Aikane T 52
Aikane T 52
The design of the T 52 Explorer was done bearing in mind the need for a small versatile cargo catamaran offering very large deck space for its length. Yet, the design allows the platform to be customized to just about any interior finish or usage one may require or desire.
| LOA: | 52' |
| TYPE: | Aikane |
| MODEL: | T 52 |
| YEAR: | 2011 |
| USD: | $395,000 |
| LYING: | Trinidad |
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The T 52 is equipped with two Yanmar commercial diesel engines, extremely reliable and sober giving her a 12-14 knots cruising speed according to the load. It is designed to be a low cost operation vessel with minimal loss of time for mainteneance. The machinery spaces as well as the tank compartments have direct access from the deck to allow fast service or removal of vital tanks or machinery components for repair. In its Caribbean cargo version, the T 52 has an approximate range of 750 Nm. The shallow draft allows the T 52 to get very close to the shore as only a catamaran can. The large deck is 65 square meters (700 sq ft) and allows transport of a variety of cargo. The T 52 can carry up to five tons of freight. The deck surface is equipped with a tied down system for securing cargo. The helm station, designed higher than the roof, offers a 360-degree view A crew of two can operate the boat and liveaboard. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Layup | |
| The two hulls are occupied in the fore half by the cabins, bathroom and heads, an office space and the control station of the secondary bilge pump system and fire fighting system. A tank compartment, the machinery and the steering compartment occupy the aft half. Each hulls is divided into watertight compartments, each of them equipped with two independent bilge pumping systems making the T 52 Explorer a very safe vessel. The cost-effective plywood epoxy construction integrates largely a composite fabrication by using numerous GRP molded parts and modules contributing to the low maintenance characteristics of the boat. |
| Private Version | |
| The T 52 is the ideal platform for exploration. Hardened boat, issued from a demanding workboat design, equipped with many safe features, the T 52 with extended range offers incomparable space and polyvalence for voyage. The aft deck equipped as living area can offer a minimum of 50 sq. meters (538 sq. feet) for a loft. The top deck can be equipped to store dinghy, sea toys, jet ski, etc. The hulls can house on one side an owners suite and a large private office. The owners side can accommodate a double and single bed or three single beds as well as a laundry room. THE PROSPECTS ARE ENDLESS! THE T 52 FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A BEACHFRONT APARTMENT IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME! |
| Deck | |
| Six mooring cleats Two watertight roof access doors Two watertight permanent aft hull accesses Four deck openings giving access to tanks, compartments and machinery Night lighting Salt water wash down |
| Safety | |
| Required safety kit Horse shoes buoy Life float Life jackets |
| Tanks | |
| Two cross connected diesel tanks 2 x 900 L Two independent water tanks 2 x 400 L Two independent holding tanks 2 x 150 L Two independent grey water tanks |
| Systems | |
| Hydraulic manual steering pump Hydraulic steering ram on connecting bar Hydraulic autopilot Alternator 1 + engine batteries (secondary power supply) Alternator 2 + service batteries (main power supply) Bilge main pump system: each watertight compartment equipped with an auto and manual control Bilge secondary pump system each watertight compartment equipped with valve controlled suction lines connected to an external high flow pump Secondary system is cross-connected Tanks, compartments and machinery spaces equipped with fume and fire detectors. Machinery spaces equipped with fixed extinguishers Living quarters equipped with CO detectors All compartments equipped with high bilge water alarms Permanent fire fighting system Charger pre-wired Shore power pre-wired Two water makers pre-installed Two generators pre-installed Three AC-units pre-installed Two fresh water systems Two manual toilets with three way valves (overboard or holding tanks) |
Disclaimer: The Multihull Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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