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PILOTHOUSE
The pilothouse has been designed to be the focal point when at sea.
There is a dedicated steering station, full navigational instruments,
reclining helmsman seat, sea berth, air-conditioning and three
hatches on top with removable aft windows.
INTERIOR DESIGN
At Paradise Yachts we feel that ventilation is one of the most
important comfort features on board a serious cruising boat.
There are six large
dorades vents, five flush deck hatches supplied by Rondal in Holland,
three hatches in the pilothouse, two companionways and ten opening
ports.
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The deck has been designed in a way so that
the main salon hatches can stay opened when in the tropics, even
during
inclement
weather.
In order to reduce mildew all cupboard doors have ventilation
slats, there are ventilation slots at the base of all furniture
fronts.
In addition, common dividers have ventilation cutouts to promote
airflow.
The structural floor frames also have ventilation holes.
There
are eleven fans strategically placed throughout the interior as
well as a Marine Air chilled water air-conditioning system with
a capacity of 27,000 BTU’s, that can be controlled from different
zones throughout the interior.
Creating an interior that provides
a spacious residential ambience at anchor, yet is both functional
and easy to work in offshore
is what we have accomplished in the interior design by using rounded
corners,
high fiddle rails to keep things from sliding off, good hand-holds
with the furniture arranged to hold you in as you work in the galley
or use the head.
The galley has 27 sq. ft. (2.51 m2) of counter
surface. The lockers that are located above the counter tops (set
back just above waist
height) have been designed similar to the overhead baggage lockers
on a modern airline. They are deep to keep the contents in place
on either tack, yet easily accessible.
The Glacier Bay Micro holding
plate fridge and freezer system are accessible from above and aft
facing door. You can access
food
on either tack
when sailing without worrying about fridge or freezer spillage.
Comfortable
interior has been accomplished by creating great visual space.
We have selected a careful blend of wood, fabric
and light
color surfaces. There is a common theme throughout the Paradise
60 with furniture
held low, below eye height to extend visual space. This has
a second important advantage, in that it lowers the center
of gravity
of
both the furniture and ship’s stores.
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Also, to enhance visual space there are twelve hull
windows. They provide lighting while allowing an unobstructed view
to the outside world.
Sleeping accommodation has been provided for seven.
However, there are only three dedicated berths: two single berths
(one to port in a private cabin, while the other is a sea berth
to starboard next to the nav desk with easy assess to aft cockpit
and pilothouse) and the owner’s suite forward has a double
berth on centre line.
The Paradise 60 has four watertight compartments:
sail locker forward and engine room aft. This layout has numerous
advantages; heat, noise, smell and vibration are contained aft
away from the living space. The owner’s suite is located
forward through a watertight door, the reasons are: 1st - it is
the best ventilated location on board when at anchor, 2nd - the
owner can hear what is going on with the anchor, especially in
the event that it should start to drag while in their cabin and
3rd - under power the forward part of the boat is quieter than
all of the way aft.The head is perhaps the most difficult area
in which to function offshore. There are two heads; the aft head
is a combination head and shower with provision for a wet locker
while the forward head is located in the owner’s suite with
a separate shower area. To improve function offshore, both toilets
face forward and are vacuum flush systems supplied by Sea Land.
We have installed an abundance of handrails in both
heads and the showers have been designed to drain on either tack.
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