Research Vessel Llyr
FollowLlyr is a modified Bruce Roberts 45 monohull steel yacht, ketch rigged, built in Europe in 2000. Her home port is Salem, MA, and she is registered with the US Coast Guard # 1090100. She is 53'LOL 16' Beam and 30 tons. Llyr averages 5.5 to 6 knots and commonly motor sails to windward. Her Perkins M90 has tankage for 1100 nautical mile. She is strongly rigged with large sturdy sails made by Doyle. Llyr is a work yacht that provides community services in Vanuatu annually April to September. During the balance of the year, Llyr is stored in a cyclone pit at Vuda Marina, Fiji. Llyr is owned by Brooks McCutchen, Ph.D. & Janis Steele, Ph.D. www.IslandReach.org
Crew of five, captain Brooks McCutchen, Janis Steele, First Mate Lewis Jepeson, crew John Ronneth and Gavin Steele-McCutchen
Recent Updates
RV Llyr is currently in Port Vila, Vanuatu, looking for a weather window to Vuda Marina Fiji around August 25.