The current yacht specification
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Dimensions
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Length overall
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21.5m (71 feet) |
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Length waterline
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18.86m (62 feet) |
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Beam
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5.28m (17 feet) |
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Draft
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2.6m (8.5 feet) |
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Sail area
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3000 sq feet |
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Displacement
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45 tonnes |
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Construction
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Hull
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Hand laid up GRP with foam cored longitudinal ribs |
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Deck
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Hand laid up GRP with foam cores |
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Keel
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Longish keel with internal lead ballast |
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Rudder
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Skeg hung rudder |
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Steering
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Lewmar Whitlock Mamba torsion rod steering (2006) |
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Rig and sail handling
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Masts
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Aluminium masts and booms (John Powell?) painted white |
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Sails
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Hood sails – roller furling genoa and staysail, fully battened main and mizzen with lazy jacks and catch bags on booms (2002). North cruising shute (2007) |
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Winches
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Lewmar 77 electric primaries, Lewmar 55 electric secondaries, Lewmar 55 electric main halyard, Lewmar 55 manual genoa halyard, Lewmar 28 mizzen mast (2006) |
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Engine
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Engine
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Perkins / Sabre M225Ti 225 hp marine turbo diesel (2006) |
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Exhaust
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Halyard water separated exhaust (2006) |
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Gearbox
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Newage PRM 750 with hydraulic take off (2006) |
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Shaft
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1 7/8 stainless shaft (2006) |
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Prop
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24″ 3 blade MaxProp classic folding propellor |
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Fuel
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2 x 200 gallon integral grp tanks with Racor fuel filters |
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Bow thruster
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Lewmar 25hp hydraulic bow thruster with power poack off main engine (2006) |
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Electrics
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Shorepower
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32 amp isolated shorepower supply (2006) |
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Genset
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Kohler 9kw genset (2006) 235v at 50Hz (2006) |
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Invertors
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3 off Victron combi battery charger / invertors (total 6kw) (2006) |
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Batteries
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Domestic – 1000ah at 24volt gell cell batteries (all 2006) Engine start – 70 ah at 24volt gell cells Generator start – 70 ah at 12volt gell cells |
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Alternator
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Extra 100 amp engine mounted alterator with alphapro regulator for charging domestic batteries (2006) |
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Lighting
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24v Zenon downlighting throughout (2006) |
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Domestic systems
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Cooking
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Siemens electric hob and oven in custom built stainless gimble (2006) |
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Watermaker
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Something Australian – 25 gallons per hour |
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Water tanks
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500 gallon + 100 gallon reserve grp watertanks |
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Refrigeration
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Twin freezers, fridge and drinks cool box – all 24v electric frigoboat with keel coolers (2006) |
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Water
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Presurised hot and cold water – forward shower, rear bath, deck shower and deck wash tap (2006) |
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Toilets
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3 off Jabso hand toilets (one with poop tank) (2006) |
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Climate control
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Webasto combined heat and cool system. Central chilled water climate control 48,000 btu chiller with reverse cycle and diesel fired heater. Fan units in 5 cabins. (2006) |
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Navigation
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Instruments
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Raymarine ST60 wind instruments (2006) |
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VHF
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Raymarine 240 VHF with DSC, Furuno secondary VHF, Raymarine hand portable (2006) |
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Autopilot
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Raymarine ST60 type with constant running pump and hydraulic ram on rudder arm (2006) |
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Radar/plotter
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Raymarine E series – networked E80 at chart-table and E120 in cockpit, fish finder depth sounder, and AIS system for collision avoidance (2006) |
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Other
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Furuno spare GPS, Furuno weatherfax, Furuno navtex, networked PC with screen at chart table (2006) |
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Safety
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Liferaft
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12 man zodiac liferaft stored on deck (serviced 2007) |
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Beacon
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McMurdo emergency satelite location beacon (2006) |
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Personal
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12 life jackets, harnesses, Raymarine Lifetag man overboard system (2006) |
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Bilge pumps
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Twin electic bilge pumps and manual reserve (2006) |
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Dingy
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Avon 3m RIB with 40hp outboard, stored on foredeck. Spare dingy and outboard (2006) |
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Fun
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Water fun
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Surf boards, snorkels, 2off diving sets, wind-surfer, wet suits, kite surf |
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Ashore
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Folding bicycles, barbeques |
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Noise
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Flat screen TV, DVD and video players. Sony stereo in saloon and cockpit (2006). Far too many iPods – left on every horizontal surface. |
Get an Oyster 72 built to this spec and it would cost you £3 million! And would it look as good? Well yes, much better! But think of the worry if you ever left it somewhere!