Spirit of Ulysses

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Recent Major Mechanical Works

2024

• Both engine camshafts replaced following haul-out inspection
• Main engine service completed
• Cooling systems inspected

2025

• All 12 injectors replaced
• Valve clearances adjusted
• Twin turbochargers rebuilt
• Main engine coolers removed, cleaned and re-gasketed
• Aftercoolers removed, cleaned and pressure tested
• New water pump housings and internals
• Propulsion shafts crack tested
• New cutlass bearings installed
• New dripless shaft seals installed

2024 Major Haul Out

Boat Works Queensland

Works Completed:

• Hull stripped to bare substrate
• Bottom faired
• Multi-coat Jotun antifoul system applied
• Props removed and serviced
• Propspeed applied
• Fuel tanks inspected
• Fuel sight glasses replaced
• Freshwater tanks opened and cleaned
• Blackwater tank opened and cleaned
• Greywater tank opened and cleaned
• Underwater lights installed
• Hydraulic coolers serviced
• Fire systems inspected and renewed
• All seacocks inspected
• Grounding survey completed
• New galvanic isolator installed
• All anodes replaced

2025 Major Haul Out

Works Completed

• New Jotun antifoul
• Turbocharger rebuilds
• Main cooler overhaul
• Aftercooler overhaul
• Thruster overhauls
• Propeller balancing
• New cutlass bearings
• New dripless shaft seals
• Crane refurbishment
• Generator heat exchanger servicing
• Generator raw water pump replacement
• New VHF antennas installed

Additional Upgrades

2024

• New SAT Compass
• New GPS
• New alternators
• Watermaker membrane replacement
• New Atlas inverter control panel

2025

• New ICOM IC-M604
• Custom extraction fan rebuild
• Spare extraction motor added to inventory
• New Viking Gulper greywater pumps

2026

• New Atlas PLC
• New salon TV lift
• New salon upholstery
• Ongoing preventative maintenance programme

Interior

• Immaculately kept vessel maintained to the highest standard
• Three cabin arrangement for eight guests plus double watch berth
• Utility room and optional crew cabin layout with day head and shower
• Atlas Marine system power converter for electrical plug in anywhere in the world
• Direct access by stairs from pilothouse to flybridge

Exterior

• Beige hull with beige non-skid arocoat and teak decking
• ABT bow and stern thrusters
• Flybridge with fixed seating and upgraded twin Stidd helm chairs
• GRP hardtop over flybridge
• Marquipt davit
• Caribe RIB
• Miele BBQ in cockpit and flybridge
• Fixed cockpit seating with dining table

Saloon

• Fully custom fitted carpeting
• Teak varnished cabinetry/paneling
• Dining table to starboard with U-shaped seating
• Custom made L-shaped stand alone sofa to port – recently upholstered (can be used as a passage berth if required)
• Flat screen TV concealed in lift system - New lift fitted April 2026
• Bose entertainment system
• Custom made blinds

Galley

• Black granite counter tops
• Sub-Zero refrigerator with ice maker
• Miele gas hob top
• Miele stainless steel electric convection wall oven
• Miele microwave oven
• Broan stainless steel trash compactor
• Miele dishwasher
• Garbage disposal - replaced 2023
• Large galley window
• Teak flooring
• All teak cabinetry
• Galley can be partitioned off if required by using the electric lift system

Master Cabin

• Full width cabin
• Large king size double berth
• Custom made pocket sprung mattress
• Four larger port lights
• Fully carpeted
• Ample hanging lockers and drawers (cedar lined)
• Book shelves
• Dressing table/desk
• Bulkhead mounted TV
• One safe

Master Head

• Black granite counter tops
• Sealand head
• Mirrored cabinet over the sink
• Large shower cubicle
• Hinged glass shower door

Guest Cabin

• Double queen island berth
• Custom sprung mattress
• Hanging lockers and drawers (cedar lined)
• Large deck hatch with night/day screens
• Fully carpeted

Guest Head

• Sealand head
• Black granite counter tops
• Mirrored cabinet over the sink
• Shower cubicle with hinged glass door

