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Specification BUCANEER

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A 23 metre charter sailing vessel available for race charter and crossing in both the Caribbean and Mediterranean. She is available for races such as the Grenada Sailing Festival, Antigua Sailing Week, The Giraglia Rolex Cup and the Rolex Middle Sea Race to name a few alongside a team of professional skippers. Built in 1969 in New Zealand and completely refitted in 2010, she can accomodate between 8 and 10 guests and 2 to 4 crew. Her most famous races: The Sydney to Rio in March of 1982 in which she took line honours in the non stop Cape Horn Classic, Sydney - Noumea, Sydney - Hobart, Caribbean Race Series (Antigua) and numerous other small events.

Destination

Summer :	West Mediterranean
Winter :	Caribbean

Charter rate

Summer :	12 000 € per week
	2 000 € per day
Winter :	12 000 € per week
	2 000 € per day

Guests

Sleeping :	10
Cruising :	12

Construction

Year built / refit :	1969
Builder :	ADIC Shipyard Turkey
Interior designer :	J Spencer

Main characteristics

Type :	Charter Sailing Yacht
Length :	23 m
Beam :	5.75 m
Draft :	3.50 m
Material :	Laminated Wood
Engine :	135 HP
Generator :	20 KW

Equipment

Special feature :

Built in 1969: Tom Clarke, outstanding sailing force in New Zealand, asks the designer J. Spencer to create the Buccaneer, a 75' sailing ship with which he achieved his first success as a shipowner and helm in the Sydney-Hobart Race.
1970: The Buccaneer comes 1st in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race, 26th edition.
1971: 2nd - Rolex Sydney - Hobart.
1974: 3rd - Rolex Sydney - Hobart.
1975: 4th - Rolex Sydney - Hobart, still with T.E. Clark as a skipper.
1983: Together with J. H. Mace he participates once again in the Rolex Sydney- Hobart, coming 12th.
1995: transformed into a charter vessel. Charters in Brazil and Australia amongst other areas and in 2008 is taken over by the Project Buccaneer team with whom the story continues today.

Tags : Charter sailing yacht - racing cruising sailing yacht - sailing yacht Saint-Tropez