High performance cruising catamaran
Electric Oceanvolt engines
Video walkthrough available
2017 launched Schionning Arrow 1360 built by Northstar Yachts of South Africa.
This Schionning Arrow 1360 has comfortable accomodation for 6 guests in 3 cabins. Two double cabins and one twin room make up the accomodation along with two heads.
Owners comment's:
High performance cruising catamaran
Electric Oceanvolt engines
Video walkthrough available
2017 launched Schionning Arrow 1360 built by Northstar Yachts of South Africa.
This Schionning Arrow 1360 has comfortable accomodation for 6 guests in 3 cabins. Two double cabins and one twin room make up the accomodation along with two heads.
Owners comment's:
I owned a Catana 431 Catamaran (#10) for 10 years. During that time, I learned a lot about performance cruising Cats with daggerboards. A sailor friend took me for a spin on his home-built Schionning Cat (an old model) one day and I was impressed with the overall performance of that design. The Catana was capable ofknots but was very rough in a seaway and exhibited a lot of “hobby horsing” and slamming. Although it was a nice platform for live-aboard, the design limits restricted its performance in light air (fat hulls) and although it would go to weather it beat up the crew a lot. 14 knots on that boat felt like you were pushing it to almost fall apart - shaking and vibrating like crazy. (by contrast 17 knots on Duet is a walk in the park)
After I sold it I went on a quest to find a design that had a better behaviour in a seaway, would go to weather and had good light wind performance, but would also be nice to live aboard.
I looked at all the Cat designs.. attending the Multihull boat show in France and testing designs like Outremer, Slyder, FP, Leopard, etc. Perhaps the Outremer had the best performance, but unless you bought a large one (the 45 does not have nice accommodation in my view) my goal was not possible.
This lead me back to the Schionnings and I was able to achieve my goals with the Arrow 1360. This is easily proved with a test sail in right conditions. Close to wind speed in most conditions from 10 knots true (for example, we routinely do 8.5 to 9 knots in 10-11 knots true).
No hobby horsing and very stable in rough conditions. The stability index is way better than a Catana, making Duet a safe, fast and comfortable cruising platform.
She is fast, comfortable and easy to handle. The common wisdom in a Catamaran is that you can have two out of three things: Price, Performance, Comfort. With Duet, I believe you have all three.
The history of the boat is that it went under a lot of improvements once it was launched and really, in all practicality wasn't finished until 2018. It was then stored in Cape Town until it was shipped to the Med.
Dimensions And Tankage
LOA - 13.6 Meters (Registered as 14.12M)
Beam - 7.59 Meters (Registered as 7.59 M)
Draft - 1.2 Meter (Registered as 2.59 M)
Air draft - 19.5 M
Fuel volume (total) - 280 Litre
Number of fuel tanks - 1
Fuel tank material - Steel
Water volume (total) - 400 Litre
Number of water tanks - 1
Water tank material - Built-in composite
Waste volume (total) - 80 Litres
Number of waste tanks - 2
Waste tank material - Plastic
Engines
Engine make and model - 2x Oceanvolt AX-10
Engine Hp - Total Electric Power is 20 KW
Engine year - 2016
Engine Hours - N/A (Electric)
Drive type - Shaft Drive
Prop type - (2) Gori 3 Blade
Generator make/ model - Fischer Panda AGT-DCvolt PMS
Generator KVA - 10KW
Generator hours - 500
6 Super B 160ah batteries. Four in series (48v) for the propulsion bank and two spares.
Construction
Construction material - Constructed to CE Standards and Certified with CE Number. Epoxy / Corecell infusion with extensive Carbon Fibre layup (Mast, Boom, Forward Beam, Daggerboards, Rudders, Wheels.)
Hull colour - Alexseal Paint - light grey and white
Covers And Canvas
Bimini - Hard Bimini
Cockpit shades and clears (removable)
Lazy bag - Yes
Rig And Rigging
Rig type - Sloop
Fractional/ Mast head - Fractional
Standing rigging type - Fibre
Standing rigging age - original
Running rigging type - Dynema
Running rigging age - original
Furling headsail - North Sails Jib on Schaefer Furler
Furling downwind sails - North Sails Code 0 on Carver continuous furler
Sails
Main - North Square Top
Genoa - North
Asymmetric spinnaker - North
Storm sails - North orange storm sail on removable stay
Condition of sails - Excellent - only used for a total of 7 months
Deck Gear
Electric anchor windlass - Yes
Windlass make/ model - Vetus Maxwell HRC-8
Wired remote control (windlass)
Winches
- Antal Electric XT52 ELH (x 2)
- Antal Manual 48 (x 2)
- Antal Manual 46 (x 1)
Anchor type - Main is an Ultra (27KG) and Mantus (85lb) spare
Anchor material - Stainless and Steel
Anchor weight - 27KG
Chain material - Hi tension 8 mm
Chain length - 250 ft
Warp length - 100 ft
Articulating helm wheels - a great feature allowing the best of both worlds - inboard (out of the elements) or outboard steering (a great feature when sailing). The steps also function as seats, so it is quite comfortable when helming during sail.
Mechanical
Air conditioning - Yes 220V
Heating - Yes, reverse AC
Water maker - RO Cruise Seamaker 48v, 33 Gal / Hr.
Accommodations
No. of Cabins - 3
No. of Double beds - 2
No. of Twin cabins - 1
Convertible saloon table to bunk - possible
Holding tank - 2
Electric toilet - Vetus Electric Heads
Interior wood finish type - Bamboo
LED interior lighting - Yes
Navigation table - Yes
Owners hull to Starboard (from forward to stern)
- bow locker with deck access
- office/studio with emergency hatch
- Queen berth
- companion way with pantry
- up/down stairs
- head with large counter, basin and washing machine hidden behind sliding doors to one side and vanity to the other
- large shower aft with access to mechanical area (aft), and hatches to access water maker controls
- mechanical room with large deck hatch access
Guest hull to Port
- Bow locker with deck access
- large shower with emergency hatch and overhead hatch
- vanity/sink area with access to Air Conditioning unit inboard and broom closet outboard
- Queen berth
- central head with small sink (shared between cabins and also acts as a day head)
- Twin cabin aft with access to mechanical area (hot water, electric drives and controllers
Navigation Equipment
Chartplotter - B&G
Radar - B&G 4G
VHF - B&G with Handheld
AIS - B&G send and receive
Autopilot - B&G
Wind instrument - B&G
Speed/ Log/ Depth instrument - Aiphone Multi
Navigation lights - LED
Compass
Radio - Fusion
Saloon speakers
Cockpit speakers
Safety Equipment
Lifejackets - 10
Liferaft - 6 Person
Flares
EPIRB - Yes
Personal AIS - 2
Horseshoe - 2
Danbuoy
MOB Recovery system
1st Aid kit
Electric bilge pump - two
Manual bilge pump - two
Tender And Mooring
Tender - AB 9.5 UL with forward locker
Outboard - Mercury 15 Hp 2 stroke
Fenders - 8
Mooring lines - 8
Boat hook
Recent Maintenance
All painted surfaces have been recently cleaned and polished, Oil changes are done every 100 hrs, regular service on all mechanicals, etc.
