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T h e f or w ar d g all e y i s o p e n a n d r e a d y
f or s e v er al c h ef s.

S P E CI FI C A TI O N S

L O A:
4 6. 4 2'
H ull L e n gt h:
4 4. 2 9'
L W L:
41.1 4'
Bea m
1 4. 7 6'
Dr aft:
6. 3 9 - s h all o w o pti o n
D S P L:
2 3, 7 21 l b s
KEEL WT
6, 2 8 3 l b s
S ail Ar e a:
1 0 7 4 s q ft
E n gi n e: 7 5 H P ( o pti o n ) wit h S ail Dri v e
F u el:
6 6 U S G al
W at er:
1 4 0 U S G al
DE ALE RS
S w a n' s Y a c ht S al e s , W hit b y, O nt ari o
M a ri n a L e n n o x / Y a c ht C h a m pl ai n,
St- p a ul- d e-l'il e- n oi x, Q u e b e c
Y a c ht S al e s W e st,
V a n c o u v er, Briti s h C ol u m bi a
B o at s a n d R e alt y,
Y ar m o ut h, N o v a S c oti a

o nt o t h e s wi m pl atf or m, w hi c h is
al m ost as wi d e as t h e 1 4. 7 6' b e a m at
t h e b a c k a n d cl os e t o t h e w at er, wit h
e as y a c c ess t o t h e s wi m l a d d er l o c k er.
T h e m o d el w e t est e d h a d t h e el e ctr o ni c
o p e ni n g s yst e m t o l o w er t h e s wi m pl at f or m - p erf e ct f or li g ht- w ei g hts t o d o!
T h e r e v ol uti o n ar y ext eri or b uilt-i n, f ull y
e q ui p p e d g all e y, i n v e nt e d b y t h e
D uf o ur R & D D e p art m e nt, is c o n c e al e d
u n d er t h e r e ar c o c k pit s e ats wit h a g as
gri d dl e a n d si n k. A r e al b o n us t h at g u ar a nt e es fr e e d o m f or t h e c h ef t o e nj o y
ti m e wit h f a mil y a n d fri e n ds a n d is o ut

of si g ht w h e n n ot i n us e.
All i nstr u m e nts c a n b e e asil y s e e n
a n d a c c ess e d fr o m t h e h el m st ati o n.
T h e G er m a n d o u bl e m ai n-s h e et s ys t e m r u ns b a c k t o siz e 5 5 h el m wi n c hes. T h e ji b c a n h a v e t w o c o nfi g ur ati o ns
wit h a s elf-t a c k er or 1 0 8 % wit h t w o
g e n o a tr a c ks. T h e s elf-t a c k er c ert ai nl y
m a k es f or e as y s h ort- h a n d e d s aili n g
wit h a bs ol ut el y n ot hi n g t o d o w h e n y o u
t a c k. T h e m ai n w as e asil y r ais e d wit h
t h e el e ctri c wi n c h, s o n o m us cl e p o w er
r e q uir e d. Alt h o u g h s h e is bill e d as a
cr uisi n g y a c ht, s h e h as a r a c y l o o k a n d
is v er y st a bl e. S h e s ails e x c e pti o n all y
w ell a n d e v e n wit h a li g ht c h o p, w e
h ar dl y k n e w t h at w e w er e m o vi n g as
w e s ki d d e d al o n g wit h t h e o v er-siz e d
m ai n a n d s elf-t a c ki n g ji b, sitti n g o n h er
c hi n e a n d hit 7 k n ots i n a 1 0- k n ot
br e ez e. Alt h o u g h b ot h b o w a n d st er n
j et t hr ust ers ar e a v ail a bl e, t his m o d el
di d n ot h a v e t h e m. I f o u n d t h at bri n g i n g h er i nt o t h e d o c k, e v e n wit h h er
hi g h fr e e b o ar d a n d a cr oss br e ez e, s h e
w as e as y t o m a n e u v er a n d t h e 7 5 H P
Vol v o P e nt a s ail dri v e w as v er y r es p o n si v e. Wit h o ut usi n g t h e t hr ottl e, t h e
b o at i m m e di at el y st o p p e d m o vi n g
w h e n p ut i nt o r e v ers e. T h e t hr ottl e is
i nst all e d at w aist- h ei g ht a n d e as y t o
us e w hil e st a n di n g.
T h e w al k t o t h e f or e d e c k is fr e e of
h az ar ds a n d tri p-fr e e wit h fl us h h at c h es

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