Our Boat

Revelation is an Amel Super Maramu 2000, Hull 390. She's a French blue water cruiser designed and built by Chantiers Amel, La Rochelle, France.  She was launched in 2003 and is US flagged and Coast Guard vessel.  Drew and Lili are her second owners. She's a great home away from home. 
  
Basic specifications:
        Length Overall                           52 feet 6 inches            (16 meters)
        Length at Water Line                  41 feet 4 inches            (12.6 meters)
        Beam                                        15 feet 1 inch               (4.6 meters)
        Draft                                         6 feet 7 inches             (2.05 meters)
        Air Draft                                    65 feet 2 inches           (20.0 meters)
        Ballast                                        12,320 pounds            (5,500 Kgs)
        Displacement (loaded)                  35,840 pounds            (16,250 Kgs)
        Engine                                        100 hp                       Yanmar 4JH3-HTE diesel
        Generator                                    7 Kw                  Onan MDKAV diesel (Kubota D114 block)
        Fuel                                            158 gallons                 (600 liters)
        Water                                          264 gallons                (1000 liters) 
        Sail Area - Main                            378 sq. ft.                 (35 sq. m.)
        Sail Area - Genoa (155%)              764 sq. ft.                 (71 sq. m)
        Sail Area – Mizzen                         204 sq. ft.                (19 sq. m)

        Main, genoa, and mizzen built by .......

Other sails:
   Cruising spinnaker (1213 sq. ft.) built by Doyle (Marblehead, Mass.) out of 1.5 ounce nylon, with  ATN sleeve and tacker
   Nylon ballooner (750 sq. ft.) set on pole (Deme Voiles,  Le Pouliguen, France)
   Mizzen ballooner (nylon) (Deme Voiles, Le Pouliguen, France)
   Blade jib (110 %, 475 sq. ft.) built by Quantum (Thurston), Bristol, Rhode Island
   Storm jib built by ATN (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)

Power:
220V/50 cycle AC power.  24V DC power.
175 amp (24V) and 55 amp (12V) alternators belted to Yanmar propulsion engine.
100 amp and 30 amp Dolphin chargers powered by Onan generator or shore power.
House battery bank (24 volt):  12 Trojan AGM batteries, group 31, 110 amp-hours each @ 12V
Starting battery:  one Trojan AGM battery group 31 (12 volts).
DC/AC Inverter:  1800 watt Xantrex ProSine 1800i sine wave inverter (220v 50 hz)
Blue Sea inline digital multimeter (220V) with LED display in galley
E-Meter battery monitor with LED display
Sailor 24 volt to 12 volt transformer
Two Sharp 123 watt solar panels (multi-crystal silicon, model ND-L3EJE) hinge-mounted on stainless steel railing connected to Manson SBC-7230 photovoltaic 3-stage charge controller (24V, 30amps)

Extra diesel fuel:
100 gallon bladder tank (ATL) strapped aft of mizzen mast when in use
20 liter jerry cans x 8 (Mil-spec made by Spectre, Canada)

Engine and mechanical:
24 volt Amel retractable bow thruster
Three-blade feathering prop (Autoprop H6-566 LH roller bearing propeller) with Spurs line cutter
ZF Hurth marine gearbox model ZF25
Automatic fire extinguisher in engine room 
Manual engine room fire extinguisher operated from companionway
Central bilge system with automatic (AMFA) and manual (Henderson Whale Mark V) bilge pumps
Three independent air conditioning and heating units 220 V (Climma, Italy)
Seven Hella two-speed fans
150 liter per hour freshwater maker (Dessalator, France)
Omega inline water quality monitor with LED display and alarm in galley (Model  CDCN 204)
24 volt forced air ventilation system throughout
Dual Racor 500 fuel filters (30 micron elements) with vacuum gauge
Fuel polisher (150 gph, Reverso 24 volt fuel pump, Racor 1000 fuel filter with 10 micron element, Algae-X)
Hose teed to fuel polisher to drain bladder tank and jerry cans

Sail control:
11 Lewmar self tailing winches: 2 electric #58 primaries, 1 electric #44 mainsheet, 2 #44 self-tailling, 3 #40 self-tailing,  4 #16 self-tailing single-speed
AMEL electric furling jib (manual backup)
AMEL electric furling and reefing main (with manual backup)
AMEL manual furling and reefing mizzen
Double downwind AMEL pole system with complete rigging
Control of mainsheet traveler (Antal) from cockpit
Control of jib sheet car traveler (Antal) next to cockpit

Deck and anchoring:
Center cockpit with fully protected helm seat
Hard dodger
Folding bimini with extension
Shadetree awnings
Seven watertight lockers
Aluminum ladder/gangway combination
Stainless steel rub rails
Four hatches (Goiot)
Four opening portholes (Goiot)
Double bow rollers for anchors
Automatic anchor washdown (AMFA) with cockpit control
High pressure deck wash 
Cockpit table
Freshwater hot/cold deck shower with thermostatic control
Lofrans Tigress 1200 watt electric windlass 24 volts
Bow anchor: Buegel anchor (30 kg) by Wasi (stainless steel)
10 mm galvanized anchor chain (80 meters)
Anchor chain counter at helm
AMFA A66B anchor wash-down pump
Stern anchor: Spade ALU 100 (aluminum) with 30 feet chain + 250 feet line
Storm anchor: Fortress FX55 with 6 meters chain + 350 3/4 inch double-braid  rope rode
Magma Newport stainless BBQ with 10 lb propane tank mounted on rail
Rock n’ Roll stabilizer set on pole to dampen roll at anchor

