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Voyager TY 55 - KIT or CUTTING FILES & PLANS
'World girdling Trawler Yacht' - With it's displacement hull form this design is an ideal long distance cruiser. This is your opportunity to have your own passagemaking 'Voyager' designed and built at an affordable price. Now you can put those pieces together into one boat that you REALLY like ! Consider customizing one of our new designs. Bring us YOUR ideas. We can offer Steel or Aluminum Plans and Cutting files, CUT-TO-SIZE KITS or Part-Built or Complete Boats

NEW Voyager TY DESIGNS:  This is your opportunity to have your own passagemaking 'Voyager' designed and built at an affordable price. Now is your opportunity to put those pieces together into one boat that you REALLY like ! Consider customizing one of our new designs. Bring us YOUR ideas. We can offer Steel or Aluminum Plans and Cutting files, CUT-TO-SIZE KITS or Part-Built or Complete Boats. The Trawler Yacht 55 is already a popular design and we have sold a number of sets of cutting files and kits for this serious offshore vessel.

These trawlers are designed in accordance with Lloyds  for category 1 (unrestricted operating / sailing area), which is much better than the EU and other Classification Societies and the  CE-A require. Complete stability calculations to USCG offshore requirements are included in the design package. All calculations are also cross referenced against ABS requirements to ensure that the design meets world-wide standards and specifications.

In the case of KITS, all plate parts belonging to the hull, deck and superstructure that are accurately cut to size are included. The parts are marked with the appropriate part number and engraved matching marking lines to assist in the assembly and location of the part in its position. Cutting method is Plasma / Oxygen, ensuring highest accuracy and smooth edges.
 
Plate parts are cut from Lloyds approved A Grade Shipbuilding quality STEEL that has been coated with factory applied Sigma weld MC welding primer.  We use and recommend steel plate that has the official designation ISO standard 10474 or EN 10204 with 3.1.B certificate.
L.O.A. 16.76 m 55'   00"
L.W.L. 16.56 m 54'   04"
BEAM 5.38 m 17'   09"
DRAFT 1.22 m to 1.53 m 4' 00" to 5' 00"
DISPLACEMENT/LENGTH 280 - 350
Displacement 75,400 lbs / 33,792 kg

PC 

0.64  
Block   0.338 (incl keel)

Trans RMP

 D   8770 ft-lbs 

Longl. RMPD  

 141,900 ft-lbs
D/L ratio   225 

WP area 

718.5 sq ft 
A/B    2.65
Recommended Main engine 200 hp
Recommended Fuel tankage 1,700 gal / 4402 lit.

Recommended Water tankage  

 200 gal plus watermaker
Hull Speed (displ. version) 8 TO 9 knots
Ballast   Varies

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 Voyager TY 55

Here we see the artists impression of the Passagemaker TY 55 ... as you will see in the photos below this design is living up to its promise.
Voyager TY 55
SHAKE-DOWN CRUISE.

Hi guys !
Last week we arrived from  a "shake - down " cruise , non-stop, in full sea conditions of 605 miles .....  we had a good weather window and the voyage went by without incidents . Our average cruise speed was 8,7 knots but don't have the fuel consumption as yet ( think will be close to 21 lts/hr)  Unfortunately none of the three of us had any experience with trawlers to have a good judgement on her motion but it seem pretty good to me. As I gain more experience and improve my judgment on the boat I will pass it on to you . best regards Caio

Voyager TY 55
There are some options available in the way you build the top deck ... the latest versions have a large area of lounging as well as stowage for RIB or other dinghy.

Voyager TY 55
This option shows the galley down ... but as you can see from some of the photographs it is simple to transfer this facility to the main deck and include it in the salon.

Voyager TY 55
This option shows the galley down ... but as you can see from some of the photographs it is simple to transfer this facility to the main deck and include it in the salon.

Voyager TY 55
This Passagemaker TY 55 is being built by Christensen Yachts in Canada ... the entire boat was pre-cut from cutting files provided us.

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Voyager TY 55
Here we see a 'galley up' version being built in Brazil.

Voyager TY 55
Next stage in the 'galley up' version being built in Brazil.

Voyager TY 55
Almost completed Galley up version, built in Brazil

Voyager TY 55
The TY 55 has a spacious lounging area. This boat has a very large salon and accomodation can be varied to suit your personal taste.

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