruise mode by experienced hands. Hydraulic outhaul, vang, backstay, and traveler controls are also at the helm, and all halyards are led aft into Bill Lee's generous, ergonomically well thought out cockpit. A carbon salon table, floorboards, a removable/retractable bow thruster, a removable anchor windlass with a carbon opening cover, and a spare set of carbon standing rigging can all be installed or removed as needed, letting her shift easily between race and cruise configurations. It's all so easy it should come with a cup holder, and true to the "fast is fun" mantra, four are molded into her cockpit coaming to secure your beverages of choice.

From the owner

" Owning Escargot has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. The boat is incredibly well built with a laundry list of custom upgrades that make her the most enjoyable boat I've ever sailed. Fast is Fun! Her speed makes Puget Sound feel small. You can sail from Seattle to Sucia, Roche Harbor, or Victoria in 10-12 hours - under sail, in a headwind, or you can motor at 9 knots. She's very well set up to be able to sail single or double handed, with capacity above and below deck for extended cruising or fully crewed racing."

Interior Accommodation

All interior bulkheads and furniture are bonded directly to the hull. the joinery is both well executed, beautiful and integral to the designed load paths. Finished in lightweight fiddleback maple veneers, teak trim and a beautiful teak and holly cabin sole, Escargot's interior is modern and comfortable. Laminate counters and smooth fiberglass surfaces in the galley and heads make for easy to clean surfaces.

Starting forward, Escargot's forepeak is simple and comfortable at rest, and highly functional when configured in race or passage mode. A generous memory foam mattress v-berth provides a comfortable forward sleeping arrangement at anchor or at the dock. There is a large opening foredeck hatch above. Aft and to starboard, a pipe berth is stacked above and outboard of a work area, and in cruise mode, the work area is converted into a cushioned sea berth.

The forward head with separate shower stall is aft and to port of the forward v-berth. An electric head with macerator is located against the aft bulkhead facing forward. Outboard along the hull side is a long counter with a sliding door cabinet above. Additional storage and plumbing access is available below the sink in a large cabinet. An opening port and overhead hatch provide excellent ventilation. Immediately outboard of the head is a canvas pocket panel mounted to the bulkhead for small, personal crew gear. Forward of, and accessible through the head compartment is a separate shower stall that doubles as an excellent hanging locker.

Escargot's spacious main salon is just aft of the forward cabin. To port is a comfortable U-shaped dinette with pilot berth above and outboard. The dinette comfortably seats a number of guests around the teak table that can be lowered to form a double berth. In race mode, her wooden table can be replaced with a carbon table to save weight. To starboard is a straight settee with pilot berth above and outboard.

A traditional large nav station is aft and to starboard of the salon. Storage is available under the lift-top table, on a shelf outboard along the hull side and in four drawers forward and below. Above and outboard, the navigation instruments and electronics are neatly installed within arms reach. Aft of the nav station is a small bench which provides an excellent space to sit while putting on foul weather gear and sea boots. Additional storage is available below the seat and in a large locker outboard.

Aft of the salon to port is the well-conceived and highly functional J-shaped galley. Counters are surrounded by teak fiddles. Forward and inboard is a dedicated 'Bill Lee special' trash compartment with a laminate insert on the countertop and accessed via a locker on the inboard side of the galley counter. At the aft end of the counter is another locker with shelves. Outboard and forward facing is the double stainless sink with hot/cold pressure water and fresh and raw water foot pumps. There is a locker below the sink that provides storage and easy access to plumbing infrastructure. At the forward end of the counter along the hull side accesses the top loading refrigerator powered by a Frigo Matic Capri 50 compressor. Just aft is the Force 10 two-burner propane stove and oven. Aft of the stove is a small counter space with four drawers below, and behind is a stand-alone Norcold Tek II freezer. Outboard along the hull side, there is excellent storage available in a sliding door locker with shelves that runs the length of the counter.

The aft stateroom is located to starboard of the companionway aft of the nav station. The double quarter berth equipped with lee cloths provide excellent sea berths and a good guest privacy. A large locker forward and outboard provides excellent storage.

Directly astern of the galley is Escargot's garage space accessed from both galley and port cockpit lazarette, with an additional pipe berth, engine, hydraulic systems, steering quadrant, autopilot ram, and diesel heater access, as well as a rudder viewing window...fast is fun, but kelp is slow.

