Cosa ha visto la flotta
Il Liberty 458, come la flotta lo ha visto
Derivato dai video che la flotta ha analizzato di questo modello. ▶ contrassegna l'apertura del momento a bordo.
The Liberty 458 is a Peter Hoyt and D. Peterson-designed cutter-rigged sailboat, built by Shin Fa and Liberty Yachts in Taiwan from 1981 to the present, featuring a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg. It is an extended version of the Peterson 44 hull design, distinguished by a different deck and coach roof, with a related variant, the Delta 46, produced for the European charter trade. The Liberty 458 measures 14.0 m LOA, has a 3.9 m beam, a 1.9 m draft, and displaces 14061 kg. Aboard *Living For Sail*, the crew undertakes extensive restoration of a 1989 Liberty 458 named *Antidote*, including replacing a saturated teak deck with fiberglass sandwich core materials, repairing the transom and bulwarks, and fabricating custom G10 stanchion backing plates.0:04 The crew also refits the aft cabin to convert a queen-sized berth into an 80-by-80-inch king-sized platform and replaces a rotten forward bulkhead and anchor locker deck.0:02 Engine maintenance on *Antidote* includes restoring a Yanmar 3GM marine diesel engine by correcting piston-to-head clearance and verifying fuel injection timing, and using oil analysis to monitor engine health.0:09
