St Kilda Boat Sales - 27 Open (Runabout) - Custom

• Customize Your Boat
• Video Tour
• What can be done?
• Starting Guide
• Design Showcase
• Price of Customization
• Floorplan
• Next Steps
• Ethanol Blended Fuel
• Pricing & Options

27 Open (Runabout) - Custom

Customize Your Boat

 

In October 2008, the Caribbean 27 Open (Runabout), quietly replaced the 26 Open (Runabout) which is to be no-longer manufactured by the factory. The Caribbean 27 Open (Runabout) which is a completely brand new hull, created from a fresh mould.

The 27 is now both longer and wider, and still powered by the economical: Twin Mercruiser 220hp 4.3L V6 MPI Sterndrives. She is a high performance styled Runabout, the perfect day-boat and her layout is very versatile and can be customized quite easily, particularly now with the additional beam and length of this 27foot vessel.

The Caribbean 27 (Open) Runabout offers plenty of space, a wide beam and huge cockpit room to facilitate the customization of her layout. Customizing can make her into the perfect day boat for your family and corporate entertaining pleasure.

You may have seen one our of many customized Bertram 23, or 25, perhaps a Caribbean 26 or 27  Open down on the Mornington Peninsula or around Queenscliff. They are really eye catching with their individual layouts; they are quite a talking point amongst boaties around the marinas.

The new size of Caribbean 27 Open (Runabout) gives additional space both in terms of length and width in the cockpit area, particulary created to enhance the wide open space for your customisation works, leaving ample more room for your imagination to run wild....

Our customisation works are only limited by one's imagination and of course one's budget!

Video Tour

 

 

Watch our Caribbean 26 & 27 Open Custom - Video Tour. This fully guided tour in HD, covers the entire customization process and will answer most of your questions!

       (To play, click the video button)

The next steps are to give Darren a call @ Boat Sales 03) 9525-5500 to discuss your individual needs and time frame.

What can be done?

 

• Teak Deck (Hand-Laid, including: swim platform and side-steps)
• Single-level floor (remove steps)
• Installation of Ice Chest or Refrigeration
• Sweeping lounges to either; port or starboard-side or commonly both
• Conversion of engine box cover to double sun-lounge with gas lift struts for easy access. Well padded and very comfortable
• Relocation of battery switches, deck showers etc
• Upholstery of  lounges using original factory materials with Caribbean logo’s - if required.
• New vessel Bimini and Storm Covers (incl; Clear inserts above windscreen and Bimini height raised)
• Installation of  marine electronics inc: iPod input, Sounders, GPS, Chart-Plotters, AM/FM CD, TV’s etc

The process to create the boat of your dreams is really quite simple as we project manage the entire process for you. Whilst we encourange your involvement (but not mandatory) we ensure ample leg room and lounge sizing, designed to suit your individual height requirements.

The hard part is usually agreeing on the vessels layout with your family, as your choices are virtually unlimited. Usually only restricted by your imagination, or of course your budget.

The simplest way to create the boat of your dreams is to ORDER your new Caribbean Boat for us, heavily discounted of course.

This ensures we can order the boat from the factory in the most simplest configuration appropriate to your works (it's usually cheaper and avoids waste). 

We are delighted to create a fixed-price agreement for the supply of the new vessel and customised fit-out of your new Caribbean 27 (Open) Runabout.

List of works required to replicate "Maggie"
(1mb Acrobat .pdf)
Note: Maggie is a C26 Open vessel, not the new C27 Open.

Starting Guide

 

TIPS and TRICKS

• Think about what you want to do with your boat and share ideas with your friends
• Take photos of some layouts that you may have seen so we can incorporate into your design.
• Use our vessel floorplan to make some rough sketches of what you would like to change or create.
• Let us show you a couple of boats that we have already customized, here at St Kilda Marina.
• We will co-ordinate all of the required marine trades and offer you a fixed price quotation for all of the works. All works will be carried out here at our Marina and Service Centre.
• Depending on your level of customization and the time of the year (weather dependant) the process can take anywhere from 2 – 6 weeks.

Design Showcase

 

Below are digital photos of one our proudest creations, notice the useable spaces, clean lines and attention to detail on this 2006 Caribbean 26 (Open) Runabout. ‘Maggie’ was customized for her owner in August -September 2006 and handed over to the owner in early October.

 

2010 - Simple & Uncluttered

New style of customisation has emerged with simple lines, traditional seating and retention of the uncluttered cockpit, offering plenty of wide-open spaces for all to enjoy. 

A hint of the classic European day boat is now influencing our typical Aussie day on the water. These postivie ideas and concepts have emerged to change our boating needs into the future. Many ideas have been captured from the coastlines and marina's of Monaco, Nice and Cannes.

Our most recent customisation is "At The Office" a December 2009 delivered Caribbean 27 Open (Runabout) Custom.

The owner's brief was to keep is simple, without too much stuff! He specifically wanted the sun-lounge conversion of the Engine Box, to look like it was floating, with simple, but effective padding. 

We devised a unique support system with hidden S/S Rods that retract, to provide the very strong super structure. Easy to set-up and remove, enabling the cockpit to still retain open spaces for the owner's bulky diver gear but strong enough for the adults and their kids to climb over.

Here's what we proudly created:

Price of Customization

 

This is totally dependant on what customization you require.

Give us a call to discuss your needs. The beauty of customizing a new vessel directly from the Caribbean factory, is that we can order her in a very basic form to begin with, without her internal fixtures or fittings which will usually be removed anyway. Therefore minimizing the cost, before we begin the process….

Floorplan

 

• Print-out this floorplan
• Simply, trace over the top on plain paper, your desired changes and modifications.
• Give us a couple of different layouts so we can discuss the functionality with you.
• Lets us price the entire customisation for you!!
  
  Print, Design N' Play (Note: It's an Acrobat .pdf - 1mb)

Caribbean 27 (Open) Runabout - Floorplan

Next Steps

 

Give Darren at Boat Sales Office a call on: 03) 9525-5500 or 0418-379 369 to discuss your ideas and plans.

Our expert vessel knowledge and eye for detail will make this process simple and easy.

Ethanol Blended Fuel

 

Date:     25/11/2009
From:   International Marine, (makers of Caribbean Boats)

Subject:   Notice to ALL dealers

For immediate circulation to all

With the increasing availability of ethanol blended fuels, we find it timely to reiterate our caution as listed in our Boat Owner’s Manual regarding its use in boats.

Ethanol blended fuels are NOT suitable for use in FRP and aluminium fuel tanks, NOR are they suitable for the fuel system and the motor/s installed. We would therefore urge you to pass on this very important information to all your customers with petrol powered boats of any brand. 

John Barbar
International Marine Pty. Ltd