RUBICON CREWEd Catamaran Charter

Cruising areas of RUBICON

• Preferred Pickup : Georgetown, Great Exuma (GGT)
• Other Pickup : Stanley Cay or Norman Cay
• Summer Operations : Bahamas
• Summer Port : Georgetown, Exumas
• Winter Operations : Bahamas
• Winter Port : Georgetown, Exumas

RUBICON's Description

• Come explore the vacation paradise of the Bahamas Exumas and Out Islands! The luxury sailing yacht Rubicon offers the perfect way to enjoy your Bahamas vacation. This spacious 44' catamaran offers the best of everything that makes a yacht charter vacation great: beautiful, comfortable accommodations, an expert and enjoyable crew, fabulous food, and so many fun things to see and experience. Rubicon's interior decor is casual elegance with shiny wood paneling. Photographs shot from the owner's family world cruise enhance the staterooms, creating a wanderlust feeling to sail to remote regions of the globe. There are many enjoyable places on board to enjoy! The main salon, cockpit, and forward trampolines are the main gathering areas for meals and activities. The trampoline area is the optimum spot to hang out while underway, enjoying the salt breeze and luscious scenery of the islands. Cat Rubicon carries a crew of professional captain and chef. It is the perfect yacht for a group or family vacation. Among her many possible activities are kiteboarding and surfing. You may also participate in eco adventures including feeding swimming pigs, snorkeling, kayaking, hiking nature trails, sailing and enjoying remote beaches. For more information on Rubicon: www.bahamascatcharters.com Here's a fun video of a group of Kiters that chartered Rubicon recently in the Exumas - enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvcjkW6BRDg

RUBICON's Specifications

• Vessel Type : Catamaran
• Builder : St. Francis
• Built : 1997
• Refit : 2013 and Nov. 2015 when her sides, deck and cockpit sprayed with Awlgrip. partial refit January 2020 to include new hard floors throughout.
• Length : 44 Feet
• Beam : 23.6 Feet
• Draft : 3.0 Feet
• Cruising Speed : 7 knots
• Max Speed : 11 knots
• Internet : Onboard WIFI
• Generator : Yes
• Jacuzzi : No
• Helipad : No
• A/C : None
• A/C Night : No
• A/C Srucharge : No
• Inverter : Yes
• Inverter : 2000 watts
• Voltages : 2000 watts
• Water Maker : Yes
• Ice Maker : No
• Sun Awning : Yes
• Hammock : Yes
• Wind Scoops : No
• Deck Shower : Yes
• Bimini Top : Yes
• Gay Charters : No
• Nude Charters : No
• Hair Dryer : No
• Number of Hatch's : 20
• Guest Smoking : Cockpit & Outside
• Children Sllowed : Yes
• Min Child Age : Any
• Turnaround : 48 hours or TBD
• Sailing Instruction : Yes
• Engines : Brand New Honda 2000 watt generator and a 2kw inverter
• Communications : VHF
  Cell phone
  
  Guests can invest in $30/week for international wifi on their smartphones and iPads. Works great when 4 miles away from a repeater in the Exuma Cays. Each island has a repeater so sailing by or anchored there ensures a good connection.

RUBICON's Accommodations

• Sleeps : 5
• Queen : 2
• Double : 1
• Showers : 2
• Wash Basins : 3
• Electric Heads : 0
• Accommodation Details:
  • She accommodates up to 5 guests in three private cabins described below. Each stateroom is equipped with ensuite bathroom and electric fans in each cabin.
  • CABIN A: Port side forward, featuring a queen-sized berth, large opening hatch overhead, 2 large closets, 2 bedside shelves. (Cabins 1 & 2 are equivalent in the layout.) A private bathroom and shower/small tub adjoin.
  • CABIN B: Starboard side forward, featuring a queen-sized berth, large opening hatch overhead, 2 large closets and 2 beside shelves. (Cabins 1 & 2 are equivalent in the layout.) A private bathroom and shower/small tub adjoin.
  • CABIN C: portside side aft, a double size berth, large opening hatch overhead, dresser, and vanity. Adjoining, is a private bathroom.
  • If you have ever wanted to sleep under the stars, Rubicon's trampolines also offer spacious star-spangled sleeping quarters.
  • Dimensions of queen beds: 73"x57"
  • Headroom in Cabins: 73"
  • Headroom in Salon: 75.5"
  • RUBICON has a new Honda 2000 watt generator, a 2kw inverter and a 15 gph watermaker
  • The main salon seats 10 guests and crew. The cockpit table seats 8 guests and crew.
  • Rubicon also has trampoline awnings for the foredeck.

