The latest 30-metre Continental III Flybridge yacht represents the largest Wim van der Valk luxury vessel. The construction of the 30m motor yacht Continental III is expected to commence in April/May 2013.

30m superyacht Continental III Flybridge by Wim van der Valk

Technical Specifications of the 30m superyacht Continental III

L.o.a. : 30.00 m.
Beam : 6.95 m.
Draft : 1.70 m.
Fuel (Diesel) : 15.000 l.
Water : 3500 l
Grey/black water : 1500 l :
Propulsion : 4 x Volvo Penta IPS 1200 EVC-EC / D13-900
662 kW (900 HP) @ 2.300 rpm

Standard equipment:

Propulsion / Steering:

• 4 x Volvo Penta IPS 1200 EVC-EC.
• Including hydraulic automatic trim-flaps
• Full Volvo Penta IPS drive system (IPS-III).
• Hydraulic/Electric steering system (Volvo Penta IPS-III).
• Volvo EVC electronic engine control system.
• 2 extra manoeuvring possibilities (IPS Joystick) on both sides of the cockpit on side decks.

General (Exterior)

• Full “top-quality” Aluminium Hull & Superstructure (special AlMg4,5Mn type 5083” seaworthy shipbuilding aluminium, with certificate)
• Casco fully sandblasted, also on the inside.
• High Quality 2-component “paint” system (International/Awl-Grip according to COT norms)
• Full 15mm massive teak decks, also on stairs, swimming platform & fly bridge.
• Large sundeck on front deck
• Stainless steel lists on the hull, half round.
• Stainless Steel lists on the “exhausts”.
• Heavy stainless steel oval railing, luxury design.
• Luxury stainless steel capping on the bulwarks.
• Stainless steel handrails.
• 8 St. Steel bollards [4×2] front and aft, plus 4×2 clamps amidships.
• 2 St. Steel bollards on swimming platform.
• St. Steel side stepladder (also to be used as swimming ladder)
• Fender storage incorporated in superstructure
• Special “wing design” mast on the fly bridge.
• Automatic sliding Stainless steel wheelhouse doors. (two or three sections) incl. double glazed security glass.
• Grey tinted double-glazed & hardened security glass windows.
• Stainless steel portholes with fly-screens.
• (8 x vertical (WxH 305 x 710 mm) Other portholes (WxH 508 x 254 mm) acc. To clients wishes.
• Stairs to swimming platform secured by (aluminium) doors.
• Teakwood steps on outside stairs with built-in LED lighting.
• Exterior upholstery acc. To clients wishes incl. Seats, sunbeds, covers etc.
• Double-horned airhorn (Kahlenberg S-2CV for yachts upto 75mtr)
• 3 x Double-arm windscreen wipers with adjustable interval and sprayers.(Exalto type BS280)
• Loudhailer
• Glendinning shoresuply cable master CM8

30m luxury motor yacht Continental III Flybridge

General (Interior)

• The entire ship is thermally insulated (PUR)
• Layout fully according to clients wishes
• Interior woodwork (type of wood and style) acc. To clients wishes
• Interior fully spray-painted.
• Interior built with high quality massive framework acc. To clients wishes.
• Flooring in bathrooms and galley acc. to clients wishes.
• Flooring in rest of ship acc. to clients wishes and possibilities.
• Luxury upholstery according to clients wishes.
• Complete bathrooms with bath/shower/steam cabins, Toilet, bidet (or toilet/bidet combi), washbasin(s), en storage lockers
• Stainless steel handrails throughout the ship

Ships systems & components (Exterior)

• 2 x Hydraulic capstans (PS en SBS) on the aft deck (MUIR VC3500).
• Hydraulic anchor winch (MUIR Atlantic 4500) with St. Steel anchor (type acc. To clients wish) And St. steel anchor chain and anchor roll.
• Deck wash and anchor wash connections
• Hydraulic gangway in box (Besensoni PI392-C350 RVS).
• Shower with hot water on swimming platform

