| Dockyard |
SFCN at Villeneuve La Garenne |
| Architects |
Luc Bouvet and Olivier Petit |
| Former owners |
Jean-Louis Etienne and Sir Peter Blake |
| Flag |
French (French international registry) |
| Classification |
Bureau Veritas – 1 3/3 (E) |
| Length |
36 metres |
| Width |
10 metres |
| Draught |
1.50 metres – 3.50 metres |
| Weight |
120 tons |
| Hull Material |
Aluminium |
| Masts |
2 – 27 metres each |
| Sail area |
400 square metres |
| Propulsion |
2 x 350 HP |
| Power |
2 x 17 kW and 1 x 50 kW (Environmental Protection Agency II Standard) |
| Watermaker |
300 litres/hour |
| Fuel tanks |
40,000 litres |
| Water tank |
6,000 litres |
| Soiled tank |
7,000 litres |
| Number of berths |
14 |
| Autonomy |
5,000 nautical miles - 3 kW windgenerator power system |
| Means of communication |
Eutelsat, Fleet Broad Band, Radio HF, Standard C |
| Meteorology |
Station Bathos II Météo France, thermo salinometer |
| Oceanography |
3,000 m oceanographic winch capstan |
| Science |
Dedicated microscopy and IT, wet laboratory |
| Equipment |
Diving compressor and equipment for 4 persons, two semirigid 30 and 40 HP |
| Heating |
150 mm polyurethane isolation, central heating |
| Garbage treatment |
1 crusher and 1 compactor of garbage |
| Home port |
Lorient |
| Positions on board the Tara |
The team on board consists of 5 sailors, 2 scientists, 1 journalist and 1 artist |