Cuisine

• Special Diets : Yes
• Kosher : No
• BBQ. : Yes

Entertainment

• Set TV : No
• iPod/Device Hookups : Yes
• Video : Library
• Salon Stereo : Yes
• DVDs. : Yes
• CDs. : Library
• Board Games : Yes
• Books : Yes
• Cameras : Yes
• Other Entertainment : Satellite Radio for music & news
  Surround Sound in main salon & cockpit speakers
  
  

Water Sports

• Dinghy Feet : 11 ft
• Dinghy Pax: 8
• Dinghy Sailing: No
• Jet Skis: No
• Waverunner: No
• Kneeboards: No
• Water Surfer: No
• Snorkel Gear: Yes
• Tube: No
• Scurfer: No
• Wake Board: No
• One Person Kayak: 1
• Two Person Kayak: No
• Floating Mats : No
• Swim Plateform : Yes
• Boarding Latter : Yes, extension port sugarscoop
• Beach Games : Yes
• Fishing Gear : Yes
• Deep Sea Fishing : Yes
• Fishing Gear Type : 2 Yoyos
• Fishing Rods : 2
• Under Water Camera : Yes
• Other Toys :
  • 2 x Jimmy Lewis Stand up Paddleboards
  • Kiteboard - There are 3-4 sets of gear on board.
  • These can be rented (kite, bar, and board) for $950 for the week p person.
  • Helpful if each person brings their own harness.
  • Surf board
  • Eco-Adventures including feeding swimming pigs, snorkeling, kayaking, hiking nature trails, sailing and enjoying remote beaches
  • Beach volleyball
  • A spinning rod, casting rod, and 2 trolling rods, plus hand lines for fishing.
  • New BBQ grill June 2015
  • One 14 ft kayak. It's technically a single person but often accommodates 2 pax.

Scuba Diving

• Scuba: Yacht offers Rendezvous Diving only
• Air Compressor: Not Onboard
• License: 2
• Regulators: 1227745
• Diving Info: Two dive centers in Exuma and one in Staniel Cay

CREW PROFILE ONBOARD RUBICON

• Number of Crew : 2
• Crew Smoke : No
• Crew Pets : No

Captain

• Captain Name : Adam Dreffin
• Nationality : US
• Born : 1986
• Captain License : MCA Master of Yachts 200 Tons
• Years Sailing : 20
• Years Chartering : 5
• Speaks : English and conversational Spanish (Adam)

Crew

• Crew : Rebecca Garcia
• Nationality : US
• Years Sailing : 3
• Years Chartering : 3
• Crew Profile : CAPTAIN: ADAM DREFFIN
  Adam was born in the Exumas aboard the boat of his parents. He was a real water baby. He shot his first lobster at age 6. As a youth, Adam would disappear into hidden coves with his brother, trolling for fish while handling a sailing dinghy. He explored everywhere and is familiar with every island. His passion for the Bahamas is evident.
  
  Adam's parents, along with his younger brother Warren, all set off for a world cruise on their sailing boat once the boys reached teenage years, so Adam is also very widely travelled to many exotic parts of the world. When they reached Australia the boys went to school and college there, whilst their parents continued their cruise back home to the Bahamas.
  
  Summers during school, Adam captained catamarans for Broadreach Sailing School in the French West Indies with high school kids aboard. He's also captained large yachts in New England and delivered vessels from the Mediterranean. He has run charters aboard Rubicon for several years in Exumas, Bahamas.
  
  Adam holds an MCA Master of Yachts 200 Tons. In addition to being a highly skilled captain, he is an avid sportsman on the water. He kite-surfs, windsurfs and relishes catching game fish while trolling between islands. He is also certified as a Sivananda yoga instructor.
  
  CHEF/HOSTESS REBECCA GARCIA:
  Rebecca Garcia’s friends call her Becky, and describe her as good fun, lively and a tireless worker. She’s also an extraordinary cook with an extensive repertoire of recipes. She has run many kitchens, large and small, worked in five-star restaurants and cooked aboard yachts for some 25 years. It all began in the kitchens of her two Grandmothers, one English and one Spanish, when she was so small she couldn’t reach the table without a stool.
  
  Becky spent her childhood in London, her teens and early 20s in Donegal, on Ireland’s rugged, northwest coast, and summers with Dad and his family in Spain. She did a lot of amazing things. Her “very hardy life” on a small Irish island in the North Atlantic required commuting by row boat in very cold, rough water. She worked with the Irish Civil Defense ambulance emergency team. She helped a master boat builder construct a Viking ship. She achieved diplomas in holistic massage, anatomy and physiology, reflexology and courses in Reiki.
  
  Becky says, “I love fresh, healthy food, especially colorful vegetarian dishes with delicious sauces, and Mediterranean cuisine. Guests rave about my homemade bread, tasty pastas, fresh fruit salads, cakes and puddings.” In addition to cooking great meals, Becky might find time to chat about her family’s 1911 50-foot Norwegian gaff-rigged ketch, or her three Atlantic crossings, or the big posh yacht in Guatemala with an owner who accidentally threw himself overboard. With Becky as your chef and hostess, your charter adventure in the Bahamas could include delightful ingredients you never even imagined.