The Crew

The Captain: Roy Cadman (formerly captain Ron) - recently demoted to first mate

 Also the general handyman, cook and deck hand

First Mate: Elaine Cadman - PhD in "I told you so" - now the captain (I'm better at dealing with officials)

Also weather forecaster, route planning and supplies.

  (pictures taken on a not so good day sailing in San Francisco)

The Boat

A 2011 Leopard 46 catamaran, designed by Morrelli and Melvin and built by Robertson & Caine in Cape Town - South Africa. We elected for the 4 cabin layout as we anticipate spending the majority of our time sailing with friends and family and enjoying the outdoor lifestyle this boat offers.

A major consideration in selecting this boat was the hardtop over the cockpit as well as the raised helmstation offering excellent visibility and protection from the weather. On long passages the front facing nav station with remote autopilot and chartplotter is ideal for bridge watch.

The engine compartments are spacious enough for someone to climb inside to perform maintenance and are located far enough aft so we don't have to gain access from the aft cabin.

Flag

United Kingdom

Hailing Port - Bangor

Technical Specifications

Equipment 

Engines

Twin Yanmar 4JH5E 54 hp diesel engines with SD50 saildrives and Flex O Fold propellers

Electrical

12 volt house system with 900 amp-hour capacity (Trojan batteries)

LED lights throughout

12 volt Seafrost fridge and freezer with electronic controls

Jabsco electric heads

110 volt shore power

9 kW Northern Lights diesel generator

40,000 BTU air conditioning in cabins and saloon

840W of solar panels mounted on the hardtop

Blue Sea solar controllers

40A Victron Battey charger

2kW Victron Inverter with 80A battery charger

Victron VE.Net battery monitor

400W Wind Generator

Electronics

Raymarine P70 autopilot with remote at navigation station

Raymarine i70 speed, log and depth display

Raymarine i70 wind display with remote at navigation station

Raymarine e97 chart plotter (helm)

Raymarine a65 chart plotter (nav station)

Airmar DST 800 Speed, Depth & Temperature (rubbish!)

Raymarine 650 AIS transceiver

Raymarine high speed network switch

iCom 604 VHF radio

iCom 802 SSB radio with antenna tuner and KISS ground plane

iCom AIS receiver

Iridium GO!

Apple iPad for satellite weather

Yellowbrick Iridium tracker

Raymarine FLIR

Nikon Rangefinder

Two EPIRB's

Wave WiFi range extender

Other Equipment

Spectra Cape Horn Extreme Watermaker

Paratech Sea Anchor and Drogue

12 man life raft

Spade Anchor with 300 feet chain rode

Spare Danforth and Delta anchors

Flares & Vari Pistol

Paddle Ski's, snorkeling and diving equipment

Aussie Stainless Steel BBQ - the best there is

Sails

Standard fully battened main sail with 3 reefing points

Standard roller furling Genoa

Quantum A2 Gennaker

ATN Gail Sail

Hood downwind Spinnaker