PRE-LOVED - Caribbean 32 Flybridge
Speaking to the current owner I couldn’t help thinking Pay Back had been living the life of Reilly. Based on the Great Barrier Reef, and primarily engaged to provide fresh fish and sunshine to an appreciative audience, the Caribbean 32 Flybridge has been fulfilling its design brief as the marque’s ready-for-any-opportunity mid-sized family wagon.
And that is exactly how the owners describe her in a tale of one of their favourite days…
Apparently, a bicycle ride down the beach on one perfect Queensland day lead the couple to question what on earth they were doing squandering such an ideal day on dry land. A 30-minute cycle back to the marina found them departing for the fishing grounds on Pay Back, who is always kept stocked with food and liquid refreshments, ready for action as spontaneity decrees.
The fishing was notable, but it was the journey home that etched the day into memory. Fountains of water on the horizon alerted the pair to a pod of playful migrating humpback whales. Drifting to a complete stop, engines off, among these magnificent beasts proved to be the experience of a lifetime captured forever in still-life and video.
Now Pay Back has the opportunity to deliver similar memories money can’t buy to a whole new family of water babies.
[tradeaboat SAYS…]
Caribbean 32 Flybridge
(Originally reviewed in Trade-a-Boat
by David Lockwood in 2005)
“The Caribbean 32 may not be fancy, but it could just be the perfect entry-level family boat: practical, solid, spacious and affordable.”
QuickSpecs
CARIBBEAN 32 FLYBRIDGE
FOR SALE: $179,000
YEAR BUILT: 1998
MATERIAL: Handlaid GRP hull
TYPE: Hard-chine deep-vee monohull
LENGTH OVERALL: 9.76m
BEAM: 3.56m
DRAFT: Approx 0.9m
ENGINE: 2 x 210hp Cummins diesel (approx 1500 hours)
ACCESSORIES: Autopilot, hydraulic steering, hardtop, spotlights in cockpit, VHF radio, Furuno sounder, sleeps five people, galley includes gas stove and microwave oven, TV and DVD player, and new CD player with marine speakers.
ENQUIRES: Phone 0418 772 660
From Trade-a-Boat Issue 433, Nov-Dec 2012.