Flybridge
The fly bridge will, for the largest part, be built according to clients (layout) wishes.
The following items are included:

• 2/3 persons steering sofa or separate luxury steering seats
• Seats / sofa’s
• Table(s)
• Refrigerator (brand & type acc. To possibilities / to be discussed)
• Bar (with refrigerator, icemaker, grill and washbassin)
• Bimini-top (hard top possible as option)
• Windscreen
• Music system (see electric systems & components)
• Crane for tender boat (Steelhead esprit 1550)

Ships systems & Components (Interior)

• Automatic fire extinguishing system in engine room (FM200-Automatical Marine Fire Extinguisher) plus CO2 manual fire extinguishers (numbers and capacity acc. To latest classification demands. (Marine Fire MA 760 – 2700)
• The entire engine room is fitted with a system of high quality sound-dampening materials.
• Engine room ventilation system.
• PE watertanks (3500 liter).
• Water-pump (Gianesshi 2 JET 4B C.E. twin backup water pressure system 400V master +24V slave).
• Drinking water desinfection system (HP watersystems UV-steriliser UV-5000)
• PE grey/black water 1500 litre with extracting possibility and overflow security.
• Hamann black/grey water treatment system with separate holding tank.
• Grey/Black water pump (Gianesshi WASTE PUMP MV 44G 400V / 50L/MIN.)
• (Incl. extra back-up pump Gianesshi WASTE PUMP MV 44G 24V)
• Double diesel filters (Volvo Penta 877770) (2 filters per engine).
• Diesel powered (Kabola B75-combi) combi-heater for central heating and hot water.
• Additional boiler system (2 x 120 litre circulation system / Kabola).
• Floor heating in all area’s (each room/area separately controllable).
• Shower pumps (Kessel Minilift)
• Bilge pumps (Gianesschi ZBDG50 22.000 litre/hour submersible pump) Extra large capacity bilge pump in engine room.
• Shower cabins with security glass doors (measurements acc. To possibilities and client’s wishes. Bottoms of showers custom/hand made from corian.
• High quality sanitary equipment (taps, wash basins etc.) acc. To clients wishes. (Taps etc. Hans Grohe of equal price/quality)
• Electric toilets and/or bidetts (or combination) acc. To clients wishes (Planus).2 x high quality electric steering chairs (Opacmare model 6484) With upholstery acc to clients wishes
• Granite/Corian/Marble/St. steel/Glass worktops in galley and bathrooms. (type en colours acc to clients wishes)
• Ceramic/Marble/Corian/Granite walls in showers and bathrooms.
• Full airco system (Marine-air TWC 400V 260.000BTU) with chillers in engine room. Per area separately controllable.
• Bilge water filter system
• Fuel polishing system (Algae-X type MX-F-24V) (= primary diesel filter system directly on diesel tank)
• Documents safe in Master & VIP cabin.
• Water maker (HP Watersystems) 400 L/hour.

Miscellaneous
1 x Central vacuum cleaning system (Beam Centraal 220V)
1 x Air compressor system (Kolibri 8ATU)

Galley equipment
? x Refrigerators/Freezers/Wine coolers acc. to client’s wishes (number and types to be discussed and acc. to client’s wishes and possibilities
1 x Ceramic/Induction cook top (Miele)
1 x Extractor fan (Brand & type to be discussed, depending on position and layout)
1 x Washing machine (Miele).
1 x Dryer (Miele)
1 x Dishwasher (Miele)
1 x Combi oven (Miele)
1 x Steam oven (Miele)
1 x Coffee machine (Miele)

Electric systems & Components
Electric specification of the 30m Continental III Yacht

Generators:
2 x Whisper sound damped 1500 rpm 25 kvA 400 Volt AC 1x Whisper sound damped 1500 rpm 12kva 230 volt (auto start/stop for loading battery sets and back-up for general use)

Battery sets:
1 x 24 Volt 2000 amp/H (2 volt cells for general use/operation (service batteries))
3 x 24 Volt 160 amp/H type AGM (for main engines)
3 x 12 Volt 90 Amp/H type AGM (for generators)

Chargers:
3 x Mastervolt 24V 100 amp. (for service batteries)
1 x Mastervolt 24V 60 amp. (for engine batteries)
3 x Mastervolt 12 V 10 amp (for genset batteries)

Inverters:
1 x 15kw inverter 24 > 230 Volt .

