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Subject: [worldcruising] Spirit of Sydney
From: Financiera Maldonado (Uruguay) S.A. (financieramaldonado@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 06:31:24 EST
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Por si alguno les interesa participar en el viaje descripto en el mensaje anterior, este es el barco.............
Design – Ben Lexcen
Construction Date – 1985
Commissioned – January 1986
Official No. 851789
Principle dimentions – 60’ long; 15’ beam; 8’6" draft
"Spirit of Sydney" is 18.5 metres long and an exciting yacht to sail with an incredible pedigree. Launched by Bob Hawke and commissioned in 1986 for Ian Kiernan to sail in that year’s BOC Challenge. She was purchased by Don and Margie McIntyre in 1994 and has since undergone a $300, 000 refit transforming her into a state of the art expedition vessel capable of safe and comfortable passage making anywhere in the world.
Galley
The galley is situated athwartships at the front of the cabin on the starboard side and has fitted 2-burner oven and grill Broadwater stove, pressure water system at the sink with backup salt and freshwater foot pumps and a 3-compartment Utectic refrigeration system. The gas system uses a sniffer and alarm and electric solenoid gas shut-off switch.
The Head
Situated on the starboard side aft includes hand basin, Brydon Boy manual toilet fitted with an Lectrasan sewage treatment system. A simple manual shower system is also fitted.
Internal Configuration
An integral collision bulkhead is fitted at the bow. The foc’sle which is secured by watertight bulkhead and hatch is fitted with a large double bed. The forward cabin is fitted with a dinette arrangement on the starboard side with a removable table and a pipe cot above. On the port side, is fitted upper and lower single berths and storage forward. The forward cabin is secured by a large water-tight door leading into the saloon. The athwartships galley is on the starboard side and on the port side is a settee and pulman berth. On the starboard side is one navigator’s berth with the chart table and seat above the engine fitted amidships. Port and starboard double quarter berths are either side of the companionway leading to the cockpit which is secured by a large water-tight door. The head compartment is just forward of the starboard quarter berth. To access under the cockpit which is secured by a water-tight bulkhead, you remove the companionway steps and open a large water-tight door. Another water-tight bulkhead separates the aft below cockpit compartment from the rear compartment housing the twin rudder shafts. The entire vessel is insulated with 50mm of foam.
Masts and Rigging
Aluminium double-sleeved mast with triple-spreader rig and aluminium boom. Standing rigging includes running backstays and checkstays and hydraulically operated main backstay. Hydraulic boom vang is fitted. The outer number one forestay is fitted with a Reckman headsail reefing system. The inner number two forestay is adjusted with a hydraulic ram. The staysail stay has a Goiot reefing system fitted. A baby stay is also fitted.
Deck Equipment
All oversize Harken deck gear. Decks are covered with high-density foam sheets as extra insulation and non-slip. An anchoring bowsprit and 24-volt anchor winch plus two extra anchor rollers and large mooring bollards are fitted. Dinghy davits are fitted aft able to carry 4-metre dinghies. Other stainless steel tubes support satellite communication antennas, radars etc. mounted behind the cockpit.
Winches
Four Barient self-tailing 36 winches and five Barient self-tailing 28 winches and two Barient self-tailing 24 winches are fitted around the cockpit.
Navigation Equipment
Omni hand-bearing compass. Raytheon pathfinder radar/Navcentre chart plotter and GPS. See electronics fit-out list.
Sails
New mainsail, # 2 genoa and staysail fitted. Also carried # 1 genoa, # 3 genoa, yankee, spare staysail, storm jib, storm trisail, spare mainsail, spare # 2 genoa.
Steering Gear
Twin rudders are linked with a solid arm to one single lay shaft turned via a quadrant and wire steering through to the pedestal in the cockpit. Two hydraulic ram autopilots, one Coursemaster, one Autohelm are solidly linked to the rudders direct. These can be operated by a joystick tiller at the chart table.
Machinery
Volvo hydraulic gearbox running high pressure hydraulic hoses to hydraulic motor located in the keel which turns a stainless steel propeller shaft through a conventional stern gland arrangement turning new Hydralign feathering propeller.
Electrics
12 and 24-volt systems are used throughout. Below the cockpit, port and starboard are fitted four Dryfit gelcell 55 amp 24-volt batteries. Below the chart table is fitted eight Dryfit celcell 56 amp 12-volt batteries. In the engine compartment is fitted one 56 amp 12-volt engine starting battery. All electrical systems lead to dual circuit breakers and electrical monitoring equipment at the switchboard beside the chart table. The main enigne operates both 12 and 24-volt alternators. A 6 hp water-cooled diesel auxiliary generator below the cockpit operates both 12 and 24-volt alternators and the fridge compressor.
Hull
Of 5mm to 10mm Aluminium construction.
Deck and Superstructure
Solar panels are fitted. One sliding and one standard Goiot hatch fitted to the foredeck. Three Goiot hatches fitted to the cabin top. Two Goiot opening ports fitted to the after bulkhead of the cabin. Two Goiot hatches fitted behind the cockpit port and starboard. The two rudders and steering gear is accessed by two water-tight hatches on the after deck.
Bye, Bye y no los aburro mas. Papa Bravo
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