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Discover the Cool New Tortue 147 Aluminum Catamaran | Ultimate Shallow-Water Explorer! 🛥️🌊
June 16, 2025 · 8 min · 58K views
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The Tortue 147 is a 48-foot aluminum exploration catamaran built by the Cataruga shipyard in Tanzania.▶ 1:20 Designed for autonomy rather than speed, the vessel features 8-to-10-millimeter thick aluminum plating without balsa coring.▶ 2:02 The hull incorporates bulbous bow tips to reduce pitching and long stern tails for longitudinal stability.▶ 2:35 Long keels and protected rudder skegs allow the boat to sit flat on the seabed during low tide.▶ 2:47 Propulsion consists of two 57-horsepower diesel engines paired with two 10-kilowatt electric motors.▶ 3:20 The electrical system includes 5.5 kilowatts of solar panels feeding a 65-kilowatt-hour lithium battery bank.▶ 4:15 Tankage capacities reach 1,100 liters of diesel and 1,200 liters of water, supported by a 100-liter-per-hour water maker.▶ 3:48 The interior layout offers three cabins with up to nine berths and a suspended cockpit balcony.▶ 5:08 With a base price of approximately 2 million, the design prioritizes structural durability and off-grid endurance over racing performance.▶ 6:27
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