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The Vessel: Technical Overview and Build Progress

A living record of the EVOX expedition vessel: what is onboard, what is planned, how the systems connect, and how the build is progressing. Specifications are added as they are confirmed.

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02 / Equipment Manifest

What is onboard, and what we still need

The manifest is split into installed equipment and planned or wanted equipment. Entries marked as placeholders will be replaced with confirmed details.

List A

Onboard equipment

Installed or on hand. Placeholder entries to be replaced with confirmed equipment.

Deck saloon, 2 single cabins, 2 double cabins, galley with electric appliances (stove, oven, microwave, water boiler, 2x fridge, 1x freezer), electric toilet, safebox for weapons, …
LOA: 15 m
BOA: 4,11m
Draft: 1,85 m
Sail area: 76m2
Displacement: 26 t
Engine VETUS-DEUTZ DTA66635A – 154 kW
Bowtruster: Vetus BOW PRO – AC engine -12 V, 57 kgf
Anchor:
2x Rocna anchor 33 kg and 100 m chain
Lofrans windlass
2x remote controlled
Tank :
Diesel 900 l
Water 600 l
Blackwater 80 l
Equipment:
Steering – hydraulic inside and outside helm position
Generator – 4 kW COLEMO/Kubota
Hydraulic Crane
Wind generator
2x diesel air heater, AUTOTERM AIR 44D
Air Heater connected to the engine cooling system
Water Boiler
2x Fridge
1x Freezer
Air compressor
Lifeboat – Plastimo Transocean 6
ACR EPIRB “GlobalFIX V4” with Float-Free Mount
Navigation and electronics :
Chartplotter – Simrad NSS12 e3
Simrad HS70 GPS Compass
IS42 DIGITAL DISPLAY
Garmin 720s
Radar – Simrad R2009 dedicated display, Halo 20+ radome
Autopilot: Simrad A2004 PACK (A2004+AC70+RF300), RPU 300 pump
VHF/AiS: Simrad RS40-B+GPS-500, VHF W/L HANDSET
Wind: Airmar Xsonic 110WX
Navtex terminal
More displays and Nmea to wifi converter
Depth sounders:
1. Simrad FORWARDSCAN TRANSDUCER
2. Echo Pilot FLS 2D – forwardscan
3. Simrad transducer
Tender:
QUICKSILVER model AA380063N with Yamaha 20hp
Ropes, spare parts, spare propeller and more equipment on board.

List B

Planned and wanted equipment

Not yet installed. Sourcing, sponsorship and partner support welcome.

Marine wire on spools (No. 2 for the Orion converters and breakers), terminal kit, heat shrink and a label printer
Charts for Svalbard, Norway and the Northwest Passage
PredictWind DataHub Pro, Iridium with an Ethernet port, and Starlink
A watermaker and freshwater system
More fuel capacity, aiming for roughly 1,000 L
48V lithium house bank: Pytes E-Box 48100R modules, 5.12 kWh each, about four under the rear cabin beds, expandable to six (Phase A)
Inverters: two Victron Quattro 5K in parallel, one on shore power and one on the generator (Phase A)
Victron monitoring hub: Cerbo GX, GX Touch 70, Lynx Shunt VE.Can 1000A, Lynx Power In busbar sections, Lynx Smart BMS (Phase A)
12V banks: four banks (engine start, generator start, bow thruster and windlasses, 12V lithium house), each with an Orion XS DC-DC converter and a SmartShunt (Phase A)
Alternator: 48V 100A alternator for the Deutz with a Wakespeed WS500 regulator and a SmartShunt (Phase A)
Solar: two bifacial modules at the highest wattage available, each on its own VE.Can MPPT, on a welded steel arch, ordered through PPC Solar (Phase A)
Genset charger: 230V 48V battery charger sized to the 4 kW Kubota, about 50 to 60 A (Phase A)
Shore power: inlet, isolation transformer, galvanic isolator, AC trickle chargers for the 12V AGM banks (Phase A)
Breakers and panels: DIN-rail or front-panel breakers throughout, no fuses, plus a separate marine AC panel (Phase A)
Watermaker: AC-powered, one-button automatic with manual bypass, spare membrane, taps an existing seawater line (Phase A)
Freshwater: one quiet pump and the largest available accumulator (Phase A)
Fuel capacity: second 200 L day tank in the pilothouse, bulk tankage toward about 3,000 L, deck fuel drums or jugs (400 to 600 L) with a transfer pump (Phase A)
Fuel and tank monitoring: three Maretron FFM100 flow modules, several Victron GX Tank 140 units, two engine N2K monitors (Phase A)
Raw-water ice kit and spares: impellers in quantity, strainer gaskets, belts, thermostat, injectors, filter elements, spare cutless bearing and stern gland packing (Phase A)
Shop tools: DeWalt battery-platform tools, Miller MIG welder, grinder, battery reciprocating saw with a long aggressive blade (Phase A)
Fuel polishing system: pumps, two Racor filters with water separators, duplex changeover filter (Oregon)
Hydronic boiler: diesel boiler (Kabola is the leading candidate) with radiators, domestic hot water and an electric element for surplus solar (Oregon)
Air conditioning and heat pump: for the Panama and tropical legs (Oregon)
Cabin heater: drip-feed diesel heater with a visible flame and chimney for drying gloves and snow pants (planned)
Galley: induction cooktop, Ninja air fryer oven, electric kettle (planned)
Chartplotter: 12-inch B&G Zeus SR, alongside the Simrad NSS12 evo3 in the pilothouse (planned)
Sailing processor: B&G Hercules H5000 with a WS3 wired masthead wind sensor and a separate 3D Motion Sensor, for wind-mode autopilot steering (planned)
Helm displays: a couple of B&G Triton2 displays, one at the outdoor helm, plus an HDMI chart monitor in the rear pilothouse window with a four-input HDMI switch (planned)
Sonar network: Simrad SonarHub and Simrad Ethernet switch, so ForwardScan shows on both plotters (planned)
Voyage data recorder: Maretron VDR100 as a hardware N2K log independent of the computers (planned)
Satellite internet: Starlink (top need)
Tracking and weather: PredictWind DataHub Pro, with Iridium GO exec as backup (top need)
Charts: current cartography for the whole route, Canadian and US Arctic official charts, and a transferable C-MAP licence for the right region (top need)
Cellular: dual-SIM (US and EU) router and a mast WiFi antenna and booster (planned)
Other radios: marine SSB, a LoRa satellite system and Meshtastic, all still missing from the plan, plus two handheld VHFs for the dinghy and shore parties (planned)
Masthead camera: Ubiquiti camera for spotting ice and bommies (planned)
HF/SSB: Icom unit with antenna tuner, antenna switch and amplifier; cost is a concern (wish)
Thermal camera: FLIR thermal camera at the masthead (wish)