Sailing SV Cordelia · vídeo

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Steve and Annette's 1984 Venus 46 ketch Cordelia, built in New Zealand by the Salthouse brothers, displaces 18–19 tons on a semi-long keel and has been their bluewater liveaboard since they bought her in November 2007.1:04 The bow carries a 40 kg Rocna anchor on a Mantus S3 swivel with 100 metres of 13 mm chain, run by a V5 Lofrans windlass with a 2,000-watt 12-volt motor.2:02 Sail plan is a furling high-cut genoa (roughly 120%), a staysail, a slab-reefed main with three reefs, and a deck-stepped mizzen.3:35 Power comes from four 175-watt solar panels (recently replaced after the originals failed silently), an Air Breeze wind generator, and a Honda 2 kVA portable generator stowed in a cockpit locker.4:17 The engine is a rebuilt Perkins M92 mated to a Borg Warner Velvet Drive gearbox.15:33 An Osmo C 12-volt watermaker sits in the engine room alongside a calorifier and black tank.15:56 The dinghy davits carry a 15 hp Yamaha outboard and a Torqeedo electric outboard.10:25 Gas stowage runs to 36 kg across three bottles.8:34 Interior layout runs aft cabin (owner's double), en-suite head with electric toilet, engine room, galley with a Force 10 four-burner cooker and full oven, Victor Frigo freezer, saloon with convertible double berth, chart table, pilot berth repurposed as storage, and a forward head with shower.19:39 Rigging was replaced two years prior by Harry James at the rig shop in Southampton, with Sta-Lok fittings on the lower ends.5:44

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