2014 Hylas 63 "Red Bird"

Interior General

Red Bird's exquisite very customized interior arrangement includes four staterooms and four heads. Her 57 foot waterline and generous beam of 17'8" provide the volume for a no compromise of a 4 stateroom accommodations. The hand crafted varnish oak and teak interior features a spacious salon, 2 guest cabins forward including a full beam VIP, and a 3rd guest/crew cabin opposite the galley aft of the salon.

• Custom European style cabinetry throughout
• Oak cabin sole
• Custom Cameo White European headliner with recessed edges overhead
• All passageway doors solid
• All hanging lockers cedar lined
• All hanging lockers have automatic lights when opened
• Two fans in engine room 
• One fan in galley
• All heads, counter tops, and back splash's are Avonite surfaces
• Nav station seat is swing out style
• Heads and all showers finished with high gloss white switches and faceplates for interior lights have Vimar switches
• Epoxy seal endgrains and sub-flooring
• All cabin sole uplifts are positive locking for offshore passage making
• All hanging lockers in forward, port and aft cabin are cedar lined
• Ocean Air screen/shade combination for deck hatches

• Dinghy: AB Dinghy, Lammina 10AL  Hull #COXTM51023A122  

Interior Custom

• All interior cabinetry woodwork European style White Oak with grain runs horizontally in Matte finish
• All passageway doorways are contemporary squared off design.
• Custom solid white oak cabin sole matte finish
• Cameo White European style UltraLeather headliners with moisture resistant foam backing
• Interior seating is ultra suede "pebble"
• Forward berths, port and starboard cabins finished in microfiber 
• White oak teak hatch screen in forward and aft heads
• All interior deck hatches are frameless style with interior mosquito and concealment screens.
• Natural Gray custom Avonite on galley counters, backsplash, and galley fiddles.
• Natural Grey custom Avonite on head counters and backsplash.
• White oak added to cabinetry below counters forward and aft head areas
• Rope lighting in main salon seating
• Imtra Montauk LED blue footlights
• Dimmers for salon, galley, forward, port and owners cabin and owners head 
• Three Riobel soap dispensers

Galley

Passage way style galley with inboard and outboard Avonite counters, adjacent to the companionway entrance. Includes custom counters with backsplash and galley fiddles.

Main Salon

Spacious raised main salon with four side and two forward wide windows to maximize natural light and visibility. Exquisite custom European style oak woodwork with transverse grain design and solid oak cabin sole. Large U shaped settee on port side with adjustable dining table and L settee to starboard. Shelves outboard of the settees with custom rectangular hull ports providing beach and harbor views when seated. 

• Dining table with patterned maple opens to 40"x 63"
• Table base- two hydraulic lifting bases finished in polished aluminum 
• Extra depth for port and starboard salon settees cushions
• Passageway door from main salon to forward guest cabins
• Horizontal White Oak around hull ports
• Handrail for companionway steps in high polished stainless
• Two folding bench seats 
• Storage lockers outbound of settee backrests
• Two rectangular hull ports 14" x 24"

Entertainment

Salon

• Bose SA-3 stereo amplifier with Bose 791 speakers
• Samsung 40" mounted on forward bulkhead
• Samsung BD-F5900 Blu-ray player
• AV equipment locker with door hinged on the bottom include 2 shelves for electronics under the salon starboard settee 

Aft Cabin

• Bose 791 speakers including AC 110V outlet for future iPad as well as a shelf installed upper inside portside hanging locker with AC outlets in Aft Cabin for future Sat Receiver 
• Blu-ray player

Third Portside Cabin

• Bose SA-3 stereo amplifier with Niles CM7SD speakers including AC 110V outlet for future iPad

Forward Cabin

• Bose SA-3 stereo amplifier with Niles CM7SD speakers including AC 110V outlets

Cockpit

• Fusion IP700i stereo
• Rockford Fosgate M750-1D amplifier 
• JL audio marine M600/6 amplifier with JL M650-CCX-CG-WH speakers
• DC Gold N4R speakers
• Kicker L7 Subwoofer speakers

Bose Audiophile home theater and sound system remotely controlled throughout and separately in each cabin, Apple TV and iPad docking stations.

