MANTRA
Mantra
is a
displacement
motor
yacht
with
sails.
She
was
built
on a
Cygnus
hull
by
Bryce
Waterhouse
of
Worcester.
Cygnus
make
a
range
of
Cornish
fishing
boats
for
the
Atlantic
and
the
North
Sea.
They
are
renowned
for
their
very
solid,
sturdy
and
sea
kindly
hulls.
Bryce
Waterhouse
are
no
longer
in
business.
They
bought
hulls
from
Cygnus
and
fitted
them
out
as
gentlemen's
bespoke
motor
yachts
tailored
to
each
individual
owner's
desired
specification.
Mantra
was
launched
in
1980.
She
is
43½
feet
overall,
11.27
metres
(38
feet)
long
on
deck,
10.6
metres
LWL,
1.75
metres
water
draft
and
4.11
metres
beam.
Her
registered
tonnage
is
16.86
and
her
weight
is
closer
to
25
tons.
Air
draft
with
mast
raised
is
8.7
metres.
With
the
mast
lowered
to
rest
on
the
coach
roof,
the
air
draft
becomes
3.15
metres.
Mantra
is
registered
at
the
Port
of
London
and
is
on
the
British
Register
of
Shipping.
She
has
a
small
mainsail
(more
a
steadying
mizzen)
and
also
has
twin
foresails
for
running
and
reaching.
I am
her
fourth
owner.
I
bought
her
in
March
2006.
Since
then
she
has
been
extensively
refurbished
and
upgraded
and
has
also
been
fitted
with
paravane
stabilizers.
So
far,
I
have
done
well over
5,000
miles
on
Mantra
from
Portsmouth,
England
via
the
Bay
of
Biscay
to
Gibraltar,
then
to
Malta
and
Cyprus
and
then
a
cruise
from
Cyprus
to
Greek
Aegean
islands,
on
to
Athens,
via
the
Corinth
Canal
to
Greek
Ionian
islands,
Italy,
Malta,
Crete
and
back
to
Cyprus.
In
2008
we
cruised
the
coast
of
Turkey
from Finike
to
Marmaris
and
also
visited
Greek
Kastellorizon.
In
2009
we
cruised
Turkey
and
the
Aegean.
I am
very
happy
with
her.
Mantra
is
very
safe,
is
very
comfortable
to
live
on
and
is
easy
to
handle.
If
she
didn’t
have
a
bow
thruster,
reversing
to
Med-moor
stern-to
would
be a
real
challenge,
but
it is
made
fairly
easy
by
using
the
bow thruster.
For
more
detail
on
Mantra
and
her
equipment,
scroll
down
to
whichever
interests
you
below:
LIVING
ACCOMMODATION
The
original
owner
specified
that
he
wanted
a
motor
yacht
which
must
not
be
longer
than
38'
officially
and
which
would
be
suitable
for
a
world
circumnavigation.
Amidships, Mantra
has
a
large
and
lovely
saloon
with
U
shaped
seating,
table,
helm
and
a
navigation
desk
with
bench
seat.
Aft
is a
very
nice
full
width
galley
with
dinette
corner
whose
seating
converts
to
an
additional
double
bed
if
needed.
Between
the
galley
and
the
engine
room
is a
utilities
room
with
a
washing
machine,
watermaker
and
a
workbench.
The
engine
room
is
under
the
saloon
and
is
full
width.
Forward
there
are
two
cabins
and
the
heads
/
shower.
The
owner's
cabin
has
a
normal
size
4’ 6
”
double
bed.
The
bed
in
the
guest
cabin
is
3'
6"
wide;
a
very
ample
single
which
can
be a
cosy
double.
The
guest
cabin
has
a
small
full
height
wardrobe
44
cms
wide
for
hanging
clothes
in
and
in
which
insect
screens
and
a
life
jacket
are
stored,
a
corner
locker
unit
with
two
shelves,
two
very
small
thin
lockers,
a
vanity
unit
/
dressing
table
with
mirror
in
lid
and
48 x
60 x
14
cms
storage
underneath.
Also
two
long
shelves,
one
of
which
is
already
full
with
books
while
the
other
(17
x
160
cms)
is
available
for
guest
/
crew use.
On
the
aft
cockpit
deck
there
is
an
external
helm
position,
a
twin
locker
seat
and
a
single
locker
seat,
both
cushioned.
There
are
three
collapsible
armchairs
and
a
folding
table
which
live
on
the
deckhouse
roof
when
not
in
use
in
the
cockpit
or
on
the
foredeck.
There’s
also
a
hammock
and
a
hanging
seat
available.
We
have
shade
awnings
which
can
shade
the
cockpit,
the
deckhouse
/
saloon,
the
foredeck.
Also
a
rain
awning
for
the
cockpit
and
that
has
been
made
such
as
to
be
available
if
needed
(
God
forbid)
for
use
as a
collision
mat.
The
photos
of
saloon
and
galley
so
far
in
this
website
do
not
do
justice
to
the
living
accommodation.
The
saloon
and
galley
are
very
nice
indeed.
The
photo
below
is
old
and
does
not
show
the
electronics
/
instrumentation
as
they
now
are
after
upgrading.
ELECTRONICS
&
AIDS
Electronics
&
aids
are
two
independent
GPS's,
another
GPS
which
is
part
of
the
AIS
collision
avoidance
system,
a
handheld
GPS,
two
Radars,
EPIRB,
SSB,
two
VHFs,
three
handheld
VHFs,
two
walkie
talkies,
two
autopilots
(Simrad
AP25
and
Wagner
Mark
4),
two
electronic
heading
sensors
/
compasses,
two
Sestrel
steering
compasses
and
a
Sestrel
for
the
Wagner
autopilot,
two
handheld
compasses,
Steiner
binoculars
with
inbuilt
compass,
Zeiss
binoculars,
Raytheon
wind,
Echopilot
forward
looking
echo
sounder,
Furuno
depth
sounder,
Raytheon
plotter,
Yeoman
plotter,
SeaCAS
AIS,
Weatherman,
Navtex,
weatherfax
via
SSB
and
two
notebook
PCs
with
electronic
charting,
SeaMe
radar
transponder,
FloScan
fuel
metering,
fuel
polishing
system.
