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TypeSailing Yacht

Make/modelLavranos

Length37 feet

Berth4

Sailing from Azores , Horta

Sailing to United Kingdom , London or Falmouth

Language spoke aboardEnglish

Boat descriptionAbout Yacht Totoro Totoro is a 37ft (11.4m) steel, hard-chine, cutter rigged sloop. The design is by Angelo Lavranos, a South African designer who made a name building blue water racers. The boat is a one off design, built in 1992 by the first owner for a round the world trip including high latitude sailing. As such, it is heavily engineered with 6mm steel below the water line and over specified rigging. It has a fairly long (but not full) keel drawing about 1.7m and a semi balanced, skeg mounted rudder. It is also foam insulated and should be warm and dry even in rough conditions. There is a small dog house (hard dodger) which provides protection when in the cockpit and allows some visibility without leaving the cabin. The engine is over specified, a 50Hp Beta Marine, which has recently undergone a major overhaul. The boat has new stern gear, including prop, shaft, stern gland and drive coupling. With 200Litre of diesel she should have good range under power. There is a 120 Amp alternator and charging system to a 400 Ah cabin battery. We are likely to need to run the engine for half an hour per day. The boat was neglected for a number of years and a great deal of remedial work has been done over the last eight months. Only a few jobs remain to be completed before the journey to the UK. The work included some welding work to the hull, refitting or replacing all through hull fittings, replacing all internal pipework connected to the hull or engine, rewiring the entire boat, cleaning and repainting water tanks, refurbishing winches and replacing the forestay furl units and so on. Victualling Totoro has tanks for 300 litres of fresh water, which is quite good for a journey of this length. Assume 4L per day per person to be conservative. We will also carry separate bottles in case the main tanks are contaminated; Say 600 nm 6 days back or to nearest port 6X16L is 100L i.e. 10 separate 10L containers in lockers. There is no working fridge. The stove is kerosene (Taylors) and there is an oven. The shower may be working, otherwise it is the submariner approach; a sink of water and washcloth. Navigation and electronics • Fixed VHF radio with DSC wired to the GPS • Handheld VHF radio • Class B AIS – send and receive, with external collision alarm and ‘radar screen’ type display • NAVTEXT weather receiver • The Primary chart plotter is built using a Raspberry pi computer running Openplotter operating system and OpenCPN as the plotter. This uses GPS data from the AIS. • To be confirmed, a fall back plotter on an IPad or Android tablet. • We may have HF / SSB. I have all of the kit but need to do a training course and get a new license – as well as finish installation. This may or may not happen in time. • Backup satnav / GPS. Old Simrad is fully working and can be reconnected if needed. We also carry a handheld / battery operated GPS in the grab bag. Charts and pilot guides • Reeds Small Craft Almanac 2019 • Shell Channel Pilot 2017 • Crossing the Thames Estuary planning tables • Imray 100 – North Atlantic Ocean Passage Chart • Imray E1 – Archipelago Azores • Imray C18 – Western Approaches to the English Channel and bay of Biscay • Imray C48 – Porto to A Caruna • Admiralty Charts English Channel Folio Safety equipment • 4 x Kru lifejackets with crotch straps – new 2019 • Storm sail • Bilge pump – new 2019 • Fog horn – compressed air and manual • Spare parts for engine; impellor, oil change, filters etc. • (To finish) Echomax EM230 radar reflector on mast • (To finish) Offshore flare pack • (To finish) Jack lines and harnesses • (To finish) Life raft – new in 2019