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Good looking saloon Cockpit seating area
certainly adequate but I suspect that, with
good access, most owners will self install
more insulation which will improve this
further. Two 100 litre fuel tanks are in the
cockpit with access to the fuel filters from a
cockpit locker, this could be better.
Performance under sail
We sailed the Lavezzi is strong winds out
of Portsmouth and into the Solent. The
conditions enabled a good test of the boat
particularly through waves as there was
Very clean foredeck area with large central
Performance under Power
wind against tide. We sailed two handed
deck locker that houses the anchor windlass
but regrettably my colleague had a bad
The Lavezzi is fitted with 2 Volvo 20HP
and lots of stowage
back so was better on the helm and I did
engines as standard driving through 2
the work!
bladed propellors. An upgrade to twin 30 The engine power was smoothly delivered
HP is available as are folding propellors and and the engine controls are close to hand.
Firstly the Lavezzi is very easy to handle
there is an option to fit Yanmar if required. The performance was as one would expect.
with all controls close to the helm position.
However the standard package is very
The mainsail is fully battened with good
effective as the table below shows: With the engines so far aft (and therefore
batten cars that have been developed
behind the rudder) the helmsman must have
by Fountaine Pajot. We sailed the first of
RPM Single - speed Twin - speed
control of the helm when going astern, if
the flat top mainsails, it also has plenty of
not then the propwash over the rudder will
roach but this is easily controlled with the
1000 3.4 knts 3.7 knts
firmly kick the helm to one side, doing this
mainsheet and winch system. The mainsail
1500 4.3 knts 5.4 knts too many times will not be good for your
is well developed and has a nice shape to
2000 5.8 knts 7.0 knts
steering system!
it. As with most standard production boats
2400 7.2 knts 7.6 knts
one has to work quite hard to close the
The Lavezzi comfortably turned within her
2800 7.6 knts 9.4 knts
leech to develop the full power of the sail
own length and was straightforward and
but when we got there she sailed well.
Trial was done in flat water, slack tide
vice free when manoeuvring in the confines
and speed measured by GPS
of a marina on a windy day. Visibility from
the helm position is excellent, all four ‘cor-
ners’ are visible.
The engines are sited in their own compart-
ment separate from the accommodation.
Access is excellent from the aft steps. The
author could stand astride the engine quite
easily and access to all area for mainte-
nance and servicing was possible. The
engine compartment has sufficient space
for watermakers, tool kits, heating units etc
in this area whilst still having good access.
There is a 100 amp hour battery for each
engine and a further 200 amp hour for
domestic use sited in the starboard engine
The flat top mainsail enables the roach to
The engine is in a self contained
compartment.
be carried higher up the sail increasing are
compartment is adequate and well laid out.
and improving lighter wind performance, the
The seal around the engine hatch needs to
There is some sound insulation between the
increase in sail area is probably 10% so worth
be good!
having.
engine compartment and the aft cabin. It is
16  MULTIHULL REVIEW : FEBRUARY 2009
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