Aft Master Suite

Spacious aft master suite that benefits from the extra beam of Frers design. Centerline berth with custom mattress. Shelves on port and starboard side of berth with drawer and tables on each side of berth. Bureau and hanging lockers to port.

• Custom full beam headboard
• Portside 48" hanging locker with drawer 
• Portside cabinets aft of hanging locker with lifting vanity top with underside mirror, drawer and locker below
• Foraward bulkhead has recess for 40" TV. Wiring for CATV5 and HMI wiring with 110AC outlet for TV
• Lifting style berth with four full width drawers below.
• Hull ports. Ports in owner's cabin were enlarged to 14" x 24"
• Fiddles around berth increased in height by 1.5" for custom mattress
• Bose speaker system
• Dimmer for overhead LED lighting

Master Head

Ensuite head with large separate shower. Custom horizontal white oak grains in head. Gloss white finish in shower.

• Natural gray corian sink counter
• Grohe "Allure" wall mounted faucet
• Jabsco deluxe flush electric freshwater heads with electric discharge for overboard
• Teak grate under head sink area
• Grohe in-counter soap dispenser
• Additional 110AC outlet installed inside owners head cabinet
• Dimmer for overhead lighting

VIP Guest Cabin Forward

Beautiful full beam VIP guest cabin with centerline queen berth . Features settee, to starboard bureau to port.Lifting base design with split cabinets in front and adjoining tables.

• Portside hanging locker with cedar lining with drawers below
• Upper cabinet with custom open style design
• Full size mirror mounted inside of passageway door
• Two large deck hatches with Ocean Air concealed hatch screen shade combination
• TV
• Wiring DIA supplied MSD
• A pair of audio speakers
• Two fans at aft end of berth

Forward VIP Ensuite Head

Forward VIP ensuite head with stall shower.

• Jabsco deluxe flush electric freshwater heads in lieu of quiet flush units. Heads include tank gauge units
• Counters gray with gloss white finish
• Shower doors in the forward heads are solid doors with opening at the top for ventilation.
• Grohe faucets
• Grohe in-counter soap dispenser
• Shower sump & pump in the aft head. Shower bar with shower head system.
• Teak grates under head sink area
• GFI 110AC outlet in both forward head areas as standard
• Electric discharge for overboard
• Additional shower faucet with adjustable pole mount in forward head, aft section

Portside Cabin

Second forward guest cabin with entry door in forward passageway. Includes queen double storage locker above drawer bank. Additional storage under berth and nightstand counter.

• Lifting berth with two pairs of split cabinet doors below to access storage
• Mattress upholstered in microfiber
• Cabinet next to berth, 1 drawer with locker and removable shelf
• Three drawers below hanging locker forward of berth
• Full size mirror mounted to inside of passageway door
• TV
• 110 AC outlets at both forward and aft end of outboard cabinets
• Custom audio speakers
• Ocean air hatch shade and screen

2nd Forward Guest/Day Head

• Head includes similar design and fixtures as VIP head
• Entry door in forward passageway opposite portside guest cabin
• Also has entry door to stall shower between two forward heads

Starboard Crews Quarters

• Double berth design with ensuite head, single entry door at forward end of passageway
• Set of drawers at forward aft below berth
• Forward of drawers has split cabinet doors
• Top lifting berth
• Mattresses upholstered in microfiber
• Full size mirror mounted on inboard cabin side of head door
• TV mounted on aft bulkhead
• Stainless plating on lifting section of berth to create work bench
• Bosch separate washer/dryer  added to lower units in passageway cabin; Bosch 24" washer and vented electric dryer (240 volt)
• Current Audio speakers

Navigation Center

• Nav desk 36" wide with bi-fold top
• Full length instrument panel hinged at the bottom
• Swing out style nav chair
• Drawers at aft end of nav station
• Avanti wine chiller located aft end of port side settee
• Two ocean air hatches with screen

