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The Arcona 340, is a 34’1” monohull sailboat designed by Stefan Qviberg. She was built by Arcona Yachts.
Arcona 340's Performances:
Upwind sail area to displacementi: 26.25
Downwind sail area to displacementi: 45.91
Displacement-Length ratio (DLR)i: 156
Ballast ratioi: 37 %
Hull speedi: 7.60 knots
Arcona 340's Auxiliary engine
Engine(s): 1
Engine type: Inboard engine
Engine: 20 HP
Fuel type: Diesel
Fuel tank capacity: 26.4 gal
Arcona 340's Accommodation
Cabin(s): 2
Berth(s) (min/max): 4 / 6
Head(s): 1
Fresh water tank capacity: 34.3 gal
Water heater capacity: 5.3 gal
Holding tank capacity: 13.2 gal
Arcona uses resin infusion to create a light, strong hull and deck comprised of multiaxial rovings and vinylester resin with a Divinycell core. A galvanized steel framework in the base of the hull carries the loads generated by the rig and keel. All bulkheads are laminated to the hull and deck. The keel is a lead bulb bolted onto an epoxy-coated cast-iron fin. The keel-stepped mast is by Seldén. Standing rigging is wire.
A nearly plumb bow and a fairly abrupt reverse transom both look sharp and maximize the boat’s sailing length. End-boom sheeting with traveler and mainsheet controls immediately forward of the helm—right where they belong—show this is a boat that means business on the racecourse.
This is quite simply a nice boat, a sailor’s boat. Its quality construction, styling and many practical seagoing design features result in a smart and make for a fast, comfortable ride underway.
$178,000
Who Were the Taíno?
National Museum Jamaica’s exhibition, entitled Who Were the Taíno?, presents artefacts and narrative storyboards that interpret the life-ways and heritage of Jamaica’s historic indigenous population. The exhibit provides a location for our visitors, especially school-goers, to view and interact with some of the remarkable objects they made and used, which have been recovered from Taíno archaeological sites in the island.
Taíno culture developed in the islands of the Greater Antilles and dominated the western Caribbean for several centuries prior to the 1492 European invasion. With historic documentation about them, surviving archaeological evidence of their culture provides the basis of our understanding of their life-ways, skills and world-views.
Who Were the Taíno looks at their unfortunate demise. But more importantly, it examines their industry, how they prospered and the legacies that are still aspects of Jamaica’s culture today - in our foods, place names and language.