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Siobhan facts & figures Van De Stadt design, type: "Pacific II" ketch, Corten
steel hull, built in by Bill Cooper’s shipyards for Bill Cooper personally, named “Lily Rose” after Bill’s wife. now Dutch registered nr: 6567 ZG 1999 Teak decks renewed in 1999-2000 and 2003. length: 15.00m (49’) long beam: 4.60m draft: 2.50m Full standard sail is 135m3, spinnaker adds 150m3(light) or 180m3(heavy). Now all sails have been renewed by Kemp! Main mast almost 20m tall (only inches shorter than the Värmdö/Djuurö bridge) displacement 30+ tonnes, of which 6 tonnes lead ballast in the keel. Anchor: 50kg Bruce anchor with 130m chain, secundaries: 40kg CQR, 40kg Bruce with 10m chain + 100m 20mm warp Perkins generator 3600kVA, (also for the hot showers...) Duogen water/wind generator (so no generator charging needed on passages!) Aerogen 6 wind generator (for topping up at anchor) Electrics: 24V main system Generator charger
2x25A batteries: domestic: 350Ah (at 24V) ; engine:100Ah (24V) high CCA inverter: 300W pure sine for PC, various chargers, mixer, converter: 12V 10A available for accessories Electronics Radar Raytheon RL70 (48nm) Wind/depth/speed: Simrad GPS Furuno 35 / Garmin48 backup VHF: Simrad DSC + remote; Icom handheld; Furuno emergency backup Sat phone/fax: Inmarsat miniM weather fax: Furuno Navtex: Nasa Marine Autopilot: Autohelm ST7000+ Entertainment etc: Stereo: Alpine – IPod based system with CD and tuner Guitar: Yamaha acoustic recorder: Yamaha plastic DVD player (in the laptop...)
Capacities: water: 800 l in three separate tanks diesel: 1800 l petrol: 5 + 10l jerrycans for outboard. lampoil: 5+5 l coal: 10kg (for bbq) Accomodation aft cabin: 2 berths, shower, heads, individual exit to cockpit. fore cabin: 2 berths, shower, heads. main cabin: 4 berths. galley with 2 burner gas cooker, grill, gas oven, combi microwave oven. barbeque on pushpit mount Dingies: Canadian canoe (16’) Bombard AX4 with Honda 2.3hp or Mariner 5hp Safety: 6 man 12 life jackets: 6 standard and 6 auto-inflate harnesses for all crew + stainless full length lifelines (and we use them!) Miscellaneous: One full set dive equipment incl 10mm wetsuit (no compressor) more tools and spares than you can shake a stick at swimming ladder at stern
She even had a movie role (though the stand-in was not as pretty as the real thing) thanks to one notorious former owner… http://www.africacrime-mystery.co.za/books/fsac/chp20.htm She's a proper yacht - one adventures are made with! |
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