Azzurro's technical specifications

General information

Launch details

  • Boat name: Azzurro (Launched as "Evergreen" and renamed "Shenandoah 11" in 1983)
  • Designer: Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens
  • Design: S&S 34
  • Design Year: 1968
  • S & S Design Number: 1959
  • Builder: Swarbrick Bros of Perth WA
  • Contract order date: 28 November 1980
  • Launched: 1 March 1981 at Sandringham Yacht Club, Victoria

Construction

  • Hull: GRP painted with Awlgrip Flag blue and gold lettering. The hull was shipped from Perth to Melbourne where Mr David Gough of Seaforth fitted the deck and keel.
  • Deck: GRP with balsa core painted with Awlgrip matterhorn white. The deck was modified to fit from the Dubois 40 deck mould. This was the same deck mould used for Black Magic and C U Later.
  • Spars: Made by John Denton from Whalespars and installed late September 2014.
  • Rig: Double spreader alloy with hydraulic backstay.
  • Ballast: 2365 kg lead

Queensland registration:

  • Registration number: SSS34Q

Australian ship registration:

  • Ship name: S&S34 AZZURRO
  • Official number: 862109
  • Home Port: Sydney

Dimensions

  • Hull

  • Rig

  • Sails

  • Hull length (LH): 10.05 m

    Waterline length (LWP): 7.32 m

    Hull beam: 3.09 m

    Displacement : 4799 kg

    Draft: 1.88 m

    Headroom: 1.85 m tapering to 1.78 m forward of the mast

  • Mast (P): 11.41 m

    Boom (E): 3.870 m

    Foretriangle base (J): 4.09 m

    Forestay length (FL): 13.62 m

    Spinnaker pole length (SPL): 4.35 m

  • Mainsail 27 sq m

    #1 headsail: 35 sq m

    Genoa staysail: 11 sq m

    Spinnaker (0.5 oz): 80 sq m

    Spinnaker staysail: 26 sq m

    Blooper (0.5 oz): 35 sq m

    Drifter: 30.1 sq m

    Code 0: 63 sq m

Instrumentation

  • Sailing instruments

  • Communications
    • Chart plotter: Raymarine 7 inch E series
    • Wind data: Raymarine i60 Wind and Raymarine i60 Close Hauled
    • Multifunction displays: 2 x Raymarine i70 Instrument
    • Auto-pilot: Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Tiller Pillot with Raymarine P70 control head
    • Navigation: Expedition Marine and PredictWind running on Lenovo T470 14" Thinkpad. Apple iPad for on-deck navigation synced to laptop and chart plotter
    • AIS transponder: Vesper XB-8000 Class B
    • AIS/VHF antenna: Vesper VA159
    • AIS antenna splitter: Vesper SP160 AIS/VHF/FM
    • GPS: Raymarine RS150 GPS
    • Wi-Fi: Comset CM950W Industrial Router 5G/4G/3G
    • Satellite phone: Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro 2 w/ IsatDock MARINE docking station
    • VHF: ICOM IC-M412 routed through stereo and broadcast to cockpit speakers
    • VHF (handheld): ICOM IC-M91D
    • MF/HF radio: ICOM IC-M801E Marine Transceiver
    • EPIRB:
    • Stereo: GME G-Dek Marine Multimedia System w/ cockpit speakers

Mechanical systems

  • Auxiliary power: Yanmar 3YM20 shaft drive Installed above keel
  • Propeller: Gori 2-blade folding
  • Stove (methylated spirits): Maxie 2 burner

Electrical systems

  • Electrical controller system: BEP 600 DC Systems Monitor
  • House battery: 1 x 140 Ah deep cycle
  • Engine start battery: 1 x 110 Ah cranking battery
  • Alternator: 1 x 125 Amp
  • Battery charger: 240 V Chargemaster 1

Plumbing systems

  • Diesel fuel capacity: 60 L carbon fibre tank
  • Fresh water capacity: 2 x 60 L soft bladders
  • Sink (sea water): Operated by Jabsco foot pump
  • Head: Electric Jabsco toilet with carbon fibre bowl
  • Bilge pumps: 2 x manual Jabsco bilge pumps + 1 x electric bilge pump