Libellule - Euro Cats
Libellule - Euro Cats
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<strong>Libellule</strong><br />
First Cruising Catamaran to<br />
Sail the North West Passage<br />
in Summer 2013<br />
Contact:<br />
Philipp Cottier<br />
p@cottier.com<br />
+41-79-202 1166
The Dream<br />
In 2010/11 we circumnavigated the Northern Atlantic with our three girls and skipper Yves.<br />
After having sailed from <strong>Euro</strong>pe to the Caribbean and up the US East Coast, we finally<br />
reached the Arctic where we immediately fell in love with the icebergs, blue waters and steep<br />
granite mountains of Greenland’s incredibly beautiful fjords. This made us dream and a big<br />
idea emerged - to repeat the route of famous explorers Franklin and Amundsen with our own<br />
catamaran <strong>Libellule</strong>. The proof of concept was performed in the following weeks, when we<br />
seriously put our sailing catamaran to the test around Greenland’s icebergs and pack ice.<br />
<strong>Libellule</strong> behaved well and safely despite being built for warmer waters. This was the<br />
inception of our project: to sail the North West Passage with our own sailing catamaran<br />
during Summer 2013.<br />
Our Sailing Catamaran<br />
Name:<br />
Make:<br />
Length:<br />
Built in:<br />
Flag:<br />
The Itinerary<br />
Route:<br />
Distance:<br />
Main stopovers:<br />
LIBELLULE<br />
Fountaine Pajot Salina, bought via and equipped by <strong>Euro</strong> <strong>Cats</strong><br />
47ft<br />
2009<br />
Switzerland<br />
North Atlantic-Northern Canada-North Pacific<br />
7,000 Nm<br />
May 2013 : Departure from La Rochelle, France<br />
July 2013 : Greenland (Nuuk, Disko, Upernavik)<br />
August 2013: Northern Canada (Baffin Sea, Resolute Bay, Gjoa,<br />
Cambridge Bay, Tuktoyaktuk)<br />
September 2013: Alaska (Barrow, Nome, Bering Strait, Aleutians)
The Crew<br />
Owner family:<br />
Skipper:<br />
Co-skipper:<br />
Other:<br />
Boat History<br />
Total mileage:<br />
Sailing history:<br />
Vessel Technical Data<br />
Structure:<br />
Length:<br />
Beam:<br />
Draft:<br />
Net/gross weight:<br />
No of people:<br />
Sail surface:<br />
Sails:<br />
Engines:<br />
Diesel:<br />
Water:<br />
Heating:<br />
Electricity:<br />
Electronic<br />
navigation:<br />
Telecommunication:<br />
Special equipment:<br />
Philipp Cottier (CH)<br />
Marielle Donzé (CH) & 3 girls (Naima 13, Line 11, Anissa 7)<br />
Yves German (F)<br />
Sylvain Martineau (F)<br />
Various other crew members on the different legs<br />
Potentially additional scientific members<br />
18,000 Nm<br />
2009: La Rochelle-Valencia-Lanzarote-Trinidad<br />
2010: Trinidad-Antilles-Bahamas-US East Cost-Newport<br />
2011: Newport-Newfoundland-West Greenland-Iceland-UK-<br />
France-Croatia-Greece<br />
2012: Greece-Turkey<br />
Gelcoat, with bows reinforced by Kevlar ice protection<br />
14.3m (47 ft)<br />
7.7m (25 ft)<br />
1.1m (4 ft)<br />
10.5/15.0 t<br />
Max 12<br />
130-150 m2<br />
Main sail, rolling genoa, gennaker, electric winch<br />
2 Volvo-Penta 75 PS with saildrive & folding propellers; dinghy w<br />
15HP outboarder<br />
480 l tank, special filters, 2 additional jerrycan compartments<br />
680 l tank, Schenker watermaker 80l/h<br />
Espar diesel/liquid heating system in each cabin<br />
800 Ah service batteries, 105 Ah reserve, 12/ 24/110/230V circuit<br />
Charger/inverter MasterVolt 12/2.500 W, 100 A, 50/60Hz<br />
8 solar panels Sunware 506669 (70W each)<br />
Raymarine E120 + E80 GPS plotter with fishfinder<br />
Radar Radom 4 KW/48Nm<br />
AIS B transceiver<br />
Autopilot Raymarine Smartpilot SPX30 Gyro<br />
Lifetag<br />
Additional Furuno GPS<br />
2 VHFs<br />
SSB antenna<br />
Inmarsat satellite broadband FB 250 Sailor<br />
Marine PC + printer<br />
EPIRB w integrated GPS<br />
Diving equipment incl compressor, windsurf, mountainbike, kayaks<br />
Additional features to be added
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