Description
Steering System
Joystick Control
INTRODUCTION
VERA NORTH is a Talaria 55 Flybridge set up for extended cruising by day and equally comfortable on the hook in your favorite cove or dockside at night. Her Sealift hydraulic swim platform allows for a graceful swim, scuba dive, as well as the capability of carrying a tender. A bespoke entertainment system has been designed specifically for this yacht and found at your fingertips in every space aboard.
Notable Key Features :
- C-zone integrated vessel control
- Teak cockpit and flybridge sole with white seams
- Teak decking on fore, aft and side weather decks with white seams
- 2-piece oversized Sealift hydraulic swim platform with removable tender chocks
- Full color spectrum LED underwater lights under swim platform and around hull sides providing 360-degree illumination
- Cockpit: ‘Grand Patio’ option with molded entry steps and a ladder to the flybridge, aft-facing settee, and a transom walk-thru access to a swim platform
- Humphree active interceptor system with controls at pilothouse and flybridge
- Custom cockpit table designed to allow dining for 4 from L-settee
- Cockpit amenity with electric grill, refrigerator and ice maker
- Flybridge: custom ‘extra deep’ sofa/sun pad lounge on port side fly bride with adjustable cushion panels
- Top load refrigerated ice box for flybridge
- Custom flybridge mast in lieu of standard Hinckley T55 MKII mast
- Custom flybridge windscreen with Artisanal exterior teak frame
- Custom teak flybridge seatback handrails (teak laminate cap over stainless-steel handrail)
- Artisanal teak accent package – Faux painted transom and “Flybrow” exterior flybridge sides and front
- Lightweight carbon fiber flybridge laminates in lieu of fiberglass composite
- Custom AV entertainment system with iPad control
- Detailed Corian countertops in galley and varnished cherry counter in owner’s cabin
- Raised panel cherry interior passage & cabinet doors
- Reverse-cycle heat/air-conditioning in pilothouse and interior offers additional cooling and heating comfort
- Pilothouse: Gloss varnished teak and tulipwood sole with cabin sole covers, two powered Stidd helm seats forward, built in settee, and an entertainment center with a TV on an electric lift hidden in the cabinetry
HULL and DECK
- Premium Aurora Gold Metallic Awlgrip topsides with 5 coats Awlgrip Clear gloss
- Off White gelcoat deck with matching non-skid
- Interlux VC Performance epoxy bottom
Hull: Hinckley DualGuard® Composite Construction – Kevlar®/E-glass outer skin with carbon fiber inner skin. Laminated using Seaman Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process (SCRIMP®).
Deck: E-glass outer and inner skin with aircraft grade closed cell foam core – laminated using Seaman Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process (SCRIMP®).
These materials and building techniques provide for a superior surface finish, greater resistance to osmosis, high degree of stiffness & stiffness/weight ratios, and greater hull strength against impact damage and thermal insulation.
- Oversized swim platform with Sealift hydraulic lowering system. Teak decking with white inseam and all non-skid surfaces painted to match deck. Swim platform lowers hydraulically to launch a tender, provide access for scuba diving, and is wonderful for swimming off as platform can be lowered various levels in the water.
- Non-metallic composite thru-hull fittings with ball valve seacocks are below waterline and above the waterline where appropriate. Bronze seacocks, thru-hull fittings and sea strainers on propulsion engines.
- Rub rail has stainless steel half-round on fiberglass molding.
- Underwater lights under swim platform and around hull sides providing 360-degree illumination.
DECK FEATURES:
- Tapered varnished teak toe rails with Hinckley profile
- Anchor Locker: Molded into the foredeck, with hinged and gas-spring assisted hatch.
- Two large storage lockers on foredeck
- Chocks: Two (2) Hinckley open bow chocks, type 316L stainless steel. Four (4) Hinckley closed chocks located at fore and aft spring cleats.
- Mooring Cleats: Eight (8) cleats type 316 stainless steel, sized as follows: Bow: 2 x 12”, Fore and aft springs: 4 x 10”, Stern:2 x 12”
- Eyebrow: Varnished teak molding around cabin top
- Custom painted teak handrails on port and starboard side of pilothouse for ease of transiting side decks. Handrails are painted to match the deck color
- Custom Hinckley MKII mast (painted to match deck) with anchor/steaming light
- Ports in cabin house: 5 opening ports- one in guest shower, one in master head, one in master shower, and two in galley. Opening ports have screens. 5 fixed ports- three in guest cabin, and two in master cabin. Polished stainless steel Manship hatches on cabin top with (5) smoke gray tinted hatches. All have SkyScreen screens and blinds.
