January 2008. John and myself had chosen to join the 2009/11 Blue Water Around the World Rally. I went to view Fai Tira at Ocean Village, Southampton and decided that this was the boat we needed. I took these photo's knowing she was out of our price range.
Fai Tira is built of steel and weighs in at a massive 18 tons. She is 44 foot long with a 12 foot beam and a draft of 6 foot
She has a centre cockpit with wheel steering and a fibre glass “dog house”.
This is the galley, well equipped with cooker, fridge and double sink unit.
This is the workshop and engine room. The bonus is lots of space to work around the engine and offers space to carry out repairs, etc.
This is the 82hp Vetus 4 cylinder turbo charged diesel engine. It uses about 3 litres per hour and has a 500 litre tank giving a very acceptable range on engine but we are hoping for favourable winds so that we will not be using it too often.
She was just what we wanted with all the right gear on board and fully equipt for a "Round the World Adventure"
1 comment:
you sure are a handsome couple of seadogs
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