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Full Tour of Our Sailing Home - Venus Ketch 1984
May 7, 2021 · 32 min · 8K views · Ragusa, Italy
Spacious forward berth with drawers on Venus Ketch
What this video covers
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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