Van de Stadt 40 Caribbean

Van de Stadt 40 Caribbean
Very equipped, steel, roundbilged VdStadt40Caribbean. Built by in Holland by Mekon shipyard, interior by Nijenhuis, Lelystad. Launched 1996. Volvo Penta 50HP, radar, navtex, shortwave, solar panels, six person liferaft. 2007 updates: sail, batteries, intelligent alternator. Extra big huts, showercabin, kitchen and living space. Gravity Dieselstove plus Webasto. Shrouds overdimensioned. Underwatership treated in 2004, Stern modified to create extra storage area. Boat is available as from 01st of July 2008. For more information on the boat or our sabbatical, please visit http://www.tontin.org/aspro/boat

Motor & electricity
Volvo Penta MD22L 50 HP, nr.51 00663253 with maintenance logbook.
Fuel tank 120 liters, magnet fuel filter, extra fuel and water separation filter. Alternative fuel delivery possible from stove tank (14 lts). “Hardi Se” electrical fuel pump to fill stove tank and de-air engine circuit. Hand pump to empty carter.
3-vane fixed propellor (sep 2007); original 2 vane fixed propellor (undamaged) as spare.
Mastervolt Battman II electricity consumption meter. Victron 12V/1500W/50A battery charger/invertor. Mastervolt Alpha Pro intelligent alternator regulator (aug2007). 2 Mastervolt AGM house batteries, 225Ah each (aug2007); engine battery 100Ah (aug 2007). 2 solar panels Webasto, 50Watt each. 230 V connection with 25 meter cable and 25 m extension, various adapters. Protection against electrolysis by means of diodes. 7 230V sockets spread over saloon.

Accomodation
Mahogany interior by “S.J. Nijenhuis Scheepsbetimmering, Lelystad”. 2 separate huts, sleeping 5. Hull is foamed to isolate and ban condensation.
Changes to standard design: main bulkhead is installed 30 cm to the aft to increase the forepeak; door to the shower is pulled foreward to increase the toilet room; starboard berth in front of chart table is replaced by 2 one-seaters with a small table in between; fixed table of 0,75mx1,25m.
Berths: port, living space 2mx0,7m; fore peak twin berth of 2mx(0,7-2,2)m, with lattoflex; aft cabin twin berth 2mx(1,1-1,5)m.
Chart table (1,2mx0,9m) with two drawers and card storage; galley with 1,6 m of working space, hand pump and electrical cold/hot water tap, two inox sinks. 3-pits “Techimpex RVS type 61 IN” stove with oven. Gas detector “Dutch safety industrie, type MG2851” with automatical shut off function when alarm. 230 V fridge with freezer under chart table. 12 V fridge in galley with “Peltier type Supercool ACD-F”.
Spacious shower cabin (1,60 x 1,20 mtr.) with inox sink and running hot/cold water; Jabsco toilet (jan 2008) with double vanes, 1 in shower cabin and second one in storage area. Wastewatertank in storage area. Cold/hot shower in both shower cabin and cockpit. Drainage of shower water by bilgepump.
2 watertanks of 260 liter each. Fresh water system with diaphragm pump “Shurflo 2095-204-412”. “Cleghorn Waling” 20 liters hot water boiler, using engine coolwater or 230V.
“Dickinson” gravity diesel stove type “Newport” in saloon (no electicity needed); Inox fuel tank in storage area which can be filled from main tank with electrical fuel pump. Webasto 2000 hot air stove (2006) in saloon and shower cabin. 2 fire extinguishers and fire blanket.

Rigging-Electronics-Equipment
Selden 7/8 mast with two spreaders and diamant; shrouds are 10mm in stead of the 8mm design diameter (meaning about 50% overdimensioned). Furlex-furling gear type C plus removable cutter stay. Additional forestay (safety) on cutter stay terminal.
Fully battened, triple stitched mainsail (sept 2007, UKHalsey-DeVries), 9.52oz. with third reef extra heigh. Triple stitched Genoa (sept 2007, UKHalsey-DeVries), 9.46oz. Double stitched Genoa III (1996, UKHalsey-DeVries). Triple stitched cutter jib (sept 2007, UKHalsey-DeVries), 9.46oz. Gennaker (2005), triradiaal 105m2. Fully battened main (UKHalsey-DeVries, 1996) and Genoa (UKHalsey-DeVries, 1996).

Electronics at steering wheel: Autohelm ST50 (Autohelm=Raymarine) Wind & Close Hauled; Autohelm ST80 Multi; Autohelm ST50 Tridata; Raymarine ST6002 in board autopilot plus fluxgate (okt 2007, with warranty), controlled at steering wheel; Magnetic Whitlock Polaris 115P at steering wheel.
Electronics at chart table: Autohelm ST50 GPS and Autohelm ST -50 Tridata. Chartplotter (Maxsea) on PC, connected via NMEA to GPS; “ICS Nav4” Navtex; “Lowe HF150” short wave receiver; “M-Tech MT-500” VHF (okt 2007); “Weatherman” Radiotelex for messages from German weather service; Prosser tide calculator for European ports; Nokia 8 watt GSM (with external antenna in radar mast); Raytheon (=Raymarine) RL-9 radar, NMEA connected to GPS. (intervalscannen en instelbaar aantal sweeps).
Autoradio/DVD player at chart table.

60 lbs CQR anchor on bow roll; spare 30 lbs CQR. 45 meters of anchor chain, 8 mm. Lewmar electrical anchor winch.
Spade rudder with Whitlock steering system, 1,20 mtr. steering wheel, rudder stock renewed in dec 2006. Separate quadrants for steering wheel and autopilot drive. Emergency steering with tiller.
Electrical bilge pump “Gulper 220”. Jabsco Amazon manual bilge pump. Electrical emergency bilge pump, 1400 gallons/hr, with 10m cable, battery clamps and 6 meters of discharge tube.
Spray hood and removable cockpit tent (UKHalsey-DeVries, 2003). Sunscreen to be installed over boom.
“RFD SeaSava Plus X” 6 person life raft.