Maritimo stuns with eye-opening 440 IPS Offshore Convertible

Australian boat-building legend Bill Barry-Cotter has stunned the luxury boating market again with the launch of his revolutionary new Offshore Convertible at the Sydney International Boat Show.

The new 440 Offshore Convertible  – complete with internal staircase, an enclosed flybridge and a three-cabin layout – offers an extraordinary level of space and comfort in a 44-foot cruiser.

It includes a revolutionary aft bulkhead design featuring bi-fold doors that tuck away to open the saloon out to the aft cockpit. The design was introduced on the Maritimo C47 Sports Cabriolet.

This exciting new model offers a vast array of features only previously seen on much larger boats. These include:

• A three-side enclosed flybridge
• Internal teak-tread staircase
• Aft galley
• Bi-fold doors opening the saloon to the cockpit
• Three cabin/two bathroom accommodation
• Volvo Penta IPS propulsion

This boat will include positive buoyancy tanks in the engine room, a safety feature first incorporated into the C47 Sports Cabriolet.

Adaptable for big game sportfishing, family weekends away or long-distance cruising, the new Maritimo 440 Offshore Convertible will comfortably sleep five in three separate cabins.

Powered by twin Volvo Penta IPS 600 systems, the 440 Offshore Convertible has a fully equipped galley in the aft quarter of the saloon including four-burner electric cooktop, microwave and standing refrigerator/freezer built into a space under the flybridge stairs as well as ample storage.

The spacious saloon, forward offers an L-shape leather lounge to starboard with an L-shape dinette to port.

Forward, three steps down a central companionway, the accommodation includes a master stateroom forward with a walk-around queen double bed and spacious hanging lockers on either side. An en-suite bathroom is on the port side, equipped with a separate shower stall with frameless glass door, electric toilet and a vanity. Fixed portlights in the hull provide plenty of natural light in this stateroom even when the deck hatch is sealed.

Midships port and starboard are flooded with natural light through large portlights in the hull. The port cabin includes an athwartships double with the option of an additional single bunk above the foot of the bed. The starboard cabin is a single bunk.

These two cabins share the second day bathroom on the starboard side, forward of the midships cabin.

The enclosed flybridge is reached via an aft-facing teak tread moulded staircase in the port aft corner of the saloon. It features an aft helm position so the skipper has great visibility both forward and aft. A deck immediately behind the helm is a great viewing platform for game fish action or for simply soaking up the sun. Seating for guests is forward of the helm.

With a fuel capacity of 2,000 litres, the new Maritimo 440 Offshore Convertible has been designed as an ideal family boat.

Base price of the new 440 Offshore Convertible is a highly competitive AU$850,000.

SPECIFICATIONS – MARITIMO 440 OFFSHORE CONVERTIBLE

Length Overall                                14.8 metres                                      48 ft 7 in

Beam                                             4.68 metres                                      15 ft 4 in
Draft                                              1.10 metre                                        3 ft 7 in
Dry weight                                      14.5 tonnes                               15.9 US tons

Fuel                                                1,800 litres                                  476 US gal
Water                                               400 litres                                  106 US gal
Holding Tank                                    300 litres                                    79 US gal
Standard Engines  

2 x Volvo Penta IPS 600                     320 kW                                      435 mhp

No.Sleeping Cabins                                     3

CONSTRUCTION

Variable deadrise deep V hull with moulded spray rails

Hull – solid fibreglass bottom with cored topsides

Main bulkheads with free-standing fibreglass with core

Deck and wheelhouse – fibreglass with core

Flybridge – fibreglass with core

Watertight collision bulkhead forward

Positive buoyancy tanks aft

Volvo Penta Certified Installation

ENGINEERING

Engines – 2 x Volvo Penta IPS 600 turbo diesel (320kW / 435bhp)