- Fender Storage: Provided for six (6) fenders, four (4) of which remain attached to boat and stored for easy deployment. Two (2)remaining fenders store in custom holders under cockpit hatch
- Additional wichard folding padeyes and chafe strips to provide additional positioning of fender and dock lines
- Starboard transom door gives access to the swim platform.
- Bow burgee: varnished teak staff
- Ensign: Stern mounted 5’ varnished teak staff with flush socket
- Overboard direct drainage scuppers
COCKPIT
MKII styled cockpit with “Grand Patio” and integrated, molded L-settee. Access to and from side deck provided by coaming gate on port and starboard sides.
Cockpit features:
- Large molded L-settee with cushioned bottom and back cushions
- Cockpit amenity with Vitrifrigo refrigerator, ice maker and Kenyon electric grill
- Courtesy Lighting: Lights under each cockpit side-deck, and on the stairs between the cockpit and pilothouse.
- Low wattage lighting on dimmer under starboard side deck
- Teak covered cockpit coamings with varnished teak coaming caps.
- Cockpit shower with hot/cold mixing valve with shower wand near transom door opening
- Cockpit fresh water deckwash
- Two Glendinning powered shore cord reels mounted at transom w/wireless remotes
- Fender storage on underside of deck hatch.
PILOTHOUSE
- Salon Entry Doors: Polished stainless-steel framed doors with four (4) full height curved tinted tempered glass panels.
- L-shaped built-in settee to port and starboard with upholstered bottom and back cushions in Sunbrella Canvas White with Canvas Jockey piping. Chart storage is provided in large locker outboard of settee.
- Salon Table: Varnished cherry table to starboard. Converts to additional berth with filler cushion. Pedestal is Stidd manual retracting that is powder coated to match other Stidd pedestals.
- Salon Windows: MKII style-Three (3) fixed forward windows with laminated safety glass and fully concealed Stainless-Steel frames. Two (2) Side window assemblies with powered sliding center section and fully concealed Stainless-Steel frames.
- Salon side windows: electric pleated blind system for side windows in a ‘soft linen’ color.
- Power actuated honeycomb blinds on aft entry doors. Blinds are electrically actuated with remote control.
- Pilothouse front windows have outside snap-on Stamoid fabric shade covers.
Additional Pilothouse Details:
- Satin varnished cherry with gloss highlights. Highlights are found on all door and window trims, baseboards and bulkhead trims, corner posts, moldings, and overhead battens
- Varnished teak and tulipwood pilothouse sole
- Sound suppression overhead material with oversized varnished Cherry battens.
- Overhead halogen lamps on dimmers provide lighting.
- Reading lamps port and starboard aft provide additional lighting
- Low wattage lighting which is dimmable under L-settee
- Overhead varnished teak handrail running fore and aft
- Sunbrella cabin sole covers for pilothouse sole
FORWARD PILOTHOUSE AREA:
Helm Station (Starboard)
Two Stidd helm seats with Parchment Luxor Leather cushions and piping on stainless steel pedestals. Seats are electrical up-down, forward and aft. Both seats have Stidd X-2 footrests.
Pilothouse Forward (Port)
Dual Stidd helm seats upholstered in Delaney& Long Linen look alike ‘sand’. Pedestals are stainless steel with powered up-down and forward and aft.
INTERIOR ACCOMODATIONS
Throughout interior:
- Satin varnished Cherry with gloss highlights. Gloss highlights are found on all door and window trims, baseboards and bulkhead trims, corner posts, moldings, and overhead battens
- Teak and Tulipwood soles
- Lowe custom Hardware for drawer and cabinet pulls
GALLEY (Port)
Stepping down from the pilothouse, the U-shaped galley is to port with upgraded appliances:
- Miele speed oven convection microwave (H6200 BM)
- Miele induction cooktop (KM 6320)
- Vitrifrigo single drawer under-counter refrigerator
- Perlick under-counter single door refrigerator
- Fisher&Paykel single drawer dishwasher
- Corian Countertop with undermounted single, deep sink with brushed stainless steel finish
- Hot and cold fresh water system with Grohe single lever faucet
- Trash storage to be tilt-out style located below the galley sink
- Multiple 110 VAC outlets for galley appliances
- Glass storage for bar area is outboard and features custom wine storage from overhead of locker and low-ball glass storage below.