Navigation and electronics:
Radar display/chartplotter at nav station Raymarine RL80C Plus
Radar display/chartplotter at helm station Raymarine RC530 Plus
C-Map digital charts cartridges 
Raymarine Pathfinder 4 Kw radar
Raymarine autopilot ST7001+ with 400G course computer with Gyro-Plus heading sensor
Linear drive autopilot motor on rudder quadrant
Second autopilot motor (chain rotary drive)
Raymarine ST60 depth, speed, wind instruments with displays at helm and nav station
Raymarine Raytalk 230E VHF with handsets at helm and in companionway
Raymarine  Raynav 300 GPS
Raymarine wired remote control ST600R
All above on Seatalk network
Seatalk network ports at helm and nav stations
Raymarine PC/Seatalk/NMEA interface box (Model 85001)
Depthmate Portable Sounder
SOLAS/USCG flare kits
Smart Radio SR162 Automatic Identification System (AIS) dual-channel receiver with antenna splitter
C-Map chart cartridges usable in either chartplotter or in USB reader attached to PC
ICOM M802 SSB radio with ICOM AT 140 automatic tuner, whip antenna
Two Sony Vaio laptops with high-powered wifi adapters and 9dB external wifi antenna
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 Wireless G MIMO router and access point running dd-wrt firmware
    with 13dB directional antenna.  Runs as a high-powered Universal Wireless Repeater.
Belkin wireless USB hub
Canon i70 Bubblejet printer
Two Iridium satellite phones (Motorola 9555 and 9505)
Ocens email
Ocens Weathernet downloadable weather information plus Ocens GRIB Explorer
Xaxero SSB weatherfax demodulator
Backup digital navigation system consists of laptop running Boatcruiser 2.0 software,
C-Map cartridge and C-Map cd-rom charts, connected wirelessly to Garmin GPS 10
Bluetooth GPS or Globalsat BU-353 waterproof USB GPS
Steiner 7x50 binoculars
SeaMe active radar transponder

Galley:
Two 24V electric deep freezer/ refrigerators in the saloon (Frigoboat)
Front-opening 24V stainless steel refrigerator in galley (Frigoboat)
Top-loading stainless steel dishwasher 
Eno four-burner stainless steel propane stove with oven
Isolated and airtight propane gas compartment with solenoid valve
One 20 lb and one 10 lb aluminum propane bottle in sealed gas compartment
220V microwave/convection oven
Galley exhaust fan
Corian countertops

Plumbing:
Two Jabsco electric toilets (Model 37245-1094, 24V, EMC)
Two interior showers with thermostatic controls
Two blackwater holding tanks
Two interior and one cockpit shower with thermostatic control
Top-loading 220V clothes washer (Thomson)
Seagull IV water filter with tap in galley
AMFA A88B fresh water pump (10.6 gpm)
Shurflo fresh water accumulator tank
Isotemp Basic marine hot water tank

Stereo:
Sony CDX-GT400 CD player with XA-110IP IPod connector and remote control
Speakers in saloon and cockpit

Safety:
7 watertight compartments
ACR GlobalFix 406 Mhz EPIRB with GPS, manual deployment (Model 2744)
ACR  Distress Marker Light (Model 566)
MOM8-A man-overboard module
Mustang automatic hydro-static personal flotation devices with harness
Wichard tethers
Lifesling in hard plastic case
Winslow Ocean 6-person Super-Light Standard Offshore Liferaft with double floor, boarding ramp, SOLAS flares, , Hand heavy duty tripod arch tube in custom vacuum sealed pack.(Part # 60SLO-B01-1-100)
Dedicated liferaft locker
Hand-pumped emergency watermaker (Katadyn Survivor 06)
Two handheld VHF radios
Raymarine Lifetag man-overboard alert system connected to Seatalk network
Padeyes in cockpit and Wichard double jacklines on deck
Continuous stainless steel railings full length of the boat
Storm drogue: Galerider (42" x 48" - 30,000 to 55,000 lbs) with 350 feet of 3/4 inch double-braid line
Electric hookah diving apparatus (Brownies Third Lung E140 220v/50 hz)
Whale Titan manual emergency pump
Masthead tricolor and deck-level running lights
Masthead emergency strobe light
Floorboard lockdowns

Dinghy:
AB (Artigiana Battelli) Lammina 9.5AL aluminum RIB dinghy (Hypalon tubes) with Tohatsu 9.8 hp outboard (2-stroke) (Model M9.8)
Backup dinghy:  Zodiac Cadet roll-up (Model C310,10.4 feet) with Yamaha 6-hp 2-stroke
2 Advanced Elements Advanced Frame Inflatable Kayaks