Banjo – Sailing Banjo

SV Banjo

(Sailing Vessel) SV Banjo, is a 1978 CSY 44 WalkOver built by Carribean Sailing Yachts in Tampa, Florida. We are her 4th owners. She has been well cared for and continually upgraded during her 40+ years at sea. The time and attention of those modifications made her more comfortable and a better cruising sailboat. Originally, she was a cutter, but was later modified into a sloop with a large 135% Genoa foresail. She has a gentle motion at sea. Banjo’s displacement is roughly 37,000-pounds (16782.92-Kilograms). When many lighter boats are reefing their sails, Banjo just starts to get her wind and does fine in 20-25 knots of breeze.

When manufactured, Banjo had a 7-foot (2.13-meters), full keel. A later modification added a mid-keel hydrofoil and shortened the depth of the keel to her current 5-feet (1.52-meters). Banjo was also re-powered in 2003 and she was given a whopping 85-HP. Even with all of those horses running, she still sips fuel estimated at just at 1 gallon per hour running at 2000 RPM.