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.
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Specs:
General
- LOA: 44 feet
- LWL: 36.33 feet
- Beam: 13.33 feet
- Displacement: 37,000 lbs
- Ballast: 12,000 lbs
- Draft: 5.0 feet full keel
- Hull Speed: 8.0 knots
- Cruising Speed (sail): depending on winds- @ 6 knots
- Cruising Speed (motor): 6.5 knots at 1800RPM @ .8 GPH (approx)
- Sail Area (main): 805 square/feet
- Sail Area (fore): 527.80 square/feet
- Engine: 2001 Perkins 4.236 Diesel 85 HP
- Headroom: 6.5 feet
- Berths: 8-10
Tankage:
- Water: 200 gallons
- Diesel: 300 gallons
- Holding: 18 gallons
Equipment:
- Solar Panels: Total 420 Watts
- Wind Generator: KISS
- Radar Garmin 36 mile
- Chartplotter Garmin 740s and wind/speed
- Garmin AIS
- SSB with Pactor Modem
- Bow Thruster
- Village Marine Watermaker
- Custom Made Fiberglass Hardtop Bimini with Strataglass Enclosure and Screens
- Fully Batten Main with Stack Pack and Lazy Jacks
- Autopilot
- Freedom HF 1000W Inverter
Read more about SV Banjo in our blog articles.