Sailing Motor Cruiser Yacht
"ANTARES 421"

Kind of Yacht and Sailing Area

ANTARES 421 - sailing motor cruiser yacht designed for sea regattas, deep sports voyages and tourism.

Classification

The yacht is designed in conformity with the requirements of classification society:
• German Lloyd 100 A 5 Sailing Yacht

Rules and Regulations

• Special Regulations Governing Offshore Racing. ORC, 1998-1999
• German Lloyd's Rules for Classification and Construction. Part 3 - Pleasure Craft, version 2.1/1997.

Main Ship's Particulars

Range

Range corresponds to the third category of ORC, which allows sailing in open and closed seas at a distance from place of refuge up to 50 miles with permitted distance between places of refuge - 100 miles.

General Arrangement

General arrangement is worked out proceeding from the accommodation of 6 crew members in three isolated cabins. Two more berths can be arranged in the mess-room. In the bow of the yacht there is a double cabin. The cabin is furnished with double bed, a locker for personal things. In the central part of the yacht there is a mess-room for passengers' rest and having meals, and port side there is a galley with a stove, system of fresh and sea water supply, chests for keeping provision. Starboard there is a navigator's working place equipped with a navigation table, drawers for charts, navigational books, plotting instrument. There are also control panels of navigational devices, main switchboard and means of communication here. Starboard there is a hygiene equipment block with a shower. In the aft part of the yacht there are two double cabins. The cabins are supplied with double berths, dressers for clothes and shelves for personal things.

Hull

General Information

Yacht's framing meets the requirements of Rules of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for Small Vessels.

Material of the Hull

Outer plating is made of cedar with preliminary saturation of battens and protective fiber-glass(-reinforced) coating. Bottom and side framing consists of laminated frames. Upper deck plating is "marine" plywood, 15 mm thick, covered with batten of teak, 14x50 mm. Deckhouse and cockpit are planked with "marine" plywood.

Ballast Keel

Keel is made of steel plating, 6 mm thick, which is stiffened with brackets. Lead or cast iron concrete are used as ballast. Total mass of the keel with ballast makes up about 4,2 tons.

Rigging

General Information

Yacht's rigging is top sloop. Total area of main sails - 108 m2. Full windage is possible if wind strength is up to 5 balls, if wind strength is more than 5 balls, head sails should be changed and main sail should be reefed.

• Main sail.................48.1 m2
• Genuese stay sail.....60.1 m2
• Tack stay sail..........39.4 m2
• Storm stay sail........15.1 m2

Mast and Spars

Main characteristics of masts and boom:
• Length of mast from foot to top...............17060 mm
• Mast section............................................175x265 mm
• Material of mast and boom.......................Amg-5M
• A stanchion 100 mm in diameter is installed between deckhouse deck and bottom framing.
• Fixation of mast foot in step is executed by means of special bolt with diameter 25 mm.
• Length of boom.......................................5420 mm
• Boom section..........................................110x200 mm

Diameters of ropes of standing rigging made of stainless steel rope 1x19 construction:
• fore stay.............9.6 mm
• after stay............9.6 mm
• mid shrouds.......9.6 mm
• main shrouds......9.6 mm

Deck Outfit

• Sheet winches 2 items
• Fall operating winches 2 items
• Fraction of boom sheets with carriage 1 item
• Fractions of stay sail sheets with carriages 2 items

Ship's Gear

Anchor Gear

• Bow(er) anchor of heavy holding power not less than 22 kg;
• stern anchor with mass not less than 19 kg;
• anchor synthetic cable, not less than 22 mm in diameter, length is not less than 40 m, with shackle of 9 mm, length 12,5 m;
• arrangement for anchor chain guiding through rollers of anchor gear;
• chain locker
• 2 cleats for anchor chain fixing.