Electronics

• Whitlock 1/2 HP DU autopilot system installed for mamba steering
• Raymarine Autopilot with p70R controls & wireless remote
• Raymarine 48nm HD digital radar with multiple HybridTouch charting displays
• Raymarine i70 Seatalking network instruments (mounted over companionway)
• Raymarine i70 Seatalking network instruments (mounted on both pedestals)
• Raystar130 WAAS GPS
• ICOM M604A VHF with hailer with remote microphone
• Raymarine AIS650 transmitter/ receiver 
• ICOM M802 SSB
• KVH satellite phone for voice and data
• Sirius satellite weather
• KVH HD7 satellite TV system
• Digital (off air) TV antenna
• Raymarine thermal imaging camera
• Cockpit camera
• WiFi extender system w/ wired and wireless network

Hull

• German Frers design
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) standards for hull and deck design 
• Solid FRP hull laid up wet with alternating layers of Twaron, an aramid fiber 2.5 times stronger than steel, and e-glass using vinylester resin and isophthalic gel coat; the laminate is vacuum-bagged to create the strongest laminate possible with a precise resin-to-fiber ratio
• Five year FRP hull-and-deck warranty against structural issues and osmotic blistering (over 3 years remaining)
• Two epoxy barrier coats below the waterline for optimal protection
• Solid-lead keel with 13 solid 30mm stainless-steel keel bolts with transverse mounted 8mm backing plates
• Rudder balanced for optimum control under sail and power
• Rudder bottom plane above the keel plane delivers grounding safely 
• Hull joined to deck with stainless-steel bolts and bonded with 3M 5200
• Horizontal fixed hull ports for salon and owners stateroom
• Watertight bulkhead across aft port and starboard lazarettes and garage.

Deck

• Fiberglass sandwich deck with 3/4" Baltek balsa in areas of nonskid. Vacuum-bagged to create the strongest laminate possible with a precise resin-to-fiber ration; all through bolts are through solid laminate with no core
• Solid laminate with no core in high-stress areas.
• Anchor and sail lockers create watertight collision bulkhead forward of forward cabin with independent over board drainage; secondary drainage installed with shutoff to main bilge
• Proprietary custom solid stainless-steel stemhead fitting with extended split bow roller provides storage for two anchors
• Maxwell VWC3500 24V Windlass with foot pedals forward and controller in cockpit
• 350' 1/2" chain; 350' chain added
• Lewmar Mamba mechanical steering system
• Stern garage with hydrauliclift  containing ample storage for SCUBA compressor and SCUBA tanks. Dedicated Rule 2200 automatic bilge pump with manual override in the cockpit, and dual Bailey Marine latches to make it watertight 
• Dual steering stations, custom wheels
• Teak cap rail
• Teak cockpit sole and seats
• Saltwater wash down pump for anchor and rode cleaning
• Solid stainless-steel striker plates for bow protection
• Divided anchor locker drains directly overboard
• Very large sail locker with stainless-steel ladder for sail, dock-line, and fender storage forward with two Bailey Marine latches to make it watertight
• Two stainless-steel dorades forward with stainless-steel guards incorporating halyard bales
• Handrails on coach roof
• Stainless-steel companionway handrails
• Solid-teak cockpit sole and cockpit seating surface
• Varnished teak fold-up cockpit table with seating for 10 that incorporates top-access storage
• Large aft deck lazarettes to port and starboard, with one  Bailey Marine latch iin each to make them watertight 
• Transom steps are covered in solid teak for excellent traction
• Freshwater hot/cold shower on stern platform
• Fold-down stainless-steel stern swim ladder extends five feet below surface 
• Twelve 12" stainless-steel deck cleats: four at the bow, four at the stern, two forward, and two aft
• 32" high x 1.25" diameter 316 stainless-steel stanchions with double lifelines
• Side-boarding fold-down stainless-steel ladder with teak steps can be mounted on either port or starboard side and, when folded, can be left in place while sailing
• Running lights at the bow and stern

Deck Custom

• Teak decks including coachroof with custom grey caulking
• 14 ft. AB hard bottom inflatable with matching teak floor and 40hp Yamaha also includes custom blue hull, stereo and speakers, satellite radio, and custom rod holders.
• 9 ft. inflatable with outboard stored in the garage
• Custom colored davits to match the hull
• Deck hatches are Flush Lewmar Hatches

