Lines & Interiors

For its soft line and its linear hull the DC 18 is part of the small category of the "classic" motoryacht having sports features, but at the same time it has the structural qualities of the holiday cruisers.

COCKPIT
In the upper part of each side of the hull there are 5 oval portholes for the lower deck airing and lighting. The big stern platform is able to house the tender, worked by the hydraulic davit.
The wide cockpit, sheltered by the "tail" of the fly which excludes every turbulence also during the fast navigation, offers an excellent habitability.
The transom has one side passage to the platform. Along the whole perimeter of the sides of the DC 18, from the bow to the cockpit, there is a robust and high stanchion, that makes the passenger walk-ways safe.
From the cockpit, a slightly curved staircase leads to the flying bridge, whose wide area, surmounted by the robust roll-bar with the radar equipment and the navigation lights, offers a room with a comfortable L-shaped sofa; the passenger area is separated from the steering position by a cocktail cabinet with ice-space, sink and several surfaces.
The steering position is well protected by an encircling windscreen having a visibility radius of 360°, and the long sofa is comfortable for several people.

INTERIORS AND LOWER DECK
The saloon offers a room typical of bigger yachts. The large entrance of the cockpit opens onto two opposite L-shaped sofas. By the side of the steering position there is another L-shaped sofa with table and at the back of the pilot's seat, on the right, we find the kitchen area, well equipped with burners, sink, fridge and spaces organized as storeroom.
The steering position has a step structure; the steering wheel is inserted in the vertical part, while switches and controls are in the horizontal one. Two horizontal instrument panels house every instrument necessary for a "projectable" navigation. All the coverings of the saloon, steering surface included, are made of precious timber.
The shipowner will find an atmosphere of luxury and relax in his cabin, equipped with double bed, wardrobe and large drawers. Of the three guest cabins, two have double bed (one has high-standard furniture, the other one is a little more "Spartan"), while the third one has two single beds and practical but comfortable furniture. There is a cabin with inside bathroom for the crew. The furnishing materials as well as the lighting and airing systems are on unexceptionable levels.

The DC 18 confirms the characteristics of seaworthiness and reliability and assures a perfect compromise between performances, navigation comfort and safety also in critical weather conditions.

Techincal Features

Capitulate

Material
UV ray ageing high resistance white neopentilic gelcoat. Handmade stratification with different mats placed and pressured separately by using high mechanical performance steel rolls and resins.
Bottom and sides made of plastic reinforced by incorporated fibreglass with cross and longitudinal reinforcements made of the same material and foam core. Motor blocks and floors made of sea-plywood coated with plastic reinforced by incorporated fibreglass. Deck made of laminated plastic reinforced by incorporated fibreglass, with mats, with “termanto” sandwich and screwing and reinforcements parts made of sea-plywood.
There are no contraindications, as to osmosis, for the hull made of plastic reinforced by incorporated fibreglass to stay underwater.

Hull and deck equipment
Peak for chain of m 100 and 10-mm diameter DC18, fenders, CQR-DELTA type anchor, stainless steel pillar, DC18 1500W winch with bell and foot-control, fore sundeck, tempered crystal windows with baked varnish aluminium frame, windscreen cover, electric windscreen wipers with stainless steel arms and washers with fresh water, no. 8 stainless steel bollards, no. 4 stainless steel fairleads, teak-covered deckouse side walk-ways, no. 2 gas oil embark points, no. 1 water embark point, stainless steel grab rod, stainless steel deck and flying bridge pulpit, painted aluminium saddle tank and PVC profile, primer and anti-vegetation, navigation lights, stainless steel 2-shutter door to get the saloon, no. 2 structural cockpit benches with peaks, hatches to get the stern peak and the engine room, cockpit lighting, bathing platform with hot and cold shower, DC18 electric bath ladder, 220V socket, stainless steel and teak hydraulic gangway, teak-covered cockpit floor and bathing platform.

Bridge
Steering position, wood-bordered steering wheel, flap remote control, switches: winch, navigations light washers, bilge pumps, instruments with light. Side door on the right, gas oil and water-level electric indicators. Electronic instruments: echo-sounder, gps plotter, autopilot, radar, vhf radio telephone. Magnetic compass, electronic control levers, engine/s boards.

Flying Bridge
Access to the cockpit with stainless steel ladder with teak-covered steps, plexiglas walk-way with painted aluminium structure, plexiglas windscreen, 3-seat steering position, L-shaped sofa and stern sun deck, roll bar made of plastic reinforced by incorporated fiberglass, standard bearer, wood-bordered steering wheel, flap control button, winch control button, electrohorn, hoot, vhf aerials, radar aerial, gps aerial, tv aerial, instruments cover. Electronic instruments: vhf repeater, echo-sounder repeater, autopilot repeater, gps plotter. Compass, electronic control levers, no. 2 watertight loudspeakers. Engine/s boards. Teak-covered floor.

