Harbor Guard – 37

This incredible platform offers an abundance of remarkable features. This is a lightly used freshwater boat available, presenting an unbelievable opportunity to acquire this exceptional vessel at a significantly reduced price.    Built: 2009 (MODEL)
By: Modena Sport Design/Harbor Guard Boats, Costa Mesa, CA
Model: 37 Firehawk
Length Overall: 37′ 6″ (approximately)
Beam: 10°
Draft: 22″ (designed/reported)
Weight: 16500

Propulsion
2 x Diesel
Mfr.: Cummins
Serial #: 46894953/46895121
Hp: 355 @ 2800 RPM
Model: Q$B5.9 355
Hours: Port Eng 351  Stbd Eng 353
Cooling: Closed system; freshwater with heat exchangers
Exhaust: Wet w/linear silencers
Ventilation: Natural, Electric blowers (3)
Instrumentation: complete
Alarms: Audible coolant temperature, low oil pressure, exhaust gas temperature/coolant water interruption Controls:
Engines: Mechanical/electric.
Jets/buckets: Kobelt Mechanical/hydraulic
Steering: Hydraulic power assist
Drives: Ultra-jet
Model: 305H-BACK FK2Z
Unit ID: 8978-000-OHC
SIN Port/Sibd: 4958/4957
Fuel System
Tank(s)/Capacity/Location: 1 × aluminum 200 gallons/amidships
Valves: None; manual recommended at fuel filters
Filters: Racor
Lines: USCG type Al flexible
Electrical System(s)
AC
System Voltage: 110
Shorepower: 30A
Inverter: Kisae/Abso Inverter/charger 30.00
Circuit Protection: Main and distribution breakers, volt/ammeters, reverse polarity alarm
DC
System Voltage: 12.
Main switch (es)/Location: 3 × 2 way/äft deck
Batteries: (3) × #27, (1) × #24, (3) add/ supplying the DC-AC inverter/charger Circuit Protection: Main fuses and breakers, fused switches

Fire Fighting/Rescue Equipment
2 x Akron remote controlled fire monitors and foam supply tank with eductor nozzle. Hale fire suppression pump driven by 230 Hp (@ 2600 RPM), Cummins diesel engine
M/n: QSB5.9-230HD, S/n: 46894727, Hours: 78.7
Backboard (atop cabin)
Turnout gear
Oxygen units
Portable Extinguishers: USCG minimum requirements:
Length
w/out fixed system
26-40′ LOA: 2 BI or 1 BIII req’d
w/Fixed system
1 BI reg’d
Sighted:
(1) Pressurized water
(1) Class 3 ABC DCP
(1) CO2

Safety Equipment:
Personal Floatation Devices (PFD) #/Type: 1 required per person aboard (see
USCG/NC requirements)
Throwable apparatus: Throwable life-ring(s) with attached retrieval line
Visual distress signals
Sound producing Devices: horn and siren/klaxon
Navigation Lights: fitted
First Aid Kit: 

Bilge Pumps
(#/capacity/location): 2 x 1500 GP automatic/ER w/ High water alarm float switch sighted/ER
1 × 1100 GPH auto/Tank compartment, + 2 × 1500 GPH auto/Tankroom OB
1 × 2000 GPH auto; bow/crash compartment
Navigation Aids
VHF: Cobra w/DSC
GPS plotter, radar, depth: Garmin GPSMap 7610 XSV, Garmin GPSMap 4010
Spotlight: 4 × Golight remote
Other
Flir Night-vision/infrared/thermographic imagery camera; said to be interfaced Garmin Display(s) along with radar and plotter.

(4) personnel intercom headsets
Kenwood AM/FM/CD Stereo
Air Conditioning: Marineaire model.

