Voyaging to somewhere - sailing adventures on Stebin

STEBIN

Inside the floating home

Ganley Shadow 34
She is 35ft long and is built to Denis Ganley's Shadow 34 Design.
 
Some boat details: 
  • Construction: 3mm steel hull, deck and sides with ply coachroof. Displacement 6.2 tonnes
  • 35ft (10.7m) long overall, mast height 43ft (13m), beam 3.3m (10ft6), Draft 1m72 (5ft)
  • Sleeps 3, dines 4, drinks 6
  • Water capacity: 300 litres in 4 tanks, plus a watermaker and an Aquaroll
  • Sail Wardrobe - 1 main, 1 furling genoa, pair of joined headsails (twizzle rig), spinnaker, try sail and storm jib
  • Anchors: 1 Bruce 20kg, Danforth 15kg, folding Fisherman anchor 40kg
  • Steering - Tiller steering plus Aries Windvane and Auto pilot
  • Navigation - B&G Chartplotter, Open CPN, paper charts, electronic and handheld compass, GPS, depth sounder, forward looking sonar
  • Engine: auxiliary inboard - Ford 1.8 XLD marinised and raw water-cooled
  • Watchkeeping tools: AIS transmitter and receiver, Radar, Anchor alarm
  • Communication tools: VHF Marine radio, Satellite phone, compressed email over satellite, wifi when available



 

The mini-apartment

The inside of the boat is a practical but very tiny home for two, consisting of a galley, seating area, double v-shaped bed forward, a navigation station, a heads (toilet and wash basin) and a quarterberth close to the navigation instruments and extending under the cockpit.  For cooking we have a diesel stove and for heating a drip-fed diesel heater.