This fine schooner spent quite few years fishing long lines south of Hout Bay,which she tended to use as a home port of call,again she was often tied up in the harbour just down the road from where I live,we could see her from our windows.Designed and built locally on the east coast,she was a rugged go anywhere type of vessel,here are some details:
Mieke is a 110ft (33m) steel two masted Gaff rigged Schooner built by Portnet Marine, Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1997 to a design by Seaboats. She had a complete refit for charter in 2004 and is currently chartering off the Mozambique coast.
Sails and Deck Gear
Layout
Lounge
Guest Cabins
Specifications
Comments Specifications
Approximate Dimensions
Length on Deck 110ft 33.5m
Beam 24ft 7ins 7.7m
Draft 10ft 6ins 3.2m
Displacement 132.74 tons 135 tonnes
Sail Area 4,500sq ft 422 sq m
Sails and Spars
Mast main 24m 8mm x 410mm galvanized/painted steam pipe
2nd mast 20m (steel 300 wa galvanized)
Booms and gaffs Solid wood 330 – 160 mm diameter (African Pine)
Rigging 19 strand 40mm galvanized wire through enclosed bottle screws to 25mm steel chainplates
Sails 422sq m Duradon 14 ounce heavy duty synthetic flex / Scottish material – formed by Doyle Sails
Ground Tackle
Anchor windlass and winch system Radicon hydraulic drum winch with two capstain heads serving as both anchor windlass and for sail hoisting
160m / 16mm galvanized chain with a 150kg Kluseman anchor as heavy weather gear
1 x 90m / 16mm galvanized chain with 150kg anchor as secondary gear
Engine and Machinery:
Caterpillar 3408 500bhp diesel
Double hydraulic ram steering system operated through hydraulic pump from power take off on main motor plus independent mechanical hydraulic orbital pump at outside steering station
Emergency steering In addition to above 2 systems / rope and block system on quadrant below deck
Power Generators 2 x 70KVa Perkins 1000 provide 380V and 220V
Air-conditioning system Chilled fluid circulation system with evaporator condensers, flow control valves and circulation fans in each cabin custom designed to operate from either genset or inverter
Refrigeration 2x 30hp semi-hemetic Discuss Compressors
Cold Storage : 50m3
12 cubic metre walk-in Prestcold blast freezer
Icemaker : Turbo Marine - 4T per day
Hydraulic Power pack : 2 x 30kw double backup capacity
Fuel Separator : Alfa Laval
Water Makers : 2 x Aquamarine = 1T/24hrs
1 x Filcon Model BMSWA 24/2/1 1.72T/24 hrs
DC systems
Electronic equipment - separate Battery bank with 2x12 = 24V
Main motor – separate bank with 2x12 = 24v
Radios – separate bank with 2x12v = 24v ---
Above 3 banks all interphased and charged by 3 separate 24v alternators on gensets and main motor
Separate bank 0f 24 x 2v batteries provide 48v / 1500 amp hours through a computer regulated inverter to provide 220v when gensets not running
charged by 200amp battery charger when gensets are running
Tankage
Diesel 14,000 litres in two tanks
Fresh water 10,000 litres
Waste Grey water 7,000 litres
Ship Electronics
Satellite Communication : Inmarsat C system - Sailor H1622D
SSB Radio : Furuno FS 1562-250m
VHF Radio : Uniden MC 795
Radio Direction Finder : TAIYO
Radar : Furuno M1832 MKI
2nd Radar : CETREK
GPS Navigator : Furuno GP50 Mark II
Colour Plotter : Furuno GP 3100 Mark II
2nd Plotter : SEIWA LCD8
Weather Fax : Furuno Fax 207
Satellite Sea Surface Temp. Recorder : Winsat Pro
Sea Surface Temp. Recorder : ATA 128
ECHO Sounder : Suzuki ES 5300
2nd ECHO Sounder : Suzuki ES 1050
Autopilot Furuno : Fap 330
Entertainment Electronics
Widescreen SANYO television in lounge
SANYO DVD player in lounge
Coffee machine in lounge
Widescreen television in crew quarters
Sony CD players in 6 cabins and in main lounge and crew lounge
Watersports Equipment
2x 4.5m stealth ski- boats with 60 hp outboard motor each/2003
13 X complete scuba diving sets
Dive compressor Bauer Mariner M11 3 EH 230 L/min
3 x sea kayaks ( Stealth Wahoo)
Water- ski -Stinger combo
1 x wakeboard
2 x windsurfers
2 x surfboards
4 x duneboards
1 x Quicksilver tube
13 x sets of fishing rods +reel
4 x sets of spearfishing gear
Safety Equipment
Full compliment with 2 x 20 man life rafts
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