Saloon
Wooden floor, halogen lights with glass protection, curtains, wooden furniture, fabric or skay sofa, dinette, wooden dinner table and small table, no. 2 loudspeakers, steering position, electric boards, stairs to the night-time area, skay ceilings, skay and wooden side walls covering, clock and barometer, no. 1 fridge.

Kitchen
Pyroceram hob with 2 gas burners, microwave oven, round sink, no. 2 fridges, no. 1 24/220V socket, hot/warm water mixer, wooden floor, halogen spotlights, various shelves and drawers.

Shipowner’s fore cabin
Double bed with chest of drawers, mattress, pillows and bedcover, two bedhead spotlights, wardrobe, various drawers and spaces, lights, moquette, bedhead mirror, curtains, no. 2 stainless steel portholes, walk-way with shading device, access to private bathroom, no. 1 24/220V socket, air-conditioning control, wooden doors, ceiling and walls covered with wood and skay.

Shipowner’s stern cabin
See Shipowner’s fore cabin.

Guest cabin (1)
Wardrobe, various drawers, no. 2 twin beds placed side by side, mattresses, pillows and bedcover, no. 1 stainless steel porthole, moquette, no. 2 lights for reading, curtain, no. 1 24/220V socket, door.

Guest cabin (2)
Wardrobe, various drawers, no. 1 double bed near the wall, mattresses, pillows and bedcovers, no. 1 stainless steel porthole, moquette, no. 1 light for reading, wardrobe, various drawers, curtain, no. 1 24/220V socket, door.

Shipowner’s stern cabin - Bathroom
Direct access to the cabin, electric ceramic toilet connected with black water tank, no. 2 washbasins with mixers, shower box with mixer, no 2 stainless steel portholes with curtain, soap dish, glass holder, towel stand, clothes hook, 24/220V socket.

Shipowner’s fore cabin - Bathroom
Direct access to the cabin, electric ceramic toilet connected with black water tank, no. 1 washbasin with mixer, shower box with mixer, no 1 stainless steel porthole with curtain, soap dish, glass holder, towel stand, clothes hook, 24/220V socket.

Guest cabins - Bathroom
Access to the corridor, electric ceramic toilet bowl connected with black water tank, no. 1 washbasin with shower-mixer, soap dish, glass holder, clothes hook, 24/220V socket.

Engine room and peak
Hatch to enter the cockpit, hatch to get the stern peak and seaman’s cabin, engine gas exhausting system under sea level, no. 2 sea water plugs with 2 filters, puddening axle seal, automatic extinguisher, battery charger slot, 30 l 220 V boiler, autoclave with expansion tank, 8-Kw generator.

Electric equipment
Steering board and for rooms next to the steering position, anodic protection for all metallic parts subject to galvanic corrosion, mass system, 24/220V sockets in all the rooms, electric cables only with anti-fire sheath, electric board for rooms with magnetothermic switches, no. 1 voltmeter with rooms/engines commutator, no. 1 alternator ammeter with rooms/engines commutator, no. 1 battery charger DC ammeter, no. 1 consumption absorption DC ammeter, no. 1 220V AC voltmeter, no. 2 engine starting keys, no. 2 engine starting buttons, no. 4 engine stop buttons, no. 4 flap control buttons, no. 2 winch control buttons, no. 2 instrument lights switches, no. 2 windscreen wiper lights switches, no. 1 windscreen wiper button, no. 3 bilge pumps manual control switches, no. 1 shower pump manual control switch, no. 2 horn control switches, boat consumption led synoptic panel, no. 3 battery stoppers, 120A battery charger, no. 4 200 Ah engine start batteries, no. 2 240 Ah batteries for supply in rooms, no. 1 generator battery, 220V AC 50A dock socket in the cockpit with 10-m cable, 30 mA differential magnetothermic switch.

Water system
Water tank, 24V autoclave with expansion tank, warm and cold water system in all bathrooms and kitchen, 30 l 220V electric boiler, tank with automatic discharging of grey water, wc discharging into the black water tank, manual wc of the seaman’s cabin discharging directly into the sea.

Bilge system
No. 3 electropumps, connected to the rooms batteries, that can be operated automatically and manually by means of switches/lights in the steering rooms panel.
Seaman’s stern cabin
Access to the stern platform and cockpit from the stern peak, single bed, manual wc, washbasin, no. 1 porthole with curtain.

Equipment and main accessories
Electronic instruments. Servo-assisted hydraulic steering compartment, no. 2 stainless steel 2-mm-thick tanks with settler cock, air conditioning, black water system, IS 8 generator, hydraulic gangway, fore screw, tv, desalinator, safety equipment for 16 people including: life raft, life jackets, no. 1 round life buoy with floating rope and light buoy without pile, no. 1 box of signal rockets, watch, barometer, medicine box, radar reflector, boat hook, Italian flag, powder extinguishers, no. 6 fenders with rope.

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