Able Apogee 50 MARA

Boat Overview

MARA, formerly known as ARCADIA, is hull number 8 of a total of 9 Able Apogees constructed by the renowned Able Marine in Maine. The company was later sold to Morris, which continued to produce this highly regarded blue water performance cruiser as the Morris 51.

MARA is specifically designed for long-distance passage making, emphasizing both ocean-going comfort and performance. With a draft of only 6’, she is capable of cruising most parts of the world. MARA is equipped for short-handed sailing, with most running rigging led to the cockpit. Features such as a powerful autopilot, electric primary and main halyard winches, uncluttered decks, roller furling for both the headsail and staysail make MARA easy to sail. Completing 200 mile plus days under sail should be a common experience.

Below decks, MARA offers 3 generous sleeping cabins with sea bunks aft, a proper “U” shaped sea galley, a large navigation station, a walk-in engine space, and handrails throughout. For safety at sea, no single space below deck is overly large, yet all cabins remain comfortable.

For a “go anywhere, do anything” boat, consider adding MARA to your list of must-see vessels.

Hull

The FRP hull is hand laminated in one piece using a single-element female mold.

Materials include a combination of non-woven biaxial glass, unidirectional roving, and Kevlar reinforcement in particularly stressed areas such as the forward position of the hull and the turn of the bilge at mid-keel.

The core consists of Baltek one-inch CK-100 end-grain balsa below the waterline and CK-57 between the waterline and the sheer.

Notably, hull core is omitted in all areas of thru-hull penetration in lieu of solid glass.

Resin throughout the hull is 100-percent vinylester.

A system of stringers and structural floors is glassed in immediately after the last layer of laminate to ensure a strong primary bond.

Additionally, all major bulkheads are bonded to the hull and deck, with Airex foam fillets to optimize cohesion.

• 10 x fixed ports in hull


• Fin keel


• Spade rudder


• Epoxy bottom barrier coat (2016)


• Awlgrip green topsides


• Water-tight bulkheads forward and aft


• Sugar scoop transom for easy boarding

Deck

The hull-deck joint is accomplished by means of a double inward flange, an anodized and perforated aluminum toe rail, thru-bolts, and 3M-5200 sealant/adhesive.

The deck itself utilizes polyester resin and is cored with one-inch Baltek end-grain balsa except where solid glass is built up in areas of hardware attachment.

Deck fittings are thru-bolted and carried by G-10 backing plates.

Each chain plate is engineered to carry more than the entire weight of the boat at any given time.

• Hard dodger over forward end of cockpit with extra thick Isinglass


• Handrails on dodger, port, starboard, and aft


• Anchor locker forward with deck access


• Anchor wash down system


• Stainless-steel stem head fitting with double anchor rollers


• Aluminum anodized toe rail


• 3 x pair of stainless-steel mooring cleats, forward, midships, and aft


• Stainless-steel bow and stern rails


• Stainless-steel stanchions, extra height


• 1 x 19 stainless-steel wire double lifelines


• Lifeline gates port and starboard


• Maxwell electric windlass with chain gypsy


• Sissy bars at mast partners


• Teak handrails on coach roof


• Staysail tracks on top of coachroof with lead blocks


• Lewmar genoa tracks on side decks with line adjustable lead blocks


• Harken mainsail traveler track forward of hard dodger (re-engineered 2021)


• 2 x double headsail sheet blocks aft


• Bail at base of mast to secure unused halyards


• Radar antenna post aft


• 7 x opening deck hatches


• Dinghy davits


• Bimini over cockpit


• Teak cockpit table folds against pedestal


• High teak backrests behind cockpit seating with lockers inside


• 2 x cockpit lockers


• 4 x teak cup holders at pedestal


• Cork decking on cockpit seats


• Emergency steering position on helm seat


• Outboard engine bracket on stern rail


• Multiple pad eyes in cockpit for harness attachment points

Winches

All Lewmar and self-tailing

• 1 x #48, electric main halyard


• 2 x #64, electric primary (electrified in 2021)


• 2 x #48, utility


• 2 x #44, utility on mast

General Arrangement

Accommodations

Sleeps 6 in 3 separate sleeping cabins plus 1 in the saloon for a total of 7. 2 heads. Cherry furniture throughout with white Herreshoff type paneling to brighten the interior. Teak and holly cabin sole. Vinyl overhead removable panels. 6’4” headroom throughout most of the interior.

Forward Cabin

Located in the bow. Offset double to port with filler to starboard increasing the size of the bunk. Maple staving lines the inside of the hull. Shelving forward and to starboard. Fixed windows in the hull. Drawers under the bunk. Storage traps starboard side. Hanging locker aft to starboard with shelf over and an additional locker forward. 2 reading lights on aft bulkhead. Hella fan. 110volt outlet. Stereo speakers in aft bulkhead. Separate air conditioning control panel.

Forward Head

Located on the port side immediately aft of the Forward Cabin. Accessed from the forward cabin only. Electric head with holding tank. Stainless steel sink with hot and cold water. Telephone type shower. Teak grating in the floor. Teak hinged fold down seat that fits over the head. Locker outboard over the head. Locker under sink. Mirror on aft bulkhead.

Main Saloon

Located immediately aft of the forward cabin and head. Straight 2 person settee to starboard with lockers outboard and over settee backrest. Shelf outboard of lockers. Chest of drawers forward of settee. 2 fixed windows in the hull. “L” shaped settee to port surrounding a dining table on the centerline with drop leaves both sides. Storage in the center part of the table. Storage lockers outboard and above the port settee back rest. Shelf outboard of the lockers. Handrails on the forward bulkhead. Mast steps immediately forward of the table. Reading lights forward and aft, port and starboard. Hella fan. Air-conditioning vent. Stereo speakers. Handrails overhead, port and starboard.

