Boat Reference | Fantazia |
Year | 2005 |
Length | 55' - 16.76m |
Beam | 25'7" |
Draft | 3'11" |
Displacement | 18000 kgs |
Vessel Location | Mackay Marina |
Country | Australia |
Designer | Van Peteghem & Lauriot Prevost |
Builder | Sud Composites Switch Catamarans France |
Hull Material | GRP Sandwich CE Catamaran De Grande Voyage |
Engine | Fantazia now boasts 2 x Brand New Twin Yanmar Turbo 75HP engines (4JH4-THE) coupled to two Yanmar Sail Drives (SD50-4T) with full readouts at the helm of Temp, Oil Pressure, and Alarm Systems including water ingress in the sail drive system. Propellors are 4 blade Volvo folding. |
Engine Room | 2 engine bilges, sound proofed, 2 Jabsco engine bilges |
Genset | 2 Mastervolt 3.5kva with 2 80ah batteries |
Fuel | 2 400L fuel tanks |
Water | 2 220l tanks with 110l/hr desalinator water maker |
Dinghy | 3.5m rib + Yanmar 25cv, 2m dinghy with elect Yanmar 2cv |
Covers | Boom Bag, S/S Bimini with net and cloth (can walk on) |
Shower | Cockpit. Separate shower - guest hull. Ensuite - master hul |
Toilet | One head in guest hull and ensuite in master hull - 2 Jabsco quiet flush electric toilets. Washing machine in master hull. |
Accommodation | 3 cabin owners version - port hull is master hull - can be fully enclosed, incorporates study desk, full king size bed, ensuite fwd with separated shower stall. Stbd hull has 2 double cabins and separate head and shower. |
Galley | U-shaped galley with indoor/outdoor alfresco access. Corian counter with s/s double sink and mixing tap. Baumatic s/s oven. Smeg 3 burner cook top with extractor hood. |
Refrigeration | 2 x 115l s/s 12v240v + 2 Darfoss tropicalised water exchange system compressors. 1 freezer s/s 90l with Ddarfoss tropicalised water exchange system compressor. |
Electrics | 5 x House Glass Mat Gel Batteries 200 Amp 12 V (Mastervolt)
2 x Engine Gel Batteries 80 Amp 12 V
2 x Distributors 1 to 2 Mastervolt 160A + 1 self-loader 20 Amp
1 x Battery Monitor Mastervolt
2 x Alternators Volvo (80 Amp)
1 x Charger / sinous uninterruptible power
Mastervolt 12v/100 a 2500 w+1x Charger Mastervolt 1500w
2 x Generators Mastervolt (3,5 kva) connected on fuel tanks + 2 x batteries 80Ah
1 x Quay outlet
1 x Differential circuit Breaker 30 mA 220V
1 Case 220 V + 3 circuit Breakers + 24 Outlets 220 V
1 x Mass plate
4 x portholes (40 W) + switches (motor bilges + ahead picks)
6 BLUE LEDS (saloon + hulls)
2 x Outlet 12 V chart table + 16 outlets
1 x Freshwater Gauge
2 x G-0 Gauges
Electric panel 24 switches (magnetic-thermal circuit breaker)
Alarms : MOB Bouton + water and smoke detectors in hulls and engine rooms |
Electronics
Navigation | ST 60 multi Raymarine : helm station + lcd screen e120 12,1" chart table + interface Seatalk/nmea/rs232 + ultrasonic system
Plus extra e80 screen mounted outside at wheel
GPS Raymarine seatalk
Maxsea navigator + charts
(Med, Caribbean, USA)
Sounder dsm300
Radar Raymarine 48mn 4kw
Transpondeur radar pathfinder3 sart 9ghz
Pilot auto st 6001
2e emergency pilot independant
1 x vhf icom ic-m503e
Satelite com system (tel+fax) : 64/28 kbits/s en mpds, 9,6bits/s
Ethernet system (chart table + 2 cabins)
JVC (cd/dvd/mp3 aux) k-dv6101
Hp Bose accoustimass serie iv white
Hp hifi 80w water resistant in cockpit |
Sail Inventory | SAILS : INCIDENCE
Mainsail 90m² Dacron performance double cut
Gennaker 98 m² Polyester
Genoa 61 m² Sandwich
Stay 32m² Polyester
Spinakers 1 x Triradial 150m²; 1x Assymetric Hoods 2008 180m² |
Mast / Rigging | Standing Rigging: Sparcraft
Anodised aluminium mast, 22 m and FREDERIKSEN track for ball-bearing cars for the mainsail
1 x Anodised aluminium Boom Sparcraft
2 x Spreaders
ROD Triangulation
2 x Sheathed Kevlar single-strand Backstays