Lower Guest/Crew Cabin

• Enclosed cabin with two berths athwartships - bunks
• Hanging locker and drawers
• Work surfaces

Utility Area

• LG Smart WiFi controlled washer and separate Miele dryer (concealed)
• Access to forward bilge/pump room, thruster room and tank compartment

Crew Cabin/Day Head

• Dark granite counter tops
• Sealand head

Pilothouse

• Two Stidd upgraded helm chairs
• Teak trimmed 30' destroyer wheel
• Well laid out instruments and associated equipment in the eye brow and dash panels
• Chart table to starboard
• Large comfortable seating area behind helm chairs with high gloss table, large enough for five diners or can be folded and lowered to form an attractive coffee table
• Two large chart drawers below table
• Behind seating is a double pilot berth, ideal for 'off watch' rest
• Book storage
• Interior access to flybridge
• Fully equipped day head

Exterior & Deck Hardware

• Teak decks: swim platform, cockpit and side decks (port and starboard)
• Flybridge with fixed seating and twin Stidd upgraded helm chairs all with fitted covers - redone April 2025
• GRP hardtop
• Spotlight
• Deck lights forward and aft
• Refrigerator
• Deck boxes and fender storage foredeck
• Fitted/removable cushions for foredeck

Cockpit

• Seating with high gloss table
• Fitted covers to both table and seating
• Access to lazarette locker
• Built-in sink unit with Miele BBQ (cockpit and flybridge)
• Stairs to boat deck
• Port and starboard doors to extended swim platform with swim ladder
• Stern/cockpit windlasses both port and starboard side
• 240 volt outlets cockpit and flybridge
• Marquipt folding gangway
• Custom deck box
• Life rafts RDF Ocean, six-man (two)

Tenders & Davit

• Caribe 5.18 M (17') RIB with 115 HP Yamaha outboard - with new chaps
• 2025 New 3.2m Highfield Tender with New 25hp Yamaha
• Air compressor with fitting located around the boat
• Salt water pressure wash system with four exterior outlets
• Davit/crane: Marquipt Atlt 2500 double telescopic crane
• Stowed length 11'6" extended (full load) 19'1"; capacity 1590 Kg (2500 lbs)

Anchoring

• Windlass: Maxwell VWC 4500 hydraulic with band brake
• Maxwell chain stopper
• Chain: 107 m (350') of 16mm (5/8") stud link chain
• Chain counter on flybridge and pilothouse
• Anchor: twin stainless steel plough 136 kg (300 lbs)
• Anchor chain hydraulic wash system - New wash pump 2023/24

Machinery And Engine Room

Main Engines:

• Twin MTU Detroit Diesel Series 60, 14 liter, 6 in-line cylinders, turbo charged, continuous duty rating of 400 hp @ 1850 rpm with Twin Disk geared box
• Port main engine: 11,900 hrs (April 2022)
• Starboard main engine: 11,900 hrs (April 2022)
• Two 24 volt alternators rated at 175 amp each
• Racor duplex 75-900 MAX fuel filter for each engine
• Further transfer filter; rope cutters
• Cruising speed: 8.0 knots @ 1150 rpm burning 3.80 liters/nautical mile
• Maximum / WOT: 11.5 knots
• Cruise speed range: 4,473 nm + Bladders for additional mileage
• Engine electronic control system (DDEC): Pilothouse (primary)
• Flybridge • Aft deck/cockpit-transom, starboard side
• Port and stbd wing controls on Portuguese bridge
• Engine room

Generators:

• Northern Lights M1064D rated at 33KW 240/416 vac / 50Hz 3-phase (4,700 hrs)
• Northern Lights M864W rated at 20KW 240/416 vac / 50Hz 3-phase (8,000 hrs)

Air Conditioning/Heating:

• Reverse cycle modular tempering units
• Two Cruisair model MTC48DC units each rated at 48,000 BTUs/hr; total capacity 96,000 BTUs/hr (8 tons of refrigeration)
• Eight air handlers supplying all areas
• Kabola diesel heating throughout

