David Walter Yachts

Accomodations

The Paradise 60 was designed and built for the ultimate cruising and liveaboard comfort for a couple to sail in the utmost of security. In terms of the accommodations it is easy to see that the guiding requirement of Safety First, Last and Always was built into the interior starting with the construction and seaworthy attributes that include the watertight compartments, double bottom hull design, aluminum construction, and attention to all the systems to keep the boat and crew safe. Knowing all this is a comfort to the owners and crew. The pilot house design feature is an incredible safety feature and is completely watertight. Not only is the visibility, steering, and instrumentation all available where you want it, but also the helm seat literally supports your every move. The adjacent settee is long enough to lie down and nap for your co-pilot. In adverse conditions the boat can be sailed in the complete safety of the pilot house. Throughout the entire vessel you will see that safety is designed right into the layout, the furniture, hand holds, non-skid flooring, and into the galley and the head also. Safety first and always is considered everything above deck and in the cockpit as well as down below.

As you enter the companionway, you are in the pilot house with the amazing helm station to port and the settee berth to starboard with wrap around visibility and all the navigation and communication and engine controls at your figure tips. Even the gimbaled helm seat is designed to relax the helmsperson and allow for changing positions and even reclining. There is ample ventilation in the pilot house with air conditioning and three hatches as well as rear portlights that you can lift out or open for a flow of air. The focus on ventilation is not forgotten below deck where there are six large dorades, five flush deck hatches, and ten opening ports and of course air conditioning and eleven fans as well. The hatches are designed so that they can be open at anchor in the tropics where it could rain at any time. Two more steps down from the pilothouse, you have a lovely cabin to port which is a superb sleeping cabin on a passage with an ample single berth and locker and drawers. The head to starboard has a stall shower, toilet, vanity and sink as well as storage. The watertight door to the engine compartment is through the aft head. Just forward of the bulkhead is the large navigation station to starboard with a lovely sleeping berth just aft. The secure U shaped galley is adjacent the nav station to to port. It is designed to be safe and secure in a seaway to insure the crew remains well fed!

During the interior design and build a great deal of attention was given to making the boat a beautiful yacht with all the ambiance you would expect for a sailing yacht of this caliber. The furniture has rounded edges and corners so there is nothing sharp. You would never realize the furniture is built for strength but also lightness. You will notice that like the Dashew designs the weight is kept low and there is a wonderful spaciousness. There are convenient handholds everywhere you need them. There counters and table have high fiddles so nothing slides off. Attention was given to designing a pleasing comfortable visual space with a carefully selected blend of wood, fabric, and light colored surfaces as well as keeping the weight low and well distributed. Much attention was given to the lighting as well as the ventilation. The hull windows allow you to see out and enjoy the world around you.

The main salon has a beautiful dinette to port that seats six easily and a straight setting to starboard forward of the nav station.

Forward of the main watertight bulkhead is the owners’ master stateroom with ensuite head and stall shower. The berth is a large double berth on the centerline. There are plenty of lockers and drawers. The ensuite head has all the features including hand holds and a forward facing Vacuflush electric toilet and of course a stall shower that drains to gray water tankage on any tack.

The intention in the design is for this vessel to be the absolute perfect voyager for a couple there is room to have guests, extra crew on a passage. In fact, you can sleep eight by also using the settee in the dinette. There are three dedicated berths including one large single berth in the aft cabin, a large double in the master cabin, a sleeping berth to starboard at the nav station, the sleeping berth in the pilothouse and the dinette settee.

This truly is an amazing and thoughtfully designed vessel and if you are a sailor, you will appreciate everything about this yacht.

