Menu
Home
Exterior
Interior
Layouts
Specs
Comparison
Contact
UNIQUE features:
4 Sleek high-speed hulls
| minimum drag
Double mast
| more sail (faster), less air draft, so lower center of gravity + wider beam; higher stability and safety
Large solar panels
on deck for clean power independence (possibly even also on roof)
Electric jet-engines
| clean, quiet
Super shallow
| no propellors or rudders sticking out below hulls (so easy beaching and hauling)
Mooring bumper
3/4 all-around
Full-width mooring / swim platform
Safe rudder stocks
below swim platform above waterline not protruding the hulls (no leaking)
2 (yes 2!) full-size dinghy garages
(each 3x2x0.6 m | 10’x7’x2’) you may want to take bikes along!
Flexible cockpit
configurations | see some variations under '
Exterior
'
Full-length headroom
throughout the boat (2.1m | 6.9')
4 cabins with
extra large
double beds
... (2x2.3 m | 6.6’x7.5’)
...and
each
an ensuite head + plenty locker spaces
8-person
walk-around
table inside
| no need to "slide in" behind a table
360 degree all-around view
from inside
Inside steering position
2-person
work desk
/ navigation station - with rear wardrobe / storage (e.g. for laundry machine, cockpit pillows)
Large galley
with rear fridges / freezers / dishwasher
7+ Safety compartments
for flotation / collision, also providing large storage (or even cabin-accessible crew quarters)
Easy to build
| straight angles, repetition -
Double the pleasure, half the price?
SPECS
Length
14 m | 46'
Beam
8.6 m | 28'
Air draft
17.4 m | 58'
Draft
~35 cm | 14" (2.3 cm per ton displacement)
Displacement
: of course depends on chosen build, equipment and load (avg ~15 ton)
Main sails
44 m2 each
Self-tacking jib
22 m2
Architect
: Dr. Hans Verheij
Owner
: you?
Compare to a top cruising catamaran
||||
Design rationale