“Sabbatical III” Amel
Super Maramu Millenium,
Built by Chantiers Amel,
Launched
October 2003
US flagged and Coast Guard documented
Basic specifications:
Length Overall 52 feet 6 inches (16 meters)
Length at Water Line 41 feet 4 inches (12.6 meters)
Beam 15 feet 1 inch (4.6 meters)
Draft 6 feet 7 inches (2.05 meters)
Air Draft 65 feet 2 inches (20.0 meters)
Ballast 12,320 pounds (5,500 Kgs)
Displacement (loaded) 35,840 pounds (16,250 Kgs)
Engine
100 hp
Yanmar
4JH3-HTE diesel
Generator
7 Kw
Onan MDKAV
diesel (Kubota D114 block)
Fuel 158 gallons (600 liters)
Water 264 gallons (1000 liters)
Sail Area - Main 378 sq. ft. (35 sq. m.)
Sail Area - Genoa (155%) 764 sq. ft. (71 sq. m)
Sail Area – Mizzen
204 sq.
ft. (19
sq. m)
Main, genoa, and mizzen
built by Calibre Sails (Whangarei, New Zealand) in 2008 using Challenge
Marblehead sailcloth.
Other sails:
Cruising
spinnaker
(1213 sq. ft.) built by Doyle (Marblehead, Mass.) out of 1.5
ounce nylon, with ATN
sleeve and tacker
Nylon
ballooner
(750 sq. ft.) set on pole (Deme Voiles, Le Pouliguen,
France)
Mizzen
ballooner (nylon) (Deme Voiles, Le
Pouliguen,
France)
Blade jib (110
%, 475 sq. ft.)
built by Quantum (Thurston), Bristol, Rhode Island
Storm jib
built by
ATN (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
Power:
220V/50 cycle AC power. 24V DC power.
175 amp (24V) and 55 amp (12V) alternators belted to Yanmar propulsion engine.
100 amp and 30 amp Dolphin chargers powered by Onan generator or shore power.
House battery bank (24 volt):
12 Trojan AGM batteries, group 31, 110 amp-hours each @ 12V
Starting battery: one Trojan AGM battery group 31 (12 volts).
DC/AC Inverter: 1800 watt Xantrex ProSine 1800i sine wave inverter (220v 50 hz)
E-Meter battery monitor with LED display
Sailor 24 volt to 12 volt transformer
Two Sharp 123 watt solar panels (multi-crystal silicon, model ND-L3EJE)
hinge-mounted on stainless steel railing
connected to Manson SBC-7230 photovoltaic 3-stage
charge controller (24V, 30amps)
Extra diesel fuel:
100 gallon bladder tank (ATL) strapped aft of mizzen mast when in use
20 liter jerry cans x 8 (Mil-spec made by Spectre, Canada)
Engine and
mechanical:
24 volt Amel
retractable bow thruster
Three-blade feathering prop
(Autoprop H6-566 LH roller bearing
propeller) with Spurs line cutter
ZF Hurth marine gearbox model ZF25
Automatic fire extinguisher
in engine
room
Manual engine room fire extinguisher operated from companionway
Central bilge system with
automatic (AMFA) and
manual (Henderson Whale Mark V) bilge pumps
Three independent air
conditioning and
heating units 220 V (Climma, Italy)
Seven Hella two-speed fans
150 liter per hour
freshwater maker (Dessalator, France)
Omega inline water quality
monitor with LED display and alarm in galley (Model CDCN 204)
24 volt forced air ventilation system throughout
Dual Racor 500 fuel filters
(30 micron elements) with vacuum gauge
Fuel polisher (150 gph, Reverso 24 volt fuel pump, Racor 1000 fuel
filter with 10 micron element, Algae-X)
Hose teed to fuel polisher to drain bladder tank and jerry cans
Sail control:
11 Lewmar
self tailing winches: 2 electric #58 primaries, 1 electric #44
mainsheet, 2 #44 self-tailling, 3 #40 self-tailing, 4 #16
self-tailing single-speed
AMEL electric furling jib
(manual
backup)
AMEL electric furling and
reefing main
(with manual backup)
AMEL manual furling and
reefing mizzen
Double downwind AMEL pole
system with
complete rigging
Control of mainsheet
traveler (Antal) from
cockpit
Control of jib sheet car
traveler (Antal) next
to cockpit
Deck and anchoring:
Center cockpit with fully
protected
helm seat
Hard dodger
Folding bimini
with extension
Shadetree awnings
Seven watertight lockers
Aluminum ladder/gangway
combination
Stainless steel rub rails
Four hatches (Goiot)
Four opening portholes
(Goiot)
Double bow rollers for
anchors
Automatic anchor washdown
(AMFA) with cockpit control
High pressure deck wash
Cockpit table
Freshwater hot/cold deck
shower with thermostatic control
Lofrans Tigress 1200 watt electric windlass 24 volts
Bow
anchor: Buegel anchor (30 kg) by Wasi (stainless steel)
10 mm galvanized anchor
chain (80
meters)
Anchor chain counter at helm
AMFA A66B anchor wash-down pump
