The October edition of SAIL magazine contains a series of great articles about chartering in the Virgin Islands - British, US and Spanish. One of the articles, written by Adam Cort focuses on chartering with children as the author and his family enjoy a trip round St. John and St. Thomas on Mowzer. (Click on the thumbnail for an enlarged view.)
s/v Mowzer - The Boat
SAIL Magazine Article - October 2010
The October edition of SAIL magazine contains a series of great articles about chartering in the Virgin Islands - British, US and Spanish. One of the articles, written by Adam Cort focuses on chartering with children as the author and his family enjoy a trip round St. John and St. Thomas on Mowzer. (Click on the thumbnail for an enlarged view.)
A Tour of Mowzer - On Deck and Interior
This gives an overview of what its like walking around Mowzer's deck and into the saloon/galley, head and berth.
Fountaine-Pajot - Mahe 36
Mowzer was built in La Rochelle, France in December 2009 (architects: Joubert/Nivelt and designer: Olivier Flahault.) She is vacuum-bagged solid glass construction below the waterline and foam sandwich above and as such will pretty much float, whatever her situation (although we hope never to test this!)
Here's a detailed list of her specs and equipment - pictures at side are from Fountaine-Pajot stock photos - until we get to take our own.
General:
LOA 11.0 m (36'2")
Beam 5.9 m (19'5")
Draft 1.15m (3'9")
Mast Height 16.75m (55')
Displacement 7,300 kg
Sail Area:
Genoa 26 sq.m. (287 sq. ft)
Mainsail 49 sq.m. (540 sq. ft)
Tanks:
Freshwater 2 x 270 litres
Diesel 1 x 210 litres
Holding tank for each head
General Accommodation:
Woodwork throughout
Ceiling made of mildew resistant felt
Leather style sofa cushions
Polyester foam mattresses
Saloon Layout:
Saloon accessible through double sliding door
Panoramic view through picture windows and aft bulkhead portlights
1 wooden table seating 6, 1 bench seat for 4
Storage under bench seat
Ventilation through 1 deck hatch + 1 porthole at foot of mast + 2 portholes at the picture window
Lighting with halogen spotlights
12V fans
Radio / CD sound system with 4 speakers
Flat-screen TV with DVD player
Galley:
Worktop with 1 sink and 1 draining board
Pressurized hot and cold freshwater from mixer faucet
3-burner stove with stainless steel gas oven
12V 130 liter refrigerator
12V freezer
Upper stowage locker, with integrated flatware basket
Lower stowage locker under sink
Lighting with adjustable spotlight
Chart Table:
Wooden chart table with stowage shelf
12V electrical panel and navigation instruments
12V socket
Adjustable spotlight
E-Pack V1: NAV + GPS + VHF
Multifunction 8.4" screen GPS/Plotter
Each hull contains an aft cabin and head in the bow.
Aft Cabins:
Double bed (1.57 x 2m approx - 5'2" x 6.7")
Large front-accessed stowage space under bed
Hanging closet and stowage with shelves
Ventilation through hull portlight and deck hatch with curtain
Non-opening outward facing window with curtain
Main lighting via halogen spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights
12V fan
Passageway:
Hanging closet with stowage area with shelves
Non-opening outward facing window
Heads:
Counter top with washbasin and mirror
Hot and cold water by mixer faucet with built-in shower fitting
Shower with electric drainage pump
Electric marine toilet
Ventilation through deck hatch and escape hatch
1 neon light
Forepeak:
Access via deck hatch
Buoyancy reserve under half-height shelf
Helm Station:
Double helmstation seat
Instrument console
Autopilot
Rope click and bags for sheets and halyards
Cockpit:
8-person bench seat with cushions
Cockpit table
Cockpit bench seat locker
2 gas lockers
Hard bimini top with canvas and sun protection for helm
Foredeck:
Large foredeck locker divided into 3 compartments (1 for mooring gear)
Exterior window blinds for saloon
Engine holds and technical holds:
Accessed via deck hatch in cockpit
Sound proofing and neon lighting
Engines and equipment:
2 x 30hp Volvo sail drive engines
3-blade folding propellers
Saltwater filter
Engine cooling by heat exchanger
Complete engine panel and dual controls at helm station
