54’ Steel Bruce Roberts Sloop
- Name: Maravida
- Year: 1984
- Hull Material: Steel
- Engine: Single Diesel
Maravida is an extremely stable family cruising boat. Reefing is only necessary if winds exceed 25 knots. Steel structure gives peace of mind. Cruised throughout the Caribbean in the last three years and previously cruised by former owners to North Africa and Europe. Her sugar scoop allows easy onboard access and a nice platform for swimming and outdoor showering. The huge back deck easily holds the 3 year old 11 ˝ foot aluminum AB dinghy lengthwise, with lots of room to spare.
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Builder/Designer
Custom Built in Brazil/Bruce Roberts Design,
53 designed length with 1’6” sugar scoop extension
Dimensions
LOA: 54’4” LWL: 46’9” Beam : 16’4”
Displacement: 47400 Draft: 7’5” Balast: 16000
Engine
Engine: Single diesel HP: 120 Model: Mercedes Benz OM352 (1984)
Cruise Speed: 7 knots Max Speed: 8 knots
Tankage
Fuel: 475 gallons Water: 165 gallons Holding: None
3 steel tanks 2 stainless tanks
Accommodations/Interior
Beautiful Brazilian mahogany interior.
Sleeping for 8. Forward to Aft: Large chain locker is followed by V-berth with port and starboard single bunks. Next is port head with lavac toilet and sink. Across hallway is starboard cabin with two single bunks. Main salon: to port is a double-seater settee and navigation station with chart table and seat, to starboard is a J-shaped settee with large angled dining table. Mercedes engine directly under center cockpit. Port cabin has two single bunks and is located on port side of engine. Galley is on starboard side of engine. Cupboards are both inboard and outboard, and above and below. Four-burner Force 10 stove/oven is outboard along with the refrigerator/freezer, stainless steel countertops and large sink (pressure water). Microwave unit and front loading washing machine are both inboard. Galley leads into large aft master cabin and head. Master cabin includes: large double berth, large curved settee, desk, and many cupboards and bookshelves. Head includes sink, lavac toilet, shower, and numerous cabinets.
- Leather upholstery throughout – new in fall 2007
- Pressurized water at stern.
- Lavac toilets – 2005
- 5 gallon holding sump for kitchen and aft head sinks – 2006
- full-sized separate shower enclosure in aft head
- 45 gph watermaker - 2006
- Memorex Television/DVD - 2006
- Aiwa stereo system – 2005
Galley
- Force-10 4 burner stove and oven – 2006
- 12 volt built-in front-opening refrigerator/freezer – 2006
- Emerson Microwave – 2006
- Fagor front loading washing machine – 2006
Electronics
- JRC 1800 Radar w/GPS – 2005
- I-COM 502 VHF with cockpit remote microphone – 2007
- I-COM 728 SSB transceiver – 1994
- Shakespeare 23 foot whip antenna - 2006
- Autohelm autopilot – 1996
- Autohelm ST 50: Instrument package - 1996
- Garmin 128 GPS – 1999
- ACR Satellite 406 EPIRB (rebuilt 2006)
Deck and Hull
Hull, Deck, and Superstructure: Steel
Multichined
Steel Thickness:
- 5 mm hull
- 4 mm deck
- 7 mm keel
Interior steel is coated with Jotun high build epoxy primer and insulated with polystyrene.
New paint and non skid coating on decks, new paint on topsides, and new bottom paint. All applied fall 2007.
Electrical
- 12 volt DC. 110/220 AC.
- Batteries: Trojan 105, capacity 950 Ah -2005
- Engine Alternator: Balmar 150 Ah
- Xantrex Link 10 Battery Monitor -2006
- Genset: 3.5 KW Kubota/NextGen – 2006
- Dive Compressor: Bauer 110 volt with 3 air cylinder tanks
Engine and Mechanical
Single diesel 1984 Mercedes Benz OM352 six cylinder 120 hp engine. Factory marinized by Mercedes. Total overhaul September 1998 at 4000 hours. Standard marine heat exchanger cooling.
Gear box: ZF BW-40. 2” propeller shaft. PYI Classic Paul Luke 3 blade feathering propeller 22”.
Henderson manual bilge pump.
Rule 3000 electric bilge pump.
Whale Gulper 220 electric bilge pump.
Anchor
- Goiot electric windlass
- 200’ 3/8” chain
- Bruce 110 lbs
- CQR 75 lbs
- CQR 60 lbs
- Admiralty (fisherman) 90 lbs
Sails and Rigging
Mast: Decked stepped. Spar maker: Manotaco Nautica Ltd. Spar Material: Aluminum
Mainsail reefing: 2 slab reefs. Standing rigging: Replaced with s/s 1998. Furlers: #1 Nautec & #2 Nautec. Spinnaker pole.
Lewmar winches:
- Genoa: #65 2sp ST x2
- Spinnaker sheets: #55 2sp ST x2
- Halyards: #44 2sp ST x2 & #46 2sp ST x1
- Other: #42 2sp ST x1
- Other: #40 2sp ST x2
North Sails:
- Main 51 m2 Excellent (1999)
- Genoa 68 m2 Excellent (1999)
Pelicano Sails :
- Storm jib #1 15 m2 good (1984)
- Storm jib #2 12 m2 good (1984)
Sobstat:
Spinnaker 180 m2 Excellent (1999)
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Maravida has a stout conservatively canvassed rig paired with a stable hull. This makes for great, low-stress sailing. Low aspect ratio wing keel makes Maravida directionally stable without the difficult maneuvering challenges of a full length keel. She keeps her heading well under sail or motor.