• Drop down companionway hatch with lifting spring
• Additional center rail and two stern gates on stern pulpit
• Stainless bases for Simpson Cobra 400 davits
• Stainless Ultra 60kg anchor 
• Edson 40" Pro - series carbon fiber wheels
• Bow design modification for "open" pulpit
• Cockpit seats are straight design with longer cockpit table. Stainless foot rest below as standard
• Cockpit table, under sides, front and back in solid teak. Stainless grab rail for and aft on table top.
• Custom teak on coach roof on each side of companionway entry
• Chain counter with up/down controller at Helm for Maxwell windlass
• Four Wichard heavy duty folding pad eyes with backing to foredeck coach roof for dinghy, halyard & cushion tie down
• Three pair of LED lights mounted on stern steps- blue
• Ten LED Foot Lights added to cockpit and helm positions- blue
• 110 AC outlet in watertight connection in stern garage
• Hot and cold water shower in cockpit 
• Stern cleats in aft corners
• Cockpit overhead boom lighting
• Cockpit overhead lighting for table
• 5/8" additional stainless tubing around each pedestal.
• Quick disconnect fittings added to stern shower fittings
• Garage storage rack holds 4 single scuba tanks and scuba compressor

Electrical

• 12 volt and 24 volt DC and 110 volt and 220 AC system with breaker panels with monitor gauges and master switch panels
• All wire is tinned; no copper wiring except Selden-supplied masthead lights
• Copper strips running bow to stern on both port and starboard sides for grounding
• 1000 AH @ 24V house battery bank for all primary systems, including winches, anchor windlass, and rig controls
• All batteries isolated via a built-in reverse-isolation switch
• All house bank batteries are Lifeline AGM maintenance-free batteries; house bank located amidships, windlass and bow-thruster batteries under forward berth
• Lifeline 4D AGM; engine starting battery, generator starting battery
• #51211Pro 10-3 Flyback 10A 12V PM battery charger
• #299017 Mastervolt 24V/80A 230V 50/60HZ battery charger 
• Two 24V/12V DC/DC Mastervolt 20A step-down chargers
• Aqua signal running lights, masthead anchor light, tricolor steaming light, and foredeck light
• MS-2/25' Xintex propane/CNG sensor
• M-4124RC Cole Hersee dual 24V fuel/water alarm system 
• Newmar galvanic isolators located in line before main circuit breakers for safety ground line.

Electrical Custom

• Upgrade to Onan 110 AC 13.5KW Genset
• Onan 110AC 5KW model MDKBH back up generator
• 2nd 50A 220V shore connections 
• Acme 15KVA Isolation Transformer for AC power in Europe, Caribbean, and many other foreign countries
• Two 32A shore power connection for European Connection
• Two glendenning cable masters for 50A 75' chords
• Imtra lighting; 2 Lubeck reading lights, 12 Sydney LED lights, 8 additional overhead lights
• Six dimmers added to interior
• Custom Vimar switches, faceplates, and outlets

• Additional breakers for navigation breaker panel
• Mastervolt inverter/ charger combi with Xantrex battery monitors

Mechanical

• Aqualoy 22 propellar shaft WBM 2" x 115"
• Dual Racor fuel-filtration system allowing independent filter and bypass system
• Oil-change pump built in as standard for engine, generator, and transmission
• Built in oil change pump plumbed for the engine, genset and transmission
• Soundown insulation in engine room (2" vinyl/foam composite)
• 4 blade Feather Max-Prop fast 25" diameter by 15"
• 35400-0000 Jabsco 12V engine-room blower with 4"-diameter echaust
• Dorade or rear feed with water trap as fresh air feed to engine room
• Two engine room lights 

Mechanical Custom

• Upgraded engine to Yanmar BY260HP engine in lieu of standard Yanmar BY-220HP with Electronic primary engine controls.
• Two Palm Beach end controls mounted starboard side of pedestal 

• Side Power bow thruster 24V 300 thruster and stern thruster 
• Stern thruster
• Side Power "speed control" DC thrusters for bow and stern                                                         -bow model: SEP240/300TC                                                                               -stern model: (retractable) SRP210/250TC
• Second bow thruster control
• Sensotex fuel and water gauges
• Spectra newport 1000 MKII 110AC watermaker with digital control panel . (panel mounted at nav station)
• Cruise air reverse cycle AC with four compressor units (7000, 12,000, 16,000, 30,000) and digital controls similar to H70 #1
• AC ducted to engine room and head as well as standard cabin venting
• Bosch separate washer/dryer; washer 240V, vented electric dryer
• Hanging rod to engine room
• Seagull water purifier system plumbed to galley sink with dedicated spicket, also plumbed to ice maker and Miele Coffee Maker
• Seaward 28 gallon hot water heater in lieu of standard 20 gallon unit
• Instant hot and cold unit forwarded 

