About Mareda ~ SAILING MAREDA

Mareda is a 2015 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 379.

Mareda, high and dry on Batz Island, Brittany, France.

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Boat Specs

Overall length: 11.34 m / 37’ 2”

Hull length: 10.98 m / 36’

Length at the waterline: 10.40 m / 34’ 1”

Beam: 3.76 m / 12’ 4”

Interior head room: 1.81 – 1.92 m / 5’ 9” – 6’ 1”

Displacement: 6700 kg / 14771 lbs

Ballast for swing draft keel: 2313 kg / 5100 lbs

Swing keel draft: 1.10 – 2.25 m / 3’ 7” – 7’ 4”

Mast height: 13.6 m / 43’ 6”

Air draft: 17 m / 54’ 5”

Engine power: Yanmar 29 HP / 21 kW

3-blade fixed propeller

Sail area: 70 m2 / 754 Sq ft

Navigation Category: A = all oceans.

Architect: Marc Lombard

Hull and Deck

Hull of hand-laid fibreglass with fibreglass grid, ISO gelcoat and an anti-osmosis barrier coat

Deck constructed using the Prisma Process injection method, cored with balsa

Hull with hard chine (enhances longitudinal stiffness and stability)

Twin helms (redundancy and visibility)

Twin rudders (redundancy, stability, and control)

Drop-down transom

Life-raft well

Cooking gas tank locker

All lines led back to cockpit

Winches x 2 (Harken 40.2 self-tailing) placed in front of helms with unobstructed access for helmsman from either helm

Rooftop winches: port side Harken 40.2 self-tailing, starboard side Harken 35.2 self-tailing

Rigid boom vang

Spinakker fittings

Rigging for asymmetrical spinnaker

Ball-bearing genoa sheeting cars adjustable from the cockpit

Non-adjustable back stay

Mid-ship cleats

Life-line gates

Cockpit table

Cockpit floor and seats in teak

Hot and cold cockpit shower

LED navigation lights, top of mast

Dodger

Bimini

Stern arch with 2 mounted solar panels and davits for dinghy

Electricity and Water

Fuel capacity: 130 L / 34 US gallons

Alternator: 12V 125 A

Battery power: 1 motor battery = 80 amp / 12V; 4 service park batteries 80 amps / 12V

Shore power: 220V with 40A multi-phase battery charger

Solar panels: 2 x 110W + charging relay

Electricity controller / voltmeter control unit

Water capacity: 1 reservoir 200 L / 53 US gallons + 1 reservoir 130 L / 34 US gallons

Holding Tank (black water): 80 L / 21 US gallons

Hot water tank 25 L (heating via motor heat exchanger and 220V system)

Sails

Mainsail in high-strength Dacron, 3 reefs (2 automatic): 35 m2

Genoa 132% coverage in high-strength Dacron: 35m2

Code D “furling spinnaker” in 1.5 Maxilite with furler FX 1500 Facnor: 65 m2

To be added later: storm jib that can be yanked on to the FX 1500 Facnor furler (the sail maker assures us this is a manoeuvre that takes less than 5 minutes.)

Lazy bag with integrated lazy jacks

Navigation Electronics and Communication

Multi-function GPS B&G Zeus T7²mounted on a swivel frame on the cockpit table, visible from both helms (charts = Navionics)

2 B&G Triton 41 multi-function displays (one for each helm) showing depth, wind angle, and true and apparent wind speed; depth-speed sensor and masthead wind sensor

B&G AC42 Autopilot

B&G V50 VHF with integrated AIS

Girouette

Laptop computer with GPS, running MaxSea Time Zero navigation software and OpenCPN
Backup laptop with MaxSea and OpenCPN
IPAD Air 2, GPS integrated, 4G, running MaxSea.

Interior layout and Comfort

2-cabin version with convertible saloon to double berth

Upholstery in Mediterraneo white

Large head with separate full shower

A “shed” aft of the head and open to the cockpit locker for storage

2 burner stove and grill

Double sinks

Vertical door for refrigerator

Shades and mosquito screens for hatches and ports

Radio / MP3 Simrad Sonichub player with BOSE 2.1 Accoustimass 3 speakers in the saloon with waterproof speakers in the cockpit

Sonichub Bluetooth with remote (to control music from cockpit)
Flatscreen TV (220V and 12V)

Anchoring