Creature Comforts:

• Pilot house with complete inside steering and engine controls
• Safety first, last and always requiring everything inspires confidence
• Redundancy built into virtually all systems
• Beautiful interior designed for a couple to sail without crew
• Marine air-conditioning systems have a total 46,000 btu capacity with three compressors air-conditioning system with reverse cycle heat
• Two 12v air conditioning compressors can run without the generator to cool the master suite and the engine room!
• Eberspacher radiant diesel heat (liquid filled) the best kind!
• Flat screen TV stows out of sight at the press of a button with incredible speaker system
• Large cockpit with dual carbon fiber wheels
• Dinghy stowage in a brilliant stern locker (garage)!
• Beautiful hard maple wood veneers with teak wood details
• Foam insulation between the hull and interior
• Two heads, aft at companionway and forward ensuite with stall shower
• Guest cabin aft for off watch during a passage, or for crew
• Force 10 electric stove with ceramic burners and exhaust fan ventilation
• Full size Miele washer and dryer
• All amenities

 

Galley & Plumbing

The galley is extremely important on a vessel designed to live aboard and sail far. There must be room for all the galley ware and ship stores as well as all the modern appliances and equipment including reliable efficient refrigeration with a separate freezer, a safe stove and oven preferably with a broiler, a microwave and filtered and refrigerated water are really nice to have. In addition the galley must be designed to be safe in a seaway. As you can imagine Morning Star’s galley is well thought out and well executed. The layout litter surrounds the cook with counters and cabinets to brace against. There are 27 sq. ft. (2.51 m2) of Corian counters fiddles four inches high so nothing can slide off.  The lockers that are located above the counter tops outboard are set back and just above waist height. The lockers are modern and they are designed similar to the overhead baggage lockers on a modern plane. They are deep enough to keep the contents in place on either tack and even beating to weather and they are still easily accessible.

An electric cooker was chosen for this vessel because it is deemed to be the safest type of stove. Although it sounds strange in the US, this type of stove is very popular in Europe and also most often selected on large yachts. There is no worry about propane on the boat! It is a three-burner Force 10 stove with an oven and broiler with fiddles to hold pots on the burner. The position of the stove amid ship allows you to cook safely without even gimbaling the stove. The layout of the galley allows the cooks to brace themselves securely on either tack. Of course there is a microwave also which is great to have in the tropics. And the electric kettle and toaster are also a wonderful thing on every vessel.

The Sea Frost 12 volt refrigeration system uses thin holding plates in the separately controlled refrigerator and freezer compartments which are extremely well insulated. Both compartments have top opening lids and the aft facing front opening doors to make it easy for the cook to get to the food on either tack.

Galley Details:

• U shaped, wrap around galley with nice space, light, and air
• Corian counter top with generous space (27 sq ft)
• Four inch fiddles surround the counter space
• Ample storage, counter space and drawers
• Custom glass and dish storage
• SeaFrost 12v refrigeration system for the top and front opening refrigerator and freezer
• Electric, three ceramic burners with oven and broiler, Force 10
• Exhaustfan
• Microwave and convection oven
• Double deep stainless steel sinks near mid ship drains on any tack
• Beautiful mixing faucet
• Hot and cold pressure water
• Filtered, cold water system
• Trash bins (two)
• Spice storage
• Flatware drawers
• Cutting board
• Liquor storage
• And NO propane system! All Electric and Diesel.

Plumbing Details:

With total water capacity almost 200 gallons comprised of 160 gallons of fresh water in integral epoxy coated tanks, plus the 20 gallon day tank, and the 15 gallons in the hot water heater plus the beautiful Spectra water maker installed in the mechanical space makes about 1000 gallons in a day, you are all set. Even with two heads with fresh water flush systems will never run you low of water. Even on laundry day! There is a full sized washer and dryer so it is not difficult. The water tanks are lined with epoxy inside and welded and into the hull creating a double bottom and keeping the weight low and in the middle as well. The plumbing and sanitation design is thoughtful with two holding tanks with the aft holding tank located in the mechanical space and the forward holding tank located in the storage area forward of the watertight bulkhead. It’s brilliant since an odor would not be in the living space. There are two gray water-collecting lines from the shower sumps. The plumbing lines have a constant drop toward the keel sump where they are connected to high capacity pumps. Also all the pumps are the same for gray water, bilge water, and black water so as to simplify the spare part and service list.

