1948 deutsche werft kreutzer

Beluga was built from weathering steel after the 2nd world war under the supervision of an old sea-captain. Conceived for arctic expeditions under extreme conditions, she carries a A1 offshore certification form the Germanic Lloyd. The hull is strengthened and shaped to rise up when crushed between ice floes. She spent many winters in high latitudes, and was trapped under ice for a whole winter off Greenland from which she emerged undamaged in the spring thaw. In the early 90’s she was run over at night by a cargo ship in the middle a single-handed crossing of the north Atlantic. She was dismasted and her original wood spars and booms were left in splinters. The hull survived unscathed and she limped across the ocean with a jury rig, to port, where the current alloy spars were installed. In 1998 she stranded on a rocky coast in Panama, with no structural damage sustained. She was then abandoned until 2001 in a remote lagoon, where she was acquired by the current owner and fully refitted, including full sandblasting, replacement of all hatches, windows. The interior was removed entirely until only the bare hull remained, and all steel was put into as-new condition. Since then there has been no new corrosion. From 2003 to 2019 she was engaged in hydrograpic surveys of Panama’s unexplored coasts, resulting in hundreds of new charts and the publication of The Panama Cruising Guide, that went on to sell over 30,000 copies. She has 5 steel watertight compartments and no angle of vanishing stability, which means she will instantly self-righten even if fully inverted. She sails well and it is possible average 7 knots and make over 160 miles a day in a good breeze.

Equipment: * 5 steel watertight compartments. * Controllable pitch propeller for ultimate efficiency. (steam for 24 hrs with less than 5 gallons) The diesel propulsion setup is the most efficient possible: The engine very slow-turning, extracting every bit of energy from every stroke. The engine has no sleeve bearings, all bearings are roller and needle bearings, minimizing friction. There is no raw water pump, since the engine is keel cooled. There is no oil pump, since the engine has no sleeve bearings, and there is no transmission and no gearbox, since the CPP propeller blades can be actively controlled, feathered or reversed while sailing. * All new rigging (2019) * All new titanium tangs, plates and bolts on mast (2019) * new stainless water and fuel tanks (2018) 4 water tanks, one fuel tank. * new spare mainsail. * raymarine autopilot * 500w solar power, victron charge controller * all solid stainless steel custom hatches. * type 555 windlass, heavy anchor tackle.