Lifgun is built for short hand sailing. She is equipped with a full set of B&G instruments based on the H5000 central unit. She is built to fulfil the OSR Cat. 0 rules. Radar, RTE and Iridium Certus connection, as well as the Expedition routing software, are integrated. A cZone system controls all the electric consumers.

Equipped with two 15 KW OceanVolt engines and around 40 KW/h LifePo4 batteries and an 11 KW DC Genset she is able to stay off-grid for a long time. The two OceanVolt engines are able to regenerate around 1 KW at maybe 7 knots (to be tested). An inner forestay with a permanent rigged J2 gives a lot of flexibility in the sail plan.

Lifgun will be finished end of June and then made her maiden voyage. Until now she was doing wonderful and fulfilled all our expectations also in heavy conditions and long-distance sailing. 

Next adventures are coming up soon. 

Dimensions: LOA:14,98m; LWL:14,14m; BOA:4,83m  Draft:2,30m; Ballast:4,1t Displacement:12,3 t

Sails: Main:70.00m²; J1:66.00m²; J2:33.50m²; Asymmetric: 177 m2

Hull and deck: Hull, deck, structural bulkheads and structural members of hull and deck are built in Epoxy vinyl ester carbon and glass laminate with PVC core using vacuum infusion lamination process or vacuum consolidation.

Keel: To improve directional stability to reduce autopilot activity under way. For this task and general VPP, we engaged long-time friend Giorgio Provinciali from America’s Cup, currently optimizing flying (foiling) monohulls for the next America’s cup edition. The ideal keel shape for speed compromises boats’ longitudinal stability and lateral resistance in ports. The brief was to increase keel lateral area for zero speed resistance and increase directional stability while under speed but sacrificing as little speed as possible. In one email he came with a picture of an old New Zealand America’s Cup boat with twin keel fins. After initial technical discussions, Giorgio checked route stability by computing the derivatives of yaw moment vs leeway (how much the keel unbalances the boat when leeway changes) and it proved positive comparing to longer single fin keel. In the end, tandem keel brought other positive effects on design; better overall performance (smaller rudders), safer boat to sail and lighter fin and hull construction. We have applied other elements on hull design like flat areas around the rudder to prevent ventilation while at higher angles of attack.

Facts

Vessel – Pegasus 50
Name – LIFGUN
LOA – 14,98 meters
Beam –  4,83 meters
Draught – 2,30 meters
Nationality – Swiss
Diesel – 480 liters
Water – 740 liters
Built –  2021 / splashed 20.07.21
Port – Izola (Slovenia)