Revised: 16 December 2008 |
Achilles 9 metre "Spearhead"
Registration Number:- SSR 05683 |
| Dimension | Metric | Imperial |
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| Overall length (on deck) | 9.11 m | 29 feet 10 inches |
| Waterline length | 7.75 m | 25 feet 5 inches |
| Beam | 2.74 m | 9 feet 0 inches |
| Draught | 1.68 m | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Air draft (incl. 1m VHF aerial) | 12.67 m | 41 feet 7 inches |
| Displacement | 3175 kg | 7000 lbs |
| Ballast | 1361 kg | 3000 lbs |
| Sail area (100%J) | 29.44 m² | 317 sq feet |
| Standard Achilles 9m sail plan | ||||
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| Sail | Luff | Leech | Foot | Area |
| Mainsail | 30' 11" | 31' 10½" | 9' 3" | 143 ft² |
| N'o 1 Genoa | 36' 0" | 34' 5" | 18' 4" | 310 ft² |
| N'o 2 Genoa | 33' 0" | 31' 5" | 16' 0" | 249 ft² |
| N'o 1 jib | 31' 0" | 26' 9" | 13' 0" | 174 ft² |
| N'o 2 jib | 25' 0" | 21' 6" | 10' 6" | 108 ft² |
| Storm jib | 20' 0" | 15' 1" | 8' 10" | 62 ft² |
| Drifter | 36' 0" | 32' 6" | 19' 3" | 310 ft² |
| Spinnaker | 35' 0" | Max width 20' 8" | ? ft² | |
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Spearhead has a fully-battened main, roller genoa, working (N'o 1) jib, storm jib and cruising 'chute. Both jibs can fit on the roller-furling forestay but there is no easy method of exchanging them at sea. | ||||
| Views inside the cabin, taken on passage on Sunday, 11th February 2007 | ||
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| Equipment carried | ||
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| DECK GEAR | ||
| Spars |
Proctor silver-anodised mast (6645), boom (RE 3.0) and spinnaker pole Mainsail reefing by the original, through-the-mast, around-boom system | original |
| Furling gear | Rotomarine Rotostay E on forestay | new 1995 |
| Mainsail cover | Off-white acrylic (and matching tiller sleeve) by Quayside Canvas | new 2006 |
| Anchors |
CQR pattern cast 25lbs on 3fms 10mm chain & 19fms 16mm braided warp Plastimo Britany 14kg on 60m 8mm calibrated chain |
? original new 2006 |
| Winches |
1 x Lewmar 42 genoa sheets + 1 x Gibb 5 main halliard + 1 x Gibb 7 fore halliard + 1 x Gibb ?3 furler & chute sheets | original |
| Bilge pump | Henderson Mk V manual (intake below fwd end of table) | since 2000 |
| Handy pumps | anonymous (used for lazarette and cockpit locker bottom) | new 2006 |
| Boarding ladder | Lalizas 4-step rigid (hangs over toe-rail) | new 2006 |
| Bo'sun's Chair | Lalizas "Professional" with 4:1 tackle - self-hoisting possible over 9m range | new 2006/7 |
| Dinghy | Compass 100 yellow inflatable (shared with Spring Run) | new 2001 |
| Fenders | 8 double-ended sausages +3 globs (all in various sizes) +1 flat sponge ovoid | various |
| MECHANICALS | ||
| Engine | Yanmar 2YM15 14hp diesel + KM2P-1 gearbox + 60 amp standard alternator | new 2006 |
| Propeller | J-Prop 3-bladed feathering variable pitch 63mm hub, 16" diam | new 2006 |
| Shaft | 1" diam stainless steel with Tidesmarine water-injected stern gland | new 2006 |
| Batteries | 2 x 70 Amp Hr:- #1 Delphi BE070 30M and #2 Vetus 270LT | very recent |
| TANKAGE | ||
| Fuel tank | Vetus 25 litre translucent polyethylene (+ 10 litre black spare can) | dated 2001 |
| Water tanks | 2 x 100 litre Plastimo bags midships (under aft saloon seats, port & stbd) | new 2006 |
| Water delivery | Whale electric and foot pumps inline to sinks' faucet | 2007/original |
| NAVIGATION | ||
| Self-steering | Hydrovane VXAI, series 1200 (fitted 2006) | early 1970's |
| Autopilot | Simrad TP10 | new 2008 |
| Log | NASA Target 1 | new 1997 |
| Echo Sounder | NASA Target 1 | new 1997 |
| Compass | Plastimo Contest 346 SN | ? original |
| VHF radio | ICOM IC-M505 with hailer speaker for fog signals | new 2006 |
| Navtex | NASA Clipper | new 2008 |
| GPS | Furuno active antenna (on pushpit) linked to VHF | new 2007 |
| Radar responder | Sea-Me - on own spar on starboard quarter | new 2006 |
| Personal instrs |
1 handheld Geonav 4 Gipsy chartplotter & 1 handheld MLR GPS H Morin handbearing compass | various |
| Solar panels |
Solara SM60M 18W on hatchcover and Phocos controller CM04 inside BP N'o 255 rigid in alloy frame - unmounted and displayed as needed |
new 2006 new 1990 |
| Chart light | Frensch F-4 Task Light TouchLED - 450mm stem | new 2006 |
| Nav lights |
NASA Supernova LED tricolour mounted on top of Aquasignal conventional masthead tricolour/anchor, steaming/deck (anchor light now has 50-LED unit in place of conventional bulb) pulpit bicolour (replaced 2008), stern (remounted clear of Hydrovane) |
new 2008 new 2006 new 2008 recent |
| Deck torch | Energizer Hardcase Lantern (uses 4 x size D cells and KPR113 bulb) | recent |
| GALLEY | ||
| Gas | 2 x Camping Gaz 3.0 kg butane cylinders | as emptied |
| Cooker | Plastimo Neptune 2000 (2 rings, grill and oven) | unused 2006 |
| Crockery | 6 of most things but not matched design | ? original |
| Cutlery | Likewise sufficient for 6 plus adequate cooking utensils | various |
| Cooking pans | None - borrowed nesting pans and pressure cooker from Spring Run | n/a |
| Heads | Jabsco 29090-2000 compact bowl (main seacock renewed 2006) | recent |
| Shore Power | Masterplug cable reel 25m, incorporating 4 x UK 13-amp sockets | new 2006 |
| EMERGENCY GEAR | ||
| Lifebuoy | Plastimo horseshoe | unknown (old) |
| Buoyancy jackets | 2 Osprey manual operation inc. harness - borrowed from Spring Run | new 199? |
| Flares |
4 handheld white in locker 2 rockets, 4 handheld red in canister 2 orange smokes also in canister |
new 2006 new 2008 new 2003 |
| VHF Handheld | ICOM M1 Euro V - borrowed from Spring Run | new 2001 |
| Desalinator | Pūr Survivor 06 (handpumped) - borrowed from Spring Run | new 2001 |
| Things we have so far managed to do without (in no particular order) |
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| Wind instruments, life raft, outboard engine, anchor windlass, refrigerator, spray hood, dodgers, bimini, wind generator, fish finder, helicopter and pad, AIS, SSB radio, satellite 'phone, radar, spinnaker, hi-fi system, pressurised hot water |
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