Plumbing

• All tanks have easy access for inspection with dipsticks, threaded inspection ports, and larger inspection port for interior inspection and cleaning.
• Options available to change the total capacity and type of tankage
• Sensotex fuel and water gauges
• Two independent bilge pump systems: One Rule 3500 gph system, one par-max 4, 3,000 gph system, both with Bilge Bug conductive switches
• Stainless-steel Isotemp 20-gallon, 220V hot water heater
• WSC -60/24V GROCO washdown pump
• Two Surflo Extreme 24V, 5.7-gpm freshwater pump
• Four Jabsco quiet-flush electric freshwater heads with tank tenders and electric macerators
• 302400 Sealand T-Series odorless discharge hose for all heads
• Jabsco 24V H/D macerator pump for galley sink
• 10590-0001 Jabsco 24V H/D macerator pumps for waste tanks
• GW2229B Whale waste tank with float
• BP3740 Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump
• Groco bronze in -line water strainers for engine, refrigeration units, and generator
• Beckson CV 1-1/2 check valve for all sinks

Mast & Rigging Custom

• Custom carbon offshore mainmast all Lions german halyards and sheeting in-boom complete with up and down lighting
• Custom Offshore Spars Park Avenue carbon mainsail in-boom furling boom system with Boxtron controls at helm
• Furlex 24V furling cutter rig, with controls at helm
• Rod standing rigging
• Single point 2:1 mainsheet system, mainsheeting runs below deck
• Hydraulic backstay adjuster
• Hydraulic boom vang
• PBO single-line running backstay system

Winches

Antal chromed self-tailing winch inventory:

• Primary headsail: Two 24V electric size 72 STC
• Secondary headsail: Two manual size 60 STC
• Mainsheet: 24V electric size 60(1)
• Cockpit control lines: 24V electric 60 STC
• Two Halyard:52 STC mounted on mast
• Traveler: manual size 52(2)

Sails

• Rollboom mainsail- radial hydranet 433, 3 std battens, 6 full battens, 2 reefs, Numbers
• 130% RF genoa- radial hydranet, white UV Dacron sun cover, bag
• 75% RF staysail- 11.6202 x-cut white UV sun cover
• APC- 1.5oz solid blue nylon spinnaker, X-3/8 Veteran adjustable luff line, ATN sleeve, bag inlay- "Large Red Bird"
• Karver top down single line furling system for asymmetrical sail & code 0
• Battle Flag

Canvas

• Full companionway dodger with zipper front window
• Cockpit bimini
• Tender cover
• Cockpit, helm, & sun pad cushions 

Safety

• Four folding safety pad eyes in cockpit, one pair at forward end of cockpit. One pair at aft end of cockpit
• Two helms seat folding pad eyes
• Firebuoy automatic fire extinguisher with manual over rides in cockpit and nav station

Galley

• Miehle coffee maker installed inboard of galley

Additional

• Thermo Imaging camera  custom mounted on spreader 
• Two Edison Pro Series carbon wheels with custom brakes
• Imtra custom lighting/switches
• Carbon gangway
• Spare parts, filters, & tools
• Ultra stainless anchor/swivel/snubber
• Scuba/hookah dive compressor & tanks
• Miele coffee system/built-in
• Kohler carbon & faucet and fixtures
• Teak deck lounge chairs
• Miami cordage custom dock lines
• Mountain insta hot water
• Remote control of stern step lights
• Siren marine security system
• Pro Series carbon fiber wheel with custom brake shafts and knobs 
• Custom Kohler faucets
• Folding gangway 285 cm length with swinging deck fitting pivot, handrails, padded stow bag and complete carbon trapeze
• New England ropes premium dock lines
• Four @ 50' x 3/4" and two @ 75' x 3/4"Four 10" x 26" Taylor fenders

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