Construction: Molded cored fiberglass with laminated hull to deck joint, laminated continuous 2″> 6″ dimensional wood longitudinal stringers, laminated plywood bullheads and partitions.
Hull Topsides (chine to waterline): 
Topsides are slab sided/vertical, cored below the rubrail, protected by an aluminum guard forward; throughbolted with backing plates, dual rubrail at sheer; screw fastened into a laminated plywood doubler. 7′ 8″ long hinged doors each side aft of amidships acting as personnel access/recovery wings, 10° forward of the transom as measured at the rubrail; bottom of door opening 13″ above the chine. Doors are hinged; raised and lowered via electric winches, with stop cables fitted with thimbles, attached to throughbolted stainless eyes.
Transom is notched in way of drives; dual drives mounted, with exhaust flanges adjacent.
Molded platform is installed over the drives, supported by painted metal struts fastened to the transom.
Hull Bottom: Hull bottom is a deep-vee configuration with tapered chine flats, multiple bottom running strakes. Bow sections; chine has molded belly (convex curvature), stem to doors, modified from the original vessel design by adding molded sponsons, laminated hollow shaped box sections over the original hull chines, extending back to the dive/recovery door openings, overlapping the chine forward to increase buoyancy and positively affect the running attitude underway. Centerline keel wedge is 10° length; 21″ wide at stern, tapers forward to nil. Chine flats taper to the stem, 15″ width at the forward end of the doors, 19″ width aft. Dual Jet drives are mounted at the transom, under a molded swim platform supported by powder coated aluminum struts/braces.
Weatherdeck: Molded cored fiberglass with nonskid at runways. Notch is provided at stem head for roller (none fitted), followed by athwartship oval mount for fire nozzles/plumbing for fire fighting equipment. Bow navigation lights are mounted outboard at the oval; bow fire monitor is centerline with hose connections each side and a relicfalve to port. Dual cleats are provided at the bow, additional cleats amidships and and a af. Raised coaming is next, elevated 3″ with additional 2″ coaming, with large hatch opening (approximately 29 x 35″), fitted with hinged lid, to be utilized as emergency escape and for passage of emergency equipment from below to deck personnel.
Narrow sidedecks with outboard gunwale outboard of the console, 6′ forward of the door. opening. Aluminum rails are fitted from forward to aft quarter atop the foredeck and gunwales; throughbolted with backing plates.
Cabin with aluminum framed diamond glaze windows with wipers forward, slides each side. Sliding doors aft with raised sills; double rear door. Rear monitor is mounted starboard aft with powder coated aluminum supply. Lights and communications equipment are mounted atop the cabin; siren forward in recess, hinged all around light.
Mast is atop along with radome. LED emergency lights are perimeter mounted, searchlights are fitted at the corners.
Aft deck: 13′ length including additional rear platform, 8′ 6″ width between gunwales.
Deck with nonskid patterned finish, raised gunwales trimmed with aluminum rails atop, decline to the stern. 92″ doors are hinged and drop to just above the waterline for boarding of passengers/emergency assistance from just above water level. Doors extend 57″ aft from forward bulkhead. 6 x 8° hatch opening is surrounded by a molded gutter; fitted with drain; rear hatch section is elevated some 5* above the main deck level, hoisted with an electric ram. Stainless tow post is mounted aft, set in a stainless socket braced to the transom with a stainiess angle and throughbolts. Flush hatches aft with. molded hinged covers, with scupper drains. Inwales with mounted vent louvers each side, opening hatches; starboard for service; port covers the main battery switches and main breakers and controls; including the hinged engine compartment hoist.

Wheelhouse: Molded fiberglass with aluminum framed windows; forward windscreens angled with wipers; post is tapered bottom to top between window sections. Opening vents forward followed by dual sliding windows each side. Aluminum framed sliding doors follows each side with raised sills; rear double door is flanked by hinged seat pad extensions secured to the bulkhead with snapped webbing straps.
Forward console with companionway to starboard with folding acrylic door and hinged cover. Overhead console contains communications radios and the stereo. Control console with air conditioning outlets providing environmental control as well as defrosting for the windscreens, additional discharge port aft. Helm is to port with aluminum triple spoke tilt wheel, centerline rear monitor controls, joystick controls for the bow monitor, Flir Camera controls adjacent.
Complete instrumentation is provided for pump and propulsion machinery; analog tachometers (equipped with digital instrumentation), voltmeters, oil pressure and temperature indicators.
Dual bilge high water alarms are provided; activated by float switches flanking the keel in the engine compartment. Morse single lever controls are provided for throttle, Ultra-jet steering bucket controls adjacent. Engines are provided keyed switches and push button start (black) and stop (red). Centerline at the console riser is the bilge pump switches with indicator lights.
AC electrical panel is outboard to port, with double polo main breaker, labeled distribution breakers (air conditioning, battery charger, spare), polarity indicator, source select switch mounted under. Dual DC breakers are provided inboard with labeled breakers with indicator lights.
Pedestal seats are provided for the operator and companion; plastic buckets with vinyl upholstery, flip-up bolsters.
Boxes are mounted aft for storage; port contains the air conditioner; return is inboard,
false bottom covers the compressor/blower.
Bow plumbing is intact, molded drops with flanged couplings, centerline control.
Bulkhead is in place 4′ aft of the stem, plywood fully laminated, opening for plumbing supply at bottom off center to starboard. Work platform is next withdrop storage under the hatch, 30″ headroom atop under deck. 27″ outboard (not sitting headroom). Outboard boxes measure 32″ × 26″ approximately, reportedly fully laminated inside and out. Next bulkhead is 35″ aft of the crash/forward bulkhead, fully laminated.
Inboard stringers are ‘6″ height, fully laminated. Stringers terminate forward over the keel 5″ aft of the intermediate bulkhead, angle back 42* length, then 33″ on center flanking the keel, outboard stringers terminate under the outboard flotation boxes and extend vessel length. Next bulkhead is 64″ aft, opens to the tank compartment.