2 x Sheathed Kevlar single-strand Lowers
1 x Gennaker furler + 1 x Genoa furler + 1 Staysail furler
2 x Lazy-jacks
Running Rigging: Sparcraft Rigging SPECTRA
1 x Main halyard with 2.1 block
4 x halyards
1 x Mainsail clue line control + Lazy jack
1 x Pre-stretched Mainsheet
3 x Mainsail Automatic reef lines
3 x Furling line
2 x Pre-stretched Main-traveller adjustment lin
1 x Topping Lift |
Deck Gear | Fittings: Frederiksen, Andersen, Easylock
8 x Fair leads + 9 x Cleats
2 x 52 ST Winches Anderson
4 x 58 EST Electric Winches Anderson
Nylon trampolines in 2 part
Longitudinal COMPOSITES compression beam with STAY furling + Crossbeam, aluminium, with genoa furling bolt anchors
Mainsail traveller track Fredriksen
2 x Genoa tracks + 2 x Stay tracks
Wash board track, Goiot aluminium + teak molding
11 x Deck hatches Go'iot and 6 opening side scuttles + 2 x escape hatches
1 x Electric windlass, Tiger 1500 W, in anchor locker, feet control and helm station
10 x Stanchions and guardrails
2 x Cockpit pushpits stainless steel and teak
2 x Pulpits stainless steel and teak
Cockpit
Vast cockpit/deck saloon
1 Helm station with hydraulic wheel, helm seat, engines controls, instrument panel
Compass, windlass control
Emergency tiller
U-shaped settee with lockers
TEAK cockpit flooring,
TEAK TABLE |
Remarks | With parents like Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, the Switch 55 has an unbeatable pedigree. These designers are responsible for Géant, Gitana 11 and Groupama 2, three of the multi-hulls competing in the IB Group Challenge, as well Olivier de Kersauzon’s trimaran Géronimo.
The cockpit of the Switch 55 is one of the most pleasant ever seen on a catamaran. It’s spacious and open design is a real success, helped by the discreet shapes, gentle lines and teak covering. On Fantazia, the helm station is on the port side and slightly elevated, giving good visibility over the coachroof. The cockpit is sheltered by a canvas bimini, which can also be used as a comfortable sundeck. To starboard, a large teak table comfortably seats six guests.
Fantazia has 3 cabins, and a huge central saloon, all on one level. By choosing to avoid a saloon with different levels, the owner has achieved a studio effect, with a galley/bar, dining area and reading area. The furniture is an elegant combination of ash, cherry and maple wood.
There are two cabins to the fore and aft of the starboard hull, with a bathroom and toilet between the two. Access to the electric switchboard is found close to the rear cabin. The port side is entirely occupied by the owner’s cabin, with the bedroom in the stern, an office midship and a bathroom in the bow.
This catamaran has a total sail area of close to 200 m². The weather conditions during our test sail of Fantazia were particularly clement, and the genoa was soon furled and replaced by the gennaker. With 10 knots of wind, we were sailing at a decent speed of 6 knots. The sun was out and conditions ideal for testing the spinnaker, and the Switch soon speeded up to stabilise around 7.5 knots for 10 knots of wind. A few 15-knot gusts had Fantazia surfing the waves without deviating a single degree from her course. Despite some sudden drops in the wind, the catamaran had no difficulty picking up speed in a light breeze. Late in the day, a cross swell picked up but posed no problem to stability on board. The Switch 55 is designed to be manoeuvred by two people, but hoisting the spinnaker proved to be a tricky operation.
With Sud Composites, designers Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prevost have created an elegant, comfortable, swift catamaran designed for long-haul sailing. |