Features

• Varnished wood salon table convertible to double berth.
• Standard varnished wood teak and holly veneer floorboards
• Optional high traction "racing" floorboards
• Dedicated owners' aft quarter suite
• Removable pipe berths for offshore racing
• Large top loading refrigerator
• Separate Freezer
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Electronics and Navigation

• 5" binnacle mounted Ritchey compass
• Lopolight pulpit/pushpit LED running lights
• Standard Horizon Matrix GX2100 VHF radio with AIS receiver
• B&G Zeus3 7" MFD
• B&G Hercules Autopilot
• B&G Autopilot RAM
• (5) B&G Hercules 2000 displays
• (4) B&G Hercules 20/20 mast mounted displays
• (1) B&G Hercules 20/20 at helm station
• (1) B&G Hercules 690
• (1) Standard Horizon HX300 floating hand held VHF
• (1) Pair Fujinon 7x50 Binoculars
• LaCross Weather Station

Electrical Systems

• 12v DC / 120v AC
• AC Analogue voltage meter and ammeter
• DC Analogue voltage meter and ammeter
• (1) 12v Chins 1520WH 400AH LifePO4 Lithium deep cycle battery
• (1) 12v Chins 12v Super B SB12V10P-DC lithium start battery
• (2) NAPA BCI No. 31T 1000 CCA 12v batteries (windlass/bow thruster)
• Xantrex Freedom XC 3000 battery charger/inverter
• Xantrex Freedom X battery charge monitor
• Link 10 battery charge monitor
• Renogy 20A DC-DC battery charger
• Bouge Sunflow 30amp solar panel charge controller
• (2) 100ah flexible solar panels

Mechanical and Plumbing Systems

• Engine: Yanmar 75 hp 2JH4 HTBE turbo diesel with 2.1 reduction Kanzaki direct drive transmission. (engine hours: 3491 hrs)
• PPS dripless shaft gland
• Dual Recor fuel filters
• Fuel consumption: 2 GPH at 2800 rpm (approximately 8.8kts
• Single lever engine controls
• Engine hours: 3491
• 22 x 20 Martec 2 blade folding propeller (spare racing prop)
• SPW 3 blade folding stainless steel prop (currently installed)
• Side Power SR 100/185T bow thruster
• Webasto Air Top Evo 55 forced air diesel heater
• Spectra "Santa Cruz" reverse osmosis water maker (in storage to be installed)
• Tankage: 56 gallons diesel fuel and 35 gallons fresh water
• Hot and cold pressure water
• Refrigerator as standard and separate portable freezer
• Webasto Evo 55 forced air diesel heater with cabin thermostat controller
• Whale S360EW 12v 3gallon water heater
• Wolton 250 point-source water heater
• Stand-alone shower
• Fully enclosed head with electric macerator toilet and fresh water/sea water flushing selector.
• (3) Rule 1100 electic bilge pumps with float switch
• (2) Diaphragm manual bilge pumps
• Pooka utility electric water pump
• Whisper Genset, not installed.

Deck and Hull

Lightweight and strong magic straight from Bill Lee's legendary chicken coop in Soquel, Escargot's hull and deck are hand-laid fiberglass and end-grain balsa core sandwich, bonded with vinylester resin and epoxy, laid up using vacuum bag technology that meets and exceeds ABS offshore strength requirements. A Kevlar collision mat and watertight bulkhead with lewmar opening access port reinforce the forward section for safety.

The deck is also hand-laid fiberglass laminate with balsa core on the cabin top and side decks and joined to the hull with an alloy T-track aft with a molded in toe rail forward, secured with 5/16" stainless flathead machine screws.

Deck

• Carbon bow sprit with integrated anchor roller
• 20kg stainless steel Manson anchor
• Lewmar V2 12v anchor windlass (removable) with foot switches.
• 25' of galvanized 5/16 chain, and 200' of 5/8" nylon rode.
• Removable bow cleat with twin base locations on foredeck.
• Carbon fiber stanchions (inserted, not bolted) with covered dyneema lifelines
• Port and starboard pelican hook openings amidship
• 30" Lewmar forepeak opening hatch
• Stern cockpit/swim step shower
• 24" scoop swim step with boarding ladder
• Floating genoa sheet leads designed and installed by Scott Easom
• (2) Harken 48 ST halyard/secondary winches (port winch powered)
• (2) Harken 74 ST primary winches (powered*)
• (2) Harken 48 ST runner winches
• (2) Harken 60 ST main sheet winches (powered*)

(* powered primary and main sheet winches are controlled by deck level outboard, cockpit combing inboard, foot level cockpit, and helm station push button controls.)