Engine hour meter
Fire supression in each engine compartment
Fuel System:
Fuel tank with filler place in cockpit seat, electric fuel gauge (indicator on chart table)
Fuel pre-filter / water separator + fuel filter (1 set per engine)
Fuel shutoff valve accessible under helm seat
Plumbing:
Freshwater tank with electric gauge
Electric pump
22 litre water heater
Electric bilge pump (2m3/h) in each engine compartment with auto-switch
Electric bilge pump (2m3/h) in each hull
Manual exterior bilge pump
Electrical System:
2 x 115A/12V engine alternators
1 set port onboard/engine batteries of 300Ah
1 starboard engine battery of 100Ah
Manual back-up link - this will be modified to be automatic with adjustment to battery banks
General 12V distribution panel at chart table protected by fuses
Voltmeter for onboard batteries
Exterior 12V outlet
Spare sockets for extra equipment
Rigging and Sails:
Mast and boom in anodized aluminum
Complete standard rigging
Ball bearing mainsail luff cars
Tackle on mainsail halyard
Topping lift
2 Reef pennants
Genoa halyard
Spinnaker halyard
Lazy-jacks
Clutches on genoa halyards and spinnaker halyards at bottom of mast
Clutches on reef pennants at boom exit
2 Flag halyards
Removal on reef pennants and halyard mainsail at helm station
Navigation, running and mooring lights
Deck lighing
Full-batten mainsail with CST in Dacron
Roller genoa furler - Profurl
Genoa
Asymmetrical spinnaker sock
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Fittings:
Mainsheet tackle led aft to coachroof
Ball bearing mainsheet traveler
2 x tackle on mainsheet traveler clutches
2 stand-up brackets for genoa sheets
2 genoa sheets
Clutches on reef pennants and halyard mainsail
2 size 40 self-tailing winches for main and genoa sheets (includes one electric at starboard)
Other equipment:
MP6 container life raft with stainless steel support
"Push-pull" steering system and wheel
2 rudders mechanically linked by stock levers and transversal tube
Emergency tiller
Steering compass
Winch handle & pocket
Pulpits, stanchions with upper and lower guard rails
Dralon protective cover for wheel
Access to transoms
Swim ladder to port
Cold water deck shower on aft beam
7 mooring cleats (2 forward, 2 midships, 2 aft and 1 chain locker)
Deck molding
Fenders and mooring lines
Electric windlass with circuit breaker
Anchor exit under bridgedeck with bridle
Stemhead fitting on forward beam
Anchor fairlead for Danforth or plow anchor
Forward net on forward beam
Antifouling, primary epoxy
Spare parts kit
Galley, linen, snorkel and deck gear
Shore cords
Tender:
Dinghy davits
Tender & outboard
Here's a detailed list of her specs and equipment - pictures at side are from Fountaine-Pajot stock photos - until we get to take our own.
General:
LOA 11.0 m (36'2")
Beam 5.9 m (19'5")
Draft 1.15m (3'9")
Mast Height 16.75m (55')
Displacement 7,300 kg
Sail Area:
Genoa 26 sq.m. (287 sq. ft)
Mainsail 49 sq.m. (540 sq. ft)
Tanks:
Freshwater 2 x 270 litres
Diesel 1 x 210 litres
Holding tank for each head
General Accommodation:
Woodwork throughout
Ceiling made of mildew resistant felt
Leather style sofa cushions
Polyester foam mattresses
Saloon Layout:
Saloon accessible through double sliding door
Panoramic view through picture windows and aft bulkhead portlights
1 wooden table seating 6, 1 bench seat for 4
Storage under bench seat
Ventilation through 1 deck hatch + 1 porthole at foot of mast + 2 portholes at the picture window
Lighting with halogen spotlights
12V fans
Radio / CD sound system with 4 speakers
Flat-screen TV with DVD player
Galley:
Worktop with 1 sink and 1 draining board
Pressurized hot and cold freshwater from mixer faucet
3-burner stove with stainless steel gas oven
12V 130 liter refrigerator
12V freezer
Upper stowage locker, with integrated flatware basket
Lower stowage locker under sink
Lighting with adjustable spotlight
Chart Table:
Wooden chart table with stowage shelf
12V electrical panel and navigation instruments
12V socket
Adjustable spotlight
E-Pack V1: NAV + GPS + VHF
Multifunction 8.4" screen GPS/Plotter
Each hull contains an aft cabin and head in the bow.