Hydraulic System

• System design by ABT, powered by PTO pumps on both main engines
• Runs: bow and stern thrusters, stabilizers, anchor windlasses, anchor/chain wash and emergency bilge pump
• Stabilization system: ABT/TRAC 370 digital with kelp cutters
• Bow thrusters: ABT 50 hp with proportional controls at 5 stations (not engine room)
• Stern thrusters: ABT 38 hp with proportional controls at 5 stations (not engine room)

Noise Control:

• Hull damping insulation above propeller rotation plane; engine room bulkheads and ceiling treated with 7.6 cm of 3M Thinsulate and Soundown panels
• Further insulation in galley and saloon flooring, engine room hatches and exhaust system

Fire Protection:

• Full Seafire system throughout the vessel - Re certified 2024
• Auto shut down in engine room and auto discharge in lazarette and forward bilge compartment
• Engine room and lazarette intake and exhaust blower system
• Fire/smoke dampers with auto blower stop on Seafire actuation

Steering System:

• Dual rudder system, Kobelt hydraulic
• Dual twin arm tiller rams
• Twin pumps

Generators

(1)Northern Lights 33kVA

Approximate Hours: 4,600

Recent Works

• Full service completed
• Heat exchanger removed and serviced
• Raw water pump assembly renewed

(1)Northern Lights 20kVA

Approximate Hours: 8,000

Recent Works

• Full service completed
• Heat exchanger removed and serviced
• Raw water pump assembly renewed

Hydraulics & Stabilization

ABT TRAC Digital Stabilization System

Hydraulic Systems Operate:

• Stabilizers
• Bow Thruster
• Stern Thruster
• Windlasses
• Chain Wash System
• Emergency Bilge System

Major Works

2024

• Complete stabilizer overhaul
• Bearings replaced
• Ram service completed
• Hydraulic oils renewed
• Fin shafts NDT tested
• No cracking detected

2025

• Bow thruster overhaul
• Stern thruster overhaul
• New seals fitted

Electronics

Pilothouse:

• Furuno Time Zero x 2 (new 2018) All charts except Alaska added 2023
• Furuno 19" color monitors x 4 (new 2018)
• Furuno DRS12A 12kw 8 ft open array radar
• Furuno 6kw 4ft open array radar
• Furuno GP39 Compass Replacement
• Furuno wind instruments
• Furuno FA-1501 AIS receiver and transponder
• Furuno RD 30
• Furuno GP39 standalone GPS
• Simrad AP50 autopilot system X2
• Acusteer HRP150 autopilot pumps X2
• Simrad J-50 course computers X2
• KVH Tracvision G6 with multi switch
• KVH Fleet F55 dome
• Furuno 360 degree sonar (retractable) with motion sensor and CH 252 control unit
• Camera with dual station Engine room, Aft deck
• SAT data outlet
• Icom IC-M601 VHF x 1 Com M605 VHF
• Icom IC-802 SSB
• Cameras: cockpit, engine room and deck facing aft
• 12 volt outlets
• VEI computer linked to Furuno network - Redundancy Main PC also linked

Flybridge:

• Furuno 15" color monitor x 1
• B&G H1000 wind and instruments
• Simrad AP50 control head
• Icom IC-M604 VHF - Extension
• 12 volt outlet
• 240 volt outlets

Entertainment:

• Bose Lifestyle 28 system throughout vessel
• Flat screens in saloon and all cabins

Electrical

AC System:

• Atlas Marine Systems power converter model 25K (plug into any electrical environment world-wide) New PLE unit installed 2026
• Allows connectioon to worldwide shore power systems
• Three Outback inverter/chargers 3kw each, 24 VDC to 240 VAC 50hz
• Two 80 amp Victron battery chargers
• 2 x Glendenning shore power retrieval systems; one 125 amp cable for 240v house
• 64AMP & 32AMP plugs and cables for various locations

Atlas Upgrades

• Second transformer installed and commissioned successfully.
• Additional spare transformer added to onboard inventory.
• New Atlas PLC installed.
• Atlas control system upgraded.

