Grain De Sail I

A full-fledged top-of-the-line design
After almost 4 years of research and development, we have designed a modern cargo sailboat fully adapted to our needs: Our ship meets international shipping standards certified by independent experts: Bureau Véritas and the French Ship Safety Center (Centre de Sécurité des Navires). It complies with SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea), MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) and STCW (International Convention on Standards for the Training of Seafarers) regulations. Under the RIF flag (French International Register), it is registered in Saint-Malo in Brittany which is its home port.

• 72ft / 22m aluminium monohull (24.24m overall)
• 50 ton loading capacity in the storage
• Hold climate control system for up to 28 pallets provided by green energy
• Schooner type rigging
• 4 to 6 transatlantic crossings per year (so 2 to 3 round trips)
• Crew: 4 professional sailors

Design

• Designed according to the French divisions for a cargo vessel (D222 – professional standards)
• Aluminum structure approved by Bureau Veritas (NR600 – professional standards)
• Lead bulb with external composite protection
• Double suspended rudders

Rigging

• Schooner type rigging with equal masts
• 9/10 anodized aluminum masts placed on the deck
• 3 levels of spreaders
• Anodized aluminum booms
• Single-strand stainless steel standing rigging

Cockpit

• Cockpit protected behind the closed standby station
• All maneuvers brought back to the cockpit

Fittings

• 4 manual winches size 65
• 2 size 70 electric winches
• Sufficient number of pulleys and ascenders

Mooring

• 24V – 2700W vertical electric windlass
• 2 approved moorings according to division 222
• Self-draining chain well with pitons
• 6 double aluminum bollards

Sails

• Mainsail and mizzen, full batten, 3ris
• Furling genoa
• Solent on reel
• Staysail
• Tormentine
• Asymmetric spinnaker

Storage on deck

• 2 lockers in the coachroof for rafts
• 2 lockers in the coachroof for the moorings and fenders
• 1 box in the coachroof for winches and handling equipment
• 3 lockers in the cockpit for maneuvering
• 2 lockers outside the cockpit
• 1 box for 2 gas bottles

Railing

• Stainless steel chandelier and aluminum balcony
• Railing approved according to division 222
• 2 sheathed stainless-steel single strand dies
• Structural bulwark

Electricity

• 1 24V – 150 A shaft line alternator
• 9 panels 24V – 200 W
• 2 wind turbines 24V – 500 W
• 1 auxiliary motor alternator 24V – 150A
• 24V – 1000 Ah service park
• 24V – 200 Ah emergency park
• GMDSS 24V – 130 Ah park
• 2 x 600 W hydrogenerators

Interior

• 2 double or twin cabins
• 1 crew cabin with bunk bed
• 1 shower and 1 separate toilet
• 1 fitted kitchen
• 1 dining / leisure area

24.24 m

Overall length

5 m

Full load draft

22 m

Hull length

6 m

Beam overall

27 m

Air draft

50 t

Light displacement

50 t

Capacity of chargement

356 m2

Sail surface upwind

520 m2

Sail area downwind

115 cv

Auxiliary engine