Seaworthiness
Aspects that make Monsoon seaworthy are the strong, heavy, big and round 70 ton steel hull, the all over robust construction, the undersized masts and oversized rigging with the 4 furlers, the big main engine with lots of fuel, the powerful and efficient Hundested propellor, (diameter 3 ft), the indestructable Wagner hydraulic rudder (SS rudderstock diameter 3 inch) and furthermore a full package of recent reliable electronics. (First the 3 GPS's, than the autopilot, third the Furuno NAVNET radar, sounder, plotter) With all her other gear in total these make Monsoon into the absolute
NO NONSENSE WORLD CRUISER.

Anchors & the NEW Windlass
NEW in dec 2007 horizontal dual type LOFRANS TITAN-B - 24V windlass for the two bow anchors: port 110 lbs Bruce on 330 ft 1/2"galv chain. stbd 140 lbs CQR on 450 ft 1/2" galv chain. Extra spare anchor: 65 lbs Dannforth.g lines and 4+4 big closed cell foam fenders.

Safety / Emergency gear:
406 Epirb. Lots of handheld, parachute and pistol flares etc. Plastimo 8 person TransOcean-model liferaft, serviced in feb 2003, with various extra survival packages, documentations and instructions. Incl PUR survivor 06 handheld watermaker packed in the raft. Incl loaded panic-box: Magellan Handheld GPS,
Icom 88 waterproof hand held VHF (2003)

Life lines w/ S.S. stanchions mounted on the caprail, new in 12/2003

30 life jackets, 4 ACR fire flies, 2 Sospenders auto- inflatable harnasses. Fire extinguishers. Automatic/ manual Fireboy in engineroom. A life sling.
Two life rings.
1 Honda Emergency gasoline Pump, 2" hose, capac.100 gallon/minute.
Emergency tiller in lazarette.

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The notorious Pacific Fastnet storm
of June 1994, Kermadecs Pacific / New Zealand:
3 lifes lost and 8 boats lost here.
And we? We just motorsailed with only tripple reefed mainsail, 60 degrees upwind, direction NZ, away from the storm path and enjoyed it. Arriving in Auckland and direct on the 6 oclock TV news. magine !!!
On the foto: Screwing stormpanels on the windows of the deckhouse because the seas were getting bigger. We estimated an ultimate hight of approx 8 meters = 27 ft. At one point we were closer to the centre than most others.