DC System:

• House banks: 16 'Lifeline' AGM 8Ds @ 255 Ah each (Replaced 2023- 10 year warranty)
• Pilothouse: 1 'Lifeline' AGM group 31 @ 105 Ah with dedicated battery charger for 12 volt system (Replaced April 2026)
• Main engine start: 4 'Lifeline' AGM 4D @ 210 Ah (Replaced April 2025)
• Generator start: 2 each 'Lifeline' AGM group 31 @ 105 Ah

General Mechanical/Electrical:

• Work bench with vice in engine room
• Snap-On (three) stainless steel tool boxes in engine room
• Snap-On tool set
• All thru hulls and machinery bonded to central bonding system
• Specific owner's manual with accompanying drawings for all systems
• Compressed air system: boat deck, cockpit and foredeck

Additional Electrical Improvements

• Galvanic isolator installed
• House battery bank replaced (2023)
• Pilothouse battery renewed (2026)
• Additional 64A and 32A shore power adapters and cabling included

Navigation & Communications

Furuno TimeZero Navigation System

Features:

• Global chart package Recent updates
• Dual radar systems
• AIS transceiver
• Furuno sonar
• Furuno GP39 GPS
• Updated satellite compass
• Simrad autopilot systems
• Engine room camera
• Aft docking camera
• Redundant navigation computer
• ICOM IC-M605 VHF
• ICOM IC-M604 Flybridge station

Plumbing

Fuel Tank/System:

• Four main FRP baffled fuel tanks totaling 16,654 liters with one centerline aluminum supply reservoir (303 liters) gravity feeding from main engine room tanks
• Supply reservoir sump is lowest point of fuel system; includes alarm system and physical fuel checking
• Sight glass gauges fitted to the 2 engine room tanks (FWD tanks new glass fitted 2023)
• Automatic shut off system on all fuel valves within the engine room
• All main tanks accessible with removable hatches and internal baffles for full cleaning
• Transfer manifold for fuel transfer between all tanks via Racor 1000 filter

Plumbing:

• Two fiberglass water tanks totaling 3,028 liters with full inspection hatches and baffle system
• Wemalevel gauge
• Fresh water outlets throughout the boat
• Two water makers, Village Marine 800 GPD including flush system (New membranes Dec 2023)
• Water heater capacity 178 liters with dual heater elements
• Black water (one) FRP tank, capacity 757 liters
• Fresh water Sealand Magnum Opus Heads Model 306
• Grey water (one) FRP tank, capacity 757 liters

Bilge Pumps:

• Six Par Jabsco 42 lpm with 'Ultra Senior' 24 volt auto float switch, one in each compartment
• Two high water bilge pump systems – engine room; Rule 26d 192 lpm with Rule high water bilge alarm
• Two Rule submersible bilge pumps model 16a, capacity 14,000 liters
• 6 manual Edson pumps, one in each compartment
• Hydraulic drive emergency pump 681 lpm, plumbed to all compartments

Water Systems

Twin Village Marine Watermakers

Recent Works

• Watermaker remote controller replaced.
• All membranes replaced.
• All outer filter elements replaced.
• Current production approximately 67ppm.

Additional Works

• Seawater pump replaced
• Freshwater tanks opened and cleaned
• Greywater tank opened and cleaned
• Greywater entry pipework cleaned
• New Viking Gulper greywater pumps installed

Air Conditioning

Cruisair Chilled Water System

Major Works:

• A/C circulation pump rewired and overhauled.
• Master cabin drain system repaired and upgraded.
• Pump system overhaul completed.

Deck Equipment

Anchoring System Maxwell Hydraulic Windlass

Recent Work:

• New anchor wash pump and motor installed.
• Starboard anchor brake main bolt replaced.

Deck Equipment

• Marquipt crane
• Hydraulic anchor wash system
• Underwater lighting system
• New tender tube covers
• Searchlight upgraded