‘Sara G’ is 11.1m long with a 1.8m beam. She was built with three sculling positions on the deck thus catering for a crew of 6 - 3 rowing while 3 rest. The boat displaces c. 1,750kg fully loaded (with a crew of 6 aboard her). The forward cabin sleeps 2 (1 at any one time apart from storm conditions) and the rear cabin will sleep 4 (2 at any one time apart from storm conditions). The hull is made of Duflex – a composite material with balsa core sandwiched between fibreglass sheeting. The entire boat is then wrapped in fibreglass for additional rigidity.

‘Sara G’ is provisioned to be fully self contained and unsupported for a 60 day voyage. The boat will utilise its own water desalination machine plus 300 litres of fresh water ballast stored in 4 litre containers. The desalinator relies on electrics but also has a manual pumping capacity in the event of power failure. Power is generated by 6 solar panels, charging two 40ampH gel batteries for redundancy. Safety is paramount. A complete inventory of modern safety equipment (Liferaft, Sat Phone, EPIRBs, Flares, Lifejackets etc.) will be in place on each expedition.

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Track Record of Sara G

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