Beruska's Equipment
Type: Trimaran, Sail, Center cockpit
Rig: Two-masted staysail schooner
Hull No.: MCZ 171150796 (US Coast Guard)
Harbor: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Designer/builder: F. Slintak
LOA (length overall): 65 ft. 2 in.
LOD (length on deck): 52 ft.
Beam (hull): 15.5 ft.
Beam (ovrall): 29 ft.
Sail area: 1,530 ft. sq.
Displacement: 36,000 lb
Ballast: None
Motor: 50 HP Volvo Diesel
Sails: 8 (5 regular, 3 storm)
Anchors: 3 (65 lb., 45 lb., 35 lb.)
Anchor windlass: 12 V, 500 lb. load
Rigging: 3/8 in. galvanized, spliced eyes
Furling gear: 2 (staysail, jib)
Fuel/water tanks: 75 gal. (Diesel fuel), 150 gal. (water)
Electric gen.: 4.0 kW Apollo Diesel, 110 V A.C.
350 Watt Air Marine wind turbine
Batteries: 3 (220 Amp. hrs., 350 Ah, 65 Ah)
Bilge pumps: 3 (12 V electr. automatic, 2 manual)
Dinghy: 11.0 ft. + 5.0 HP Nissan engine
Elektronics: 2 VHF marine radios
3 GPS radios (radios for marine navigation)
100 W ham radio transceiver
EPIRB (marine safety automatic transmitter )
Depth, wind spead and wind direction indicators
14 in. TV/VCR combo
AM/FM, tape, CD player
Cabin heating: Dickinson Diesel fuel space heater
1.5 kW AC space heater
Misc. equipment: 4-burner LPG stove/oven
PH-II Raritan head
10 ga. water heater/shower
12 V ice box/refrigerator
2-burner LPG barbecue
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Sea trials are over - we are returning back to our marina
Anicka, Ctirad and Libuska (Libuska made the painting shown above her)