Dulcinea Specifications

Summary Specifications

LOA: 62’11” (19.2m)

Year: March 2002

LWL: 53’10” (16.4m)

Beam: 17’8” (5.4m)

Draft: 8’2” (2.5m)

Displacement: 38 tonnes

Model: Dixon 63

Hull Material: Composite

Engine: Yanmar 240hp

Hull Designer: Bill Dixon

Builder: Vaudrey Miller Yachts Ltd, New Zealand

Flag: British

Construction

Built to RCD, overseen and certified by Germanischer Lloyd MCA compliant

Hull: composite: - cedar core, E-glass, and Kevlar epoxy laminates

Deck: Herex cores with E-glass epoxy laminates; teak laid.

External trim: teak and S/S. Teak capping rail (varnish)

Keel: lead

Interior: bulkheads are 20mm and 25mm solid plywood; keel floors and ring frames are foam glass; and the stem and keelson solid mahogany. Interior finish is in American Cherry with Madrona burr inserts edged
with fine jarrah borders.

Mechanical

Engine: Yanmar 4-cylinder turbo charged 240hp diesel

Direct shaft drive

Propeller: Varifold 4 blade feathering new in September 2009

Cruising speed: 9 knots

Fuel capacity: 1760 litres in 3 S/S tanks

Generator: Onan 11kw Bowthruster: Maxpower 15hp electric

Electrical

12v engine start, 12v generator start, and 12v service batteries

24v, 4 x service gel batteries, total 1000 Ah

2 x HD aux gel batteries, 400 Ah windlass and thrusters

Alternator: 100Ah service and auxiliary alternator.

Battery charger: Mastervolt x 4 (two for house, one for eng/genset/nav, one for thruster/windlass)

Inverter 24/3000 Mastervolt – in engine room

Cruisair Heating and air conditioning system:

Plumbing

Water capacity: 1,000 litres in 2 S/S tanks

Holding tanks: black water

Bilge pumps: 6 electric plus a manual system

Fresh water pumps: one main internal system with pressure tank

Deck wash: fresh water aft and salt-water wash at bow

Watermaker: 220v, 125 litres per hour HEM series 20 with sand filter

Hart tank tender system

Hot water via 220v boiler

Two hot water tanks – one forward/ one far aft.  Forward only immersion; aft unit immersion and engine calorifier

Accommodation

Aft owner cabin with ensuite. Day head. Nav area. Galley. Saloon. Two guest cabins. Forecastle cabin for crew or guests. 4 single berths; 3 double berths; total sleeping capacity 10

Domestic

Force 10 gas cooker, 4 burner and oven

Refrigerator: Air cooled 24v

Deep-freeze: – Isotherm – 24v

Heads: 4 - fresh water flush (day head has salt water back-up)

Showers: internal 3 and 1 on bathing platform

Washer-dryer: Whirlpool 240V

Icemaker: ULine

Extractor: Smeg

Microwave: Bosch

Toaster, Kettle, Galley equipment, Crockery, cutlery and glassware

Yacht computer PC including: Navnet3D software, Flat screen monitor at chart table, Windows XP, wireless, keyboard, mouse, and Inmarsat global internet.

4 TV screens: flat screen in saloon and each cabin

TV system and DVD player

MRD stereo system at chart table, with speakers in saloon and cockpit

Stereo systems in aft cabin and in each guest cabin, with own speakers

Navigation

B&G – H3000 system with GFD & analogue repeaters, multi units on each helm – Pilot – units on each helm and at chart table – display units on cockpit bulkhead and side of cockpit table

Furuno – Navnet3D plotter and radar, repeater at port helm and main unit at chart table

Icom – IC M 502 VHF at chart table

Icom – VHF unit at port helm

Icom – IC M710 NZ MF/HF Marine Transceiver

Ritchie – Powerdamp pedestal compasses – 2 – one on each helm

Fleet Broadband 150 satellite communication system

On board computer with WIFI capability

Rigging

Sloop / cutter rig, spars by Matrix, 3 spreader mast with swept back spreaders.  The rig was hauled, painted, inspected and serviced 207.

Spar material: carbon – painted cream

Standing rigging of stainless wire 2001

Wire of forestay Jan 2005

In boom furling mainsail – Matrix system

Spinnaker pole stows on front of mast

Self-tacking staysail system with Lewmar track just in front of mast

Hydraulic Bamar “magic electric jib” furlers on forestay and inner forestay (genoa and staysail)

Staysail furler replaced 2007.

Navtec hydraulic boom vang and backstays

Winches

2 x Lewmar 66 – 2 speed – self-tailing – primary (genoa sheet) electric

2 x Lewmar 58 – 2 speed – self tailing – runners

1 x Lewmar 54 – 2 speed – self tailing – mainsheet, electric

1 x Lewmar 30 – 2 speed – self tailing – main track control

1 x Lewmar 48 – 2 speed – self-tailing – on mast – topping lift and spi.  top lift (via 2 Antal jammers)

2 x Lewmar 58 – 2 speed – self-tailing - electric – at forward cockpit for controls – outhaul/reef/halyards

Sails

Mainsail	North Sails (July 2012)
Genoa	Stratis (Dec 2009)
Staysail	North Sails (July 2012)
MPS	Doyle (Jan 2003)
Storm jib	Doyle (Jan 02)

Deck fittings

Steering: two wheels – Whitlock Mamba system

Hydraulic opening transom/swim platform

Anchor windlass: electric Lewmar (mounted on deck) with control at helm and handheld wireless remote   and 80 meters of 1/2" chain.

Lewmar deck hatches

Fixed varnished teak cockpit table with 2 folding leafs and with 2 storage compartments in centre

Stainless steel dorade vents

Stainless and alloy fold-away davits

Pulpit, pushpit, guardrails, boarding gates, seat on pulpit, seats on pushpit

Twin bow rollers

Canvas cockpit dodger and cockpit cushions 

Accessories

Multiplex carbon gangway

Bimini fixed on S/S frame and covers all cockpit, with removable shade cloths

Magna S/S gas barbecue on pushpit

Anchors: 3, 105lb CQR, 30Kg Bruce & Fortress 55

Dinghy: Carib RIB 3.4m. / 11ft.

Outboard engine: Yamaha 15 hp

Lifesaving equipment:

Autoflug liferafts: 2 x 6 person in GRP canisters – stow in brackets on pushpit

2 lifebuoys on pushpit, lifesling