A Few Facts about Cuan Law
 Building began in June 1987 in Wheatley, Ontario, a small fishing town on the
shores of Lake Eerie. The hull was completed in early November and Cuan was
launched and taken on her first voyage across Lake Eerie, through the Welland
Barge Canal and across Lake Ontario to Gananoque where Lammer Law was built
in 1980. The weekend they moved her was one of the coldest that entire winter
and at one point they had five tons of ice on her decks, not to mention the
icicles hanging off her wing surfaces. Her interior, rig and commissioning
took place in and around Gananoque and a few weeks after her christening she
left for the British Virgin Islands via the St. Lawrence Sea Way, Nova Scotia,
Bermuda and down. Her passage was not as fast as Lammer Law's in 1980 as she
had head winds all the way!
Designer: Duncan Muirhead
Owner: Trimarine Boat Co. Ltd.
Length on deck: 105 feet
Beam: 44 feet
Displacement: 75 tons with fuel and water
Rig: Equal masted stay sail schooner
Working sail area: 5,200 sq. feet
Mast height: 103 feet
Engines: Two 210 hp Caterpillar diesels to drive two
feathering propellers. 4 generators.
Speed under power: 8-10 knots
Speed under sail: 6-14 knots
Air fills: Mako compressor with a total of 18.5 cfm output and air bank.
Second Mako as standby and for Nitrox.
Onboard Cell Phone
We do have a cellular phone on board Cuan Law and you will be able to make and
receive calls during your trip, charged to a major credit card. You can set this
up ahead of time by calling CCT Boatphone (284) 494 3825, give them the name
of the boat, the dates when you are on board. They will provide you with an exclusive
incoming number and outgoing 'pin' which you can activate on boarding. You can
also make these arrangements when you get on board or during the trip. We also
have a satellite phone which you can use for outgoing calls which we bill at
the end of the week. This is cheaper than the cell phone.
Watermakers
 With
two reverse-osmosis watermakers and the capacity to
store 1,200 gallons, there is ample fresh water available.
The showers function with proper pressure
and there is plenty of hot water.
Generators, Engines & Compressors
The mechanical operations of the boat happen quietly in the background, serving
the guests without intruding on their enjoyment. Cuan Law with her 5,200 sq.
ft. of sail, sails a lot with the good trade winds, but when the wind dies she
can do the speed of a power boat using her big twin Cats.
In addition, this impressive vessel has four generators, a complete galley, workshop
and an engineer skilled in fixing anything that might go wrong. Backups for backups
and quality staff are great comforts on charters and Cuan Law has a good supply
of each. In her many years of service Cuan Law has never lost a day through breakdown.
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