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Le Premier Technical Specification

Type Freycinet Peniche
Builder Schneider/CBV
Year 1950/2004
Length 38.7 m (127 ft)
Beam 5.05 m (16.5 ft)
Draft 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Air Draft 3.25 m (10.5 ft)
Displacement 270 tonnes
Ballast 160 tonnes steel rail and concrete blocks all supported above bottom plates
 
Construction Steel. All new bottom in 2003 New bottom beams plus new plating minimum 6mm with 8mm edge plates and 8mm sacrificial angle on top
 
Flag French
Last Hull Survey 2003
  "Bateau de Plaisance" certificate valid until 2013
Engine  
Main Engine DAF 1160 turbo-charged six cylinder totally rebuilt in 2003 with new pistons and liners and oil cooler. All new bearings and seals fitted. Engine hours 3000. Fitted with Boet Stopson silencer. Engine room fully rebuilt and fitted with Quietlife sound insulation. 2 metre x 2 metre access hatch in wheelhouse floor gives full crane access.
 
HP

200hp

Cooling Box cooler with four separate circuits for four motors.New propeller shaft and tube fitted during re-build with 2 main bearings plus carrier bearing. Automatic shaft greaser driven by prop shaft.New bronze propeller plus spare steel prop. New twin plate coupling fitted with shock absorbing mountings.
 
Gearbox Masson - 3.8:1
Other Equipment  
Bilge Pumps 10 x Rule 3200 all with alarm and float switches
Steering Wheel and chain - all new reduction system fitted in 2003
Bow thruster Kort 80hp Hydraulic bow thruster driven by electronic clutch fitted to the main generator crankshaft. All Parker-Hannifin hydraulics. 300 litre oil reservoir, no cooler required
 
Anchors 2 bow 250 Kg each with 90m chain, 1 stern anchor
Anchor Winch Manual with reduction gearing
Electrics  
  All 220v 50hz. Master switchboard located in wheelhouse with all Legrand breakers and earth leakage protection. All wiring in flexible fire retardant cable.
Voltage Single phase 220 VAC 50Hz
Generator No 1 Onan 45Kw 1500rpm in silent box with twin Boet Stopson silencers. 5000 hours
 
Generator No 2 Onan 11Kw 1500rpm in silent box with hospital silencer 5000 hours
 
Generator No 3 Panda 4000w 24v in silent box with Boet Stopson silencer. 1350 hours
 
Inverter Mastervolt 5Kw. feeding into the main switchboard as one of five possible power supplies
 
Charger Mastervolt 24v 100amp
Batteries Mastervolt 24volt (12 x 2volt cells giving 1000amps) all gel batteries in fireproof box
 
Alternator 175amp alternator driven by main engine to charge the service batteries.
 
Shore Power 220volt x 32 amp with connections on fore deck and aft deck feeding through 32amp Mastervolt isolation transformer
 
Navigation  
VHF Ray-Marine
Tannoy Ratheon with talk back
Instruments Full VDO engine instrumentation, 220V monitoring
Navigation lights Full 30m statutory nav lights - Aqua Signal
Tanks  
Diesel Tank/Fuel 6,000 litres - Main tanks 4000 litres red diesel plus engine room tank of 1000 litres red diesel plus 1000 litre tank white diesel. All fed through separate Racor filters to distribution manifold. Transfer pump of 220v with 150 litre per min capacity
 
Fresh Water 12000 litres with water softener fitted. Tank's all custom made in Polypropylene, steel banded.
 
Water Pressure System Hydrofor delivering constant 3 bar pressure to all points.
Soil Tanks 3500 litres with two Jabsco sewage pumps
Additional Installations  
Air-conditioning Airwell. 3 compressors serving 10 units
Central heating Diesel boiler heating 400 litres of hot water in two tanks (also have immersion heaters) plus full central heating. 22 radiators. Boiler 48Kw Hot water circuit is constantly circling allowing immediate delivery of hot water at any point of the boat.
 
Gas 3 x 13Kg bottles in certified gas installation. All gas burners have thermal cut-outs.
 
Gas Detector Gas locker is totally external Smoke detectors in all open areas
Insulation Full Alurock insulation 100mm thick in all walls and ceilings fitted during build. Engine room is fully insulated with “quiet life” sound insulation. Cabin floors are all carpeted plus with 8mm sound absorbing underlay
 
Deck Equipment  
Passerelle Two guard rails and crane
Ladder (quay) Hooks onto deck edge
Ladder (water) Emergency ladder
Bicycles 6 x all terrain, 2 x crew , 2 x childrens, 2 x three bike racks
Hot tub 7 person hot tub spa pool with winter cover
Decking Main deck area is covered in teak decking which is made of fully demountable tiles which are stored ashore in winter. Easily cleaned and maintained
 
