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Royal Huisman
Shipyard |
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Designer: |
Peter Beeldsnijder |
| Type: |
Performance
Cruiser |
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| Engine: |
Mercedes
MTU 200 hp |
| Water: |
400 gal (1,500
lt) |
| Displacement: |
132,000 lbs |
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Vessel Overview:
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The design brief
for METOLIUS called for a high performance yacht that
would handily cruise all the oceans under any conditions,
manned by a family crew who required the amenities of
home while exploring globe. The collaboration of the Royal
Huisman Shipyard, naval architect German Frers and interior
designer Peter Beeldsnijder resulted in a yacht that has
fulfilled the design brief -- and she has been test from
the cold and boisterous North Sea to ghosting breezes
of the doldrums, through the icy Arctic seas and on to
Cape Horn and the Antarctic, from the wild Southern Ocean
to the trade winds and Caribbean. To date, the owner and
family have cruised over 90,000 miles aboard at a combined
average speed of over 9 knots.
METOLIUS is a true offshore voyager with an easily driven
hull form. The sailplan is engineered to be managed by
a minimal crew, with hydraulic winches, a Rondal hydraulic
furling spar, headstay and staysail stay, a functional
deck layout, and a comfortable, well-protected cockpit.
Her interior is detailed in varnished teak with an ambiance
of elegant warmth masking an uncanny functionality. The
layout includes three staterooms, two heads with stall
showers, separate crew quarters and head, all crafted
to Huisman standards.
Since her initial launch in 1992, METOLIUS has been maintained
to the absolute highest standards, including a comprehensive
refit in 2001 at the Huisman Shipyard. The yacht remains
in fundamentally new condition, ready to cruise the world
in complete comfort and safety. |
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Mechanical & Engine Details List:
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Mercedes MTU, 200 hp. 4,200 hrs.
Fully serviced 2001 |
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ZF MPM transmission. 2.9:1 reduction |
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Hundested 900 mm variable pitch
propeller. Reconditioned 2001. New Hudested shaft &
prop. |
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Hundested hydraulic 35 hp retractable
bow thruster. Holds bow in 25-30 kt winds. |
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G&R MV64 bilge pump. 2001. |
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Steimel bilge pump. Main engine
driven. Rebuilt 2001. |
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HEM Series 20/1200 gpd watermaker.
220V or powered with custom RHS hydraulic drive. New 2001. |
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RHS custom refrigeration-freezer
system. 220 V or powered with custom RHS hydraulic drive.
New 2001. |
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PTO operates off main engine.
Fully rebuilt 2001. Drives bow thruster, refrigeration
& watermaker. |
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All gray and blackwater pumps
replaced with new, 2001. |
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Heating throughout the boat is
provided by three independent sources: Webasto type DBW
2010 diesel fired system with 11.6 kw capacity, an electrical
flow-through heater single phase 50 hz, and a radiant
heating system using circulating hot water from the engine
running through thermostatically controlled fan coils
in each cabin. |
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Electrical:
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Onan MDL4 16 KWH Generator –
220 V/50 hz, fully overhauled 2001, 300 hours since overhaul |
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2 Global Energy 3000 watt inverters
(7000 watt peak), new 2001 |
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2 Victron Skylla-TG 100 amp battery
chargers, new 2001 |
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CAV 140 amp hour service alternator |
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CAV 55 amp hour start battery
alternator |
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Steimel bilge pump, main engine
driven, rebuilt 2001 |
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2 Tudor Maintenance
free 24 volt, 135 amp/hr main engine start batteries (2001) |
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2 Tudor Maintenance free 24 volt,
135 amp/hr generator start batteries (2001) |
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12 Tudor 1500 Traction (gel)
2 volt, 1500 amp/hr service batteries |
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Ricom battery monitoring system
w/panel readout & linking switch to all batteries |
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Electronics:
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Brookes & Gatehouse Hydra
2000 system with 20/20 readouts in the cockpit, wind instruments,
log and depth readouts in the cockpit, navigation station
and each cabin below. Fully updated 2001. |
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Navigator’s Yeoman Mk II
chart plotter, interfaced with GPS |
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Furuno FR 1510 radar w/4’
open array antenna and RPI Video Plotter |
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Meteostar 2000 electronic recording
barograph |
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Steimel bilge pump, main engine
driven, rebuilt 2001 |
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Robertson AP300X autopilot w/Segatronic
hydraulic powerpacks and 2 Marol MRB 100 hydraulic rams |
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2 Compaq Deskpro computers (Windows
2000 professional) running navigation software, communications,
weather, administrative and RHS custom entertainment systems |
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2 EIZO Flex Scan LCD color monitors
(2001) |
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Communications:
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Icom 2 meter band ham radio |
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Skanti TRP 8751 750 watt HF-
SSB radio |
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Sailor TT-3064A Mini-M transceiver
(2001) |
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Sailor TT-3022D SatCom C transceiver
w/TT-10202 Software (2001) |
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Sailor C4901 VHF-DSC radio (2001) |
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Siemens Gigaset 3000 cordless
internal phone/intercom system interfaced w/Mini-M &
Landline (2001) |
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Icom handheld VHF |
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Sails and Rigging:
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All spars and rigging were completely
serviced and reconditioned by Huisman in 2001, including
complete inspection and replacement as necessary of all
rigging fittings, halyards, mast wiring, antennae and
hydraulics. All standing rigging was fully inspected and
replaced as necessary as well. The mast and boom were
fully Awlgripped during the refit. |
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Triple spreader Rondal Hydrofurl
mast and boom, with Navtec rod standing rigging and Hydrofurl
headstay & staysail stay. Rondal type 90 hydraulic
boomvang and backstay adjuster with two function panel.
Rondal Hydrodyne 14 function, dual motor, hydraulic powerpack,
24 V DC. |
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I = 31.5m, P = 28.8m, E = 9.4m,
J = 9.1m |
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Sails:
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Asymmetrical spinnaker, North
2001 |
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MPG furling loose luff reacher,
Williams & Manchester 1992 |
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Storm staysail, Williams &
Manchester 1992 |
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