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Construction : Garcia boat yard

Model : Bieroc

Category : 1rst

Material : Steel

Lenght : 10,70 m (35 feet)

Width : 3,40 m

Draft : 1,70 m

Deck beam height: 1,92 m

Weight : 10 Tonnes fully loaded

Engine :

• Yanmar type 2QM20H (1985), 27cv, 1700h

Capacity : 7 beds

Sails :

• Spinaker : 61 m2
• Staysail :
• Storm jib :
• Genoa : 45 m2 (2004)
• Main Sail : 25 m2 (2004)

Reserves :

• Water : 300 L (200l stainless steal+ 2x50l Vetus)
• Watermaker Powersurvivor 40E: Capacity 5l/h (2004)
• Diesel : 350 L in the kiel

Navigation equipements :

• VHF (Icom IC-M55FB)
• VHF portable (Icom IC-M2A) (2005)
• Loch (Autohelm)
• Sondeur (Incastec)
• Pilot (Autohelm 2000)
• Self stearing gear
• GPS (MLR FX 312 XC) (2003)
• GPS portable (Magellan Sportrak) (2004)
• Sextant Davis MK15 (2004)
• SSB reciever (Sony)
• SSB transeiver (Kenwood TS-50S) (2004)
• AntenaTuner SGC (SG-230) (2004)
• Compas (Silva) (2004)
• Walder (2004)
• Winchs:
  • Mast Winchs : 2 Lewmar 8
  • Roof Winch: Andersen 28ST (2004)
  • Cockpit Winch: 2 Andersen 46ST (2004), 2 Lewmar 44

Electricity :

(clic here to see the electric wiring of the solar pannels and the windgenerator)

• Battery 1 x 110 AH (Engine, 2003), 1 x 170 AH (Comfort, 2004)
• 1 chargeur 6 AH
• Electric generator 600 W
• 4 solar pannels 30 W each
• 1 windgenerator Rutland 913 (2004)

Security:

• Complete equipement 1rst category
• Complete rocket box (2002)
• Plastimo 6 personnes (2003)
• Complete securitz equipment for 6 persons (2004)

Ancorage :

• 2 complete 35m chain 10 mm + 30m rope
• 4 anchors
  • CQR 35
  • FOB HP
  • Britany 50
  • Danforth light

Comfort :

• Cockpit shower
• Sun protections
• Neon inside lights
• Pressure drinking water
• Drinking water and salt water foot pumps
• Genoa furling system: Profurl (2004)
• Stereo Sony 4x52W, CD, MP3, Ampli Kenwood KGC-4032 (2005)
• Kitchen ENO 3 burners, oven
• Fridge or freezer Waeco 25l (2004)

Dinghy : Bombard AX2 (2004) et Honda 2,3 cv 4 temps (2004)

Experience : Top North (taken in the ice in Groenland), Fireland, Antilles (was 10 years in Martinique with several children on board)

Particular Sign: Visible from far away...

The constellation :

Cepheus is one of the oldest constellations in the night sky. It's a circumpolar constellation, circling around the North Star all year long. This house-shaped constellation is named after an ancient king of a land called Ethiopia (different from the current country, Ethiopia).

Cepheus looks like a house with a steep roof. It is not clear as to what ancient people saw in this constellation. It is full of interesting objects. The brightest star in the constellation is Alderamin, which is the westernmost star in Cepheus. The top of the house is a special type of star called a cepheid. Cepheids are pulsating stars, used to find large distances.
Cepheus is full of galaxies and nebulae, although most are too dim to see with the naked eye. If you scan across the constellation with a telescope, you should find at least four different nebulae. It is also full of star clusters, ten to be exact. Unfortunately, most must be viewed with a telescope. Slightly south of Cepheus lies a star that would be considered the North Star if we lived on Mars. This red cepheid is one of the most colorful stars in the sky.

Mythology:

Cepheus was married to the beautiful Cassiopeia and had a daughter, Andromeda.
In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia boasted that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids. The Nereids therefore complained to the sea god Poseidon, who sent a monster to destroy Cepheus' land. The king and queen offered their daughter to the monster, but she was saved by Perseus with the helf of Pegasus, his horse, and the head of Medusa (killed before in an other adventure...). All four people, along with the monster, are represented in the sky by constellations.