Baltic 73 Custom - Baltic 73 Custom

Introduction

Bramora was delivered from the yard in 1999, to an experienced owner, as his 3^rd yacht from Baltic. The deck saloon concept was developed from the owner and his family’s ideas for the ultimate cruising vessel. At this time Baltic Yachts had not built many yachts with this configuration, hence full scale mock ups of vital parts of the yacht were made to ensure that the final result would be as expected, - or more in Baltic’s philosophy, - exceed those expectations.

Thanks to Baltic Yachts’ building methods and choice of materials they are able to build a yacht like this and still exceed performance parameters (weight, panel stiffness and ballast ratio) of more flushed decked yachts from other yards. Bramora performs as a Baltic, and is a joy to sail and manoeuvre!

The Baltic 73 concept has led to a number of similar yachts from Baltic Yachts, and the deck saloon has been widely recognised to increase comfort and standard of living on a cruising sailboat. This trend seems to continue, both among long time sailors, but also as a result of more and more motor yacht owners looking to sail. Bramora should therefore continue to be an attractive yacht for the market in the future.

Builder’s comments:

A European client asked Baltic Yachts to build a 73ft pilothouse yacht to a Judel/Vrolijk design. With this kind of design, however, comes a challenge in maintaining a high level of sailing performance, due to the additional weight in the superstructure of the pilothouse along with the high levels of equipment typically installed on this kind of yacht. However, careful design and the use of high-tech composites still enabled us to achieve a ballast to displacement ratio of around 40 per cent.

The original owner went on to build a similar but much larger yacht at Baltic, and therefore sold his Baltic 73 to the present owner in 2005. Since then the boat has been subject to a care and management of the absolute highest standards. The full time and very professional crew, combined with the owner’s high standards and no budget constraints, have resulted in Bramora’s present technical and cosmetic appearance which has to be seen to be believed. A full winter (2007/2008) at Baltic Yachts, with an enormous work list, has also played a good part.

Bramora’s present home port is Palma, Mallorca.

Forepeak for sail storage, next aft is crew quarters with upper and lower berths to starboard, hanging locker and head with shower to port; next aft on the center line is a stall shower with doors forward and to two guest heads (one on either side); next aft both port and starboard are two equal guest cabins with upper fixed berths and lower 1.5 width berths, hanging lockers and vanities; next aft is a workbenches and kitchen machinery to starboard which includes 2 x swivelling barstools , U shaped galley to port; next aft is the pilothouse with a U-shaped settee and dining table to port, navigation station and bar/entertainment area to starboard, companionway at aft section of settee leads to cockpit; next aft to starboard is a full size sauna; opposite the sauna to port is a small compartment for washer dryer and engine room access; further aft large master head with separate stall shower; next aft is the master cabin with king size double berth to port, double hanging locker to port and single hanging locker aft to starboard, settee and lockers on starboard side outboard.

• Cabin doors with raised and fielded panels
• Doors in front of TV, video and stereo in saloon
• Ocean Air Skyscreens for all deck hatches. Hidden in frames
• Blinds for saloon windows. Adjustable with remote control
• Safe with combination lock in master cabin port inner locker
• Abachi or teak seats in sauna
• Drying rack in sauna
• Sauna to have a small sink. Sauna to work as guest bathroom as well
• Removable covers for saloon furniture
• New memory foam mattresses in aft cabin, and memory foam toppers on all berths throughout.
• Lee-boards instead of lee-cloths for berths
• Drawers under berths wherever possible
• Recently new upholstery throughout
• Recently all door handles, knobs, lamps, faucets changed to SS i/o brass
• Recently cosmetic oil makeover of interior surfaces

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