Home
Defiant is a 1989 Bayfield 36, designed by H. Ted Gozzard and also sold as the Gozzard 36 (essentially the same hull with different finishes — references and polar diagrams span both names). USCG documented, hailing port Philadelphia. Her refit began in July 2025 and is currently underway.
This wiki is the long-form companion to refit project planner and the captain's log. This wiki is intended to capture all those bits you struggle to find later - measurements, part numbers, wiring runs, configuration, gotchas - as well as the ongoing decision rationale.
This also serves as a technical log of sorts, and saves normal people the pain of sifting through overly complex notes in the log.
| Designer | H. Ted Gozzard |
| Builder | Bayfield Boat Yard |
| Year | 1989 |
| Rig | Cutter, keel-stepped, aluminum spars |
| LOA | 41' 3" |
| LWL | 30' 6" |
| Beam | 12' |
| Draft | 6' (very full keel) |
| Rudder | cutaway forefoot keel-hung |
| Displacement | 18,500 lb |
| Ballast | 6,500 lb |
| Cruise / Max speed | 7 kn / 9 kn |
| Fuel | 2 × 45 gal (90 gal) |
| Cabins / Heads | 2 / 1 |
| Flag | USA |
- Electrical — house bank, charging, distribution, monitoring
- Rigging — standing and running rigging
- Sails — main, jib, staysail, covers
- Plumbing — fresh water, drinking, waste, raw water
- Engine — Yanmar, fuel, cooling, transmission
- HVAC — diesel parking heater, central air handler
- Nav — AIS, autopilot, plotter, radar, networking
- Connectivity — Starlink, router, LAN
- Home-Assistant — HA infra, ESPHome, monitoring
- Entertainment — content, music, sporting goods
- Hull-Deck — through-hulls, deck hardware, glasswork
- Interior — cabinetry, settees, galley, V-berth, head
- Ground-Tackle — anchors, rodes, windlass, rollers
- Safety — lifejackets, PLBs, EPIRB, flares, fire, MOB
- Dinghy — tender, outboard, davits
- Materials — bronze, stainless, fasteners — what's real and what's garbage