Our boat: Lille Ø
Lille Ø is an Amigo 40, a 31ft heavy displacement full-keel “spitzgatter” (canoe stern with transom-hung rudder) built in Sweden in 1979. It was the boatyard's exhibition boat in the Hamburg boat show, and was bought from there to Berlin. We're the fourth owners, having bought the boat in 2021.
In numbers
- MMSI: 211692440
- Length: 9.36m
- Beam: 3.05m
- Draft: 1.55m
- Air draft: 13.37m
- Displacement: 5500kg
- Ballast: 2600kg
- Hull speed: 6.9kt
- Engine: 27hp Yanmar 3GM30F
- Dinghy: 2.6m Banana-boot folding hard dinghy
Sail inventory
- 21m2 full battened main sail with two reefing points
- 30m2 roller furling genoa 1
- 14m2 hanked on staysail with one reefing point
- 68m2 Parasailor downwind sail
Self-steering
- WindPilot Pacific self-steering windvane
- Raymarine ST4000+ autopilot
Energy
- 5kWh (400Ah) of Victron LiFePO4 batteries
- 660W of solar panels
- 240W (2×120W) fixed array on the stern arch
- 120W fixed panel on cabin top
- 300W FLINsail that can be hoisted up the mast when anchored
- SailingGen hydrogenerator that can be deployed when sailing
- 80A alternator on the Diesel engine charging the LiFePO4 bank via 30A DC-DC charger
- 12V system monitored by Victron VRM
Electronics
- Raspberry Pi with Sailor Hat running Signal K (see installation playbook)
- Waterproof Android tablet running Orca chartplotter software
- NMEA 2000 network
- Ruuvi environmental sensors
- LCJ Capteurs ultrasonic wind sensor
- B&G Triton2 instrument displays
- WideLink B600 AIS transponder
Ground tackle
- 15kg Rocna Vulcan with 50m chain as bow anchor
- 15kg Bruce with 5m chain and 45m line as stern anchor
- Fortress Fx-11 kedge anchor
Tankage
- 200l freshwater tank
- 79l diesel tank
- Katadyn PowerSurvivor 40E watermaker