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The Minnow is now in Hawaii! We finished the Transpac.
Details are in the blog:
http://hmsminnow.blogspot.com
What's next? We're not sure -- maybe Midway, Attu, and etc?
What kind of boat is this?
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The Minnow is a Catana 522 Ocean Class, hull number 11.
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It's 52 feet long, not counting the 4-feet or so of bowsprit. (The bowsprit is the pole sticking out the front of the boat used for jousting.)
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The top of the mast is about 79 feet above the water.
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The boat weighs about 40,000 lbs, a bit heavy for a boat trailer.
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It is 28 feet wide, a little wide for most roads.
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The draft is 4'5" with the daggerboards up.
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We have the big mainsail in back and two sails in front. In addition, there are three different-sized spinnakers. You generally use the main sail and one sail at a time in front.
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There are two 78 hp Volvo diesel engines.
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The boat goes about 10 knots using the motors, and from 0 to 15 knots under sail. You can actually get a lot faster than that in a hurricane.
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The diesel tank holds 264 gallons.
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The freshwater tanks hold 211 gallons.
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There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms in the hulls, and a living area
between the hulls. It's all air conditioned and heated.
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There is a 10kw generator and 6 110w solar panels. We also have a windmill generator stored away.
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The boat has a marine radio, an HF radio, fish finder, radar, satphone, TV/DVD/Stereo, autopilot, GPS, three chart plotters, a camera at the top of the mast, 5 wind displays, a radio modem, and other various and sundry instruments and displays.
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There's a stove, oven, refrigerator, freezer, and microwave.
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We have a 12-foot dinghy, a 15hp outboard, and two sea kayaks.
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