The Yacht
Stormvogel is of round bilge hull form with a built down fin keel and separate skeg balanced rudder. Construction is of a light weight, wooden, cold molded glued shell of four laminates, built over bulkheads, frames, ribs and stringers. The hull planking is African Khaya Mahogany.
Principal Dimensions
Length Overall | 74 ft. 6 in. | 22.72 m |
Length of Deck | 73 ft. | 22.25 m |
Length at Waterline | 59 ft. 4 in. | 18.10 m |
Beam | 16 ft. 4. | 4.88 m |
Draft | 9 ft. 3 in. | 2.82 m |
Designed Displacement | 31.2 tons | 31.7 tonnes |
Rig | Bermudan Ketch |
Main Mast | Sparlight Spars. 1961, Aluminium, |
Air Draft | 82 ft 24.8 m |
Sail Area | : Total | 2,589 sq ft | 238 m2 |
: Fore Triangle | 1,035 sq ft | 95 m2 | |
: Main | 1,140 sq ft | 105 m2 | |
: Mizzen | 414 sq ft | 38 m2 |