• 160 gallons of water in two integral epoxy-lined aluminum tanks with gauges
• Two deck fills on port and starboard
• Two heads, one aft and one ensuite in the owners stateroom
• The aft head has a faucet type shower with a sump pump and a large wet locker
• The forward head which is the owners’ ensuite head has a beautiful stall shower
• Shower sump drains into gray water system so there is never water in the shower
• Sinks in both heads have a vanity and are designed to drain on any angle
• The toilets are both Dometic SeaLand Vacuum flush electric toilet using fresh water
• Head hoses of the highest quality
• Holding tanks are polypropylene with gauges: About 28 gallons aft and 35 gallons forward with deck pump out and overboard diaphragm pump for pump out offshore
• Pressure water pumps (two)
• Hot water heater is 11 gallons 110v and engine
• Spectra water maker makes about 1000 gallons in a day!
• Full sized Miele washer and dryer beautifully installed.
• Graywater system

 

Electronics & Navigation

The design of the Paradise 60 Morning Star center on Safety First, Last and Always. The navigation system and electronics are no exception. There is an emphasis on redundancy and preparation for all conditions. The pilot house is designed to make it possible to drive the boat and steer from inside in all conditions. It is designed to be comfortable, well ventilated with temperature control and giving the helmsman complete control of the steering and the engine. The aft cockpit with dual carbon fiber wheels is very nice on a nice day, but when it gets inclimate the inside steering station is the place you’ll want to be. Of course there is a magnificent navigation station and ships office down below adjacent the galley and near the companionway. The chart table is large enough for an ocean chart since that is what Morning Star is designed to do!

• Furuno 72 mile HD Radar with the radome mounted the stern pole
• B&G 36 mile Radar is mast mounted as a separate and redundant system
• Both radar units have displays in the pilot house
• AIS (two redundant transceivers) is integrated with the radar and chart plotter displayed in the pilot house
• There are redundant GPS, B&G and Furuno
• Furuno chart plotter
• Forward looking sonar
• VHF radio (two) ICOM with two full function cockpit mic
• Two Icom handheld VHF radios
• B&G Zeus Sailing Instruments wind, speed, depth, log
• B&G H 5000 wind speed and direction
• B&G repeater displays at the nav station and at each helm station
• Clock and barometer
• Furuno Nav Tex
• Temperature and Hygrometer
• Two compasses in the cockpit and one in the pilot house
• Windex on the masthead
• Long distance communication through satellite phone with the ship’s computer for receiving email and MaxSea weather
• Two B&G autopilots
• One Hydrive autopilot

 

Mechanical

The mechanical space on the Paradise 60 Morning Star is designed to be the ultimate engine room with large amounts of machinery space so that all of the equipment is accessible and maintainable. The dedicated mechanical space encompasses the entire aft section of the vessel and has two hatches. It is accessed through a water tight door. What happens in the engine room, stays in the engine room. That means that all the heat and smells, noise, tools and supplies stay in the engine room. If ever it came to a repower, the engines can be removed easily through an opening the above cockpit seats.

All of the machinery is installed in the mechanical space. The mechanical space has a fixed workbench with a vice. There is incredible well organized and accessible storage. There is a full sized tool box that will make any mechanic very jealous, even if they live on land! Also there are two 5K btu air conditioning compressors that cool the man cave space so you can stay as long as need be.

In addition there is a sea chest to minimize the number of thru hulls. There are no thru hulls in the two midship water tight compartments of the boat. All the gray water is routed to the deep sump to be pumped overboard.

The power plant in the engine room includes the twin Perkins M65 engines. They are light and small, easy to maintain, and they are very efficient. In light conditions you can run on one engine alone and increase your fuel range substantially. Two engines with the twin balanced spade rudders makes it really easy to maneuver.

The steering system on any vessel is essential for safety and the Paradise 60 is designed with steering as a foremost consideration. Redundancy is built into the design and even the waterline length was specified for the benefit of steering. The hull shape and rig contribute as well as the weight distribution. The design uses two robust carbon fiber rudders with rudder posts that are 5.5 inches thick. With two rudders there is always good deep contact with the water no matter how the boat heels. Other benefits include reduced pitch and increased effective waterline. And one happy benefit is that the twin rudder design also creates a space in the transom large enough to stow the dinghy. It’s called the garage. It works!  This design is proven on some amazing blue water boats including the Boreal 44. It is very effective.

