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Specifications
The Grand Turk is a fully-rigged ship built in Marmaris, Turkey, based on the 18th Century, British,
Sixth Rate
Frigate, HMS Blandford, built in 1741. Naval Architect Ron Holland took the
historical lines and created working drawings. The UK Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA) were involved at all stages of the build program to ensure
that, on completion, she would meet the requirements of Class 3 and Class 5
passenger tickets. She was launched in August 1997. Construction is Iroko
planking on laminated Mahogany frames fastened with galvanised iron dumps
plus galvanised bolts at 1m centres. She is MCA Coded for
World-wide operation and she has certified passenger capacity for 120. For
day sailing charters, she can have a total of 155, including crew and all
staff, on board. For
sailing she has a crew of 16 to 28, for delivery trips under engine she is
handled by a crew of twelve.
Approximate Dimensions
| Length Overall |
152ft |
46.3m |
| Length on Deck |
125ft |
38.1m |
| Waterline Length |
97ft |
29.6m |
| Beam |
34ft |
10.4m |
| Draft |
10ft |
3.1m |
| Sail Area |
8,500sq ft |
790 sq m |
| Air draft |
117ft |
35.6m |
| Gross Tonnage |
314MT |
| Net Tonnage |
94MT |
Rig, Sails and Spars
 | Rig: Fully-rigged ship |
| Timber spars |
| Galvanised steel rigging |
| Total Sail Area: 8,500 sq feet |
Deck Equipment
| 4 x Hydraulic anchor windlasses / capstans |
General Equipment
| 3-phase HD electric welder |
| 3-phase Grinder / wire brush |
| 3-phase band saw |
| Numerous hand and small power tools |
Armaments
| 12 x Smooth bore cast iron cannon (display only) |
Engines and Machinery
| Twin 400 hp Kelvin TAS8 diesel engines |
| 2:1 reduction hydraulic reversing gearboxes |
| drives Contra rotating 4-bladed bronze propellers |
| 60hp Hydraulic, proportionally controlled Bow thruster |
| Ford 120hp 6-cylinder Ford turbo diesel 3-phase 110KVA generator |
| Ford 80HP 6-cylinder Ford diesel 3-phase 80KVA generator |
| Ford 80HP 6-cylinder Ford diesel 3-phase 70KVA generator |
| 50hp 4-cylinder diesel single phase 35KVA generator |
| Auxiliary air-cooled twin-cylinder hand start Fire / Bilge pump |
| Air Compressor |
| 3-phase electric fuel transfer pump |
| Hot and cold water on pressurised (on-demand) system |
| Hot water by electric immersion heaters |
Steering options
| Hand Hydraulic |
| Engine hydraulic |
| Electric hydraulic |
Tankage
| Water - 2 x 2,500 litres stainless steel |
| Diesel - 22,000 litres in two steel tanks |
| Holding - (Black water) 2 x 2,500litres, stainless steel, can be pumped to
shoreside facility or discharged overboard. |
Electrics / Electronics
| Mastervolt 24Volt battery charger |
| Mastervolt inverter |
| Mini "C" satellite communications - voice and fax |
| Furuno DSC VHF Radio telephone |
| ICOM Vhf radiotelephone |
| 3 x Navico handheld VHF Radio telephones. |
| Furuno Radar |
| Furuno Radar repeater |
| 2 x Furuno GP30 GPS |
| Furuno GPS Compass |
| Furuno AIS |
| Raymarine wind speed / direction indicator |
| 2 x Raymarine Speedo / log / depth |
| 2 x compass |
| 2 x Raymarine autopilot control heads |
| Double navigation lights with bulb failure warning. |
| Not under Command lights |
Safety Gear
| Full Bilge, Gas and Fire Alarm installation. |
| Emergency systems and monitoring have their own independent Batteries and
charging facilities |
 
| Usual safety gear for a craft of this type |
| Engine Room CO2 Fire dousing installation |
| Emergency Tiller can be mounted in the Grand Cabin |
| Safety RIB |
| EPIRB |
| SART |
| 6 x Life rafts |
| 156 x Life jackets |
| 2 smoke canisters |
| Dan buoy |
| 4 x line throwing apparatus |
| 2 x strobe lights |
Shore Gear
| General service RIB |
 
| Gang Plank |
Certification
| Mega Yacht and passenger carrying Certificate |
| International load Line certificate |
| Radio Installation certificate of Compliance |
MCA Survey
| The last full condition survey was by the British Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in
Dry Dock, September 2009. In 2007 there was was an in depth ten year survey
which included withdrawal of selected keel bolts and fastenings. She passed on all points.
The MCA only issue a pass or fail certificate and not a condition report as such. Suffice it to say no certificate would be issued without full compliance. |
Independent Survey
| An independent Hull Condition survey was carried out in the 2009 dry
docking. If you
would like to see this report please contact the Broker, Adrian Espin
email to: adrian@EasternYachts.com +44 (0)1206 305
996. |
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