Catamaran Iara

3 Queen Cabins
Crew in forward starboard cabin

MAJOR REFIT IN 2023
Installed Equipment and Upgrades
– New Garmin GPS Map 8410 xsv chartplotter installed on Helm position.
– New Garmin charts installed in plotter.
– New watermaker installed.
– New mainsail installed from North Sails.
– New main halyard (New England Endura braid 14mm), new genoa halyard, new genoa sheets, new backstay line (New England Stay Set solid 14mm).
– New VHF antenna at masttop.
– New bilge pump and sensor in port engine room.
– New arch for solar panels built in stainless steel.
– 5 new Victron solar panels (360W each, 1800W total) mounted with new Victron charge controller.
– 2 new Victron 100A “buck boosters” ordered for full performance of charging lithium bank from alternators.
– New flexible clutch plate installed on starboard side.
– New canvas in “Titanium” color.
– New cushions and seats in upgraded color Sunbrella, including back cushions.
– New sun protection covers mounted on saloon windows.
– New Bose loudspeakers in cockpit.
– New trampoline.
– New furling genoa (Incidence) stored in port bow storage.
– New mainsail retrieved from storage at North Sails in Cascais, mounted and done by North Sails.
– Stack Pack new in color “Titanium” made by North Sails, delivered and installed with mainsail.
– New washing machine mounted.
– New 12V outlet installed at fuse panel for emergency portable bilge pump.
– New bilge pumps (port engine room and starboard hull).

Replacements and Repairs
– 2x Whale Orca Auto 1300 bilge pumps.
– 1x Johnson L4000 heavy-duty manual bilge pump (for emergency).
– New bilge pump + sensor in port engine room.
– Relayswitch for freshwater pump changed.
– Coppercoat applied to both rudders; rudders taken down, fixed, and remounted.
– Both transom fenders fixed.
– Rudder bearings replaced with new ones.
– Oil-return pipe from turbo replaced with new.
– Exhaust mixing elbow replaced with new.
– Motor mounts replaced with new.
– All new parts painted with original VP color, and whole engine painted where needed.
– Intake water pumps replaced with new.
– All new belts, oils, coolant.
– Drive shafts replaced with new original.
– Saildrives reassembled with new seals and oil.
– Saildrives below the rubber cuff stripped down to bare metal and treated with “propspeed” (same treatment applied to props).
– All hoses replaced with new high-quality “Vetus sanitary hoses”.
– All septic tanks disassembled, taken out, cleaned, and reassembled.
Every choke valve replaced with better quality “Johnson” quick-remove models.
– All toilets seats replaced with “soft close” models.
– All toilets dismantled, taken out for cleaning/inspection, all internal pipes acid cleaned, macerator internal choke valves replaced with new ones, membranes replaced on all, water-in valves replaced on all.
– All lifeline wires replaced.
– Aft bollards on both sides redone with extra support (stainless steel solid plate) inside hull due to extra pressure when docked.
– Hinges on several kitchen cabinets replaced.
– AC units vacuum cleaned, seawater pumps dismantled, cleaned, fixed for corrosion, painted, test run before reinstallation with new filters.
– Some interior dismantled and reinstalled for access.
– Pressure relief valve, fittings, and hoses for both water heaters replaced.
– Accumulator tank replaced.
– All shower heads and hoses replaced.
– One AC unit in front starboard cabin replaced.
– Both water heaters/boilers dismantled, flushed, heating elements cleaned from cavitation.
– Cockpit load speakers replaced with new 7″ Fusions.
– Small “blue lights” in cockpit/transoms replaced.
– Some shower glass mountings replaced.
– Stair noses on starboard side replaced.
– New dehumidifiers in each hull.
– Davits dismantled, stripped to bare metal, treated, primed, and repainted.
– Both hydraulic engines maintained and checked.
– Replaced underwater lights with new ones, protected from barnacles with “light speed”.
– Gas bottles (2 pcs) and system replaced from US to EU standard, including gas lines and hoses.
– Genoa overhauled with cleaning, fixing seams, and new UV band, delivered and installed by North Sails.
– Windlass serviced.
– Complete trampoline mounting.
– Port and starboard forward cabin deck hatches replaced with new Lewmar hatches.
– Seawater pump for AC port side replaced.
– Installed new Victron Bucs to absorb all available charge current from Volvo alternator

Services and Maintenance
– Full service carried out: heat exchanger acid cleaned.
– Turbos sent to VP workshop for overhaul.
– All new parts painted with original VP color, and whole engine painted where needed.
– Cleaning/rubbing and polishing, full service on Yamaha (oil, filters, anodes, spark plugs, etc.).
– Remounted davits with new Dyneema lines.
– Technical and functionality check of all bilge pumps onboard.

Miscellaneous
– Labeled anchor chain with color tabs every 10 meters.
– Replaced “blue lights” in the mast.