SV Kailani - About and principal dimensions

 

 

Name: Kailani is a Hawaiian given name meaning ocean, (kai), and sky  (lani)

Type: Custom 14M timber yawl

Final comission: 2023

Designer: Nigel Armitage (Armitage Design Group Limited) NZ.

Builder: Peter Haycock / Peter Saggers (shipwright)

Rig construction: David Lambourne Yacht Rigging & Consultancy

LOA: 15.8 M (52 ft) 

LOD: 14M (46 ft)

LWL: 10.75M (35` 3")

Beam: 3.98M (13` 1")

Draft: 2.0M (6` 7")

Displacement: 12,722 Kg (28,047 lb)

Ballast: 40% 5088 KG (11,218 lb)

Sail area: 97.7 sq m (1051 sq ft)

Rig configuration: Masthead cutter yawl.

Power: 50HP (max) Kubota naturally aspirated diesel with shaft drive.

 

Construction is triple cold moulded timber with Douglas Fir longitudinal planking and two diagonal oregan overlays, providing a very robust hull thickness of 32mm then covered in dynal sheathing as a chafing and moisture barrier.

 

Hull lines above water - trational clipper bow raked stem and transom, below water - fin keel with semi balanced rudder.

 

Decks are longitudinally planked Douglas Fir with a ply overlay and dynal; again hybrid traditional.

 

All medium density and dress timbers are New Guinnea rosewood individually purpose selected in their country of origin.

 

Keel is a steel box section with the lower half ecapsulating the lead ballast, and the upper forming an integral fuel tank.

 

Rigging is aluminium spars with stainless steel standing riggig; laminated oregan bowsprit.