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About Us
About the yacht: Berrimilla is a 10 meter x 6 meter crowther catamaran renowned for its seaworthiness. It has a low draught with dagger boards port and starboard for on the beam sailing. Budget catamaran yacht

She was previously owned by 2 doctors who did relief work in Sumatra and Thailand. The boat is well-known and respected by the local coastal communities.

Berrimilla has on board life jackets, Emergency position indicating radiobeacons (Epirb), flares, and built in floatation devices in each hull. This unique aspect makes her virtually unsinkable. She has a fully battened main sail with 2 genoas and a spinnaker. It is also fitted with a near new koboto diesel engine.

Skipper Rodney Palmer’s personal sailing and boating history

— Recreational fishing and diving from teenage years in 3 metre to 6 metre boats

— 2 years commercial fishing Northern Australian waters

— 1 year commercial fishing south west waters Australia

— 8 years sailing experience which entails sailing my boat from Australia to Indonesia by sailing the eastern islands of Indonesia, up the west coast of Sumatra and then onto Thailand.

— Countless trips around Thai waters and Malaysia

— A delivery of a 65 ft yacht from Thailand to Croatia

— More recently delivering a yacht from Borneo to ThailandCatamaran skipper - Rod

Rod hold a current Coxswains certificate and a marine radio license.

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  9/71 Moo 3 Thanon Rasdanusorn, Ban Kuku, Phuket 83000
Tel/fax: +66 76 216145 tel: +66 76 240952

Dave's mobile: 01 8936558
Tanya's mobile: 01 7974775

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