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The yacht:

General:

is a powerful, fast catamaran, 15 meters long, 8 meters wide and designed for worldwide cruising.



The cat is built accordingly to the "West System" . The materials used such as epoxy resin, Kevlar and glass mat, come from the high-tech centre of GOUGEON INC. /USA. The catamaran was built in the south-American shipyard of Philipp Hercher.

Therefore is equipped with all the modern safety gear for worldwide cruising.

On this Catamaran you’ll never feel cramped.; it has about 195 square yards (170 square meters) of living space. deck space plus about 50 sq. m. in the salon, the 5 cabins and the heads. Between the hulls there is a comfortable net, approx. 20 sq. m

Legend of drawing:

1 = diesel engine,
2 = cabin,
3 = head,
4 = salon,
5 = cockpit,
6 = net area

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Accommodation:
3 double cabin, one single cabin with together 7 berths but best comfort with 5 persons. All Cabins are designed in warm wood, light ceiling and white surfaces. Hatch and ventilator in each cabin, 3 heads,1 deck shower.


Portside: Aft cabin is a double cabin with two beds( 7.0 x 2.6 feet / 210 x 80 cm each). Front cabin is a double cabin (7.0 x 5.3 feet / 210 x 160 cm ). Front cabin is a double cabin (6.5 x 4,6 feet / 200 x 140 cm). Front cabin shares with the aft cabin separate bathroom and shower.

The Cabin in the very front has a single berth(about 6.5 x 3.0 feet / 200 x 90 cm), washbasin, separate bathroom*; Front cabin is very light and has a huge hatch, all surfaces are white. Picture: Fore Cabin

Starboard side: Aft cabin is a double cabin ( 7.0 x 4.6 feet / 210 x 140 cm ).  Front cabin is a double cabin for the crew. Front cabin shares with the aft cabin separate bathroom and shower.

Pikture: Front Cabin,

Panorama salon: with marvellous all around view, 7 opening hatches guarantee pleasantly cool climate, comfortable group of seats a table with plenty of place for 10 people

Galley: Located in the salon with two sinks, water pressure system, 3-flaming stove.

List of Equipment:

Electricity installations: 12 Volt as well as 220 Volt (up to 1500 watts), stereo cassette deck, stereo radio, CD player, electric windlass, Telephone and E-Mal worldwide via Satellite. We produce electric energy by solar panels and windgenerator. If this dose not meet oue demand in electricity, we run additional our generator.

Navigation: Sextant, H.O. or tables, steering compass, bearing compass, 2 autopilot, GPS, electronic navigation station with LCD screen and wireless connection to the personal computer, chartplotter, VHF, SB, log, depth sounder, radar, centrally located helms station, ... ´ two high sea dragging fishing rods, dinghy with aluminium bottom, with 30 PS outboard engine, additional electric motor for silent exploring the rivers.

Water sports: five air tanks (INT connections), "Bauer" compressor, 30 kg weight (bring your own regulator and B/C), two deep-see fishing rods, dinghy with aluminium bottom, 30 PS outboard engine, additional electric motor for silent exploring the rivers, water ski (Persons up to 75 kg).

Technical specifications:

Type: HERCHER BM 50

Length: 50 feet/15.40 m; Beam: 23,4 feet/7.60 m; Draft: 3,3 feet/ 1.00 m; Displacement: 9.5 t**; Fully bottomed mainsail: 850 sq. feet/ 80 m2; Genoa: 420 sq. feet /40 m2; Spinnakers: 1160 sq. feet /110 m2;

Water tanks: 150 gal /700 l; Diesel tanks: 120 gal. / 460 l; Engines: 90 HP Volkswagen SDI

The following data show the speed potential of the cat: Relationship hull beam/hull length 1:12, relationship weight/sail area: 79 kg per sq. m. windward, 50 kg per sq. m. downwind.

is a sailing vessel not a luxury yacht.

* Outside: Shower, under the open sky ...

** actual weight which was weighed at the crane, not to be confused with the design weight which is usually exceeded by far.