Detailed Specs

Watergeus Specifications:

Hull number : 275
in the water in 1975


    Standing Rigging
    Standing rigging, 316 SS 2004
    Staylock terminals 2004
    Turnbuckles 2004
    Chainplates 2004
    Running Rigging
    Hailyards 2004
    Sheets 2004
    Engine
    Diesel, Perkins 4-108
    Transmission Hurth
    2 Racor external filters
    Fuel 80 gallons in two tanks
    Electric fuel pump
    Electronics
    GPS 1999
    GPS backup 2006
    Card radar alarm 2004
    Solar panels (3) 2005
    Inverter (2) 2004
    Depthsounder 1999
    VHF 2004
    VHF handheld 1998
    SSB radio, Yachtboy 2004
    Lights (fluorecent, halogeen, leds) 2004
    House batteries (4, golfcart) 2004
    Starter battery (1, deep-cycle) 2005
    Anchor gear
    CQR's (2)
    Danforth (1)
    Fisherman, hurricane anchor (1)
    Chain (BBB), 200 ft 1998
    Windless (manual)
    Nylon rope
    Snubber
    Galley
    Force-10 SS, two pits propane stove
    Propane (tank is outside)
    Sink with salt and sweet water
    Footpumps (2)
    Handpump (in toilet area)
    Freshwater 80 gallons
    Interior design
    Combination of varnished teak and white (poly-urethane)
    Traditional design (galley at port, nav. table sb)
    Sleeps four with comfort
    Sails
    Mainsail (2)
    Genua (roller furling) 2002
    Staysail
    Stormstaysail
    Gennaker
    Spare sails on hanks (2)
    Genoa tracks 2004
    Staysail tracks 2004
    Boom track 2004
    Other things
    Doghouse 2002
    Windpilot (Cap-Horn) 2004
    Boom 2004
    Caprail 2006
    Dingy (Cameleon), rowing, sailing, engine 1998
    Outboard (5hp), 2-stroke 2002
    Spares
    Lots, including most of the standing rigging that was renewed in 2004
    Almost complete overhaul kit for the Perkins

    ... more to come


Boat Registration

S/V Watergeus is registered in the Netherlands.
Her home port is Amsterdam.

History of the boat

The boat was build by the Westsail corporation in Costa Mesa. Hull number 275.

It was in the water in 1975 as a Canadian registered boat named Nadine-II. It was a present of a grandmother to her grandchild after he successfully finished his university. This happy grandkid took the boat out on the Pacific for an unknown number of years.

At a certain time the boat was sold to a couple living in Juneau, Alaska. The boat was renamed 'Tillikum'. They upgraded the boat and sailed it via the Panama-canal to Cartagena de Indias. They sailed it for some years in the area of Colombia, Panama and Costa-Rica.

In 1997 I came in contact with the owners and asked them to sail the boat to Amsterdam, the Netherlands or any port in the USA. So they did.
The boat ended up in Rockport, Texas where I bought the boat in the beginning of January 1998. I registered the boat under the name "Watergeus" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After arranging my leave from the Netherlands for half a year, I came to live on the boat in July 1998.
I renovated the boat during the hurricane-season of 1998. After that I took of to Veracruz, Mexico. Via Isla Mujeres I ended up in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala. The 1999 hurricane-season was spent in this safe hurricane-hole.

In 2000 we took of to the islands of Honduras, Providencia and Cartagena de Indias. We went to Panama and back again to Cartagena. From there our trip went to Jamaica and Haiti where we spent the hurricane-season of 2001.
In 2002 we were back in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala.
In 2003 we headed to Florida and Alabama to do a major renovation of the boat in Demopolis during the hurricane-season of that year.

In 2004 we finally left the USA, once more to the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. In 2005 we redid our first round of the Caribbean and included Cuba in the trip. We returned to the Rio Dulce in July 2006 where we live on the boat at this moment (Jan 2007).

Dinghy on deck


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
The dinghy sails, rows and comes in two parts.
Designed by Danny Green under the name 'Chameleon'.

It comes with an outboard (5 HP, 2-stroke, 2002), rarely used. It rows perfectly.

Radar alarm and main GPS


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
The new (2004) C.A.R.D. Radar alarm gives you the direction of boats in a 20 miles range. It consumes only .045 amps at 12 volts. A great security-item. (For more information see Mcintyre Marine Products).

Beside it is the main GPS, visible from the cockpit.

Ready to splash again


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
Finally, after a hot summer in Alabama the boat is ready to splash again.

Propellor


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
Propellor, three blade.
Treated with an epoxy-copper powder mix in 2004.
Since then, no barnacles any more.

Heck-view of S/V Watergeus


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
Good view of the new Cap-Horn windvane and the SS-boomkin.
(All done in 2004, perfectly working right now).

Hard Bimini


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
Hard Bimini in the making, Alabama, 2004.

Secure SS-grabrails on the three sides most used.

(this is during the big upgrading of the boat in 2004. Of course this is all done right now.)

New sampson post, 2004


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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.
New Sampson post in the making.
Wood is oak, laminated and epoxied.

Electrical

Batteries:

Starter battery: Deep Cycle, ... (new 2005)

House-bank: 4 6-volt 225 Ah (new 2004)

Inverters:

  • Small inverter 50 Watt (laptop use)
  • 500 Watt inverter
Electrical system:
  • 12 Volt
  • 110 Volt
Lights:
  • Fluorescent (12v and 110v)
  • Halogeen
  • LED's
  • 'Normal' bulbs
  • Oil-lamps gimballed (2)
Shore power
Small charger

Solar panels:
  • Two Shell/Siemens 75W(?) (new 2006)
  • One small Siemens 50W(?)
Charge-controller (brand?)

Safety gear

  • Life jackets
  • Life sling
  • Epirb
  • Jack lines
  • Pur Survivor water maker
  • Cone-drogues (2)
    You don't know about drogues? Here is a small description. Most important to get an idea about the drogeus is the drawing, that covers a whole horizontal line.
  • Fire extinguishers (3)

Tankage

Fuel:

Two 40 gallon tanks. One aluminum, one stainless steel.
One Jerry-can of 6.5 gallon.

Water:

Two 40 gallon tanks in the bilge with bafflers.

Holding tank:

One 25 gallon holding tank.

Galley

Galley is on port-side, U-shaped with holding-strap and grab-rail.

Two burner solenoid shut-off gimbaled propane stove.
Brand: Force-10

One deep Stainless Steel sink.
Foot-pumps for sweet-water and salt-water.
Plastic sink for dishes.

Big coolbox with three level storage.

Backup cooking: one high pressure gasoline burner (Coleman)

Tanks: 2 aluminum propane-tanks, mounted in open air. (Each tank lasts about 4 months while cooking every day).

Two pressure-cookers, also used to bake bread, cakes...

Engine

Inboard Diesel, 50 HP

Model: Perkins 4-108, 1994, 3000 hours.
Cooling with heat-exchanger.

Fuel: 80 gallons in two tanks of 40 gallon. One aluminum tank, one stainless.

Transmission: Hurth
Shaft: 1'', Stainless
No-drip seal.
Raw water strainer is bronze with monel filter.

Two Racor external fuel filters and a standard internal filter
Electrical fuel pump
3 blade propellor

Spare gaskets, maintenance-kit, injectors, impellors, v-belts, zincs