SUPERYACHT #485
September 2002
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JONGERT 40 T "ISLANDIA"
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 TECHNICAL DATA
Overall length: m 41.60
Width: m 7.88
Min/Max draft: m 3.50/6.80
Displacement at half load: t 180
Generator: 2x30 kW Onan
Motorization: 1x600 HP Caterpillar
Maximum motor speed: 12 knots
Cruising motor speed: 10 knots
Range: 2,400 miles
Fuel tank: l 10,000
Water tank: l 4,800
Dirty water tank: l 2,400
Sewage tank: l 2,000
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Shipping industry annals tell that this Islandia is construction no. 406
produced by the Jongert boatyards. A production begun in 1953 when Jan Jongert
Senior founded the small boatyard at Oppedoes, in Holland, concentrating on the
production of small loading cranes and motor boats. Over time, production grew
and diversified, with the construction of the first sailing boats. 1968 is an
important year in Jongert's history because, thanks to meeting Herbert Dahm,
founder of Dahm International, the company took on international importance,
with its boats being distributed all over the world, and the opening of agency
branches in Düsseldorf, Monte Carlo and Palma de Mallorca. Success was
immediate but it was only in 1975, with the start of production of the
"Traditional Line", whose hulls were made to the design of De Vries Lensch and
Peter Sijm, that the yard began to produce boats with its own name, simply
"Jongert". These yachts have the typical motorsailer lay-out, characterised by
large stern portholes, by spectacular figureheads entirely engraved by hand, by
the extremely comfortable interiors and by the greatest possible care given to
the furnishings, typically handcrafted, which soon became a point of reference
in the refined world of "semicustom" constructions. Five years later, in 1980,
the production of a second range of boats began, called "Modern Line", with
hulls designed by Doug Peterson, Ron Holland and Peter Sijm, with "cruiser-
racers" such as the famous "Mephisto", launched in 1983, able to dominate the
most challenging regattas. They are slimmer, lighter, and more technically
proficient, and therefore high performers, but not as a result any less elegant
and able to guarantee very high standards of comfort.
Later, the collaboration with Dahm International ended, and after this the yard
itself took care of the marketing of its own boats. The most recent history of
the Dutch constructor has seen it still riding the wave of success, with the
production of ever more exclusive and appreciated craft, until 1999 when the
first 40 T, the "Number One" was launched, which is the largest Jongert boat, 40
metres' in length, never built until then.
The boat, from the "Traditional
Line", was first presented at the Fort Lauderdale Trade Fair, in Florida, and it
was at this event that a visitor, dazzled by her beauty, ordered a twin hull
from the boatyard, identical in appearance but very different in the furnishing.
"Islandia", designed by Tony Castro and Peter Sijm, has an overall length of m
41.60 by m 7.88 in width, and was made using steel for the quickwork - her
design prescribes the presence of a bulbous keel with a composite sailing boat
that has made it possible to reduce the draft to only 3.5 metres - and aluminium
for the upper works. All the interiors are in mahogany wood, matched with beige
colour upholstery and furnishings. The large living room, at the centre of the
boat, extremely bright thanks to the numerous glass surfaces, offers a spacious
area with TV and dining table able to accommodate 10 persons. Astern of this
room are the three guest staterooms, each with its own bathroom, and the boat
owner's stateroom. This latter stateroom is a true suite, with two large twin
beds and a smaller bed, a lounge with an L-shaped sofa, a desk and a wardrobe,
and is provided with a bathroom with a separate shower compartment. At the bow
of the living room there is a large on-board galley, almost professionally
equipped, the crew dining area and their cabins, each with separate shower and
bathroom. From this area the crew gains direct access to the deck, to the engine
room and to the technical area where all the systems for the correct operation
and maintenance of the boat are situated. This allows for a maximum level of privacy.
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