User:Brett & Ronnie Williams

Akasha under sail

Akasha Akasha 76ft sailing catamaran was launched in 2005. She was the first of three yachts built by Matrix yachts in South Africa. Designed mainly for chartering. Akasha main differences to similar vessels is her beam at nearly 40ft. gives her passengers considerable amount of space together with making her very stable. Akasha is also one of the first yachts of her size to be built with a useable fly bridge, which since her launch other boat builders have since copied.

Technical Composite sandwich construction throughout Length: 23m (75.8ft) Beam: 11.5m (38 ft) Draft: 1.5m (5 ft) Displacement: Empty - 35 tones, Loaded - tbc tones Fresh water tankage: 3,000 liters (790 gal)

Power Engines: 2 Yanmar: 4LHA-STP Marine diesels (177 kW / 240 HP) Speed at 90power: 15 knots Diesel fuel tankage: 2,000 liters (526 gal) Generator: 2 x Northern lights 16 & 20kW Generator Brunton varifold propellers x4 bladed

Sails Main sail: 194 sq m (2095 sq ft) Fore sail: 81.5 sq m (880 sq ft) Code 0 x2: 244 sq m (2635 sq ft) Asymmetrical Spinnaker: 1.5 oz 	Asymmetrical Spinnaker: 2.2 oz	Mast: 28.25 m above deck (93 ft)