THE YACHT PLAN B IS A STEEL BOAT WHICH WAS FASHIONED AT AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCKYARD AND DESIGNED IN THE OFFICE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND MARINE & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND DE VILLIERS YACHT DESIGN.

HER INTERIOR DESIGN WAS REALISED BY TRACEY BARNIER-WILLIS DESIGN

PLAN B (FORMER “HMAS FLINDERS”) WAS COMMISSIONED AND LAUNCHED IN WILLIAMSTOWN IN 1973 AND DECOMMISSIONED IN 1998. ACCOMMODATING 10 GUESTS AND 12 CREW

THE YACHT WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED FOR MATTHEW FLINDERS (1774-1814), AND WAS AN OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY SHIP OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

FLINDERS WAS THEN CONVERTED TO A PRIVATE YACHT AND RENAMED PLAN B.

HER HULL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH STEEL AND THE MAIN SUPERSTRUCTURE IS MADE PREDOMINANTLY FROM STEEL TOO. WITH A LOA OF 49 m, BEAM 10.06 m, DRAUGHT 3.05m .

REFITED AND MODIFICATION CARRIED OUT BY 2007.

POWERED BY TWIN PAXMAN DIESEL MAIN ENGINES, CAN ATTAIN A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 14 KNOTS. COUPLED TO THE ENGINES ARE TWIN SCREW PROPELLERS.

SHE ALSO HAS AN ECONOMICAL RANGE OF 5000 MILES WHEN UNDERWAY AT HER CRUISING SPEED OF 12 KNOTS.

THE YACHT IS FLAGGED IN CAYMAN ISLANDS AND HER HOME PORT IS NEW ZEALAND