Shore power connection:
1 x 400 volt 25 kva shore connection incl. 25 kva separator transformer.

Electrolysis:
Apart from the 25 kva separator transformer, which normally will exclude any risk of electrolysis, the ship will be equipped with an earth fault measuring system equipped with alarm function. Should the 30m superyacht Continental III find herself in an “electrically polluted” environment then the system will indicate this via an alarm.

Swich panels 230 volt:
Switch panels have been equipped with “double pole” fuses and where necessary “earth fault” and “engine protection systems”. The switching between shore, generators and inverter is fully automatic and “fool proof”

A 230v indication – monitoring system is mounted in the steering position.

Switch Panels 24 Volt:
A main switchboard is mounted in the engine room en is equipped with “double pole” fuses and where necessary engine security switches. Also a manual “earth fault” monitoring system is installed.

A 24 volt dc indication & monitoring system is installed in the steering position.

Dashboard wheelhouse:
Equipment flush mounted & text engraved in the panels (colour optional)
Operation with use of “conventional” switches.
Optionally touch screen operation is possible whereby as back-up conventional switches will be fitted to ensure optimum operation security.

Dashboard fly bridge:
Equipment waterproof installed.
Controls for main engines, trim system, search lights, horn and deck lights & full navigation equipments.

Cable system:
Type cables and installation according to latest classification demands.

Lighting system:
Salon, dinette, galley and all other (sleeping etc.) cabins will be equipped with sufficient Cantalupi LED spots with dimmers. Wheelhouse equipped with night-navigation lighting system.
Indirect lighting will be installed acc to clients wishes.
Technical area’s will be been equipped with “TL” lighting (230 volt) + 24V emergency lights
Deck light (LED), equipped with dimmers will be mounted above the side and aft decks.
Furthermore LED “foot” lighting will be installed around the main decks as well as the fly bridge.
Also all the stairs will be fitted with LED lights.A “Domotica” (touchscreen) system will be installed to enable central operation of the lighting and air-treatment system.

Navigation lighting:
1 x Navigation lights system type LED for yachts up to 50 meters.
2 x professional searchlight

Switch materials:
Type BTicino, colour optional
Numbers and positions receptacles acc to clients wishes and possibilities.

Entertainment system:
1 x Satellite TV system KVH M7
Salon, 1 x Samsung Led tv with integrated satellite receiver
1 x Bose Lifestyle Home Theatre sound system i-pod function
Five-speaker performance, with audio customized to your room. Versatility for up to 6 high-definition sources, like your Blu-ray Disc™ player, gaming system and more.
1 x Extension to aft deck and fly bridge
Master cabin 1 x Samsung Led tv with integrated satellite receiver
1 x Bose advanced 2.1-channel home theatre sound system w. i-pod function
VIP cabin 1 x Samsung Led tv with integrated satellite receiver
1 x Bose advanced 2.1-channel home theatre sound system w. i-pod function
Guest cabins 1 x Samsung Led tv with integrated satellite receiver
1 x “Car” stereo with DVD and Ipod connection
(final sizes of TV’s according to client’s wishes and interior possibilities)

Internet:
1 x UMTS incl wifi systeem
External communication / Internet

Auto pilot system:
Consists of:
1 x Simrad professional J50 Junction Unit Autopilot Computer
Junction Unit: Two NMEA 0183 input and output ports. Supplies 10 Hz heading output from Tx. port 2. Radar clock/data interface, External alarm, System select Autopilot/Main steering. Controls reversible drive units drawing up to 10 A (continuous load) and solenoid activated steering system up to 3 A (isolated output)
1 x AP70 control unit
1 x RF300 Rudder feedback unit for boats with inboard engine
1 x RC25 Rate Compass utilizes a solid state rate sensor and a magnetic fluxgate

