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Thlaloca Dos was professionally built—launched in 1975. Cold moulded, composite construction. My wife and I lived on her solid for 15 years. During that time she made 4 Atlantic crossings. The first voyage took us from Florida direct to Falmouth , England and on to Germany . Via the German and French waterways into the Med.. Via the Canaries, the West Indies back to Virginia . Cruising time: 3 years.
Second Voyage: from the Chesapeake to the Azores and on to Portugal and as far east as Turkey . From the south of France via the waterways to Germany into the Baltic Sea . On to Denmark , Sweden , Norway , Scotland , Ireland , Spain , the Canaries to the West Indies , and back home to Virginia . Cruising time: 5 years.
In the interim to the present we had numerous trips to the Bahamas , the West-Indies and the Eastern Seaboard up to Canada . She proved to be a most capable cruising/ liveaboard vessel. We thankful for carrying us through some of the worst weather conditions imaginable.
As Circumnavigators (West! Sail West Man! (Around the world in twenty Feet) we came to learn and appreciate the value of simple life unencumbered by what now seems standard, loading the boat up with all kinds of crap that has no value in real life—“Keep it simple stupid” and enjoy life” . . .meaning find room for another anchor even if it means leaving the electric frying pan at home!
Thlaloca Dos has gone through a complete overhaul in 04/10 and is ready to cross any ocean; round any cape. My wife and I sincerely hope the new owner will have as much fun we had for another 30 years.

THLALOCA DOS List of . . .
HULL , etc.:
Hull —Mahogany—Cold Moulded—total thickness 1½-inch,
West-Epoxy glued; Monel fastened
Polypropylene Sheeted with epoxy
Deck: Teak over Polypropylene sheeted Plywood
Mast: Sound Spar® Alu. Tapered with Steps— Internal Halyards
Heel in SS.Tabernacle,
Double Tracks for downwind poles, another for Trys’l
2 Spinnaker Poles
Hydraulic Steering (Hy-Nautic®)
3 Winches on Mast, 4 around Cockpit
8 Ports P&Stb. Cabin sides, 1 opening Port Fwd.
2 Ports P&Stb. Aft Cabin, 1 Opening Port Aft
4 Dorads Fwd, 2 Aft (dovetailed)
1 Aqua Signal® Nav. Lt. Masthead (Tri color and Anchor)
2 Double Coamings Hatches Fwd. & Salon
Combination Spreader Light
1 P&Stb. Steaming Lt. Fwd the Mast
1 Elec. Windlass
1 45 lbs CQR Anchor
1 75 lbs Herreshoff Type Anchor
1 85 lbs Danforth Anchor
1 Grapnel Anchor
100’ of 5/16 galv. Chain.
300’ of ¾” Anchor Rode nearly new

150’ ⅞” anchor rod used
1 80 Gal. SS. Water Tank
1 Deck Wash-down Pump
1 35 Gal. Plastic Holding Tank in engine room
1 Rubber Holding Tank FWD.
1 Genoa Furler (Furlex)
1 Stays’l Furler (Furlex)
Roller Reefing Main Boom
1 Man Overboard Pole
1 8’ Hard Sailing Dinghy complete
1 4.5 Johnson Outboard Motor
8 Teak Carvings—4 Transom, 2 Side Boards, 2 Tailboards
All Solid Teak Trim Inside
Outside all Solid Teak Trim
2 20 lbs. Propane Bottles, stored in Plastic Containers on aft Deck
1 50’ 30A shore power cable.

1 60 Watts Solar panel

4 #27 House Batteries 400 Amps
1 #27 Engine Battery

1 12V Air Pump
1 Waste Overboard Pump

ELECTRONICS
1 Furuno 16 m Radar
1 Furuno hand-held VHF
1 Shakespeare VHF
1 Gamin GPS
1 Panasonic Short Wave Radio
1 Handbearing Compass
1 Sestral Steering Compass in Binnacle
1 Speed Log
1 Deptsounder
1 Windmashine
Antenna hookup for Ham radio or SSB

EQUIPMENT
1 Manual Fog Horn

1 Compressed air horn
2 Set of Signal Flares with launchers in containers
1 Set of Signal Flags
1 Wall Mounted Clock
1 “ “ Barometer
1 “ “ Temperature Gauge
1 Engine Room mounted auto. Fire Extinguisher (Halon)
2 Fire Extinguishers Forward (Halon
2 Fire Extinguishers Aft
1 1750 Watt Inverter
12 V Refrigeration
1 Spotlight
1 Oil Interior Trawler Lamp
10 Cabin Lights
2 Engine Room Lights
1 Chart light
1 Guest Portable/Automatic Anchor Light
4 Fenders
2 3-foot Fender boards
1 Sea-Swing Stove
1 2 Burner Shipmate Stove with Oven
1 Taylor Kerosene cabin Heater with Flue
6 Engraved Jefferson Pewter Cups
1 Set (6) of Carol Dishes and Cutleries
1 Tea Kettle and pots and Pans
1 Autohelm Auto-Pilot
1 Wind Selfsteering
1 Head Fwd
1 Head Aft
1 Emergency Tiller
1 Cluster: Voltmeter, Percentage Meter, Charging Meter,
Discharge Meter
1 Batteries Performance Meter
1 Box Metric Wrenches and Sockets with Drives
1 Engine Exhaust Fan
2 12V fans over forward bunks
1 Boarding Ladder
1 Collision Matt (Heavy Canvas)
6 Life Vests
2 Harnesses

SAILS and CANVAS
2 Mains’l
2 Genoa’s
2 Jibs
1 Trys’l
1 Riding Sail
1 Spinnaker
1 Dodger
1 Bimini Top

Spares:
12V Light Bulbs
Spreader Light Bulbs
2 Foot Pumps
3 Impellers for Seawater Circulating Pump
2 Oil Seals for Engine and transmission
1 Valve Cover Gaskets
1 Engine Circulating Pumps
Belts For Water Pumps and Alternator
Spars for Pumps and Rigging
Chimneys and Wick for Trawler Lamp
1 Injectors
4 Glow Plugs, Metric Nuts and Bolts, Washers and
Spares for Engine
1 Work-shop Manual (Mercedes-Benz)
1 Work-shop Manual (Haynes)

1 Racor Filter

3 Racor Fuel Filters

3 Filters for engine mounted Filter

1 Box Spares for Pumps
1 3 Bladed Prop
1 2 Bladed Prop
1 Shaft Line-up Tool

ENGINE:

Mercedes Benz OM 615S, 65 HP, completely marinized by the Firm of Schwarting GmbH , Germany in 1984. Installed 1998.
1,569 Engine Hrs as of July 2010
Bosch Injection
1 94A Delco Alternator--Intercharge® controlled
Borg Warner® 1.91 Hyd. Transmission (exchange 1996)—Driving a 16x10 Three Bladed Prop or 21x10 2 Bladed. Shaft 1¼” Dia.

1 Engine Room Mounted Fuel Filter for Taylor heating stove

Other equipment: Too numerous to mention.

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