Electrical wiring and lines are well loomed and secured. Piping penetrates the base of the forward bulkhead to starboard. Center drain is open at bass above the stem.

Bow compartment contains a 1500 GPH bilge pump, activated with float switch, Aluminum monitor supply pipe is flanged; estimated 16′ length to the pump connection at the engine compartment; with closure panels at the bench seat riser and rear bulkhead between the tank room and engine compartment.
Molded stair is to starboard. A single fluorescent light fixture is overhead. Wiring is all peat and orderly; well secured and loomed as required.
Tank room: Next under the wheelhouse, 90″ length, with 4′ headroom; keel to deck head and with outboard boxes 25-26″ wide extending full length.
Side door openings extend through the aft bulkhead, skin is reinforced with tapered doublers under deck 2′ forward. Doublers extend 2′ forward of the door opening, slight discontinuity fore to aft.
Engine controls are mounted port forward at the bulkhead. The fuel tank is centerline under deck. Foam tank is to starboard with fill to deck.
Bilge with 1500 GPH bilge pumps reported installed aft each side outboard of the stringers and fuel tank. A small 1100 GPH pump is reportedly mounted aft between the fuel tank and rear bulkhead, not accessible without removals.
Machinery Space: Access with fore and aft split hatches; forward hoists manually with dual locks; rear with electric hoist braced to the center/keel stringer between the propulsion plants. Hatches with gaskets and gutters with drains clogged with debris.
Additional smaller service hatches aft, each gasketed with drain scuppers.
Stringers flank the keel all nicely and neatly laminated in place. Bottom is fully cored, save in way of the main fire pump intake.
8″ Hale Pump is mounted centerline, driven by Cummins diesel engine, with valved intake also servicing the air conditioner raw water circulation supply and generator raw water intake. Discharge piping is to starboard along with electrically actuated valve supplying the rear deck monitor. Engine exhaust with overboard discharge; no installed silencer.

Generator was to port inside hush cover; replaced with battery bank and inverter.
Main engines are mounted with adjustable mounts atop aluminum angles throughbolted encapsulated hull stringers. Raw water intakes with throughhull fittings with strainers aft.
Exhausts with stainless risers (missing installation, sighted aboard; yet to be installed).

Engines are coupled via universal shafts to jet propulsion systems. Batteries are located outboard in molded plastic boxes. Racor filters are mounted to intermediate bulkheads that bisect the compartment outboard each side, along with main engine coolant recovery tanks, charger is mounted to port. Overall wiring, lines, and hoses are well secured and well protected with split corrugated plastic looms.
According to data supplied by the manufacturer; subject vessel meets requirements for hull bottom panel deflection, and also for stability (ISO 12217-1)
Category A “Ocean Service” per documentation issued by Naval Architects Morrelli and Melvin of Huntington, Beach, CA, subject to maximum crew limits of 8 persons aboard.
Fire monitors are mounted fore and aft; rotating some 300 degrees, with apparent overlap, fitted with electric valves/controls. Bow monitor with joystick. Stern. monitor with Akron fingertip controls, storable; removable for transport; mounts underneath a plate mounted atop the supply pipe flange aft of the cabin. When engaged station keeping is possible as the vessel responds to the thrust of the monitors; controllable with steering and engine controls.