The Ultimate Catamaran for Tropical Adventures

Specifications

Length          55'         Sail Area Main        993 sq/ft
Beam            28' 4"      Sail Area Blade Jib   405 sq/ft
Draft       3'5" to 7'10"   Sail Area Genoa       776 sq/ft
Wing Clearance  41" at DWL  Sail Area Spinnaker 2,300 sq/ft
Displacement    25,500lbs   Masthead from Waterline 78'
Pounds per inch immersion   1,810

Construction: 

Hulls, decks and pilothouse are constructed from vacuum bagged SP Systems Ampreg epoxy resin and high performance glass laminate cored with “Core-Cell” SAN foam and PVC foam. All exterior surfaces are spray painted with linear polyurethane coating. A painted boot stripe in a contrasting color is included. Crossbeams are built of uni-directional carbon fiber/epoxy with foam cored epoxy/glass bulkheads. Extensive use is made of uni-directional carbon fiber reinforcement in high load areas of hulls and decks. Interior joinerwork and floorboards are all cored panels to provide stiffness at low weight.

Propulsion and Steering:

  • Twin Yanmar 4JH5E (55 HP) diesel saildrive engines.
  • Dual instrument panels with tachometer and engine monitoring gauges and alarms.   
  • Primary and secondary fuel filters.   
  • Dual “ZF Micro Commander” electronic single lever engine controls mounted at both the cockpit helm station and pilothouse inside helm. 
  • Bronze geared folding type propellers.
  • Rudder blades are fiberglass composite, high performance hydrofoil section with solid Titanium rudder stocks turning in low friction bushings. 
  • Twin station cable and sheave steering using premium Edson components and roller bearings. 
  • Custom cockpit steering pedestal with compass and engine controls.
  • Aluminum Mast and Booms: 

Spars & Rigging

  • Mast, main boom, jib boom, forward crossbeam and compression beam from Sparcraft. 
  • Painted mast, deck stepped with two sets of rod diamonds over single spreader. 
  • Masthead light, masthead VHF, wind instruments.
  • All halyards and reefing lines are led to cockpit. 
  • Boom has internal reefing lines, topping lift.
  • Self tacking jib hardware with Profurl reefing/furling unit Profurl reefing/furling unit for Genoa jib.

Standing Rigging: 
All type 316 1x19 SS Dyform wire rope stays and shrouds.
Navtec rod for mast diamond stays.

Running Rigging: 
Dyneema halyards and control lines. Low stretch Dacron sheets.

Deck Hardware: 

  • Anderson self tailing winches: 
    • One, ST56- electric #56 for mainsheet/main halyard.
    • One, ST48 staysail sheet and reef lines.
    • Two, ST56 for reaching genoa/spi sheets.
    • Three, ST48 for traveller/runner controls and staysail traveler.
  • Harken Mini-Maxi main sheet traveler 11’6” long.
  • Harken self tacking jib traveler, 12’ long.
  • Harken ball bearing blocks are standard equipment. 
  • Spinlock rope clutches

Centerboards: 

  • Two cored epoxy/glass “hi lift” centerboards in epoxy/glass laminate trunks with low friction bushings. 
  • Up and down control lines to cockpit mounted line driver.

Collision Bulkheads: 

Each hull has two collision bulkheads forward.

Electrical: 

  • (8) Solar Panels,
    • 4 x 130 watt and
    • 4 x 250 wawtt output each.
  • 12-volt circuit breaker panel with voltage and amp meters.
  • Two Genasun LiFeP04 (Marine Lithium) house batteries, separated into two banks. 
  • Battery monitor 
  • (2) separate engine start batteries.
  • Cantalupi (switched white/red) dome and LED reading lights.
  • Resolux full spectrum fluorescent lights in galley and work areas.
  • LED red night lighting within the pilothouse.
  • Chart light
  • AC System: 
    • Victron Quattro Inverter Charger (230V/50-60Hz, pure sine wave) to provide AC power from the batteries. 
    • 230v AC outlets are installed in the following places. (1) each head, (1) galley, (1) workbench, (2) nav. Station, (1) port side of pilothouse settee.

Tanks: 

  • (2) aluminum 100 gallon diesel fuel tanks each with deck fill, shut off and gauge.
  • (2) composite 80 gallon water tanks each with deck fill, vent and gauge.

Navigation Electronics:

  • B&G Precision Sailing Instruments (Wind/speed/depth instruments
  • Interphase Forward Looking SONAR
  • B&G Dual Autopilots (1 x Hydraulic and 1 x Linear Drive) 
  • Raymarine Class "B" AIS & GPS
  • Raymarine 48nm Digidal RADAR
  • Full Wireless (802.11) Connectivity to ship's Electronics
  • Standard Horizon VHF radio (1 Fixed, and 2 Handheld) 
  • ICOM M802 SSB radio
  • Iridium Satphone
  • Stereo, AM/FM/CD with pilothouse speakers.

Hull and Deck Ventilation: 

Total of 28 Opening hatches, ports and doors ensuring excellent ventilation in all spaces

Rails and Lifelines: 

  • Custom fabricated SS stanchions and lifelines. 
  • Custom fabricated polished SS pushpits. 
  • (4) SS Transom grab rails.
  • Integral swim step on rudder

Anchor Handling:

  • Dual bow anchor rollers enable two anchors to be easily used at the same time.
  • Lewmar V4 windlass with rope/chain gypsy and dual direction switch. 
  • Self-bailing lockers for self stowing chain and rode.

Ground Tackle: 

  • 2 x "Spade" anchors and rodes
  • 1 x Fortress storm anchor

Cleats and Docklines: 

  • Six 10" docking cleats, 2 bow, 2 stern, 2 springline
  • Two 12” mooring cleats.
  • Four (4) 5/8" 3 strand nylon docking lines each 50' in length are supplied.

Navigation Lights:

  • LED masthead Tri-color and anchor light.
  • Mast mounted steaming light with deck flood light.
  • LED deck level running lights. 
  • Exterior Lighting: Aft deck amber LED lights. Aft deck floodlights.