- Two opening ports
- Dimmable low wattage lighting under toe kicks in galley
Pantry:
- Perlick Signature Series dual zone refrigerator/wine Reserve (HP24CO)
GUEST/DAY HEAD
Large head and shower. Head area is satin finished cherry with gloss highlights.
- Varnished high gloss Cherry countertop with undermounted stainless steel sink. Grohe single lever faucet.
- Sole in head is “teak decking style”
- Sealand Vacu-flush marine toilet plumbed directly to 100-gallon holding tank.
- Full length mirror on back of door between head and guest cabin. This allows mirror to function in either place.
- Cherry framed mirror on bulkhead aft of sink
- Towel bars in shower and head
- Shower curtain and rod
- Opening portlight
MASTER STATEROOM
The spacious owner’s stateroom is MKII style with King sized platform berth. Door to master cabin is aft to provide hallway effect for cabin thereby making it feel even larger.
- Ample storage is provided via hanging lockers aft and outboard port and, lower drop down storage lockers port and starboard, and upper storage lockers port and starboard
- King sized mattress is custom Handcrafted Mattress Company System Five. 9.5” medium plush pillowtop innerspring mattress. Mattress is hinged to make access to storage below.
- Custom alcoves port and starboard outboard of bunk for small items
- 42” Samsung Smart Slim LED TV recessed into port bulkhead.
- Power overhead hatch with Skyscreen blind and screen
- Sound-absorbing panels added to chine area of hull area to reduce water noise
- Multiple 110 VAC outlets
MASTER HEAD
The large en-suite master head is aft to port of the master stateroom featuring separate shower. Head area is satin finished cherry with gloss highlights.
- Head countertop is gloss varnished cherry with undermounted polished Stainless-Steel sink and Grohe single lever faucet
- Sole in head is “teak decking style”
- Sole in shower is molded non-skid for ease of cleaning
- Sealand Vacu-flush marine toilet plumbed directly to 100-gallon holding tank.
- Full length mirror on back of door.
- Cherry framed mirror on bulkhead aft of sink
- Towel bars in shower and head
- Shower curtain and rod
- Opening portlight in head and shower
- Overhead opening hatch for additional natural light
- Storage outboard of head, sink and in shower
ELECTRONICS and NAVIGATION
Pilothouse Helm Navigation Electronics:
- FLIR M364 Active Gyro-stabilized Marine Thermal Vision Camera
- Two (2) Garmin 8617 multifunction navigation displays
- Garmin AIS800 class B transceiver with receive and transmit for chartplotters
- Sirius XM Weather integrated with Garmin chartplotters
- GPIRB: ACR, Globalfix V4 CatII GPS Interface (manual deploy mounted in cockpit)
- Upgraded: Garmin GMR Fantom Radar 24” solid state 40W radome antenna
- Garmin Dual-frequency sonar/depth sounder
- GC-200 Marine aft-engine room and exterior aft facing camera interfaced for viewing on Garmin multifunction displays
Communications:
- Wireless network- designed to create onboard WiFi hotspot for multiple WiFi devices using both external WiFi signals and Cellular MiFi network.
- Savant AV control
Entertainment Equipment:
- Samsung 43” LED Smart TV in pop up cabinet
- iPad controlled Savant AV entertainment system with interior and exterior control
ELECTRICAL
Custom electrical panel with circuit breakers, meters, switches, and indicator lights.
- Common wire bonding with a minimum branch wire size of #8 AWG per ABYC.
