{"id":5529,"date":"2016-02-02T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T05:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=5529"},"modified":"2016-06-27T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:28:04","slug":"icelandic-boat-builder-fits-victron-energy-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/02\/icelandic-boat-builder-fits-victron-energy-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic boat builder fits Victron Energy equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trefjar Ltd was established in the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hafnarfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur\" target=\"_blank\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a> in Iceland in 1977. Since then they have grown considerably. They are now the largest and by far the leading manufacturer of their kind in Iceland. The company has two factories manufacturing fibreglass boats, aquaculture equipment and acrylic parts.<\/p>\n<p>Cleopatra boats is their boat building operation and we are delighted to note that they have chosen to fit Victron Energy equipment to their range of vessels. Equipment fit includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/inverters-chargers\/quattro\" target=\"_blank\">Quattros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/isolation-transformers\" target=\"_blank\">Isolation transformers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/dc-dc-converters\" target=\"_blank\">DC to DC converters<\/a> and more.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Boat types<\/h3>\n<p>The Cleopatra boats range includes tourist boats for whale watching in summer and trips to view the northern lights in winter. Iceland must certainly be one of the best places for that and if you find yourself there why not try a trip on Rosin (shown above) with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialtours.is\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Tours<\/a> of Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<p>Other builds include fishing boats and ferries. All are fitted with Victron equipment. Below are examples of some new builds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gisli Sursson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gisli Sursson is a <a href=\"http:\/\/cleopatra.is\/fishing-boats\/cleopatra-50\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cleopatra 50<\/a> fishing boat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Gisli-Surson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5537\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Gisli-Surson.jpg\" alt=\"Gisli Surson\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Gisli-Surson.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Gisli-Surson-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pandanassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pandanass is a 33ft ferry used by a Greek monastery and forms part of the Cleopatra <a href=\"http:\/\/cleopatra.is\/work-boats\/passanger-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\">passenger range<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/cleopatra.is\/work-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\">work boats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Pandanassa.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5538\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Pandanassa.jpg\" alt=\"Pandanassa\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Pandanassa.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Pandanassa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tranoy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tranoy is 36 ft in length and forms part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cleopatra.is\/fishing-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cleopatra fishing boat range<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Tranoy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5539\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Tranoy.jpg\" alt=\"Tranoy\" width=\"730\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Tranoy.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Tranoy-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion &amp; Credits<\/h3>\n<p>Dare I say it? I was in the third of the so called\u00a0 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cod_Wars#Third_Cod_War\" target=\"_blank\">Cod Wars<\/a>&#8216; in 1976 aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Rhyl_%28F129%29\" target=\"_blank\">HMS Rhyl<\/a> just before Trefjar started building their boats in &#8217;77. The seas back then were 60ft and the winds were off the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beaufort_scale\" target=\"_blank\">Beaufort scale<\/a> which stops at F12 Hurricane force; maybe that&#8217;s why companies like Trefjar build such seaworthy looking boats!<\/p>\n<p>My thanks go to Ulfar Thor Vidarsson, project manager of Trefjar Ltd., for the images in this blog and also thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/10\/victron-energy-people-who-is-niels-kaarill\/\" target=\"_blank\">Niels Kaarill<\/a> of Victron Energy for the heads up on these sturdy boat builds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/john.rushworth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Rushworth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trefjar: <a href=\"http:\/\/trefjar.is\/cleopatra-boats\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/trefjar.is\/cleopatra-boats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cleopatra Boats: <a href=\"http:\/\/cleopatra.is\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cleopatra.is<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cleopatra-boats-1542675665982925\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cleopatra-boats-1542675665982925\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trefjar Ltd was established in the town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in Iceland in 1977. 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