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GAGLIOTTA - CAMARO EVEN
It is absolutely right for the long-lived
Gagliotta shipyard to
build boats with the traditional workmanship and sporty
aggressiveness typical of Baia-designed boats and yet featuring
innovative solutions and swift beauty.
The new Camaro Even is the
perfect example of this new production line. This open motor yacht
has a very well balanced on-deck and belowdeck layout with top
quality fittings and components. The boat offers excellent
seakeeping performance and maneuverability and reflects the yard's
long-lived experience combined with the modern features requested
by boaters who are fond of fast open motor yacht.
The Camaro Even
is a real catch as far as maneuverability, seakeeping ability,
trim and performance in all sea conditions are concerned. As a
matter of fact all Gagliotta boats are highly performing and
competitive. At the end of the sea trials, we felt like having
lived moments of pure emotion. Notwithstanding her outstanding
seakeeping abilities, the Camaro Even offers excellent
habitability and elegant interiors. Good use is made of available
spaces and fittings are of high quality and extremely innovative
(i.e. simple and practical foldaway table in the cockpit dinette).
 TECHNICAL DATA
Designer: hull-Gagliotta, layout-Stefano Mango
Yard: Cantiere Gagliotta, Via Lucullo 57, 80070 Baia (Naples, Italy)
tel. +39-081-8688597, fax +39-081-8688373 - EC B Category type
Italian VAT: 20%
LOA: 37'11"
Beam: 11'4"
Draft from lower tip of propellers: 1'8"
Gross tonnage: 12 tons
Light displacement: 13, 907 lbs.
Full boat displacement: 16,445 lbs.
Maximum passengers capacity: 10
Berths: 4 + 2 in 3 cabins
Test boat power: 2x300 hp MCM D Tronic Turbo Diesel stern drive
Total installed power: 600 hp
Total engines and reduction gears weight: 2,958 lbs.
Light displacement/installed power ratio: 23.18 lbs./hp
Type of transmission: stern drive
Maximum declared speed at 3,800 rpm's: over 39 knots
Cruising speed at 3,000 rpm's: 32 knots
Declared fuel consumption at cruising speed: 21 gallons/hr
Range at cruising speed: 300 nautical miles
Fuel capacity: 198 gallons
Freshwater capacity: 105 gallons
Price with standard equipment and test boat power: Lit. 340,000,000 (ex VAT)
Notes: price with standard power (2x250 hp MCM D Tronic
Turbo Diesel stern drive) is Lit. 310,000,000 ex VAT.
CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS
Hull: Hunt type
Hull construction material: reinforced fiberglass
Deck materials and characteristics: fiberglass with
corefoam/balsa sandwich
Bow area: stem fitting with anchor arrangement and anchor
chain, hatch, mooring bitts and fairleads, chain wash-down system,
two-operating stations windlass, sunning area with cushions and
headrest, grabrails at sunning area level, mooring bitts
amidships
Cockpit arrangements and fittings: helm station with pilot
and co-pilot seats, U-shaped dinette with foldaway table that
stows behind the settee's back, two lockers on the aft transom,
access to aft platform, shower with hot/cold water mixer, central
locker with access at floor level, engine room access is under the
cockpit table, small locker to starboard, access to starboard
fore-and-aft deck is by way of a step
Characteristics of the aft platform: foldaway swimming
ladder, cushions for converting locker top into aft settee
Superstructures and windows materials: deck fittings are in
aluminum, windscreen support is in stainless steel, porthole and
windscreen are in Perspex.
INTERIORS
Layout and characteristics: forward master stateroom with
double bed, guest cabin aft of the dinette with two overlapping
beds, central salon with convertible dinette, opposite the dinette
there is the open galley, separated bathroom. Details are in birch
and alder wood, cotton upholstery type and colors on client
request, washable interior paneling and ceiling color and type on
request
Helm station in cockpit: power-assisted wheel steering, MCM
cable throttle levers, compass, full engine indicators and
instruments, VHF
Chart table: to starboard of the helm station
Galley: open galley is to starboard of the companionway,
includes several cabinets, cupboards, chest of drawers, worktop,
two ceramic hobs, stainless steel sink with cold/hot water mixer,
21-gallon refrigerator, sink top cutting board.
FITTINGS
Standard fittings: hi-fi stereo, water heater, rectifier
Optional fittings: suede covering, GPS, echo-sounder and
log, generating set, auto-pilot, CD player, air conditioning
system, boat equipment protecting cover.
IMPRESSIONS
Sea and weather conditions during boat testing
Wind: none
Sea: calm
PERFORMANCE
Time needed to reach planing speed: 6 seconds, with 2,200 rpm's
Minimum planing speed at 2,200 rpm's: 14.5 knots
Maximum speed at 3,800 rpm's: 39.5 knot with 600 hp power
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE
Seakeeping ability, turning and behavior on waves: we
tested the boat with three persons on board, clean hull and full
water and fuel tanks. Notwithstanding the high speed, the boat
performed very well: she is very stable, maneuverable and has
an excellent trim. Hull is configured to minimize vibrations and
rolling.
Wheel and flap response: precise and very smooth
Visibility in different weather conditions: excellent
Docking maneuverability: excellent and safe, the boat does
360° turns on the same spot.
EVALUATION OF COMFORT AND FUNCTIONALITY
Deck: excellent and easy access
Interiors: excellent layout and top-quality finishing details
Passengers' comfort: excellent
Chart table: easy access and of adequate size
Helm station: very comfortable and suitably located
Galley: of adequate size and suitably fitted
Bathroom: of adequate proportions
Engine room: easy access and with considerable operating space
Electrical switchboard and plants: complete and practical.
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