Aft Cabins:
Double bed (1.57 x 2m approx - 5'2" x 6.7")
Large front-accessed stowage space under bed
Hanging closet and stowage with shelves
Ventilation through hull portlight and deck hatch with curtain
Non-opening outward facing window with curtain
Main lighting via halogen spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights
12V fan
Passageway:
Hanging closet with stowage area with shelves
Non-opening outward facing window
Heads:
Counter top with washbasin and mirror
Hot and cold water by mixer faucet with built-in shower fitting
Shower with electric drainage pump
Electric marine toilet
Ventilation through deck hatch and escape hatch
1 neon light
Forepeak:
Access via deck hatch
Buoyancy reserve under half-height shelf
Helm Station:
Double helmstation seat
Instrument console
Autopilot
Rope click and bags for sheets and halyards
Cockpit:
8-person bench seat with cushions
Cockpit table
Cockpit bench seat locker
2 gas lockers
Hard bimini top with canvas and sun protection for helm
Foredeck:
Large foredeck locker divided into 3 compartments (1 for mooring gear)
Exterior window blinds for saloon
Engine holds and technical holds:
Accessed via deck hatch in cockpit
Sound proofing and neon lighting
Engines and equipment:
2 x 30hp Volvo sail drive engines
3-blade folding propellers
Saltwater filter
Engine cooling by heat exchanger
Complete engine panel and dual controls at helm station
Engine hour meter
Fire supression in each engine compartment
Fuel System:
Fuel tank with filler place in cockpit seat, electric fuel gauge (indicator on chart table)
Fuel pre-filter / water separator + fuel filter (1 set per engine)
Fuel shutoff valve accessible under helm seat
Plumbing:
Freshwater tank with electric gauge
Electric pump
22 litre water heater
Electric bilge pump (2m3/h) in each engine compartment with auto-switch
Electric bilge pump (2m3/h) in each hull
Manual exterior bilge pump
Electrical System:
2 x 115A/12V engine alternators
1 set port onboard/engine batteries of 300Ah
1 starboard engine battery of 100Ah
Manual back-up link - this will be modified to be automatic with adjustment to battery banks
General 12V distribution panel at chart table protected by fuses
Voltmeter for onboard batteries
Exterior 12V outlet
Spare sockets for extra equipment
Rigging and Sails:
Mast and boom in anodized aluminum
Complete standard rigging
Ball bearing mainsail luff cars
Tackle on mainsail halyard
Topping lift
2 Reef pennants
Genoa halyard
Spinnaker halyard
Lazy-jacks
Clutches on genoa halyards and spinnaker halyards at bottom of mast
Clutches on reef pennants at boom exit
2 Flag halyards
Removal on reef pennants and halyard mainsail at helm station
Navigation, running and mooring lights
Deck lighing
Full-batten mainsail with CST in Dacron
Roller genoa furler - Profurl
Genoa
Asymmetrical spinnaker sock
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Fittings:
Mainsheet tackle led aft to coachroof
Ball bearing mainsheet traveler
2 x tackle on mainsheet traveler clutches
2 stand-up brackets for genoa sheets
2 genoa sheets
Clutches on reef pennants and halyard mainsail
2 size 40 self-tailing winches for main and genoa sheets (includes one electric at starboard)
Other equipment:
MP6 container life raft with stainless steel support
"Push-pull" steering system and wheel
2 rudders mechanically linked by stock levers and transversal tube
Emergency tiller
Steering compass
Winch handle & pocket
Pulpits, stanchions with upper and lower guard rails
Dralon protective cover for wheel
Access to transoms
Swim ladder to port
Cold water deck shower on aft beam
7 mooring cleats (2 forward, 2 midships, 2 aft and 1 chain locker)
Deck molding
Fenders and mooring lines
Electric windlass with circuit breaker
Anchor exit under bridgedeck with bridle
Stemhead fitting on forward beam
Anchor fairlead for Danforth or plow anchor
Forward net on forward beam
Antifouling, primary epoxy
Spare parts kit
Galley, linen, snorkel and deck gear
Shore cords
Tender:
Dinghy davits
Tender & outboard
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