Mooring and Towing Gear

Mooring gear consists of 2 forward mooring cleats and 2 after ones, arranged on both sides, mooring fenders and 2 synthetic mooring ropes, 20 m long.
Guiding of mooring ropes from mooring cleats is effected via side open chocks.
Yacht's towing is performed by means of towing rope not less than 52 m long and 22 mm in diameter, which is secured to the mast. Towing of other boat facilities by the yacht is effected with towing ropes secured to the stern mooring cleats via sheet winches.

Steering Gear

Steering gear consists of:
• ordinary fairform hollow rudder;
• rudder stock, 82 mm in diameter, made of corrosion-resisting steel with a quadrant on it, 400 mm in diameter, for wheel rope drawing;
• lower carrier friction(-type) bearing and upper carrier axial friction bearing;
• helmsman's column with diameter of steering-wheel 1200 mm;
• wheel rope laying;
• detachable emergency tiller for its mounting on 4-side head of rudder stock facing the deck.

Railing

Railing consists of:
• a head and 2 quarterdeck pipe rails with diameter 32x3 mm;
• rail stanchions, 32x3 mm in diameter and 610 mm high;
• rail rope, 5 mm in diameter, tightened between rail stanchions.

Propulsion Plant

Main Engine

As main engine two-cylinder diesel with power not less tan 48 h.p. is provided.

Main Engine Systems

For proper functioning of powerplant the following systems are provided:
• fuel system;
• cooling system;
• gas-extraction system;
• main engine starting system with accumulator batteries;
• system of air supplying to the engine-room.

Engine-room has acoustic and thermal insulation.

Shafting and Propeller

Shafting consists of propeller shaft, sterntube, thrust and steady bearings, universal joint.
Two-bladed propeller of fixed blade is used on the yacht.

Systems

Fresh Water System

This system is for keeping, heating and supplying of fresh water to the galley sinks, WC wash-stands and shower rooms.
Fresh water system consists of:
• 2 inserted tanks made of non-corrosive steel;
• pump of fresh water supplying to the consumers;
• filling line;
• airline;
• sluicing line;
• pipe fittings.

Sewage (Disposal) System

The system is for storage and disposal of sewage waters from shower rooms, lavatory bowls, wash stands of sanitary blocks and galley sinks. Storage is realized into sewage (disposal and storage) tanks; disposal - overboard if the ship is not in sanitary zone.

Bilge System

Bilge system is for removal of water from ship's hull and its drainage overboard. There are scuppers in hull constructions for liquid flow.
The system includes:
• water-extraction hand pump;
• suction bends;
• piping and pipe fittings.

Electrical Equipment

Main Parameters

Direct current with voltage 12 V is used as main source of current on the yacht. Accumulator batteries serve as source of electric energy. Generator mounted on the main engine is the reserve source of direct current. Main switchboard is used for distribution of electric energy on the yacht.

Electric Lighting

General lighting is carried by incandescent lamps or by gas-discharging sources of lighting. There is possibility of energizing from shore via special panel.

Minimal Equipment and Outfit

General Equipment

• Fire-extinguishers..................2 items
• Buckets (capacity 9 l)............2 items
• Pocket flashlight....................1 item
• First-aid outfit.......................1 item
• Fog horn...............................1 item
• Radar reflector......................1 item

Navigational Equipment

• Compass of marine type........1 item
• Standby compass..................1 item
• Navigation charts...................1 set
• Book "Lights and Shapes".....1 item
• Chart instruments...................1 set
• Echo sounder........................1 item
• Log.......................................1 item
• Navigational lights according to International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

Damage Control Outfit

• Emergency navigational lights with source of energy
• Emergency tiller
• Tool and spare parts
• Radio receiver for weather forecasts
• Marine radio station

Life Saving Appliances

• Life jackets, one for every crew member
• Securing harness for every crew member
• Life-buoy with drift anchor
• Pyrotechnic signals: 4 red parachute rockets, 4 red hand flares, 4 white hand flares, 2 smoke signals giving off orange colored smoke
• Heaving line not less than 15,24 m long.