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Our opening picture shows Connda Vennessa in all her glory while operating as a Dive mothership in the Red Sea at an exotic location of the Sudanese coast.

M.Y. Connda Vennessa
Full Specifications

Model: Malahide Trawler Yacht

Designer: Myles J. Stapleton

Builder: Southern Marine, Malahide, Ireland

L.O.A.: 21m (68')

Beam: 6.8m (21.3')
Draft: 2.85m
Gross

Tonnage: 88 tons
Year Built: 1975 Displacement: 110 tons
Engine: 415HP 8cyl. Kelvin Diesel Turbo

Speed: Maximum: 12 Kts

No. of Cabins: Six
Hull Mat: Wood
Range: 3000 miles
Tankage Fuel: 12000 liters
Water: 4500 liters
Waste: 400 liters

Connda Vennessa Lay out Plan

Click on image for larger plan.

Galley:

The galley is equipped with a large water cooled fitted fridge/freezer, a Carran Phoenix granite oatmeal sink, a Gaggenau ceramic halogen hob, a Gaggenau extractor fan, a Gaggenau grill, a Gaggenau oven, a Miele washing machine and a Miele dishwasher. All work tops are granite and all cupboards are mahogany. A brass sea water pump is fixed above one of the sink's twin bowls.

Electronics and Navigation Equipment:

  • Raytheon 48 mile radar
  • Garmin GPS
  • Koden fishfinder/ echosounder
  • Icom SSB
  • Lorenz Pan Navigator Plotter with various C-Map cartridges
  • Furuno Dfax weather fax
  • Sailor VHF
  • Sailor HF/MF/AM radio
  • Ferrograph depth sounder
  • Hummingbird depth sounder
  • Hundreds of charts of Mediterranean, N. Atlantic, North Sea, Irish Sea and Red Sea

Electrical System:

  • 2 AC diesel Lister Petter (new & unused) 20 KVA Generators with separate Racor fuel filters
  • 8 Batteries. 2 start batteries.
  • Vectron Battery Charger for domestic and starter banks
  • Electric immersion heater
  • 2 X 24V Alternators on main engine plus shore power.
  • 1 X 12V Alternator
  • 3 phase Bauer Mariner Dive Compressor (new & unused) OPTIONAL
  • 2 X 24V Rule automatic bilge pumps
  • 2 X 220V bilge pumps
  • 2 X 24V freezer/fridge water-cooled/air-cooled systems
  • 2 X 24V Icemakers water-cooled

Mechanical Equipment & Engine Details:

Kelvin 415hp Turbo charged diesel. Built 1974. Last major service August 1999. Four blade prop + 1 spare identical four blade prop mounted on foredeck.
Jabsco engine driven mechanical bilge pump with manifold to empty fore, mid and aft bilge and black water tank.
Koop Nautic hydraulic bow thruster
Koop Nautic stabilizer
Hydraulic steering
Morse engine controls
Idromar Water maker 280 l/h (1700 gallons per day)
4 Blake's "Lavac" heads + 1 Jabsco head in crew cabin. 400 gallon black-water holding tank pump out overboard through engine driven Jabsco pump
CO2 Fire extinguisher at engine room entrance and fire extinguishers throughout vessel.
2 Avon 6 man offshore life rafts (serviced 1999)
11 Life jackets
Salt water deck wash-down
24V Simpson Lawrence electric windlass on foredeck and Simpson Lawrence 800 24V capstan on aft deck.

Kelvin Diesel engines are renowned for there reliability. Used by trawler fleets around the world they have a proven reputation for being fine engines. Kelvins are still in production, almost exactly the same model is still being made today, and parts are readily available around the world. CONNDA VENNESSA is a very economical vessel to run. She has cruised extensively in the North Atlantic, North Sea, Irish Sea, Mediterranean and chartered in the Red Sea

The saloon

The sun-deck

The dining room

Relax while reading a book from the library, watching a video or sipping a sundowner cocktail from the bar.
Top up your tan or gaze at the stars from the spacious sun-deck.
Dine in the comfort of the traditional, air-conditioned dining room.
 
Port cabin

Master cabin

Starboard cabin
Air-conditioned and incredibly comfortable
A huge double bed and an ensuite bathroom complete with bath!
Big beds with an ensuite shower

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