Boat Specs
OnBlue is a Broadblue 38ft Prestige catamaran. She was built in 2003 and was the boat featured at the Southampton Boat Show that year. She was lying in Shotley Marina, Ipswich, UK when we bought her in 2019.
Designer: David Feltham
Builder: Corvette Marine
Construction: GRP
Length: 11.56m
Beam: 5.3m
Draft (min): 1.45m
Rated Tonnage (RT): 10,500kg
Headroom: 2m
Fuel capacity: 250 ltr (2 tanks)
Water capacity: 350 ltr
Holding tank capacity: 80 ltr
Heater: Eberspacher D4
Engines: 2 x Volvo MD 2040 (2003)
Drive: Saildrive
Props: Volvo folding 3 blade
Batteries: 2 x105 starter batteries and 5 X 105AH deep cycle lead acid house giving useable discharge capacity of 250AH
Solar: 4x150W rigged in parallel on dedicated gantry
Nav equipment: Raymarine running Navionic charts, 2 chartplotters (eS78 (2020) and gS16), AIS transponder (2020), radar, VHF radio, GPS, navigation lights, autopilot, echo sounder, wind, compass, speed
Sails: Mainsail (Jeckells Slab, fully battened, 3 reefs), Headsail (Jeckells, furling), Reacher, Cruising chute, Cutter rig with bow sprit roller furler heavy weight screecher, and 150% Genoa
Accomodation: Salon, galley (including fridge, freezer, double sink, oven and hob), 2 heads, 2 internal showers, cockpit shower, 3 cabins, owners seating area
Anchor: Rocna 25kg on 60m of 8mm Lofrans Grade 40 galvanised chain. Quick windlass and gypsy.
Tender: Highfield 260CL
Outboard: Suziki, short shaft, 6hp