VaiVai | 57' Gunboat 2016

Overall Design Parameters

• A lightweight, high tech 57’ high performance cruising cat
• Engineering by ASTA (UK)
• Design by NID (Nigel Irens Design) (UK)
• European Community Class A-1 for Yachts
• Designed for minimal maintenance and easiest use by owner-operators
• Ideally suited for daysailing, entertaining, sabbatical cruising and racing
• Real luxury without complexity - advanced systems kept simple for owner operation
• Two comfortable, open and airy en suite staterooms with excellent visibility and natural ventilation from the queen sized berths
• Feeling of greater space and openness than is typically common for a 57’ performance cat.
• Maximum sized living space on the main deck with no bulkheads dividing the space.
• Main living space drains out transom steps and simply gets sprayed clean.
• Feeling of minimal clean and modern design, in a high-tech, high performance sailing cat

Visibility & Ventilation

Incredible 360 degree visibility via the Salon windows

Aft enclosure, which can be rolled in position or removed completely and stowed under the day bed for a true ‘Med-Style’ back

Retractable moonroof

Sliding companionway doors to foredeck

Custom Fixed Hull Windows (2) with visibility out from:

• Each cabin
• Galley
• Office/pilot berth

Passive ventilation to berths

24V Fans at each berth, galley and office/pilot berth

Custom fit Ocean Air combination blinds/screens for each deck hatch in living spaces

Blinds for forward and side salon windows

Upgraded SS Lewmar Flush Deck Hatches with integral drains:

• (4) Size 44 over each cabin, office/Pilot and galley
• (2) Size 44 Goit Escape Hatches
• (2) Size 70 over heads

Hull & Deck Structure

Constructed in female molds for minimum weight and immaculate exterior finish

 

Mast

Optimized Southern Spars High-modulus rotating wing mast finished in clear coat

 

Sail Plan

Mainsail – North Sails Square Top Mainsail 3Di 760 29,400 Dpi

Solent – North Sails 3Di 780 32,000 Dpi

Staysail- North Sails 3Di 760 19,600 Dpi

J1- North Sails 3Di 780 19,600 Dpi

R1- North Sails CZ 90 GP DP

C-Tech Battens

C-Tech Luff Receptacles

Harken CB cars

Running Rigging

All control lines led to forward working cockpit

Maffioli high tech spectra/dyneema stripped race-boat style halyards and control lines equipped with lashing ends, including:

• Mainsheet strop (to cylinder)
• Traveller Lines (2)
• Reef Lines (4)
• Reef Tack Lines (4)
• Self tacking jib sheet
• Staysail Self tacking sheet
• Screecher/Asym sheets (2) with Equiplite soft shackles
• Screecher clew strops to sheet reach connection from deck
• Screecher tack line 2:1 (6:1 with 3:1 purchase)
• Asymmetrical spinnaker tack line 2:1 (6:1 with 3:1 purchase)
• Screecher furler line led to cockpit with Spinlock clutch
• Main halyard 1:1
• Solent halyard 1:1
• Screecher halyard 1:1
• Asym halyard 1:1
• Loops or Lashings for all blocks
• Lazy Jacks
• Jib tack reef strop

Standing Rigging

ECsix Cap Shroud T800

ECsix Diamond T800

ECsix Martingale T800

Custom torsional luff cable for Assym, Frac0, Staysail

Custom structural cable for Solent

Custom loops for tacks

Custom loops for shrouds

Deck Hardware

Deck layout optimized for shorthanded sailing

(2) Harken 60.3STHP Performa Racing 3 speed self tailing winch with toe controls for all lines in working cockpit

(1) Harken 60.3STHP Performa Racing 3 speed self tailing winch with toe controls on port lower mast

(1) Harken 50.2STP Performa Racing 2 speed self tailing manual winch on starboard lower mast

Spinlock Clutches & Jammers for:

• Solent Jib sheet
• Asym/Frac0 sheets
• All Halyards
• All Furler controls
• All tack lines
• Traveller controls
• Reef tack lines
• Lazy jacks

Captive reel winch mounted in aft beam for davit control lines.

Harken mainsheet traveller system on aft beam with control lines led to forward cockpit.

(2) 10” one-touch aluminum locking winch handles with holders

Self-tacking 2:1 Solent jib sheet system consisting of:

• Harken ball bearing traveller car with pin stops (2)
• Equiplite block at clew with soft shackle
• Custom single piece Curved jib track
• Sheet leads from clew to the traveler car block, up to mast sheave, then internally down to clutch.