Gearboxes – Volvo Penta IPS

Engine bearers – moulded solid fibreglass with flexible engine mounts

Acoustic insulation

Steering- Volvo Penta IPS electronic

Controls – single lever electronic

Propellers – Volvo Penta IPS 600

External and internal strainers for water intakes

GRP fuel tank with sight gauge and emergency shut-off

Fuel filters – Racor 1000, 1 for each main engine. Racor 500 filter to genset

Fuel lines – approved rubber. All fittings swaged

Ball valves and skin fittings 316 stainless steel below waterline

Bilge pumps – 3 electric plus 3 manual

Engine room fire system auto/manual

Engine room air intakes washable filters

Engine room lighting AC off inverter

Fresh water pump with smart sensor

Fresh water heater (AC only) with quick recovery

Trim tabs – electric

ELECTRICAL

Generator – 1 x 11kW fitted with sound shield

Batteries – 2 x 70 amp engine starting for each engine, 2 x 210 amp hour house

Inverter (1.3kW) supplies power points in galley x 1, bathrooms x 1 each and engine room lighting

Battery charging: inverter charger 1,300W – 35 amp charger

Battery switching – normal running, dedicated engine batteries isolate each engine. Paralleling switches link systems for starting and charging

Bonding system – 1 x large anode. Tinned bonding wire to metalwork and heavy bonding between main engines and generator

Earthing – ELCB switch fitted to GPO circuits. Polarity warning device on shore power

Electrical panels – dedicated 24 volt panels for accommodation deck and flybridge. Load sharing 240 volt panels

Electrical wiring – tinned wiring where applicable coded and labelled. Wiring schematic supplied

Navigation lights – international code compliant CE

DECK

Anchor windlass – reversible 24-volt heavy duty horizontal with deck and flybridge controls

Anchor – 20kg stainless steel self-stowing

Anchor chain – CE compliant chain, 60 metres x 8mm Grade L

Rails – stainless steel bow and side and grab rails

Cleats x 6 stainless steel

Electric horn

Water filler on side deck (port)

Fuel filler on side decks (stbd and port)

Sullage pump-out on side deck (stbd)

Deck hatches x 5 including roller blinds in sleeping accommodation, opaque in bathrooms

COCKPIT

Overboard drains to stern

Hatch in fwd cockpit floor engine room and lazarette

Large hatch in floor with electric actuator for engine room access

Transom door

Cockpit shower, hot and cold

Fender and rope stowage port aft cockpit locker

Fresh water washdown with hose

Shore power inlet x 1

Optional barbecue or live bait tank

FLYBRIDGE

Three-sided enclosed hardtop with ventilation hatch

Fixed windows x 3, fwd flybridge screen

Stainless steel rail to rear of flybridge inc mid rail

Aft helm station, fully equipped steering, engine controls incl joystick, engine instruments, 2 x windscreen wiper and washer controls, trim tab controls, auto pilot, VHF radio and compass

Helm seat vinyl upholstered

Drink holder on console

Large dinette with L-shape vinyl upholstered lounge and dining table. Stowage under

Mounting positions for optional navigation dome/radar

Spotlight remote control

GALLEY

2-door refrigerator/freezer

4 burner cooktop

Microwave oven

Corian “Cameo White” benchtop

Stainless steel sink and drainer with mixer tap

Drawers for crockery, cutlery and pans

SALOON

Port L-shape lounge with leather upholstery

Starboard L-shape dinette with polished timber table and leather upholstery

Bar, polished timber including wine bottle cooler

Internal staircase to flybridge

Lighting – 24 volt flush-mounted in headliner

Windows tinted toughened glass fixed side and aft

Blinds to side windows and aft door

Carpet throughout

ACCOMMODATION

MASTER STATEROOM – FWD

Double island berth with sprung mattress and leather upholstered bedhead

Bed lifts up to stowage area with 4 drawers

Overhead and reading lighting

Hanging locker in polished timber

Fixed glass portlight including blind

GUEST CABIN – PORT

Fore-aft single bunk

Athwartships single bunk converts to double

Drawers in polished timber

Overhead and reading lighting

STARBOARD CABIN         

Single bunk fore/aft

Overhead and reading lights

Fixed portlight

MASTER EN-SUITE AND GUEST BATHROOM

Shower with frameless glass door, vanity, mirrors, Tecma fresh or salt water flush toilet

AIR CONDITIONING

Saloon – 18,000BTU

Stateroom – 16,000BTU – split from master cabin