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| BENETTI Specifications | |
| Name: | FRANCESCO PETRARCA |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Year Built: | 1941 |
| Hull Material: | Wood |
| Length: | 49.9m / feet |
| Beam: | 8.5 / 27.89 feet |
| Max Draft: | 3.65 / 11.98 feet |
| Gross Tonnage: | 282 |
| Cruising Speed: | 10 knots |
| Max Speed: | 12 knots |
| Sleeps: | 10 |
| Staterooms: | 5 |
| Crew: | 6 |
| Exterior Design: | Camper & Nicholsons |
| Engines: | 2 x General Motors 12V 71N 840hp |
| Location: | France, Marseille |
BENETTI FRANCESCO PETRARCA Yacht for Sale
EUR 1,900,000
N/A
Request Details
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
TYPE - Schooner
BUILDER - Benneti, Viareggio, Italy
HULL NO. - 20326
NAVAL ARCHITECT - Anselmi Boretti Integral Designs
EXTERIOR DESIGN - Anselmi Boretti Integral Designs
YEAR - 1941
REFIT - 2021
CLASSIFICATION - (A1 60nm)
CONSTRUCTION - Oakplanks on oakframes + inner planking
CREW - Up to 12
FLAG - Malta
ENGINES - 2 x 336 kW (451 Hp) Caterpillar 3406 E6
GT - 275
NT - 82
DISPLACEMENT - Approx. 383 tons light ship
CALL SIGN - 9HB7728
DIMENSIONS
LOA - 44.35m / 145' 6"
LWL - 31.75m / 104' 2"
BEAM - 8.50m / 27' 11"
DRAFT - 4.00m / 13' 1" max
SPEED & RANGE UNDER POWER
MAXIMUM SPEED - 12.00 knots
CRUISING SPEED - 8.00 knots
RANGE - 3,000nm at 8.00 knots
FUEL CONSUMPTION - 50 litres/hour (13 US gallons) at 8.00 knots
CAPACITIES
ACCOMMODATION - 10 x Guests in 5 cabins
CREW - 6 x Crew in 3 cabins
FUEL - 25,000 litres / 6,604 US gallons
FRESH WATER - 10,000 litres / 2,642 US gallons
HOLDING TANK - 8,000 litres / 2,113 US gallons
GREY WATER - 400 litres / 106 US gallons
BLACK WATER - 1,500 litres / 396 US gallons
WATERMAKER - 4,000 litres / 878 US gallons
ACCOMMODATION
MASTER SUITE - Queen size bed, bathroom
GUEST CABINS - 1 x Double room with bathroom
- 1 x Twin cabin with bathroom
- 2 x Twin cabins with shared bathroom
DINING ROOM - Seating for 10 x guests
MAIN SALOON - Seating for 10 x guests
MAIN DECK - Seating for 10 x guests
GALLEY - Seating for 6 x guests
TOP DECK - Table seating 8 x guests
- 6 x Sunbeds on the sundeck
CREW - 3 x Cabins, 3 x bathrooms
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES - 2 x 336 kW (451 Hp) Caterpillar 3406 E6 Diesel
ENGINE HOURS - As of 01st Feb 2022:
- Port: 11,065 hours
- Starboard: 11,045 hours
GENERATORS - 2 x 75 kW (101 Hp) Perkins Phaser 1000
GENERATOR HOURS - As of 01st Feb 2022:
- Port: 24,800 hours
- Starboard: 23,700 hours
SHORE POWER - 63A
TOILET SYSTEM - Hamann AG pump system
WATER MAKER(S) - Dessalator, pump system
STEERING SYSTEM - Hydraulic
PROPELLER - 2 x 3-bladed
AIR CONDITIONING - Climma CWS 1302
GEARBOX - Twin ratio
RUDDER ANGLE - 30°
BATTERIES - 2 x 24V Engine
- 2 x 24V service
- 2 x 12V generators
TYPE - 180ah 12V
FUEL SEPERATOR - Separ fuel seperator
- Racor filters
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
VHF - Simrad RS90, ICOM IC-M330
SSB - JRC NTD-2150
DECK EQUIPMENT
ANCHOR WINDLASSES - 11 kW anchor windlasses
AFT WARPING CAPSTANS - 2 x Capstans 2kW
ANCHORS - 2 x 800kg
ANCHOR CHAINS - 2 x 120m
BOAT CRANE & DAVITS - SWL 990 kg
PASSERELLE - 1 x Passerelle
SIDE BOARDING LADDER - 1 x Side boarding ladder
SIDE BOARDING GANGWAY - 2 x Side boarding gangways
AWNINGS - 2 x Awnings
ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT
MAIN SALOON / DINING - Samsung Smart TV
- Track vision receiver & automatic switchbox
- Sony HiFi system
- 2 x Bose Speakers
- 2 x Portable JBL party box 300
SEATING AFT DECK - 4 x Sony speakers
GALLEY - 1 x Smart TV
CAPTAIN’S CABIN - 1 x TV
GALLEY & LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT
GALLEY - 2 x Refrigerators
- Kitchen hob
- Oven
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Electric grill
- Coffee machine
- Blender & other small kitchen appliances
LAUNDRY - 1 x Washing machine
- 2 x Dryers
- Steam iron
SECURITY & SAFETY EQUIPMENT
SAFETY - 5 x Lifebouys
- 4 x Inflatable life rafts for 8-person
- 1 x Rescue boat for 12 persons
- 2 x Line throwing appliances
- 6 x Rocket parachute flares