Frac0 and Asym sheet system consists of Harken blocks lead to custom thru deck sheaves

Custom Mastbase Jibsheet sheave

Spectra knotless mesh forward trampolines, with Spectra border line, individual spectra lashings every 4” for maximum safety

Ti64 Titanium padeyes

Hydraulic System

24V Electric hydraulic pump

Controls buttons at helm/winch plinth/coachroof stations for:

• Mainsheet In/Out and Emergency Dump
• Cunningham In/Out
• Winches

Hydraulic lines and supply to:

• Winches
• Cunningham
• Windlass
• Mainsheet control ram

Docking and Anchoring

(4) 50’ X 3⁄4” Mega Braid docklines with chafe protected eyes

(4) 25’ x 3⁄4 ” Mega Braid docklines with chafe protected eyes

(4) 12” X 36” Inflatable fenders with covers

(2) 18” x 60” Inflatable fenders with covers

Anchors:

• Main cruising anchor: (1) Rocna 40kg
• (1) Fortress Aluminum 32lb

Anchor rodes:

• (1) x 70m of 10mm SS chain
• (1) x 30m of 10mm SS chain with 150’ of nylon rode

Anchor bridle with Quickline Ultra-Grab shackle that clips onto the chain

Custom anchor barber hauler system

Composite anchor roller and conduit integral in longeron below forestay

Lewmar Hydraulic windlass system:

• Located in forward wing port locker
• Anchor chain conduit runs inside longeron
• Anchor storage and roller under the forestay
• Rope/chain automatic gypsy sized for supplied chain and nylon anchor rode

Propulsion & House Energy System

(2) Yanmar 3JH5E 39HP Diesel Engines with SD60 Saildrive transmission

• (2) Gori 3 blade folding props
• (2) 24V 140 amp alternators
• (2) Li 12V start batteries
• 12V/24V Sterling Battery Charger
• Yanmar Dual Throttle and digital engine gauges at helm
• Extensive sound insulation in engine box.
• Racor dual system filter.
• (2) Centek custom composite waterdrop exhaust systems
• Oil change pump (portable)
• Fire fighting system

Lithium Ion Battery Bank 900 amp hours 24V

• Battery Bank Safety Shut-off, and emergency cross-over to start batteries for emergency

(2) 54 gallon diesel fuel tank (Port & Starboard)

• Cleanout port
• Shut-off valve on fuel tank

Shorepower to handle both 50/60hz. Shorepower runs through the battery charger and then inverters for all house services for the cleanest energy aboard. This enables the vessel to connect anywhere in the world to shorepower.

House Service in both 12/24 VDC with converters

1596 watt 24V solar system mounted on the pilothouse roof, with charge controllers - enough for an energy conscious couple to live off the grid.

Electrical Bus System

BEP Marine CZONE Bus system:

• CAN bus system for 12VDC/24VDC/220VAC house loads
• NMEA2000 compatible
• Touch screen controls at Nav station, Go Free(iPad), Starboard companionway
• Waterproof boxes & cabling
• Tankage monitors for water, fuel and waste
• Bus system provides basic alarm functions: Bilge, fire, smoke, CO2

Electronics

Diverse Electronics designed and integrated

B&G Zeus 12” Display at helm station

• Functions include: Chart plotting, radar, AIS, all sailing instruments, and pilot controls

B&G Dual hydraulic autopilot systems with crossover switch

B&G Dual depth/speed

B&G Hercules H5000 Performance package

B&G H5000 Graphic display (3)

B&G H5000 3D Motion Sensor

B&G GPS Antenna

B&G Rudder sensor

B&G Mast rotation sensor

Diverse Load Cells

B&G Barometric pressure

B&G Broadband radar on spreader

B&G V90 VHF

B&G H50 Wireless handheld VHF

AIS system

B&G Go Free Wireless Module

Iridium GO

Iridium 9555 Handset

Pepwave Router/Cell/WiMax

Safety

Ditch-bag equipped with basic survival supplies for four days

Electric horn

(2) Horseshoe rings

(4) Handheld fire extinguishers

Automatic fire extinguisher system in each engine bay

Plumbing & Tanks

(2) 64 gallon freshwater tank with cleanout port (Port & Starboard)

(2) 23 gallon greywater tank with cleanout port (Port & Starboard)

(2) 25 gallon blackwater tank with cleanout port (Port & Starboard)

Spectra Catalina 24V Z-ION 340Z Watermaker

Hot and cold pressure fresh water system

Hot and cold pressure shower in port transom

(2) 20 gallon hot water calorifier

Salt water anchor washdown

Fresh water Hot/Cold washdown (Port)

Fresh water Cold washdown (Starboard)

(12) Electric bilge pumps

(1) portable emergency manual bilge pump

All Marelon flush mounted thru-hull fittings below waterline

All seacocks labeled with tags. All easily accessible. Emergency wood bungs attached to each.

All plumbing hoses are double clamped below waterline where applicable

Tank gauges and monitoring via the Czone bus system:

• (2) Diesel
• (2) Fresh Water
• (2) Blackwater
• (2) Greywater

Photo Credit

Professional photos by Bill Black Photography

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