"The Yacht"

Bell Vita is a 38 foot ketch rigged yacht designed by Van de Stadt in the Netherlands and built by Constructions Navales des Forges in France. She has a steel hull and was built to be a safe, competent blue water yacht capable of sailing anywhere the Captain would like to go. Under a previous Captain, she has circumnavigated and also crossed the Atlantic many times.

Bella Rose was previously named "Pipe Dream" but that seemed inappropriate since I am now living my dream. I renamed her Bella Vita because it is a "Good Life" plus I just liked the sound of it.

Some of the technical details:

Overall Length: 37.9 ft,

Waterline Length: 30 ft,

Beam: 11.9 ft,

Draft: 6 ft,

Displacement: 24,000 lbs,

Power: 46 hp Yanmar Diesel.

The interior layout of Bella Vita consists of, from the bow:

The head,
A pullman berth to port,
Hanging lockers to starboard,
The dinette to port,
A sette to starboard,
Galley to port,
A nav station to starboard,
The walkthru to the aft cabin to starboard,
Aft cabin which is currently used as a workshop.

She is well outfitted for offshore sailing. Her inventory includes:

Autopilot,

Wind Vane (Aries),

Radar,

SSB,

Multiple GPS's,

406 EPIRB,

Fuel and water sufficient for extended cruising,

Life Raft,

Adequate sails for offshore use,

Wind generator,

A fiberglas hard framed dodger,

Cabin heat for high latitude sailing,

A robust selection of ground tackle,

- 55# Delta,

- 35# Danforth,

- A #6 Fanfjord,

- 150 ft of 3/8 HT chain.
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