• Twin Perkins M65 (65 hp each)
• Dry exhaust system
• Two 90 amp alternators, one on each engine
• Plus two 320 amp Balmar alternators one on each engine
• Starboard engine has 1067 hours
• Port engine has 896 hours
• Shaft size 35mm – straight shaft direct drive
• Cutlass bearing in excellent condition
• PYI dripless shaft seal (two)
• Two PYI Max Prop three blade 21”x14”
• Fuel – 382 gallons in integral aluminum fuel tanks and one tank in the keel
• The aluminum tanks are low and welded into the hull to create a double bottom which is a safety feature in addition to excellent weight distrobution
• Day tank includes fuel polishing system
• Fuel burn about 1 gallon per hour at 2000 rpm
• Cruising range about 800 miles using both engines or 3000 miles on one engine at a time in light conditions
• 7.5 knots at 2000 rpms 8.5 knots at 2600 rpms
• Racor fuel filter polishing system
• Perco sea water strainer
• Incredible engine room access
• Engine room blowers (two)
• Fire suppression system
• Steering system is mechanical Jefa system from Denmark
• Steering in the pilot house uses a joy stick with steering accomplished with twin Hydrive hydraulic rams built by Hydrive Engineering of Australia
• In addition a B&G autopilot is also installed
• The dual steering stations in the aft cockpit have twin-carbon Jefa fiber wheels
• Receipts for major items available
• Annual mechanical service
• Maintenance spares, filters, impeller
• Engines can easily be removed through the cockpit lockers
• Marine Air AC two systems with a total of 46,000 BTU
• Sea Land Dometic Electric toilets fresh water flush (two0
• Seafrost 12v Refrigeration system
• Diesel heating: Eberspacher radiant heating system
• Electric cooker is a Force 10 stove
• MAX 24v Electro-Hydraulics for the Reckmann RF90 furler, retractable bow thruster, furl boom, windlass, and primary hydraulic winches
• Air compressor to inflate dinghy and power air horn (very loud)

 

Electrical

Comprehensive electrical charging system with a massive battery bank charged shore power North America and Europe, main engines high output alternators, Fisher Panda generator, and solar panels.

The design of the electrical system incorporates the massive capacity of the high output 320 amp alternators to charge a huge battery bank with both a 12volt system and a 24volt system as all large yachts do. There is a total of 2450 amp hours of battery storage capacity in the keel which is huge. Electrical system is designed to be at home in the North America and in Europe so that you can plug in with 110 volt 30 amp shore power or plug into European shore power with 220 volts 60 htz  230 volt 50 htz.

DC 12v and 24v Electrical System

• Gel- batteries:
  • 12 Volt system, Twelve 2 V battery cells, in couples parallel connected which makes 2.450 Ah for the house bank under the cabin sole low and center in the keel
  • 24 Volt system, Two Rolls 8D Ah ( batteries for hydraulic steering and MAX Power hydraulics)
  • 12 Volt system, One piece 90 Ah battery, for generator start.
  • 12 Volt system, Two piece 90 Ah batteries, for starting main engines start with a parallel switch
• Properly installed low and center and not in a hot engine room
• Main engines each have two alternators
• 90 amp alternator (one on each engine) charges the start batteries
• Balmar 320 amp alternator charges the 2450 ah house bank
• Balmar regulators with center fielder
• Victron Battery Monitor
• DC electrical breaker panel
• 12 Volt Systems:
• LED Nav lights new port and starboard deck level nav lights
• Tri-color masthead navigation and anchor light LED
• Anchor light LED
• Stern light
• Steaming light
• Deck Lights
• Winsheild wipers
• Mast junction box at mast base
• Cockpit lights – red and white LED lights
• Cabin lights - new main salon LED and red and light lights
• Three electric bilge pumps with automatic float switch in each watertight compartment
• Both engines can be directed to draw water out of each watertight compartment
• Sea Frost 12 volt refrigeration
• Deck wash pump
• Sump pumps (two)
• Cockpit shower
• Various electrical spares

