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The Rosmorrechflot website reported that the two-masted ketch-type sailing yacht "Slavyanka" of the PV33 project left the Turkish port of Marmaris on December 2, 2020.
 
This is the start of the international complex expedition "Routes of Russian Seafarers across Two Oceans".
 
In the first ten days of the voyage, participants will cross the Mediterranean Sea and pass through Gibraltar. The next leg of the expedition will cross the Atlantic via Casablanca (Morocco) and Las Palmas-Gran Canaria (Spain).
 
The PV33 project vessel "Slavyanka" will cross the Atlantic Ocean, reaching the shores of La Guaira (Venezuela), passing through the Panama Canal and crossing the Pacific Ocean with visits to Hawaii (USA) and Akita (Japan).
 
The inaugural arrival in Vladivostok is scheduled for 2 April 2021. The four-month voyage will cover 15,000 nautical miles.
 
2020 is a anniversary year in Russian maritime history - the year of the 200^th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica during the first Russian Antarctic expedition in 1819-1821 led by Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, the year of the 275^th anniversary of Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, 250^th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Ivan Krusenstern, 130^th anniversary of the founding of the Maritime State University named after Admiral G.I. Nevelskogo. Nevelsky, 100^th anniversary of Hydrographic Department of Peter the Great's Naval Corps - Saint-Petersburg Naval Institute, 5^th anniversary of Maritime Art Club. The expedition is dedicated to these glorious dates and will mostly follow the routes and places of Russian navigators.
 
The expedition's mission is to bring the public together to study and popularise marine geography and to promote a positive image of Russia by undertaking a sea voyage involving state and public organisations, educational and training institutions, representatives of culture, sport, science, business and leading media outlets.
 
The aim of the voyage is to sail the PV33 project sailing yacht "Slavyanka" from Marmaris (Turkey) to Vladivostok (Russia) across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to memorialise outstanding people and significant events of the country's maritime past and on this basis create conditions for developing expeditionary sailing in Russia involving school children and long-term international cooperation in the field of sailing.
 
Two-masted kech sailing yacht "Slavyanka" (MSN 503655) was re-equipped to class "0" sport sailing vessel (unlimited sailing) in accordance with the "Rules for Design, Construction, Repair and Maintenance of Sport Sailing Vessels" of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
 
The PV33 project was designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau.
 
The vessel is a steel sailing-motor yacht of two masts with ketch type sails, with a sloping bow and transom stern.
 
The vessel has the following main dimensions:
 
Overall length (including bowsprit) - 32.40 m;
Length between perpendiculars - 25.74 m;
Width - 7.20 m;
Height of boards from the gunwale - 3.20 m;
Height of a side taking into account ballast bulwark - 5.20 m;
Deadweight with allowance for ballast bulwark - 3.61 m;
Displacement at full-weight draught - 131 tons;
The area of the main sails is 495 m² (with gennaker 607 m²);
Height of mainsail from CWL is 35.3 m, bisan mast is 24.4 m.
 
In addition to the sails, the propulsion engines are two 210 kW diesels, each powered by its own propeller.
 
The vessel's power plant consists of two auxiliary diesel generators, each with a capacity of 32.5 kW.
 
She has an unrestricted range of 2000 nautical miles under engine and unlimited range under sail. The vessel has already completed several round-the-world voyages.
 
Freshwater replenishment of the voyage is to be provided by a desalination reverse osmosis plant and two freshwater collection and preparation tanks installed in the MoD.
 
Controllability when approaching or leaving a berth or shore is ensured by rudder shifting, bow thruster and the ability to operate the propellers "outwind".
 
A crew of 19 is accommodated in 7 double and 1 quadruple cabin, with an additional berth in the aft double cabin. The superstructure accommodates a saloon and wheelhouse with all-round visibility.
 
The living areas, wheelhouse and caboose are air-conditioned.
 
Pollution prevention is ensured by the presence of oily water collection tanks, a closed sewage and domestic water system with collection tanks and a food waste shredder in the galley.
 
Radio and navigation equipment as well as supply corresponds to the required equipment for sports sailing vessels with navigation category "0". The vessel's radio and navigation equipment, as well as supplies, complies with the requirements of category "0" sports sailing vessels. A class A vessel's Universal Automatic Identification System (AIS) with GPS/GLONASS support is also provided. The two echo sounders are completely independent of each other.
 
External communication facilities consist of VHF and MF/HF radios with DSC, INMARSAT-C ship earth station, COSPAS-SARSAT satellite EPIRBs.