PRELIMINARY LISTINGCARIBANA is a unique collaboration between classic yacht designers McCurdy & Rhodes and world class American builder Palmer Johnson. She was purpose built and today remains a sea kindly and capable yacht strong enough to take you wherever you want, with generous accommodations for up to seven guests and two crew in a total of 4 cabins and a convertible den/library.To quote from one of her many write ups Caribana is a charming, warm and very elegant yacht with a luxurious, old fashioned interior. Furnished with the grace and style of a turn of the century English club. And from another Her voyages, many of which were document by National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines, include many Atlantic crossings, a trip to the Amazon, the Orinoco and many other world travels.
Master Stateroom: Located aft and full width, it is a large space with centerline queen berth flanked by night stands and drawers beneath. Starboard is a tall bureau running full length fore and aft and to port a lower version, both with numerous drawers. Forward, port and starboard are sizeable double door hanging lockers.A spacious ensuite fully tiled
Master Head with separate stall shower is forward to port.
Guest Stateroom aft: Forward and to starboard of the Master stateroom, it contains twin berths, drawers under, with bureau between and hanging locker aft and outboard. There is a third berth outboard and above.The ensuite
Guest Head aft includes a separate stall shower and also offers direct access to the passageway making it available as a day head.
Den/Library/Study: Opposite to port, and open to the saloon is one of the nicest areas of this yacht. Inboard is floor to overhead bookcase/bureau combination. On the aft bulkhead are more bookshelves over a writing desk and outboard to port is an L shaped settee which can be sued as a berth as can the backrest which hinges up.
Main Saloon: Up a finally crafted wide balastered stairway is the raised saloon with an aft facing L shaped settee to port surrounding a large dinning table, with chairs capable of seating eight. A full length settee is opposite to starboard. Aft is the bar area and entertainment center with 42 flat screen TV. Three large windows, port and starboard, provide unrivalled views of your surroundings, seated or standing. There is much natural light and additional ventilation from the roll down center windows and three opening ports forward. Centerline forward is access to the galley, forward guest stateroom, crews quarters and engine room. Aft to starboard is the interior entry to the pilothouse.
Pilothouse: Entered from either the main saloon, up several stairs aft on starboard or very large centerline doors aft which open this area to the after deck joining the two spaces at the same deck level. Helm is centerline forward with helmsmans chair and console for all the yachts running instrumentation and navigation equipment and a full sized chart table. Facing fore and aft settees are outboard port and starboard. The helmsman view is unimpeded through 360 degrees and overhead for sail trim through three forward windows, two opening on each side, and large overhead hatches.
Aft Deck: The aft deck offers an additional seating dining area for up to eight around a varnished teak table which can be surrounded with chairs along with the permanent aft settee.
Guest Stateroom - fwd: Forward of the galley dinette to port with upper and lower berths, hanging locker and drawer storage. A head and shower are across the passageway to starboard.
Galley: As you descend the stairs from the pilot house a dinette is to starboard aft of which is the washer and dryer and entrance to the engine room. Opposite to port is a fully fitted U shaped galley opening inboard with generous storage. A double stainless sink is outboard, full sized refrigerator/freezer, icemaker, microwave and domestic cooking range with oven and 4 top burners.
Crew Quarters: Located all the way forward with a watertight door for access to the forward sail locker. In addition to the crew V berths with filler piece, there are hanging lockers and a ladder providing direct deck access through a dog house style deck hatch. The crew enjoys their own separate
Head & Shower.
Her hull is a hollow clipper bow with a carved mermaid figurehead beneath her bowsprit. The underbody is full keel with cutaway forefoot and propeller mounted in a protected aperture. The sheerline includes a raised bulwark. House and deck are fabricated of 5086 welded aluminum plates on 21 frames. Decks are teak overlaid. Hull is 5/16 with 3/8 bottom, house plating ranges from 3/16 to 5/16. Keel is poured lead into shaped plate. Decks are a teak overlay. Hull color is dark blue and the superstructure is painted white.
- Caterpillar 3306 main engine
- Allison MG509 2.59:1 transmission
- Hundestat variable pitch propeller system
- Quantum hydraulic bow thruster
- Walker AirSep filtration system
- Racor 900 dual fuel filters w/vacuum gauges
- FloScan fuel monitoring system
- Cruisair 5.5 ton air conditioning system 66,000 BTU
- Watermaker 800 gpd
- Fireboy engine room fire suppression system
- Kahlenberg air driven horn system
- Northern Lights 32 kW generator
- Phasor 21 kW generator
- Acme 15 kva shore power isolation transformers 2
- Sentry 60 amp 24 v battery charger
- Sentry 30 amp 32 v battery charger
- Sentry 40 amp 12 v battery charger
- Harken 24-volt hydraulic power pack
- Aluminum double spreader mainmast
- Single spreader mizzenmast
- Crows nest at main mast lower spreaders
- Standing rigging rod and 1 x 19 wire to welded chainplates
- Two reaching struts - mast mounted
- Hydraulic boom vang
- Double head rig with Harken hydraulic roller furlers
- 6 Barient & Harken self-tailing winches at mainmast
- 2 Barient self-tailing winches on forward deck
- 3 Barient winches at mizzen
- 2 Barient electric primary winches
- Mainsail fully battened w/Harken cars and lazy jacks
- Mizzen sail- fully battened w/Harken cars
- Genoa roller furling
- Staysail roller furling
- Raymarine RL80C radar
- Northstar 6000i GPS
- VEI monitor for Nobletec chart system
- Robertson autopilot
- Raymarine ST60 boat speed
- Raymarine ST60 wind speed & direction
- Raymarine ST60 close hauled wind & speed
- Datamarine digital depth sounder
- Raymarine loudhailer
- Icom M700 EMS Sat Com
- Nera Mini M Sat Com
- Standard Horizon VHF
- Tide clock
- Ships clock
