About Escargot
This blog is about the second life of the one-of-a-kind Dean Catamarans Jag 530 power boat, reflagged as Escargot. Following her sinking in Port of Andratx in March 2017, she was written off by the insurance and sold as a wreck. She returns at sea on the Mediterranean sea late 2023, following over 2 years of repairs and extensive updates as a self-sufficient solar electric catamaran.
Where is Escargot? You can track the position emitted by her AIS transponder on MarineTraffic and on VesselFinder.
Quick Information
The Catamaran
Dean Catamarans Jag 530 from 2005, Length: 16.1m, Width: 7.1m, Weight: 20 tons
Propulsion
2 FIMEA N80L 96V electric asynchronous motors, 25 kW continuous power and 50 kW peak, 2 DMC SuperSigma controlers
Dinghy
3D Tender Twin FastCat 330 with Aquamot Trend 1.8kW electric outboard
Energy Storage
93.6kWh in 12 MG Energy Systems LFP304 batteries, in 3 banks with their MasterLV BMS and a SmartLink for the system management
Energy Production
40 Trina Solar Vertex S 395Wp solar panels, 15.8kWp total and 4 MPPT iPandee Mars 5kW chargers, controlled by the SmartLink through custom electronics
Energy Backup
Fischer Panda AGT 18000 PMS 96VDC diesel generator only for emergency safety use
Power Onboard
220VAC generated by SNADI 96VDC 8kW inverter and a WZRELB 3.5kW backup inverter, 3 auxiliary DC battery banks (house 24V, safety 12V and windlass systems 24V)
Navigation
Raymarine Axiom 7+ with Navionics maps, Linux computer running OpenCPN with o-charts maps and handling systems supervision and data collection
CCTV
4 Reolink PoE cameras and DVR to monitor the bow, the aft and the starboard and port side decks
Environmental Focus
Energy independant propulsion and live aboard, collection of all grey and black waters in 4 tanks
Location
AMEC Camino 108 AIS transponder transmitting on MMSI 228117480
Connectivity
Router with LTE modem for onboard Wifi and connectivity of the boat systems to the Cloud