SFM 450
length overall .......... 13.72m
length wl ................. 12.41m
beam ....................... 3.52m
beam wl ................... 3.20m
draft ........................ 1.84m
displacement ........... 9.75t
ballast ..................... 4.75t
year launched ......... 2007
builders ................... peter and eugene vaiciurgis
designer .................. stuart freizer marine
sail area ..................
construction ............ aluminium
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Building Jura Part 1
Big Tinnie
Deck
Cockpit
Galley
Looking forward through main settee area up to door to front bedroom
Left door to bedroom, right door to head and storage room
Front Bedroom
Front Bedroom
Main Settee area
Looking forward to door to front bedroom
Deck
Cockpit
Galley
Looking forward through main settee area up to door to front bedroom
Left door to bedroom, right door to head and storage room
Front Bedroom
Front Bedroom
Main Settee area
Looking forward to door to front bedroom
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Building Jura Part 2
Cockpit
Main Settee area
In front Bedroom looking at left door to head, right door to main cabin
Front Head
The little details
Cockpit
Painted
Main Settee area
In front Bedroom looking at left door to head, right door to main cabin
Front Head
The little details
Cockpit
Painted
Building Jura Part 3
Jura just prior to loading onto the truck
The Turtle Table - made by Peter
The Galley
Seat/bed opposite the galley
The Cockpit
Sea Dragon Signwriting
Cupboards in front bedroom
The Turtle Table - made by Peter
The Galley
Seat/bed opposite the galley
The Cockpit
Sea Dragon Signwriting
Cupboards in front bedroom
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
What does "Jura" mean?
So what does "Jura" mean?
Jura is a latin based word meaning "sea"
It is pronounced "U-ra"
Jura is a latin based word meaning "sea"
It is pronounced "U-ra"
Launch Day
Jura was launched on the 6th June 2007 at River Quays Marina.
She was craned onto the transport truck on the afternoon of the 5th June and spent one final night at the Cryeng Factory before we said goodbye to that putrid smell at 3.30am on the 6th of June. It was a very cold, early start with the oversize truck having to be off the road by 5am.
We left the factory, following the truck and two oversize vehicles out onto the M4.
Jura went the fast she will ever go....100km/h and overtook many vehicles. We didn't even slow down for the toll gates!
At 8am the truck reversed Jura into the marina and down to the crane.
As Juras keel touched the water she was christened by Eugene with a bottle of champagne. No we didn't smash it on the bow!!
After one little mishap (but we won't talk about that) Peter reversed Jura out of the pen and we got our first look at her on the water. May be we are a bit biased but we think Jura looks amazing, so sleek and modern.
She was craned onto the transport truck on the afternoon of the 5th June and spent one final night at the Cryeng Factory before we said goodbye to that putrid smell at 3.30am on the 6th of June. It was a very cold, early start with the oversize truck having to be off the road by 5am.
We left the factory, following the truck and two oversize vehicles out onto the M4.
Jura went the fast she will ever go....100km/h and overtook many vehicles. We didn't even slow down for the toll gates!
At 8am the truck reversed Jura into the marina and down to the crane.
As Juras keel touched the water she was christened by Eugene with a bottle of champagne. No we didn't smash it on the bow!!
After one little mishap (but we won't talk about that) Peter reversed Jura out of the pen and we got our first look at her on the water. May be we are a bit biased but we think Jura looks amazing, so sleek and modern.
And the mast goes up.....
but not without dramas!!
Tuesday 12th June 2007
The mast was assembled in Queensland by All Yacht Spars and transported down by truck along with a man (Zam) to finish rigging it and stand it on the boat.
Unforunately when Zam unpacked the mast, spreaders and bits and pieces he realised half the wires were missing. No back stays, no D2s...No way the mast can go up without them!
After a phone call back to his boss it was decided that they would fly the missing pieces down to us on a Virgin Blue flight. The flight was due to arrive at 1.30pm but it was late of course. We picked the parcel up a bit after 2.30 and raced back to the marina. For a job that I was told the night before was going to take 'the best part of a day' we now only had 2 hours to do before the sun went down!!
Needless to say it wasn't finished and with Zam heading down to Melbourne that evening we had no choice but to have another company finish the rigging the following day (not at our expense luckily)
Tuesday 12th June 2007
The mast was assembled in Queensland by All Yacht Spars and transported down by truck along with a man (Zam) to finish rigging it and stand it on the boat.
Unforunately when Zam unpacked the mast, spreaders and bits and pieces he realised half the wires were missing. No back stays, no D2s...No way the mast can go up without them!
After a phone call back to his boss it was decided that they would fly the missing pieces down to us on a Virgin Blue flight. The flight was due to arrive at 1.30pm but it was late of course. We picked the parcel up a bit after 2.30 and raced back to the marina. For a job that I was told the night before was going to take 'the best part of a day' we now only had 2 hours to do before the sun went down!!
Needless to say it wasn't finished and with Zam heading down to Melbourne that evening we had no choice but to have another company finish the rigging the following day (not at our expense luckily)
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