2000 Custom Carolina 47'

Construction

Molded Fiberglass with a solid bottom and foam cored stringers with Kevlar and carbon fiber reinforcements, balsa cored bulkheads, decks, and hull topsides, cored main deck and superstructure.

Hull Topsides

Painted fiberglass, Hull/deck joint is glued and throughbolted with mahogany inner clamp, bonded internally. Transom has molded recessed trim tabs with molded exhaust out the back of the transom

Foredeck/Super Structure

Painted, faired and smooth with an apparent crown, encircled by a Recently varnished toerail extending past the shea break. Dual cleats are fitted forward with chocks and inlaid stainless chafe strips, pop cleats are fitted at the quarters. Hatches on the deck all feature polished stainless frames. Side Decks extend each side of the wheel house with window openings on either side of the house secured with aluminum frames. Super structure features a solid forward windscreen with painted black mask.

Fly Bridge

Tournament style centerline helm with varnished teak palm beach style helm pod featuring single lever engine controls and a 3 spoke polished Edson steering wheel. Engine instruments are mounted at the helm with caterpillar electronic gauges. The Garmin and Furuno Electronics are flush mounted in a electric pop up box directly in front of the helm making a clean look when not in use. The bridge also boasts two varnished ladder back Release helm chairs with cushions, forward seating in front of the helm, and an auxiliary 12VDC panel. The forward cowl provides plenty of room for storage along with housing the salon AC compressor. Access to the bridge by an aluminum ladder with new teak treads.

Cockpit

Encircled by raised gunwale with molded cap, fitted with NEW teak covering boards. Large Tuna door to starboard. The cockpit sole is laminated with New teak decking over fiberglass, with deck hatches aft with pullout fish box liners. Scuppers aft are flush and drain overboard. S shaped corners compliment all the teak hatches along with all the corners of the newly installed teak gunwale cap covering boards.

Interior

Beautifully appointed and finished with Cherry wood Veneers and solid trim throughout. Staterooms and salon boasts ultrasuede and tastefully papered bulkheads. The newly covered Salon white ultraleather couch accents the solid varnished black walnut sole, Corian counters and new headliner.

  Forward stateroom

Nicely decorated oversized over/under bunks to starboard with outboard storage shelves and more storage under the bottom bunk that also houses the forward 6500BTU ac. The upper bunk has a can be added filler piece to make the bunk larger if needed. Chest like storage to port, along with a cedar lined hanging locker. All the bunks and interior hull sides are finished out with solid cherry wood trim. The headliner is accented with cherry wood slats as-well. Down the companionway heading aft to port is the day head and forward stateroom head. The head is nicely appointed with cherry trimmed white laminated cabinets, Corian countertops with tile back splash accents and a headhunter toilet. The head sole is teak.

Owners Stateroom

Midship starboard side with ensuite head and separate shower. The ensuite head is appointed much the same as the day head with an added oversized separate shower with clear acrylic doors, teak seat and teak sole grate. The sink outboard with head opposing it inward. The stateroom with its queen sized berth inboard, with storage underneath along with the cabins ac unit, is nicely accented with hardwood trim like the forward stateroom and 2 cedar lined hanging lockers outboard.

Companionway 

As you enter from the one stepped down galley to the companionway with 3 steps down toward the staterooms, you find the stairs are of solid Black Walnut with a high gloss finish. Under the stairs and to port under the galley sole is where you will find the Cellar that houses the New Xantrex 3024 3000w inverter, gray and black water pumps, discharge valves and fresh water piping.  

Galley

U-shaped midship to port and one step down from the salon. Plenty of space on the Corian countertop. undermounted single sink in the corner with an accompanying new Kenyon undermounted cooktop aft with corian cover. The two subzero fridge and freezer drawers oppose an oversized subzero freezer foward. Microwave is recessed into the forward bulkhead with cabinets along the bulkhead and port side. the galley sole is high gloss finish dark Black Walnut. 

 Machinery Space

Insulated with sounddown lead foam covered in perforated plastic. 110VAC fluorescent lights are installed along centerline. Ocean Marine a/c compressors are installed outboard to port, water heater outboard to starboard, Hynautic steering reservoir starboard. Engines are mounted atop aluminum beds fastened atop encapsulated stringers, with flexible mounts. Fuel system is rigged with Racor filter banks port aft. Engine rawwater intakes are fitted at centerline with strainers and flush/emergency bilge plugs. Exhausts with water lift mufflers, flexible connections double clamped. All pump discharges connect to a greywater drain extending to the transom, bilge discharges fitted with check valves. IceChipper is located port aft atop a laminated shelf at the bulkhead. Aft bulkhead is open at centerline. Pumproom follows the engine compartment with central intakes for pumps and other equipment, all valved separately. Generator is to port with valved intake with strainer, exhaust with waterlift muffler. Batteries to starboard. Main DC switches are mounted aft along with master fuses and breakers. Jabsco 4000GPH pumps are mounted at centerline here and forward in the engine compartment.

 Lazarette

Fuel tank is t-shaped. installed over neoprene strips and set atop stringers and laminated in place. Stainless water tank follows, mechanically fastened. Rudder shelf is laminated and fastened to stringers, seals installed at rudder ports. Rudders with keyed tillers, rams well secured. 4000 GPH Jabsco bilge pump is mounted aft, as well as Bennett trim pump