I CAN’T CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND, BUT I CAN ADJUST MY SAILS TO ALWAYS REACH MY DESTINATION

JIMMY DEAN

About Double Trouble

‘Double Trouble’ is a 2014 Fontaine Pajot ‘Lipari 41 Evolution’ catamaran. We took ownership of her in December 2016.

  • Year Built -2014
  • Length and beam – 11.93 metres long with beam of 6.75m.
  • Weight – around 10 tonnes fully laden
  • Draft -1.3m
  • Fresh Water tanks – 530 litres
  • Diesel -300 litres
  • Rig – Fractional rig with a square top main and genoa
  • Additional sails – 125m2 Parasailor and a small storm sail
  • Engines – 2 Volvo D130 sail drive engines
  • Solar – 4 x 360 watt Sunpower X22 solar panels
  • Batteries – 750 amp hour house battery bank ( Gel )
  • Watermaker – ‘Rainman’. This is a portable 240 volt unit that makes 120 litres/hour
  • Generator – Portable Honda Eu20 2KVA generator
  • Dinghy – ‘Dave’ is a ‘Highfield’ 290 Ultralight.
  • Outboard – ‘Mercury’ 9.9hp, 4 Stroke
  • Dive Compressor – ‘Coltri’ portable MCH6 – Petrol powered

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