Galley

Located aft of the saloon on the port side. “U” shaped with access from the dinette. Ample counter-top surfaces. Force, 4 x burner LPG stove with oven outboard and with remote solenoid shutoff. 2 x stainless steel sinks inboard with hot and cold water faucets. Seagull water filter faucet. Foot pumps for fresh and sea water. 2 x large drawers forward. Lockers outboard. Shelf outboard of lockers. Frigaboat 12volt DC fridge and freezer. Top and side load fridge aft. Top load freezer aft. Microwave oven mounted on aft bulkhead with lockers above. Trash container.

Navigation Station

Located opposite the galley and on the starboard side. Facing outboard. Shelf outboard and above. 2 x drawers forward. Large chart drawer under desktop. Additional lifting desktop to access more storage. Fiddle rails on desktop. Swing out seat. Handrail on aft bulkhead. Navigation instruments outboard. 110volt outlet. Hella fan.

Aft Head

Located immediately aft of the navigation station and on the starboard side. Accessed from either the aft starboard guest cabin or the common area between the galley and navigation station. Separate stall shower. Electric head with holding tank. Stainless steel sink with hot and cold water. Additional telephone type shower in head area. Lockers outboard and under sink. Mirror outboard.

Aft Starboard Guest Cabin

Located immediately aft of the Aft Head. Double bed. Seat forward with locker outboard. Drawers under forward end of bunk. Shelf aft of bunk. Fixed hull window. Handrail inboard. Hella fan. Reading light.

Aft Port Guest Cabin

Located immediately aft of the galley and on the port side. 2 x single bunk beds. Drawers under the lower bunk. Locker and drawers forward. 2 x fixed windows in hull. Hella fan. Reading light. Access panels to the engine space inboard. Watertight door in aft bulkhead allowing access to mechanical space aft.

Engine

Yanmar 4JH2-DTE, 87HP, 3000 hours+-

Hurth “V“ drive transmission

3 blade feathering Max Propeller

Stainless steel propeller shaft

PSS shaft seal

Dual Racor fuel filters

Plumbing and Ventilation

• 6 x dorade vents strategically located on deck.


• Fans in each of the guest cabins and in the main saloon.


• Universal Aqua Watermaker, 500 gallons per day


• Reverse cycle air conditioning with 1 x 16,000btu and 1 x 8,000btu unit


• Webasto forced air diesel heating


• 110volt water-maker


• DC fridge and freezer


• Water heater, 15 gallons


• 3 x automatic bilge pumps with automatic and manual modes


• 2x manual bilge pumps, 1 in cockpit, 1 under saloon floor


• 1 x engine belt driven emergency bilge pump


• High water alarm


• Cockpit shower

Electrical

• 110volt AC system


• 12volt DC system


• Bass electrical distribution panel


• 30 Amp shore power deck inlet


• Relion Lithium-Ion house batteries with about 300amp hours


• 1 x Group 31 series North Star AGM engine start battery


• AC and DC electrical panel at base of companionway steps


• 110volt outlets with GFCI


• 1 x 250amp high output alternator


• 1 x 60amp high output alternator


• 2 x 50’ shore power cords


• Victron Multiplus 12/3000/120 inverter/charger


• Victron Cerbo-S GX


• Solar panel on top of dodger


• Victron MPPT 75 115 Bluesolar charge controller


• Victron MPPT 100 30 Smartsolar charge controller


• Victron multi control


• Victron touch screen monitor display


• Reading lights in each of the guest cabins and in the saloon


• Navigation lights


• Tricolor light


• Anchor light


• Red lighting throughout.

Electronics

• Starlink located on radar post


• Icom IC-M510 DCS VHF


• Icom Command MIC at helm


• Iridium Go


• Icom IC M802 SSB


• Icom AT-140 SSB antenna tuner


• B&G touch screen chart plotter/radar displays at helm and nav station (2021)


• AIS


• 2 x B&G H3000 MFDs for speed and depth


• B&G autopilot with control at nav station and remote at helm


• Stereo


• Ritchie 6” pedestal compass

Rigging

• Aluminum keel stepped mast with double spreaders and storm trysail track


• Manual backstay adjuster


• Lazt jacks


• Aluminum boom with rails to create a Park Avenue effect


• Selden solid boom vang


• Stainless steel standing rod rigging (inspected 2021)


• Furlex roller furling for headsail


• Furlex roller furling for inner forestay with working jib


• Removable inner forestay


• Slab reefing for mainsail


• Mainsail reefed from cockpit


• German mainsheet system (2021)


• Carbon fiber GMT spinnaker pole mounted on mast


• All running rigging led aft to the cockpit


• Much of the running rigging was replaced (2021)

Sails

• Quantum full batten mainsail (2017)


• Quantum roller furling headsail (2017)


• Quantum roller furling screecher (2017)


• Quantum roller furling staysail


• Quantum asymmetric spinnaker with furler


• Storm jib


• Trysail

Additional Equipment

• AB RIB, 9’


• 15HP Honda outboard engine


• 80lb Rocna anchor with chain and rode


• Tender with OB


• 2 x automatic fire suppression systems


• Hand-held dry chemical fire extinguisher


• Fenders


• Docklines


• Boathook


• Jacklines


• Flat nylon anchor line reel on stern rail

Safety Equipment

• Viking 6 x man life raft


• Radar reflector


• PFDs


• Flares


• Whistle


• Bell


• First aid kit


• Horn


• MOM-8


• Horseshoe buoy


• EPIRB


• Ditch bag


• Carbon monoxide detectors


• Fire blanket


• Lifesling


• Throw line