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Model:ALDEN 44,6 KETCH
Type:sailing yacht
LOA (m):13,59
Beam (m):4,00
Draft (m):2,05
Year built:1984
Builder:Nigel Haliwell
Country:South Africa
Designer:John Alden
Displacement (t):18,14
Ballast (tonnes):8
Gross tonnage:20,05
Net tonnage:17,78
Hull material:wood
Hull colour:cream off-white
Hull shape:full bilged
Keel type:long keel
Superstructure material:2022 sanded & painted wood
Rubbing strake:wood
Deck material:IROCO 2,8mm recaulked 2020 wood
Deck finish:IROCO & TEAK at cockpit teak
Superstructure deck finish:teak
Cockpit deck finish:teak
Antifouling (year):Every year sanded & painted (International 6400 interspeed) 2022
Deckhatch:yes
Fuel tank (litre):x2, Total 400 Lt stainless steel
Freshwater tank (litre):x2, 500 Lt, VETUS pump stainless steel
Blackwater tank (litre):x1, 100 Lt, JABSCO pump polyethylene
Greywater tank (litre):Jabsco membrane of the pump
Wheel steering:Turning screw mechanical
Outside helm position:yes
More info on hull:2022 sanded & painted
More info on paintwork:Varnished areas take 2 layers of 2 compon, epifanes spring Autum
Extra info:Restoration 2012
Extra info:The yacht still takes part in yacht races & Regattas
Extra info:2022: cleaning of cooling &injectors, new diesel & water pumps
Designed by the American John Alden under the code name RENA CLASS 0744N & constructed in Cape Town in 1984 using Iroko wood for the Hull & Deck and Teak for the interior. Plans were brought from Alden co through Peabody Museum Massachusetts U.S by British captain N. Halliwell. He believed the yacht was ideal for transatlantic passages. He did 60.000 nm in 5 years from South Africa to USA, UK and back to Africa.
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