Stern anchor: Spade ALU 100
(aluminum)
with 30 feet chain + 250 feet line
Storm anchor: Fortress FX55 with 6 meters chain + 350 3/4 inch
double-braid rope rode
Magma
Rock n’ Roll stabilizer set
on pole to
dampen roll at anchor
Navigation
and electronics:
Radar display/chartplotter at nav station Raymarine RL80C Plus
Radar display/chartplotter at helm station Raymarine RC530 Plus
C-Map digital charts cartridges
Raymarine Pathfinder 4 Kw radar
Raymarine autopilot ST7001+ with 400G course computer with Gyro-Plus
heading sensor
Linear drive autopilot motor on rudder quadrant
Second autopilot motor (chain
rotary drive)
Raymarine ST60 depth, speed, wind instruments with displays at helm
and nav station
Raymarine Raytalk 230E VHF
with handsets at helm and in companionway
Raymarine Raynav 300 GPS
Raymarine wired remote control ST600R
All above on Seatalk
network
Seatalk network ports at helm and nav stations
Raymarine PC/Seatalk/NMEA interface box (Model 85001)
Depthmate Portable Sounder
SOLAS/USCG flare kits
Smart Radio SR162 Automatic Identification System (AIS) dual-channel
receiver with antenna splitter
C-Map chart
cartridges usable in either chartplotter
or in USB
reader attached to PC
ICOM M802 SSB radio with
ICOM AT 140 automatic tuner, whip antenna
Two Sony Vaio laptops with high-powered wifi adapters and 9dB external
wifi antenna
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 Wireless G MIMO router and access point running
dd-wrt firmware
with 13dB directional antenna. Runs as a
high-powered Universal Wireless Repeater.
Belkin wireless USB hub
Canon i70 Bubblejet printer
Two Iridium satellite
phones (Motorola 9555 and 9505)
Ocens email
Ocens Weathernet downloadable
weather
information plus Ocens GRIB Explorer
Xaxero SSB weatherfax
demodulator
Backup digital navigation
system
consists of laptop running Boatcruiser 2.0
software,
C-Map
cartridge
and C-Map cd-rom charts,
connected
wirelessly to Garmin GPS 10
Bluetooth GPS or
Globalsat BU-353 waterproof USB GPS
Steiner 7x50
binoculars
SeaMe active radar transponder
Galley:
Two 24V electric deep
freezer/ refrigerators
in the saloon (Frigoboat)
Front-opening 24V stainless
steel
refrigerator in galley (Frigoboat)
Top-loading stainless steel dishwasher
Eno four-burner stainless
steel propane stove
with oven
Isolated and airtight
propane gas
compartment with solenoid valve
One 20 lb and one 10 lb
aluminum
propane bottle in sealed gas compartment
220V microwave/convection
oven
Galley exhaust fan
Corian countertops
Plumbing:
Two Jabsco
electric toilets (Model 37245-1094, 24V, EMC)
Two interior showers with thermostatic controls
Two blackwater holding tanks
Two interior and one
cockpit shower with thermostatic
control
Top-loading 220V clothes
washer (Thomson)
Seagull IV water filter with tap in galley
AMFA A88B fresh water pump (10.6 gpm)
Shurflo fresh water accumulator tank
Isotemp Basic marine hot water tank
Stereo:
Sony CDX-GT400 CD player with XA-110IP IPod
connector and remote control
Speakers in saloon and
cockpit
Safety:
7 watertight compartments
ACR GlobalFix 406 Mhz EPIRB
with
GPS, manual deployment (Model 2744)
ACR Distress Marker Light (Model 566)
MOM8-A man-overboard module
Mustang automatic hydro-static personal flotation devices with harness
Wichard tethers
Lifesling in hard plastic case
Dedicated liferaft locker
Hand-pumped emergency watermaker (Katadyn Survivor 06)
Two handheld VHF radios
Raymarine Lifetag man-overboard alert system connected to Seatalk network
Padeyes in cockpit and Wichard double jacklines on deck
Continuous stainless steel railings full length of
the boat
Storm drogue: Galerider (42" x 48" - 30,000 to 55,000 lbs) with 350
feet of 3/4 inch double-braid line
Electric hookah diving apparatus (Brownies Third Lung E140 220v/50 hz)
Whale Titan manual emergency pump
Masthead tricolor and deck-level running lights
Masthead emergency strobe light
Floorboard lockdowns
Dinghy:
AB (Artigiana Battelli) Lammina 9.5AL aluminum RIB
dinghy (Hypalon tubes) with Tohatsu
9.8 hp outboard (2-stroke) (Model M9.8)
Backup dinghy: Zodiac Cadet roll-up (Model C310,10.4 feet) with Yamaha 6-hp 2-stroke
Sea Eagle inflatable catamaran kayak (Paddleski
395ps)
