The Boat

Sara G is 11.1m long with a 1.8m beam. She was built with three sculling positions on the deck thus catering for a crew of 6 - 3 rowing while 3 rest. Sara G displaces c. 1,750kg fully loaded (with a 6 man crew aboard her). The forward cabin sleeps 2 (1 at any one time apart from storm conditions) and the rear cabin will sleep 4 (2 at any one time apart from storm conditions). The hull is made of Duflex - a composite material with balsa core sandwiched between fibreglass sheeting. The entire boat is then wrapped in fibreglass for additional rigidity.

Sara G

The boat is provisioned to be fully self contained and unsupported for a forty day voyage. The boat will carry its own water desalination machine plus 300 litres of fresh water ballast stored in 4 litre containers. This ballast keeps the boat steady in rough conditions and aids the self-righting mexhanism in case of capsize. The desalinator relies on electrics but also has a manual pumping capacity in the event of power failure. Power is generated by 6 solar panels, charging two 40ampH gel batteries for redundancy. A complete inventory of modern safety equipment (Liferaft, Sat Phone, EPIRBs, Flares, Lifejackets etc.) will also be in place.

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