Sailboat Carter 43

Samoa can be considered a unique example among the Carter 43, loved, restored, and improved by its owner. Almost a custom. As a professional in the field, with expertise and experience with the boat, he has optimized every aspect, making it comfortable and safe. I warmly invite you to visit the boat and personally appreciate the great work done.

Samoa

Year 1972

Hull built by SailBoat of Crespellano (later Cantieri del Pardo).

Interiors and deck built and fitted at Cantiere De Cesari in Cervia.

Length: 13.26 m

Width: 3.82 m

Draft: 2.40 m

Diesel capacity: 200lt (new tank in 2016)

Water tank capacity: 400lt

Sail number ITA 5577

Completely restored by Cantiere de Cesari in 2013:

1. Deck
2. Cockpit
3. Interiors
4. Electrical system
5. Hull sandblasted
6. Bottom treated with epoxy paint
7. Hull painted in Awlgrip

2016 rudder refurbishment Mast and shrouds: 2017 Manzoli (classic profile)

Engine: Volvo Penta D2-75 (1500 hours)

Upgrade with S-Drive

Propeller: MaxProp with 3 blades

Instrumentation: Garmin 10 display + plotter Autopilot Lewmar anchor windlass Rocna steel anchor

100 m of chain

Navigation lights Lapolight LED interior lights

Batteries: 3 mastervolt 150 amp - 1 mastervolt for engine. Replaced 2025

Inverter Mastervolt Battery charger Mastervolt

Automatic fire prevention system in the engine room

All mattresses and interior fabrics redone

Winter cover for the deck

Summer cover for the deck

Genova North Sails in excellent condition

Main sail full batten North Sails in excellent condition

Jib North Sails

Gennaker North Sail with sock

Safety equipment 2025

Rescue raft Arimar 2025

Interiors: double berth in the bow, passage berth between the bow cabin and the saloon; saloon with 4 berths, two on each side traditionally.

The Orca 43 was conceived by the well-known American designer Dick Carter as a boat capable of competing in the Admiral's Cup of the early '70s under the IOR regulations. Carter's direct competitors at that time were the S&S builders, also American. He, in particular, studied the IOR regulations thoroughly to fully exploit its possibilities and achieve a fast hull with the minimum possible rating. In particular, the designs of the rudder with a notable body that continues the line of the hull and the lower part of the underwater body, practically flat, are very original. The shape of the hull is very elegant and quite different from modern shapes. Notably, there is a great bow overhang, a small triangular transom raised above the waterline. Even in plan view, the Orca 43 stands out for its very tapered bow and stern and wide midship body. The deck is flush-deck, making it appear very spacious. The high construction standards are evident, for example, in the use of AISI 316 stainless steel profiles for the centerboard, beams, and frames. The bulb, weighing 3500 kg of lead and 2% antimony, is secured with 9 threaded stainless steel bars of 24mm. The bars end, inside the keel, in special inspectable pockets where they are secured with nuts and washers. To this day, there is no sign of osmosis in the fiberglass of the hull, also because it was built with first-quality material and is made of solid fiberglass with thick layers without sandwich construction. Another sign of excellent standards: the deck and hull were joined during construction with bolts and resin-coated fiberglass patches.

Builder: The SAILBOATS yard in Crespellano (BO), which later changed its name to Cantieri del Pardo, is famous for the long series of Grand Soleil and for its high construction standards. The construction of the mold for the Orca 43 was directly supervised by Dick Carter, as was the implementation of the first prototypes (another was commissioned and purchased by Raoul Gardini during the same period). After the construction of a very limited number of prototypes (probably 4), the molds were sold to the Fiumicino Shipyards (Rome), which later passed them to the Nautical Fiberglass Shipyards (Rome). These shipyards, with some modifications, used them to market, until about 1984, several dozen Orca 43, some also in ketch version. These shipyards, in some way, used slightly lower construction standards compared to those of the first specimens.

(Courtesy Nautipedia)