"Caravelle is a 1965  78”(23.95m) Classic steel  Motor Yacht  built by shipyard “De Vlijt” which is now the famed Royal  De Vries shipyard in Aalsmeer, in the Netherlands, part of Feadship. Caravelle's designer was Carlo Riva  and  her naval architect  was  H.W. De Voogt. Only 7 of the Riva Caravelle Feadship serie were built between  August  1961  and  October 1965  and  they have  gained status amongst connoisseurs. Caravelle has been blessed with owners who have been willing to invest substantially in her too make sure that she kept her original looks and elegance and at the same time has lot’s of new technology installed to make navigation and sailing her a safe and comfortable pleasure for the Owners and Guests as well as operationally efficient for the crew.  She underwent a substantial refit in 2014-2015 when the then Italian Owner decided to lengthen her with 150cm to make the main deck lounge a more usable space and to add an elegant beachclub with its folding hydraulic platform. The interior was redone in the original style and philosophy of the 60’s by Italian architect Matteo Picchio.

Follow this link to see more details of Matteo's work done during this refit

2014-2015 Caravelle Refit Italy - Matteo Picchio

The following main modifications have been done during the 2014-2015 refit in Genua, Italy:

EXTERIOR

- Aft hull extension (150cm)

- MD aft salon extended

- MD aft bulkhead with electrical opening aft window rebuild.

- Beach Club with hydraulic platform added

- New wooden mast with internal cabling

- Sundeck replacement of plywood and new teak

- New Stairs to sundeck 

- Replacement of exterior ceiling lights with LED

- New exterior table MD aft

- New steps to fwd deckhouse roof

- New fwd teak bench with storage

- Lower caprail steel replacement

- New stanchions for caprails

- New aft deck awning

- New exterior cushions

- New crew entrance forward 

- New Awlgrip Flag Blue paint system on hull

- New Awlgrip Oyster white paint system on deckhouse

 

INTERIOR

--Interior lay-out, design and refurbishment, new interior wooden panels, furniture.

- Renewal of galley and crew dinette

- Electrical operated dining table in dining

- New Alcantara ceiling panels

- New guest and owners bathroom marble, wood and hardwaree

- Added insulation 

- Replacement of all doorhandles, knobs, doorseals etc

- New TV cabinets in both MD aft salon and dining

- New vanity in owners cabin

 

ENGINEERING

- New hydraulically opening stern hatch

- New refrigerators and freezers

- New boiler 

- New sundeck cabling for remote helm station

- New Besenzoni stern davits in stainless steel 500kg SWL

- Installation of Mare MC2 80 Tonns gyro stabilizer (SB side engineroom)

- New Meljac interior light switches and sockets with custom polished stainless steel plates

- Disassembly, re-alignment and re-intsallation of propeller shafts.

- MAN silent block replacement

- Kohler silent block replacement

- Additional insulation in engineroom (aft)

- Modifications to MAN main engine exhaust- new insulation

- Installation of a new 27Kw Kohler generator

- Overhaul of all pumps, valves, manifolds 

- Inspection of electrical system

- New washing machine

- Overhaul of windlass

- Replacement of automatic fire fighting system in the engineroom

- Rebuild of the grey and black water tanks and shore discharge for black water.

- Moving AC chillers from accommodation to engine room

 

See some photos of the work done during the 2014-2015 refit here