Hull

• Kevlar collision reinforcement integral to boat bottom, full crash bulkhead in bow
• Custom stainless steel keel with led bulb and kelp cutter designed by Alan Anderws.
• Modern carbon rudder with Rhomboid shaft, designed by Alan Andrews.
• Carbon fiber reinforced grid increases strength and rigidity
• Kevlar collision reinforcement integral to boat bottom
• Bow crash bulkhead
• Removable retractable bow thruster under v-berth
• Kelp cutter
• Keel observation port
• Rudder observation port

Sails and Rigging

Mains

• Ullman carbon racing main (9/2020 - new ORR main, large roach)
• North 3DL carbon, Aramid main (2010 - fair - large roach)
• North IOR 3DL carbon Technora main (good, medium roach)
• Dacron delivery main (refurbished 9/2020)
• Short hoist mainsail for standard rig (good and serviceable for cruising)

Headsails

• North 3DL 100% full size "code 1" (very good, IRC to 12kts true wind speed))
• Quantum 125% Jib Top, blast-reacher (very good)
• Quantum Genoa-jib top staysail (very good, with furler)
• North 3Di J2-2 carbon 100% full cut ( very good,12-16 kts true wind speed)
• North 3Di J3-1 carbon AP (excellent, 15-18 kts true wind speed)
• North 3DL 100% Carbon "3+" (very good, 15-20 kts true wind speed)
• North 3DL 90% #4 (very good - 17-25 kts true wind speed)
• Carbon headsail 90%, #4 (good - small)
• Carbon headsail 90+ % #4+ heavy wind (good - small)
• Storm sail #5 (never used)
• Storm tri-sail (never used)

Cruising and Delivery Headsails

• Dacron 120% roller furling with sun cover (good - cruising)
• Synthetic woven 100% roller jib vertical batons new (2018)
• Dacron 90% roller furling vertical batons good condition
• Qty. 5 UK practice sails Downwind good to fair, reasonable shape

Downwind Sails

• North Code 1A asymmetric (excellent - 0.5 oz. AP 0-10 kts true wind speed)
• North Code 2A-3b asymmetric (excellent - AIRX 600/700 runner 10-20 true wind speed)
• North Code 2A+ asymmetric (very good - AIRX 600/700 Runner 10-20true wind speed)
• Quantum Code 3A asymmetric (very good AIRX 700/900 AP 18-30 true wind speed)
• North Code 3A asymmetric (excellent - used with sprit)
• Quantum Spinnaker Staysail (very good)
• Quantum full hoist Spinnaker Staysail (very good)
• North Code 1s symmetrical (cruising)
• North Code 2 Nylon symmetrical (cruising)
• Quantum Code 3+ Nylon (very good - heavy air reaching)
• Various large symmetrical spinnakers (practice and cruising)

Mast and Rigging

• Hall spars custom swept back triple spreader 15/16th rigged carbon mast (I=72 ft.)
• Hall spars custom carbon extended boom
• Strong Mainsail track with Antal slider cars
• Harken below deck carbon drum roller furling with furling line led to cockpit
• Holmarto hydraulic vang
• Holmarto hydraulic back stay adjuster
• Holmarto hydraulic outhaul
• Harken hydraulic traveler
• Parker Hydraulics reservoir
• Running rigging replaced 2022
• 25' carbon spinnaker pole
• Carbon reaching strut (fixed mast toggles)
• Carbon bow sprit with integrated anchor roller
• Discontinuous rod rigging (new 2018) with spare composite rigging, forestay, and backstay
• Storm trysail track
• Strong track main track with Antal cars
• Pole mast track with Harken car and toggle
• (4) folding composite mast steps
• (2) composite mast hand holds
• (1) main halyard
• (2) jib halyards
• (2) spinnaker halyards
• (1) topping lift
• 6:1 cunningham
• Spinlock main halyard jammer
• German main sheet system
• (7) mast base blocks
• Below deck carbon jib furler
• Spare racing headsail foil
• Spreader Lights
• Forespar deck/steaming LED light
• Masthead anchor/tricolor running light
• Windex and windex light.

Safety and Miscellaneous

• 10-person life raft (certification expired) - stowable in starboard lazarette
• Emergency rudder, tiller, and transom mounting cassette bracket system
• 24" Swim step with boarding ladder
• (2) throwable cushions
• Multiple folding pad eyes for jack lines
• (1) MOM 8 MOB system
• (1) Lifesling 2 MOB system
• (1) portable manual west marine bilge pump
• (1) 50' throw line
• (1) Spare fortress anchor