FAR

Garcia Malibu 54

Length
16 m/54 ft

monohull

sail

Description

Aluminium centerboard cutter built by Garcia in 1990. Garcia is the yard Jimmy Cornell chose to build his most recent boat, which he took through the Northwest Passage; they have a reputation for building high quality aluminium yachts. The boat has a centerboard and a dagger board just forward of the rudder, which allows it to be balanced for any conditions. It has a three-cabin layout with a large owner's cabin forward, a double aft to port and two singles aft to stbd.

Additional details

Mechanical: Perkins 82 HP main, Fischer Panda 8kW Generator, 600 GPD watermaker. Tankage: 1000 liters diesel, 1400 liters water. Electronics: Furuno Navnet Plotter, 4kW radar, AIS transponder, 2nd Furuno GPS, 2 Handheld GPS, Furuno Navtex, Icom DSC VHF, Handheld VHF, Depth sounder, Wind Instrument. Safety: 8 person Solas A liferaft, GPS EPIRB, PLB, Iridium Sat phone. Rig: Full batten main with three reefs, Roller furling genoa, Hanked on staysail, Hanked on storm jib, Cruising spinnaker.