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‘Three Ships’ is a Gitana 43 cutter rigged sloop designed by Oswald Berkenmeyer and built in Cape Town South Africa in 1988. She was built for ocean cruising and has been maintained to a high standard of safety and efficiency by her current owners. In 2000 she was certified Cat 1 for offshore charter and this standard has been maintained ever since.
The current inventory of equipment includes:
Sails:
- Fully battened main
- Yankee headsail on Furlex furler
- Staysail on Furlex furler
- Cruising chute with snuffer
- Storm jib
- Tri sail on dedicated mast track
Engine:
- Yanmar 4JH3E new 2001
- 250ltr diesel fuel tank
Electrical:
- 12v alternator and 2 x 85 watt solar panels run the main instrumentation
- 24v Alternator and 2 x 55 watt solar panels run the windlass, radar and fridge
Steering:
- Wheel manual steering
- Monitor windvane
- Raymarine autopilot
Water:
- 400ltr water tanks
- Pur 40 watermaker
Saftey:
- 6 person zodiac ocean liferaft
- Para anchor
- Series drogue
Tender:
- Avon 3m Rover
- Yamaha 8hp Enduro outboard
Communications and Navigation:
- Icom DSC VHF
- Hand held VHF
- Icom SSB radio
- Radar
- Echopilot forward scanning echo sounder
- Navtex
- Laptop computer connected to GPS
- Iridium sat phone
- Sextant and appropriate tables
- Paper charts
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