- 6 x Red hand flares
- 26 x Lifejackets
- 2 x Survival craft portable radios
- 16 x Thermal protective AID
- 2 x Immersion suits
- First aid kit
- Primary & secondary means of escape
- EPIRB
- SART
- Float smoke signal
- Emergency Exit
- Assembly station
SECURITY - Smoke, light & temperature detector alarms
- Bilge alarm
FIRE FIGHTING - Fire plan
- 2 x B-class door
- Space monitored by heat detector
- General alarm
- 3 x Horn fire alarms
- 11 x Smoke detectors
- CO2 release horn alarm
- Fire alarm panel
- CO2 fire extinguisher 9 kg
- 9 x Powder fire extinguishers 6kg
- Portable foam fire extinguisher 20L
- CO2 fire extinguisher 5kg
- Fire pump
- Portable emergency fire pump
- 2 x Bilge pumps
- 3 x Fire valves
- 3 x Fire hoses, 20m with nozzle jet and fog
- 2 x Fire dampers for machinery space
- 2 x Lockers with fireman outfit
- Remote control ventilation shot off
- Remote control for fuel oil valves
- Remote release station
- 2 x Fixed fire-extinguishing installation CO2
- 2 x Fire smothering blankets
TENDERS & WATERSPORTS EQUIPMENT
TENDERS - 1 x Zodiac Pro 5.5 with 110 Hp engine
WATER SPORTS - Jet- ski Yamaha wave runner 1200
- 2 x WhiteShark MIX underwater scooter
- Wakeboard
- Paddleboard
- Stand Up paddle board
- Inflatable water toys
REFIT & MAINTENANCE NOTES
During 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 / 2021 the following major works were done:
Complete refurbishment of guest and crew cabins, bathrooms, saloon, kitchen etc. (wooden walls relined and restored to their original condition, bathrooms, plumbing, air conditioning, floors, etc.
2017:
- Replacement of the ball bearings in the left axle
- Major work undertaken to complete cleaning and testing of the lubrication system by dismantling the drive axle
2018:
- Sensors on the main engines changed
- Installation of completely new navigation equipment (radar, plotter, GPS, antenna, etc.)
- New lighting equipment of 24V throughout the yacht
- New anti-lightning rods installed
- New radio stations installed
2019:
- Calibration of the propellers
2020 / 2021:
- Re-registration to Malta completed, commercial registration underway
2021:
- New middle mast (major work due to installation and removal on land)
- Refurbishment on the front and rear masts and re-calibration in 2021
- New cables for all masts
COMMENTS
One of the most outstanding ships ever built at the Benetti shipyard was the sailing vessel now named “Francesco Petrarca”. Built in wood, her keel was laid up in 1939. She was launched in 1941 under the name “Gerlando” and was built to transport marble between Carrara, just up the Tuscan coast from Viareggio, to Alexandria in Egypt – a classic route for a classic cargo! It is interesting to note that, as late as the 1940’s, sail-powered vessels were still considered economically viable for the transportation of certain types of cargo. In 1961, the engineer Giorgio Varvaro, saw the ship languishing in an Egyptian port. It was love at first sight for Varvaro, who bought the vessel and entrusted the project of her repair and conversion to a yacht to the newly graduated naval architect Franco Anselmi Boretti. Under Anselmi Boretti’s direction, the massive refit and conversion project was carried out at the Valdettaro yard. At her launching the vessel, now converted to an elegant yacht, was re-christened “Taitu”. She’d been re-rigged as a three masted staysail schooner. Subsequently, Camper & Nicholson shipyard did some additional work on the yacht, under the supervision of marine surveyors from the American Bureau of Shipping. Her owner cruised the yacht extensively for the next 20 years, finally selling her to an English company who christened her as “Raphaelo”. In 1999 she was bought by another English company. After a total refit in the port of Marseille she was christened “Francesco Petrarca” remembering the renaissance poet who was born in Arezzo just 100 miles from Viareggio. Further refits, upgrades and works followed, as noted above. Francesco Petrarca has been well maintained and had dry docking periods every year.
