We found Dulcinea on yachtworld.com some time back in 2010 and after trawling through hundreds of pages of boats for sale both here in New Zealand, USA and Europe I kept coming back to her. I loved the layout and the huge space it offered for the length.
She was designed by Gary Mull and built by Jachtwerf Vennekens boatyard in Belgium back in 1982. From research we did we managed to find out that she was even a charter boat back in the early 90's based in Sarasota, Florida.
Since buying her back in early 2011 we have spent plenty of boat dollars on her but getting to the point where we have replaced all of the old failing items, brought her into the 21st century with electronics and up to date safety gear. Now just working towards getting category 1 so we are able to look at heading for somewhere more tropical with crystal clear waters and palm trees.
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| The forward 'V' berth (our berth), roomy and plenty of light with its own bathroom (head). |
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| Looking aft from the mast, the large double berth is in the room through the left door and the bunk room (named 'the garage') through the right door. The rear head is the far left door beside the double room. |
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| Galley sink in the foreground, chart table with fridge/freezer below and some new custom made drawers and first aid kit beside that. She is a roomy boat in here and plenty of room to relax and watch some tv on those miserable days. |
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| Nav station/chart table. Secondary old chart plotter, switchboard, VHF, charging displays and so forth. Never actually spread a chart out on this table but its handy for looking through books and usually ends up being an extension of the galley bench. |
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| The rear double room, also known as Roe's room as he occupied this space for 3 months when we lived aboard in the USA. |
LOA: 13.41m (44')
Beam: 4.19m
Draft: 2.1m (although stated as 1.98m)
Displacement: 11340kgs (out the factory) - more like 13-14T probably
Ballast: 4808kg cast iron
Hull material: Solid fibreglass
Deck Material: Foam cored fibreglass
Mast height: Have not actually measured but around 20m
Engine: 2014 Volvo Penta D2-55
Water: Again unsure exactly but estimated 300-400L
Diesel: 210L main s/steel tank with 80L in jerry cans
Ground tackle: 1x Manson Supreme 45lb with 50m 8mm chain and 50m nylon rode 2x spare danforth anchors
Watermaker: Katadyn Powersurvivor 160E (25 litres per hour)
Liferaft: Revere Offshore commander 4 person with hydrostatic release
Dinghy: 2.6m roll up inflatable with 3.5hp Mercury 4-stroke
Batteries: 2x 225Ah Gel deep cycle house batteries + start battery
Solar: 2x Kyocera 135W glass panels and 2x 100W flexible panels on hard dodger
Solar controller(s): 2x Sunsaver Duo 25A controllers both with remote meters
Wind Gen: Air-X 400W wind turbine (known aboard as the swarm of wasps)
Safety: Too many to name as Catagory 1 requires a lot! but full range of flares, 406 EPIRB, Inmarsat satellite phone, 2x VHF radios, danbuoy, 2x horseshoe life rings, 3x Spinlock 5D auto inflate PFD and 1x manual inflate PFD, teathers and jacklines...plus much much more
Heavy Weather: Para-tech sea anchor with 100m 14mm nylon rode and 8m 10mm chain, delta drogue, ATN gale sail (storm jib), and in the process of sorting a trisail and track
If there is anything else you want to know feel free to contact us, its an expensive task to maintain and update boats so if we can give out any advice it might save you time, hassle and money...
Water: Again unsure exactly but estimated 300-400L
Diesel: 210L main s/steel tank with 80L in jerry cans
Ground tackle: 1x Manson Supreme 45lb with 50m 8mm chain and 50m nylon rode 2x spare danforth anchors
Watermaker: Katadyn Powersurvivor 160E (25 litres per hour)
Liferaft: Revere Offshore commander 4 person with hydrostatic release
Dinghy: 2.6m roll up inflatable with 3.5hp Mercury 4-stroke
Batteries: 2x 225Ah Gel deep cycle house batteries + start battery
Solar: 2x Kyocera 135W glass panels and 2x 100W flexible panels on hard dodger
Solar controller(s): 2x Sunsaver Duo 25A controllers both with remote meters
Wind Gen: Air-X 400W wind turbine (known aboard as the swarm of wasps)
Safety: Too many to name as Catagory 1 requires a lot! but full range of flares, 406 EPIRB, Inmarsat satellite phone, 2x VHF radios, danbuoy, 2x horseshoe life rings, 3x Spinlock 5D auto inflate PFD and 1x manual inflate PFD, teathers and jacklines...plus much much more
Heavy Weather: Para-tech sea anchor with 100m 14mm nylon rode and 8m 10mm chain, delta drogue, ATN gale sail (storm jib), and in the process of sorting a trisail and track
If there is anything else you want to know feel free to contact us, its an expensive task to maintain and update boats so if we can give out any advice it might save you time, hassle and money...
Fore more info you can check out the following site but some of the info is not exactly the same as whats actually found on Dulcinea although pretty close: SAILBOAT DATA