Furniture 6 deck steamers, 4 small tables, deck table and 6 dining chairs, 2 teak deck storage boxes for cushions and umbrellas
Guard rails Passenger deck surrounded by full guard rails. Stainless steel inner rails made by “Spencer Rigging” of Cowes, UK
 
Tender Sportyak polypropylene moulded dinghy.
Life jackets 12 adult, 2 childrens
First aid kit  
Signal flags Red and blue , assorted national flags
Other Equipment  
Audio/TV All satellite, distribution and digibox equipment is located in the aft crew mess and power supply is through protected circuit from 1800 watt UPS
 
 
Saloon Phillips flat screen TV
  Bose - surround sound
  CD DVD VHS
Cabins Philips flat screen TV
  CD DVD
 
Satellite Tracvision delivering satellite television to 8 points through out the boat from 7 digiboxes
 
Telephones Telephones in cabins connected to PABX system in aft captain's cabin
Security The boat is fully alarmed
Below Decks
Headroom 2.3 metres throughout
Furniture All furniture inside in light oak professionally made with 10 coats of 2 part Veniziani polyurethane wood matt varnish.
 
Guest Cabins 3 equal guest cabins, all en-suite with double/twin beds. TV DVD/CD, full air-condition and central heating. Each cabin fitted with three double glazed opening windows with insect screens and blackout shades All fully carpeted and insulated. With full length mirrors and full height wardrobes. 2 bedside units with storage and under bed roll out drawers. Fitted off white Berber throughout.
 
 
Ensuite bathrooms Bathrooms are fully tiled and all fittings by Grohe. Large showers .1800mm x 1200mm with thermostatic mixer taps and sliding doors Safety handles in showers. Shaver point fitted in bathroom lighting. Bath towels, hand towels, bath mats and heated towel radiator fitted (dual power supply - electric and central heating)
 
Bedding/Linen The barge is equipped with a full inventory of white bed linen, towels and bath robes. All bedding is by John Lewis and The White Company of the UK
 
Study There is a separate fourth cabin forward which is used as a study/library. With desk and chair and two armchairs. Wine cave (electric) with graduated temperature control. Fitted off white Berber carpet.
 
Saloon Luxury saloon and dining area with 8 opening double glazed windows fitted with insect screens and blackout shades
2 Three seater cream leather settees (Corbusier design)
Light oak custom made furniture
French oak flooring 23mm thick
All oak trims, skirtings etc made form the same French oak
Dining table in oak with six chairs. A further 4 matching chairs are in the cabins and the study should larger numbers be needed for dining.
Opening skylight
Bar Fridge
Philips flat screen TV
Bose surround sound system
Paintings are all limited edition prints by Margaret Loxton featuring French village life
There are 6 individual lighting styles in the saloon and corridor with recessed low voltage spots and uplighters also with low level under edge lighting throughout the saloon and corridor.
 
Corridor Access to the cabins is from the spacious corridor which also has two recessed storage cupboards, full height , one with wine racks and the other for general storage. Fitted off white Berber carpet.
 
Galley Full professional galley in stainless steel with two separate sinks, Lacanche cooker, combi microwave, dishwasher.
Leibherr Fridge/freezer plus small Leibherr fridge
Euroice icemaker.
Nespresso coffee machine, 2 x Rowenta insulted filter coffee machines, Tefal 4 slice toaster, Tefal kettle, Braun 600 watt stick blender, Philips food processor, full inventory of kitchen utensils
 
Cutlery/crockery/glasses Le Premier is fully equipped with white porcelain crockery for 12 passengers.
All stainless steel cutlery by Habitat of the UK
Full range of glasses
 
Crew Cabins 3 crew cabins.
Aft captains cabin with double bed, office, TV and bathroom.
Crew mess with Liebherr fridge/freezer, ironing board and iron, TV digiboxes. All electronic equipment in aft cabin powered from 1800 watt UPS voltage protection system.
Two forward crew cabins each with 2 bunks, with bathroom.
 
Wheelhouse The wheel house is fully collapsible with opening windows, guest seating and all tinted safety glass windows. The wheelhouse has a custom made winter cover .
 
Laundry Full laundry facilities.
Windows All 36 windows are opening and double glazed. All windows were powder coated painted from new and fitted with stainless steel mountings with all holes threaded to facilitate removal. All cabin and saloon windows fitted with Seitz fly screens/blinds.
 
Toilets 5 Sani-Brouyer 220v (the same model) with spare. Guests cabin toilets are of the suspended type, wall mounted with flush units behind hidden access panels giving easy cleaned full tiled floor.
 
Bathrooms All cabins en suite. Showers are 1800mm x 1200mm and all have Grohe thermostatic mixer taps. Wash basin custom made and fitted with Grohe taps. Storage racks and towel racks fitted. Heated towel radiator.
 
   

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