Dione

Vital Statistics

Dione is a variant of the Adams 40, designed by prolific and renowed Australian designer Joe Adams. For 30 years Adams Yacht Design Pty Ltd have produced designs for sailing craft ranging from the 12' 'Leader' skiff dinghy to the Adams 72' Ketch, with 38 designs in regular production over the period. Perhaps the best known examples of Adams' designs are the Sydney-to-Hobart maxi flyers of the 1970's, Helsal I and Helsal II. Besides these the Adams 12.5 and Adams 13 are popular 'speed' machines, while the Adams 40, Mottle 33 and Zeston 35 & 40 are popular cruising designs.

Dione's  Specifications

Design     Adams 40'       Builder     Vasin Craft, Sydney, Australia.

Construction      Steel, round bilge, fin keel, skeg-hung rudder.

Plating     Deck: 3mm; Topsides: 4mm;  Hull: 5mm;

Keel     Sides: 8mm;  Foot & Leading Edge: 20mm;  Ballast: lead & 50 litre diesel tank.

Dimensions    LOA: 40' (11.96m); Beam: 12';  Draught: 6' (~2m).

Cruising Displacement   ~12.5-tonne laden.      Bilge   Shallow.

Waterline to Masthead    16.5 metres.     Head Room  6' (~2m).

Fuel Capacity       430 litres (includes 50 lt keel tank; additional 100lt in drums).

Water Capacity   150 litres (with desalinator; additional 100lt in drums).

Rig   Masthead Sloop, Cutter Rigged.

Sails    Mainsail : Full Battened Tri-Radial;    Working Headsail: Tri-Radial #2 Genoa;    Staysail: #1 Jib (no boom);    Light Headsail: No 1 Genoa;    Spinnaker:  Assymetric Gennaker (AKA Cruising Spinnaker or Multi-purpose Sail);    Reacher/Drifter: 165% Genoa;     Storm Sails : Spitfire(#4) Jib (roped), Storm Tri-Sail;   Spare Headsail: #2 Genoa.

Rigging   Standing Rigging: 10mm Swaged Stainless Wire Headstay, Backstay, Inner-Forestay, Cap Shrouds and Foreward Lowers; 8mm Stainless Wire After Lowers;    Running Rigging: 8-10mm Spectra Halyards; 10mm Spectra Running Backstays.  

Sailing Handling    Furler: Hood 'Return Halyard', set with Tri-radial No 2 Genoa;   removable inner forestay;    Lazyjacks;    Boom Brake;   2 spinnaker poles;   Self-Tailing Winches : 7 x ARCO 30's & 40's 60's).

Ground Tackle    Bower: 66lb Bruce;    Spares: 2 x 45lb 'CQR' Ploughs;   Sand: 45lb 'Danforth'; Stern: 25lb 'CQR' Plough .

Auxillary Drive     48hp Sole Diesel, Saltwater cooled;   1.25" (31mm) tapered Shaft with dripless stern seal;   17" 3-blade, folding, feathering propeller.

Communication Equipment    HF-SSB Transceiver;  HF-SSB Receiver;   Main, Back-up & Hand-Held VHF radios;    Weatherfax Receiver through HF Radio to PC Laptop;    Insulated Backstay HF Ariel;   Back-up 10' Stern-Mount HF Ariel;  Inmarsat C transceiver .

Navigation Equipment    Back-Lit Binnacle Compass;    Hand-bearing compass;  Sextant;    Echo Sounder/Log/Temperature Sensor;    Wind Instrument;    Radar;   Chartplotter (PC);   Main & Hand-held GPS;   Coursemaster Autopilot (dual redundant);    Masthead Tri-colour;   Bow Nav light; Stern, Spreader, Steaming, Anchor & cockpit lights.

Safety Equipment     Full Offshore Medical Kit;  4-Crew Offshore Life Raft with EPIRB;   VesselEPIRB; Bow to Stern Jack (safety) Lines;   Harnesses;   Tethers;   Life Preserver Jackets;   Personal Strobe Light -Torches;   2 x Horseshoe Floats;   8' Marker Flag Pole Buoy;   RFD Sea-Brake Storm Drogue;   'V' -Sheet;   75 Signal & Distress Flares;   Abandon Ship Bag   (2mths food for 3 crew,1st Aid Kit, survival suits, flares, 'V' -Sheet, water holders, nav gear, chamois, candles, fishing  gear, knife, torch, airhorn).

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