The Boat
Pélican, full specification sheet.
Architecture, engine, layout, equipment and maintenance history. Details still to be confirmed are clearly marked — we're completing this sheet as we go.
Identity
A history that's fully known.
- Model
- Excess 14
- Builder
- Excess Catamarans
- Delivery date
- June 2025 · Les Sables‑d'Olonne
- Owners
- One crew since day one
- Engine hours
- 225 h · August 2026 (evolving)
- Distance covered
- 14,000 nautical miles
Dimensions & architecture
The multihull's numbers.
- Max. length (with options)
- 16.46 m · 54′
- Waterline length
- 13.34 m · 43′9″
- Beam overall
- 7.87 m · 25′9″
- Draft
- 1.48 m · 4′10″
- Air draft (Pulse Line rig)
- 21.54 m · 70′8″
- Light displacement
- 12,800 kg · 28,219 lbs
- Water tank capacity
- 2 × 300 L
Engine
225 hours, and still evolving.
- Engines
- 2 × Yanmar 4JH57 · 57 hp each · warranty until June 2030
- Power
- 2 × 57 hp
- Engine hours
- 225 h · August 2026 (evolving)
- Diesel tank
- 2 × 200 L
- Propellers
- 2 × Flexofold, 3-blade, folding
- Generator
- Portable · backup only
Sails & rigging
Pulse Line rig, Code sail : full-on performance and sensations.
- Mainsail
- Gaff-headed mainsail · 87 m²
- Genoa
- On Facnor furler · 47 m²
- Additional headsail
- Elvström Multipurpose Code 131 m² (Code Tech 135), anti-torsion cable, for downwind sailing
- Winches
- 3 × Harken 50, one electric
- Furlers
- Facnor 4500 furler (Code)
- Standing rigging
- Pulse Line
- Bowsprit
- Long
- Mainsail traveller
- Flatwinder
Interior layout
Owner's version, an Excess exclusive : brilliant for long voyages.
- Number of cabins
- 3 doubles + 1 convertible into 2 single berths
- Heads
- 3 large heads, electric toilets
- Owner's cabin basin
- Large personal basin
- Additional berths
- Saloon and cockpit convertible into berths
- Worktop
- Kerrock, double sink
- Cooking
- ENO gas oven + ENO 3-burner gas hob
- Refrigeration
- 155 L drawer fridge/freezer + 130 L fridge
- Microwave
- Yes
- Owner's cabin desk
- Dometic CFX55 12V cooler (55 L) doubles as a seat
- Galley equipment
- Thermomix TM5
- Washer/dryer
- 10 kg, just like at home
- Chart table
- 27″ screen at the chart table, connects any laptop
- Storage
- Everywhere
Equipment & electronics
Total self-sufficiency, for maximum freedom.
Victron
- Battery bank
- 3 × Victron Smart LiFePO4 330Ah
- Monitoring
- Victron Cerbo GX + GX Touch
- Inverter/charger
- Victron MultiPlus‑2 12/3000/120
- Alternator chargers
- 4 × Victron Orion XS 50A (Yanmar)
Solar panels
- Davits
- 3 × 475 Wp · MPPT Victron 150/70 + 150/35
- Roof
- 6 × 160 Wp · 2 × MPPT Victron 150/45
Garmin
- GPS / plotter
- 2 × Garmin GPSMAP 1223 (23″)
- Multifunction displays
- 2 × Garmin GMI20
- Radar
- Garmin Fantom 18″
- AIS
- Garmin
- Backup satellite beacon
- Garmin inReach Mini 2
Autopilot & backup autopilot
- Autopilot
- Garmin · LS40 ram
- Backup autopilot
- Garmin GHC50 + Reactor 40 · Lecomble & Schmit 50ST20 12V ram
- Autopilot remote
- Garmin (Reactor)
Starlink
- Internet connection
- Starlink Mini · dedicated Victron Orion DC/DC 12/24
- Boat connectivity
- PredictWind DataHub
Everything else
- Watermaker
- Aquabase ESW‑901 · 105 L/h, 12V, automatic flush
- Fresh water treatment
- Remineralisation cartridge + drinking water filter cartridge
- Windlass
- Quick 2000W
- Engine battery charger
- Cristec 40A
- Shore water connection
- Yes
- Deck wash pump
- Dedicated
- Bilge pump alarms
- Additional audible alarms
Safety
Everything to set off with peace of mind.
- Life raft
- Plastimo Transocéan 10 pax +24h · additional grab bag
- EPIRB beacon
- Ocean Signal EPIRB3 · AIS, RLS, NFC
- Handheld VHF
- ICOM IC‑M94D · DSC, AIS, GNSS
- Life jackets & harnesses
- 10 jackets, 4 with MOB/AIS beacons, for maximum safety — detail below
- Fire extinguishers
- 5 valid ABF extinguishers + 1 valid CO2 extinguisher
- Smoke detectors
- 4 detectors, up to date
- Medical kit
- Professional-grade — Audrey is a doctor, everything needed can be provided
- Tender & outboard
- 3D Tender Ultimate 320 · Mercury EFI 20 hp, electric start
- Alarm & video surveillance
- Cameras and motion detectors
| Jacket | Cartridge limit | MOB / AIS | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinlock VITO Adult 170N — Audrey | 2030 | Yes · 11/2029 · 972607251 | Plastimo triple tether, SNSM | OK |
| Spinlock VITO Adult 170N — Nicolas | 2030 | Yes · 02/2032 · 97260031 | Plastimo triple tether, SNSM | OK |
| Spinlock Cento Kid — blue | 10/2028 | Yes · 02/2032 · 97260627 | Plastimo tether | OK |
| Spinlock Cento Kid — yellow | 10/2028 | Yes · 11/2031 · 972605410 | Plastimo tether | OK |
| Pilot 165 × 6 | 03/2028 · 33g cartridge | No | With crotch strap, flash light and Lalizas tether | OK |
Maintenance history
A maintenance history fully known, and rigorously documented by the owners.
All servicing is coordinated with Sail Tahiti, Excess's exclusive partner for Polynesia : every service is logged, every piece of equipment checked.
Price & terms
For sale or long-term charter.
- Price & rates
- Get in touch, and let's build your project together
- Availability
- Summer 2027 · French Polynesia