AC 110v Shore Power System:

• Accepts US in Euro power (at 50 htz or 60 htz) connection 30 amp or 50 amp connection 50 ft. shore power cord
• US Battery Chargers: Two Victron Quattro 110 Volt to 12 Volt - 120 Amperes each;
• Euro Battery Charger: Two Victron Quattro 230 Volt to 12 Volt - 200 Amperes each
• Plus one Victron Skylla 230 Volt to 24 Volt – 90 Amperes.
• Inverters: (Inverter Charger) power appliances
  • Two Victron 3000 watt inverter charger for 110 shore power
  • Two Victron 5000 watt inverter chargers for 230 volt shore power
• AC breaker panel - Empire Bus Digital
• 110 v outlets, 12
• Hot Water Heater, 11 gallons (42 liters)
• Marine Air air-conditioning system –. 36,000 BTU, shore power or generator
• Two DC air conditioners 5,000 BTUs each can run without generator

Solar Power Generation

• Kyocera 145 watt panels (six) installed the hard bimini
• Three panels port, Three panels starboard wired separately

Fisher Panda 10kw Generator

• Located in engine room
• 844 hours
• Used to charge the batteries

Note: There are two 5K air conditioning compressors that can run AC  in specific areas

 

Rig Design

The Paradise 60 is designed with the ease of handling for two people as the foremost requirement. With the hull easily driven the rig is relatively short with a small for triangle and a powerful full batten main sail. The carbon fiber mast made by Hall Spars & Rigging has three spreaders swept back 21 degrees. The chain plates are outboard at hull sides with the lower shrouds placed inboard for a beautiful clear side deck from bow to stern. And all the sail handling is accomplished with the push of a button. The mainsail is fully battened and using a hydraulic furlboom and hydraulic winches it is a simple thing to raise the main. The genoa is installed on a Reckmann RF90 RF 90 hydraulic genoa furler so furling the headsail is easy. The inner forestay is Kevlar with a removable Karver furler.

• Sloop rig with removable inner forestay for the a solent type non overlapping headsail
• Keel stepped carbon fiber mast – Hall Spars 7 Rigging 72’ above the water
• Triple spreaders swept back 21 degrees
• Mast was painted in 2015 before final installation
• Leisurefurl in boom furling system with hydraulic furler and winch
• Carbon gooseneck
• Chain plates welded to the hull outboard with lower stays inboard
• Jib track and car system inboard
• Rod rigging
• Running back stays for use with solent jib flown on a Karver torsion furler
• Boom end sheeting with Navtec hydraulic vang system
• Preventer system rigged from the boom end to a block forward and back to a winch
• Boom end sheeting
• Running backstays for use with staysail in ocean conditions
• Karver furler for genoa
• Downwind pole – (Hall Spars carbon fiber) mast mounted
• Main halyard led to hydraulic winch at the mast base on deck
• Hydraulic boom furling system for main sail; Leisurefurl remotely controlled
• Hydraulic stay furling system for genoa, Reckmann RF90 remotely controlled
• Genoa sheets led through turning blocks to powerful hydraulic winches

 

Winches

All Anderson Winches

• Primary sheet winches on the combing - hydraulic 68 ST two speed
• Secondary winches in the cockpit 58 ST two speed, self tailing
• Hydraulic cabin top winches at the mast base to manage halyards hydraulic #58 ST two speed
• Mainsheet winch #58 ST two speed
• Good winch care and condition

 

Sail Inventory

• The sail area is 1576 sq ft including the mainsail and the #3 genoa.
• Mainsail is a full batten, loose foot, extra roach Hydranet 433 furling mainsail 793 sq ft UK Sails with five reef points controlled with furlboom
• Furling genoa 110% Hydranet radial cut 433 UK Sails controlled from the cockpit with RF 90 hydraulic furler
• Storm jib by North Sails 150 sq ft torsion line sail controlled with Karver furler
• Code Zero drifter flown on a torsion line luff (Karver Furler)
• Asymmetrical UK Sails 1.7 oz, yellow, with a sock

 

Hull Design & Construction Details

Morning Star was designed to be easy to sail, easy to motor, and to be very efficient. The hull shape is modern and easily driven with the ballast and the sail area nicely balanced. The proportions are just right with a length of just over 60 feet on deck with 58 feet of waterline which is amazing. The beam at 15.6 feet gives her space and stability. The draft of 7’6” gives this swift sloop at ability to go to weather neatly. Displacement of 26 tons makes her weigh in at about 52,000 lbs dry for a comfortable ride.