Sensor
1 x FU50 tiller The FU50 Follow-up steering lever features a dial (scale) with 5° rudder angle markings. The rudder will move and stop at the angle selected on the dial. The FU50 has a mid-position indent, buttons for (limited) mode selection, and mode indicators (STBY, FU, AUTO, NAV, WORK, and THRUSTER*). It is designed for indoor and outdoor bulkhead- or panelmounting.

Navigation computer Simrad NSO19 package
Consists of:
2 x Powerful NSO processor,
Incl. 2 x 19” Glassbridge monitor with multy input

OP40 wired remote
Dash-mounted SD card reader and provides a premium chart plotter with embedded regional cartography straight out of the box. From there the owner can then choose from Simrad’s extensive range of performance modules (black box instruments designed to be connected to control and display units) and create the integrated navigation system to suit his needs, all controlled and monitored from his Simrad NSO via fully-customisable displays. Modules and screens can be added or replaced at any time.

Radar
Consists of:
1 x TX06s open array radar, 6 kW, 4 ft Array

AIS system
Consists of:
1 x NAIS 300 Class B blackbox
The NAIS-300 is a Class B Transponder that’s purpose is to transmit the position and other information about your vessel, to other AIS equipped vessels. It is housed in a rugged waterproof enclosure to withstand the rigors of the marine environment.
1 x VHF aerial
1 x GPS aerial

VHF system
Consists of:
2 x Simrad RS87 DVHF radio system
Full Class D DSC for easy use and safety functionality
Individual speaker control for comfortable volume
SimNet capable – integrate your GPS Chartplotter
Add additional stations, hailer/fog horn or individual intercom speakers
2 x VHF aerial

7 inch multi display
Consist of:
2 x Maretron DSM250 Digital Multifunctional 7 inch display

Sensors
Consist of:
1 x Maretron GPS sensor
1 x Maretron Depth/speed sensor
1 x Maretron Wind sensor
1 x GPS compass Simrad
D/GPS Compass

Camera system:
Consists of:
1 x Camera for engine room
2 x Camera (port side & starboard side)
1 x Camera, aft view

Computer system
Consists of:
1 x Maritime computer
1 x Monitor 19” Glassbridge
1 x wireless mouse and keyboard
1 x Receiver for weatherfax and navtex
1 x Aerial for receiver
1 x Navacom MeteoScan
The new all-in-one software for the professional sailor
1 x UMTS (Internet) incl wifi system (Wireless)

Navigation system Fly bridge
Consists of:
1 x 15” Simrad (sunlight viewable) navigation display
1 x 15” Simrad (sunlight viewable) display for camera images etc.
1 x Simrad RS87 DVHF radio system
1 x Maretron DSM250 multifunctional 7 inch display
1 x AP70 control unit (Autopilot control)
Furthermore all navigation data from main steering position are also visible
On fly bridge (wind, speed, depth, GPS etc. etc. etc.)

Alarm system:
“E-marine” alarm system with certified GPS-tracker & burglary alarm.

Safety passengers:
For extra safety of for instance children (or other passengers) the ship will be equipped with a Raymarine MOB (Man Overboard) system. This system operates via the use of “Wrist Watches” that the children can wear and which will give an alarm if they go overboard.

Tank measuring system:
All diesel and fuel tanks will be equipped with a digital “Phoenix” touch screen tank measuring system.

Internal Telephone system:
The ship will be equipped with wireless internal Telephone system in all cabins and main area’s.

Other
All other used materials and components such as plumbing materials, cocks, valves, (weed) filters, cables, couplings etc. etc. etc. are of professional and top-quality and according to all classification demands. Furthermore a custom-made manual will be issued.

The 30m superyacht Continental III Flybridge will be built according to CE-class A (Ocean).