24-VOLT DC Ship’s Service:
- Start Batteries: Four (4) BCI 4D AGM batteries for main engines and generator
- House: Four (4) BCI 8D AGM batteries for the main house bank
- Heavy-duty battery switches for both port and starboard engines, with the ability to parallel the Starting Batteries
- Mastervolt 12/24Volt start battery isolator
- Two (2) Balmar® alternators – 80-amp 24-Volt DC
- Two (2) 24-Volt-DC battery chargers. One (1) 100-amp for House bank and one (1) 60-amp for starting bank
- 24-Volt lighting
240/120 VOLT-60 Hz AC from Shore Power:
- Two (2) Power inlet rated at 50-amps each, 240/120-Volt AC
120-VOLT AC from Inverter:
- MasterVolt 24-volt-DC to 110-volt-AC inverter
GENERATOR: Onan 17 Kw generator rated for 240-Volts AC, is mounted in a sound shield and is outfitted with DC voltmeter, water temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge, hour meter, control switch, shutdown bypass switch and pre-heat.
ENGINE and MECHANICAL
- Twin MAN V12-1400 hp 12-cylinder Vee diesel common rail engines
- Twin Disc transmissions with reduction gear ratio
- Two MAN engine displays
- Each engine features on demand, fully paralleled PTO redundancy to provide hydraulic power for steering, bow thruster, and windlass
- Two (2) 600 gallon fuel tanks
- Racor in-line Fuel/Air Separators
- Racor Dual Fuel Filters for each engine-Model 75/1000MAX with remote water alarm
- Racor Fuel Filter- Model 500 MA for generator with remote water alarm
- Baffled and insulated engine air intakes
- Underwater exhaust system – with low speed by-pass
- Algae-X fuel purification system for both engines and generator
- Racor Remote Diesel Fuel Polishing System. Capacity of 150 GPH
- Hinckley JetStick II which integrates forward and aft motion of the boat, steering, and the bow thruster into a single joystick control
- Hinckley wireless remote for JetStick
- Sidepower hydraulic 25-hp bow thruster
- Dual Seakeeper gyro-stabilizer -Seakeeper 6 aft and Seakeeper 3 Forward
- Humphree interceptor system-. Integrates data, including engine speed, helm position and GPS to calculate the optimum running angle
- Marine Air Systems reverse-cycle marine air conditioning – three (3) 24,000 BTU chilled water system with four (4) separate air handlers for the salon, galley and heads, guest cabin and owner’s stateroom.
- On-board water filtration- Mighty Pure in line ultraviolet water purifier. System also includes inline filters at each sink faucet and each icemaker.
- Engine Room Insulation: Insulated with Mylar-faced foam/composite insulation, with metal covering on visible surfaces
- Four (4) cage protected lights
- Oil Transfer Pump – reversible, 24-Volt DC – for main engines, transmissions, and generator
- Fresh hot and cold pressurized water, fed by 24-VDC Sure-Flo Smart Sensor® main and back-up pumps supplying galley, shower, head and cockpit shower
- Automatic 24-volt DC sump pumps for showers, and air-conditioning condensate
- (3) Rule® 24-volt DC electric 3500-GPH bilge pumps with ULTRA automatic float switches
- Saltwater deck wash: 24-volt DC, 10-GPM deck wash pump with hose connection in anchor locker
- 17-gallon water heater – marine insulated stainless steel
- 100-gallon aluminum holding tank
- 200-gallon stainless steel fresh water tank
- Fireboy fire protection system with automatic engine and generator shut down system
- High water bilge alarm
- Emergency bilge pump activated at helm station
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
Ground Tackle System:
- Hydraulic windlass mounted in custom anchor well
- Custom 316L stainless steel bow roller with primary anchor
- 55-lb Delta primary anchor with 50’ x 3/8” Grade 40 galvanized chain + 200’ x ¾” chain and 100’ three-strand nylon rode
- Fresh and salt water wash down faucets in anchor locker
Safety and Deck Equipment:
- Horn – Kahlenberg 24-Volt DC dual-trumpet air horn with switch at helm
- Searchlight – 24 Volt-DC with remote at helm
- (10) Lifejackets – (8) adult and (2) children
- (4) Dock lines
- (6) Fenders with fleece covers and Wichard snap hooks
- Navigation lights
- Coast Guard safety equipment
- (4) Fire Extinguishers: 2-lb. Type B-1 fire extinguishers for class A, B, and C fires
- Various Stamoid deck covers
EXCLUSIONS:
The owner’s personal effects are excluded from the sale.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
This boat is centrally listed by Florida Yachts International. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.
