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"Beluga"
Yacht profile Deck Plan
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SHIP PROFILE

The Motor Yacht Beluga has a steel hull and was built in Hamburg, Germany, in 1968. The is 110 feet long with a beam of 23 feet and carries only 16 passegners. There are 8 staterooms (4 lower/lower berths, 2 with matrimonial beds and 2 upper/lower berths and one of the cabins has three beds two lower and one upper bed) each with private bathroom with hot & cold water showers. The Beluga is very spacious and has lots of deck space.  The on board crew includes Captain, a multilingual naturalist guide, cook, machinst, barman and 4 sailors.

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Equipment:
  • Twin M.A.N. Diesles 650 HP each
  • 3 generators, for 110 & 220 AC 60 cycles
  • VHF & SSB marine radios
  • Depth sounder up to 2000 mts
  • 48 mile radar
  • GPS
  • 2 tenders with outboards
  • 2 ten-man inflatable rubber rafts in fibnerglass capsule
  • TV with VHS video system
  • Fully air-conditioned
  • 2 deslainators with capacity for 400 gallons per day each
  • Freezer and refrigeration

Itinerary - as of January 2008

Friday 

Fly to Baltra
PM North Seymour
Saturday  AM Gardner Bay, Hood
PM Punta Suarez, Hood
Sunday  AM Punta Cormorant, Floreana
PM Post Office Bay, Floreana
Monday  AM Charles Darwin Station, Santa Cruz
PM Highlands, Santa Cruz
Tuesday  AM Punta Moreno, Isabela
PM Elizabeth Bay, Isabela
Wednesday  AM Urbina Bay, Isabela
PM Punta Espinosa, Fernandina
Thursday  AM Puerto Egas
PM Bartolome
Friday  AM Turtle Cove, Baltra
Debark and fly back to mainland