ELECTRICS
&
REFRIGERATION
24
volts
DC,
240v
AC,
some
12v
DC
6
kva
generator.
Aero4Gen
wind
generator.
Solar
panels.
Refrigerator
with
freezer
compartment
Deep-freeze.
Air
conditioning.
Ebersbacher
central
heating.
Watermaker.
PROPULSION
Main
engine
is a
6
cylinder
138
horsepower
Lister.
Maximum
speed
is
fractionally
above
8
knots.
Cruising
speed
is
from
4
knots
to 7
knots
depending
on
how
far
one
wants
to
go,
when
one
wants
to
arrive
and
what
is
the
sea
state.
Safe
cruising
range
should
be
well
over
3,000
nautical
miles.
Get-one-home
wing
engine
has
its
own
propeller
and
own
rudder.
It
is a
1.8
litre
37
horsepower
Leyland
Thorneycroft.
She
cruises
at
2½
to
3½
knots
on
the
wing
engine.
SidePower
bowthruster.
Mizzen
sail
59
sq.
ft.
Foresails:
two
of
170
sq.
ft.
each.
DINGHY
&
LIFERAFT
Avon
Redstart
3
person
dinghy
with
2½
HP
Mercury
outboard.
Avon
6
person
liferaft
with
hydrostatic
release.
RECREATION
&
TOYS
We
have
a
range
of
things
for
recreation.
This
is
covered
in
greater
detail
in
the
Living
on
Mantra
section.
DETAILED
SPECIFICATION
Elsewhere
on
this
website
there
is a
copy
of
the
Broker’s
For
Sale
Specification
which
originally
aroused
my
interest
in
Mantra
and
there
is
also
a
full
specification
extracted
from
my
www.yachtmantra.com
website
which
I
have
as I
would
like
to
sell
Mantra
sometime.
I am
not
in a
hurry
to
sell
her
as I
am
enjoying
her.
MANTRA
OPERATING
MANUAL
We
will
have
an
Operating
Manual
as a
guidebook
&
reference
book.
If
you
are
interested
in
seeing
what
was
covered
in
the
previous
(catamaran)
Mantra
Operating
Manual,
scroll
on
for
its
first
page.
It
is
unlikely
that,
before
joining,
anyone
would
be
so
interested
as
to
want
to
read
over
30
pages
of
all
type,
no
pictures;
but
if
you
would
like
to
see
the
whole
of
the
old
Mantra
Operation
Manual
then
you
should
click
on
its
button.
However,
please
bear
in
mind
that
I
have
only
just
started
adapting
it
for
my
new
Mantra.
This
was
to
have
been
a
winter
project
for,
but
I
haven’t
devoted
much
time
to
it
so
far!!
MOM
first
page
M.Y.
MANTRA
MANTRA
OPERATING
MANUAL
These
notes
cover
the
main
operating
systems
on
Mantra
and
should
be
useful
to
people
in
giving
them
somewhere
where
they
can
look
up
how
to
work
things,
how
we
go
about
various
operations
and
where
to
find
things
(and
where
to
put
them
back!).
A
subsidiary
reason
is
that
it
would
be
of
use
if
ever
I
were
to
be
incapacitated,
which
subsidiary
reason
is
why
I
have
included
descriptions
of
certain
things
which
I
normally
do
myself
and
which
I do
not
want
crew
to
do
of
their
own
accord.
Such
a
manual
is
now
a
legal
requirement
on
new
boats
which
have
European
Union
CE
compliance
certification.
The
fact
that
a
manual
has
been
produced
does
not
mean
that
you
are
being
discouraged
from
asking
questions.
Far
from
it;
ask
whenever
you
want
to
ask.
The
operating
manual
is
to
give
you
somewhere
to
look
it
up
yourself
if
you
prefer
to
look
it
up.
It
also
saves
a
whole
verbal
recital
at
the
beginning
and
it
should
be a
useful
aid
to
refresh
your
memory.
The
level
of
detail
in
this
operating
manual
is
pitched
at
around
novice
level
of
sailing
and
for
people
who
are
not
already
familiar
with
the
handling
characteristics
of
displacement
motor
boats.
I
hope
this
Mantra
Operating
Manual
(MOM)
will
be
really
useful
for
you.
Refer
to
MOM
when
you
want
to
find
something
out
or
to
refresh
your
memory.
Visit
MOM
regularly.
Believe
MOM.
MOM
knows
best.
MOM
knows
how
we
do
it
in
this
home!
Suggestions
are
welcome
regarding
how
to
make
this
more
useful
as a
work
of
reference
for
crew
new
to
Mantra.
The
Manual
is
structured
under
the
following
major
headings:
1. Heads
2. Hatches & Portholes
3. Where to put your Gear
4. Lighting
5. Instruments
6. Log entries
7. Under power
8. Under sail
9. Galley
10. Where things are
11. Generator & inverters
12. Watermaker
13. Safety
14. Pumps
15. Dinghy
16. Laundry
17. Boat work
18. Cockpit & decks
19. Kitty
20. Watchkeeping
21. Cooking (& washing up)
22. Toys & recreation
23. Anchoring
24. When you leave
Briefing checklist
Pre-departure checklist
Arrival checklist
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