Galley

The vessel had a small galley to serve up to 8 crew members when fishing. We plan to unite galley and mess to create a bigger galley like shown here. It won't be huge but with some careful planning we should be able to come up with something to serve up to 20-24 people.

Since this is going to be an expedition vessel with a 10.000 nm range, we need to add some storage and we plan to use the two fuel tanks below the galley for this purposes. In here we want o create a cold room and freezer area. Access would be though a staircase which comes from the workshop behind the engine room. This staircase will also serve as the emergency exit from the engine room but be a lot more comfortable then the current one.

We will be working with Hakvoort Horeca in Rotterdam to get a professional marine galley on our vessel.

They carry the Giga Marina 700 line from Italy which will serve us fine and our 'chef' is working on the design right now. For a look at the equipment and aid planning, see these catalogs:

• Marine line catalog ___________(better 'right-click' these files to save;some are big)


• Refrigerator product line


• Grills


• Stoves


• Washers


• Ventilation


• 700 line

General data

Here's some general data:

l.o.a.: 40.19 m / 131.86 ft

l.w.l.: 37.04 m / 121.52 ft

beam: 9 m / 29.53 ft

draft: 4.75 m / 15.6 ft
D/L ratio: 0.13

estimated max. cruise speed: 11.5 kn

economical cruise speed: 9 kn

range: 10.000 nm (economy speed, no reserve)



berths: 28

current prop. diameter: 3.6 m


current main engine: 2000 hp

A/B ratio: low !

Displacemet (yacht load): 720 tons

Engine room - starboard generator

This is an only 5 year old Deutz 1015 (370 hp) driven gen set (A/C and DC) which we plan to move to the port site to replace the much older port gen. set.

In its place we're looking at 2 35-40 KW gen. sets. This way, at night , we run only one generator. During day time or with more equipment running, we start the second one. If we are going to do maneuvring using the bow and stern thrusters, we put the big Deutz on line too.

We're looking at Onan and Westerbeke.

Main deck

The main deck. Going from bow to stern, here we'll have crew quarters and/or staterooms for kids, our dive deck, a living and dining area, the galley and more crew quarters + a room for maintainance on fine gear. Above you can see some more up-to-date drawings and I soon hope to receive the work of the designers at Herman Jansen BV

We also want to create some kind of stern platform, 'foldable' and detachable from the stern. This would be with future sub marine operations in mind. More about that in the 'sub' section. But meanwhile, it will be a great swim platform and a place to tie up our kayaks!

Side view of the vessel

Built in 1987, there are no AutoCAD drawings avaible for this vessel. As I write this, the original designer, Herman Jansen BV in The Netherlands, is converting the original paper drawings into electronic versions.

I've scanned deck plans and make crude drawings myself to explain to the designer what I want so he can put my ideas into AutoCAD or similar software. The current design draft aft is 5.1 meters (16.4 ft). This will be reduced to about 4.5 meters (2 ft. less) so we can have port holes in the side of the ship high enough above the waterline as required by the classification rules.

As you can see, lots of space.

Deck replacement

The current main deck is covered with 2 inch thick wooden planks. Not quite sure which wood they've used but it's pretty beaten up and may not be the most suitable for the tropics and/or barefoot walking.

Other surfaces are just plain steel.

I'm been looking into several imitation teak options. Flexiteek, Marinedeck 2000 and Solvolan teak.

Flexiteek is nice for new construction when you have a nice clean deck. Same with MarineDeck, an innovative cork-based product, my favorite until I discovered Solovan. In my case, a conversion, deck preparation would jack-up the cost of an already expensive product even more. So Solovan, an expoxy based material is probably going to win: less aintainance, better suited to apply on rough surfaces or places where different thicknesses are needed and, the most affordable solution. It looks pretty good too as you can see.

Location

Right now, my vessel is in The Netherlands at

Maaskant Shipyard, Stellendam.

For address, contact info and route description, click here.

Our contact at the yard: Mr. Leun van Koppen.