1996 commercially built Maine Lobster Boat for sale exclusively with DBY Boat Sales.
Calaloo (ex Maine Maid) is a custom 32’ Maine Lobster Boat built as a launch rather than a working boat and for an Australian client for use on Sydney Harbour. She is a Merton Rich design, built by Weldon (Bunny) Leonard at Mount Desert Island Boat Works on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and is known as an MDI 32. Sea trialled in Maine before being shipped to Sydney her interior fitout was done here and includes beautiful Tasmanian Celery Top Pine for the timber trim and gloss Tasmanian Myrtle and Celery Top internal flooring.
She has spent her pampered life firstly on Sydney Harbour, then on Port Stephens, then on the marina at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron at Manly in Queensland, and for the last 5 years has lived on Pittwater.
Powered by a 315hp turbo charged Cummins diesel (a Diamond Series 6BTA5.9M2 to be precise) she will do 17 knots at wide open throttle but her yachty owners are mostly happy to potter around (sipping fuel) at 7.5 – 8 knots. She had dual Racor primary fuel filters and a new propeller fitted in 2018 prior to her trip down the coast to Sydney and has been serviced annually including a full service of the heat exchanger/cooling system in December 2021.
Her decks were repainted in 2019, her hull was resprayed by Beashel’s in August of 2020, and she was given beautiful new cream leather saloon cushions and helm seat not long before that as well as two new 200 Ah house batteries.
She has a bowthruster, laid teak decking in the cockpit, and from her Moreton Bay days she has a 2 burner cockpit gas stove and gas barbecue, and a huge cockpit drinks fridge as well as a Vitrifrigo 133 litre upright fridge freezer and one burner butane stove in the galley. As well she had a fiberglass hardtop fitted over the cockpit and drop down canvas sides to enclose the cockpit at the mooring, but which can also be poled out with fiberglass battens to provide extra shade when needed. There is a heavy duty davit on the stern to lift the 3.1m inflatable, and 15hp Yamaha outboard.
Wired for shorepower there is also a 2000W / 80 Amp Enerdrive inverter / charger (to power the coffee machine and toaster or a microwave oven if desired). A new 115 Amp alternator was fitted to the motor in 2019 and there are 2 x 200 Watt solar panels on the roof so battery charging is never an issue.
In regular use most weekends, and every Christmas and Easter, Calaloo is full of fuel and literally ready to go at a moments notice. She is only for sale now as her owners are ready for another yacht and some more sailing.
Price | : SOLD |
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Price Base | : SOLD |
Brand | : Custom |
Model | : Maine Lobster boat |
Length | : 32.00 Feet |
Year | : 1996 |
Category | : Motor & Power Boats |
Hull Type | : Fibreglass |
Hull Style | : Single |
Power Type | : Power |
Type Of Sales | : Dealer |
Engine Make | : Cummins |
Engine Type | : Cummins 315hp |
Condition | : Used |
State | : New South Wales |
Suburb | : CLAREVILLE |
Surveyed | : 2018 |
Registration Expiry Date | : 15/08/2023 |
HIN Number | : AUWWA009635AF6 |
Stock Number | : PWCM323378 |
Registration Number | : MDI32N |
Designer | : Merton Rich |
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Builder | : Weldon Leonard at Mount Desert Island Boatworks, Maine, USA |
Water (Potable) Capacity (l) | : 150 |
Hull Construction Material | : Fibreglass with divinycell reinforcement in forward sections |
Hull Type | : Maine Lobster Boat |
Deck Construction Material | : Fibreglass with timber reinforcement |
Country Origin | : USA |
Length (feet) | : 32 feet |
Length (m) | : 9.7 m |
Length Waterline (m) | : 9 m |
Beam/Width (feet) | : 11ft 3 inch |
Beam/Width (m) | : 3.4 m |
Draft (m) | : 1 m |
Draft (feet) | : 3ft 3 inch |
Number of Helms | : 1 |
Displacement | : 7 tonne |
Colour | : Green |
Engine Notes | : Serviced January 2022. Maintenance records available. |
Number Of Engines | : 1 |
Engine Standard | : 1996 Cummins |
Stroke | : 4 |
Engine Hours | : 1300 |
Horse Power (hp) | : 315 |
Drive Type | : Shaft |
Engine Room | : Under saloon |
Number of Batteries | : 3: 1 start, 2 x House (2019) |
Fuel Type | : Diesel |
Number of Fuel Tanks | : 2 x 378L each. |
Fuel Tank Capacity (L) | : 756 |
Propeller | : 4 blade 23inch, new 2018 |
Steering System | : Hydraulic |
Bow Thruster | : Yes |
Accommodation Notes | : Large V berth |
Number of Berths | : 1 double |
Number of Showers | : 1 |
Shower Type | : Hot & cold pressurised |
Number of Toilets | : 1 |
Toilet Type | : Jabsco electric |
Number of TVs | : 1 |
Holding Tank (L) | : In place but not connected. |
Galley Notes | : Coffee machine + milk frother. Toaster. |
Stove | : 1 burner butane in galley, 2 burner gas in cockpit |
Refrigeration | : 1 upright fridge /freezer in galley + 1 in cockpit |
Number of Freezers | : 1 in galley fridge |
Number of Sinks | : 1 |
Entertainment and Appliances Notes | : TV, Stereo |
Anchor / Winch | : Muir (overhauled 2022) |
Bilge Pump | : 2 x electric |
Deck Gear | : 4 x fenders. Dock lines. Boat hook. |
Electrics | : 240v shore power, 2 x 200 watt solar panels, Enerdrive battery monitor |
Electronics Navigation | : Chart Plotter, Radar, Fishfinder. Helm indicator (2023), Coursemaster 550 autopilot. |
Dinghy | : Sirocco 3.1m alloy RIB, Yamaha 15hp outboard |
Covers | : Windscreen, cockpit. |
Safety Gear | : 406 EPIRB |
Ground Tackle | : 17kg anchor + 10mm chain + warp |
GPS | : Raymarine chart plotter |
Number of Fish Finders | : 1 |
Has Navigation Lights | : Yes |
Radio | : VHF |
Number of Life Jackets | : 10 |
Remarks | : All in perfect working order. |