• Modern hull shape with cruising fin keel and encapsulated ballast
• Sharp entry and plumb bow with sugar scoop transom and long waterline
• Dual spade rudders
• Lead keel 17,640 lbs ballast (8K kg)
• Displacement roughly 52,000 lbs
• Aluminum construction by Jachtbouw Folmer in Holland
• Monolithic grid structure
• Welded aluminum toe rail
• Marlon thru hulls
• Blue Awlgrip paint with red boot stripe
• New bottom paint May 2017 (Interlux Micron CF)

 

Deck Details

• Aluminum deck with welded deck fittings
• No wood whatsoever on the boat
• Aluminum cap rail
• Gray Kiwigrip nonskid
• Painted cabin house in excellent condition
• Welded 34” stanchions
• Stainless steel hand rails on aft cockpit
• Fiberglass bimini hard top with solar panels
• Triple life lines, Dynema
• Mast safety pulpit for secure mast work
• Bow pulpit and Stern pulpit with seats
• Port and starboard boarding gates amidships
• Aft deck with large lazarett
• Walk through aft deck with swim ladder
• Cockpit shower – hot and cold
• Six dorade boxes with six-inch SS cowls and guards
• Five deck hatches Rondal are flush mounted and three remote controlled
• Gebo portlights recessed and gorgeous
• Hora laminated fixed windows
• All hatches and ports have screens
• Bow, stern and midship cleats
• Outboard lifting crane
• Bimini hard top with solar panels and antennas
• Pole mount for radome
• Passarail/gangway attaches to stern

 

Cockpit Details

• T-shaped cockpit to move easily behind the helm
• Deep and secure cockpit
• Dual helm stations
• Carbon fiber Jefa steering wheels
• Sailing instruments mounted in center under the hard top for good visibility
• Flat coamings you can sit on for a great view forward
• Winch placement for single hand sailing
• Handholds everywhere
• Hard top fiberglass bimini over cockpit with solar panels
• Easy steps to the pilot house
• Single lever engine controls for twin Perkins M65 diesels
• Engine instrument panel
• Cockpit lockers under seats open to provide access the engine room
• Nonskid cockpit sole
• Two large cockpit drains
• Cockpit seating with cushion seat back
• Teak cockpit table stows on the pedestal
• Cockpit cushions – closed cell foam
• Cockpit shower – hot and cold
• Swim ladder on the transom
• Five lockers on the aft deck

 

Ground Tackle

• Stem fitting with double bow anchor rollers
• Maxwell 3500 hydraulic windlass
• Anchor wash down system
• 110 lb Delta anchor with 320 ft of HT chain
• Fortress FX 55 with chain and 200’ ¾ nylon rode
• Gale rider drogue

 

Dinghy

• Caribe C8X dinghy (Tender to Morning Star no titled or registered)
• Evinrude 6 hp four stroke outboard
• Dinghy garage for storage in the transom locker

 

Additional & Safety

• Winslow six person life raft
• Life raft stows in canister on the transom
• Throwable flotation
• Man overboard
• EPIRB GlobalFix ACR 6/2018
• PFDs six
• Flares
• Fire extinguishers - four
• Engine room fire suppressant
• Automatic fog horn
• CO detector (two)
• High water bilge alarms (four) on in each compartment
• Bilge pump in each watertight compartment
• Each engine can pump water out of the boat in an emergency
• Jack lines
• Lee cloths for sea berths
• GFCI protection for AC outlets
• 12 dock lines
• Nine fenders