Greetings to all would-be cruisers! With heavy hearts, we offer our beautiful Mr Mac for sale. A Bruce Roberts Seamaster 45, this sloop-rigged sailboat is outfitted to be an outstanding liveaboard and/or cruise-ready boat. We've cruised her from Maine to Trinidad and Panama to Mexico, and she's equipped and ready to leave again tomorrow. See detailed information below. For sale info, contact Chris at chris@jaxbooks.com or Peter Hartley at peter.yachtsales@gmail.com or 727-642-3254.

 

 

45 Bruce Roberts Seamaster 45

Mr. Mac Year: 1986 Current Price: US $94,500.00 Located in St Petersburg, FL Hull Material: Fiberglass Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel

PRICE REDUCED!! "Mr. Mac" is an extremely well outfitted cruising boat. Turn key is an understatement when describing the current state of this Bruce Roberts Seamaster 45. After several years of full time cruising, the owners are ready to move off the boat and allow someone to pick up where they left off. The boat has been meticulously maintained and upgraded and has very thorough documentation and descriptions of all work completed throughout the years. From tools, spare parts, as well as full safety gear there is not much the next owner will need to do before dropping the lines to head to any destination they can think of. New AC 16.000 BTU, 2022 Bottom Job, 2021 Mainsail, 2020 Deck Painted, 2022

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information: Builder/Designer
Builder: Bruce Roberts		Designer: Bruce Roberts
Dimensions
LOA: 45		LWL:		Beam: 13'2"
Displacement: 34000		Draft: 5'6"		Bridge Clearance: 57
Ballast: 8000
Engines
Engine(S): Yanmar		Engine(S) HP: 55		Engine Model: 2006 4JH4-E
Hours: 5204		Cruising Speed:		Max Speed:
Tankage
Fuel: 90		Water: 300		Holding: 6

Accommodations
Starting in the bow there is a full head that provides access to the anchor locker. Moving aft there is a berth to port with storage and lockers to starboard. Continuing aft is the salon with long settees on either side that can be used as berths. Upper and lower Alpine stereo speakers provide all-around sound. The engine room access is behind removable companionway steps. Walkways on either side of the companionway lead aft. Port side is the galley with a large double SS sink as well as large fridge and freezer. To starboard is another berth that is currently used as a work bench with well organized tools and spare parts. Both walkways lead aft to the master stateroom wtih ensuite head.
	Master Cabin Aft - Queen size berth w/custom mattress, reading light Shelf on starboard w/cabinets beneath Under berth storage Ensuite head w/manual Jabsco toilet ElectraSan waste treatment system Shower Teak grate on head floor SS sink w/upper and lower cabinets		Passage Berth/Work Room - Pullman berth - tool storage/work bench Drawers below and cabinets above

ALL PHOTOS>>>

Galley & Plumbing
	Double SS sinks w/hot/cold faucet Hillerange propane 3-burner stove w/oven and broiler, solenoid cutoff for propane GE microwave		Freezer w/holding plates - 12v and engine driven (compressor and Danfoss control unit, 2021 Refrigerator w/12v air cooled cold plate, 2008

Electronics
	ICOM IC-M59 VHF, main salon ICOM IC-M330 VHF, cockpit, 2020 ICOM IC-M700-pro SSB/Ham w/tuner and aft-stay antenna, 2009 Furuno GP-32 GPS,2007 Northstar Explorer D310 depth, 2005		Northstar Explorer W310 wind, 2010 Simrad AP-24 autopilot, 2014, hyd ram rebuilt 2021,hyd pump motor 2020,compass 2017,separate Simrad WR10 remote 2015 Kenwood KMR-D328BT marine CD/radio receiver w/bluetooth,USB, Sirius XM ready,Alpine speakers, 2015

Electrical
	110v AC system , 2ea 30 amp circuits 12v DC system 2ea Kyocera 135watt solar panels - mounted on arch, controller 2008 4ea 100watt solar panels - mounted on hard bimini,controller 2018 Kiss wind generator (rebuilt 2021) mounted on arch w/Xantrex controller and heat sink Xantrex 1800watt inverter, 2005 Tri-Metric battery monitor, 2007		Iota shore-side battery charger, 2000 4ea L-16 Primary batteries, 2020 2ea 4D Secondary batteries, 2020 2ea Windlass batteries, 2018 Main engine start battery, 2021 Shore power cables, 50' 30 amp All new electrical in mast, 2008

Sails & Sail Handling
	Standing rigging replaced 2008 SS bowsprit rebuilt 2020 SS rod bobstays, 2008 Mast steps and bosun's chair Eco Sails mainsail w/cover and lazy jacks, 2020		110% roller furling genoa, 2015 180% genoa 5ea Enkes sheet winches 2ea halyard winches Heavy weather staysail with cable luff Telescoping whisker pole

Hull & Deck
	Modified full keel w/cutaway forefoot, integral lead ballast Hull peeled below waterline,reglassed w/vinyl-ester resin, then primed w/Milspec epoxy primer, 2015 Deck cored end-grain balsa Bottom painted, Interlux Aqua, 2021 Topsides painted w/Awlgrip, 2011 Thru hulls replaced, 2015 Deck painted w/Interlux polyurethane, 2022 SS stanchions, new ss bases, 2015 SS stern arch w/integral stern rail, 2008 Double SS lifelines, 30", 2008 8ea Bomar hatches 12ea opening ports 73# Rocna anchor on bow roller (2015) w/150' 5/16" chain(2020) EPIRB w/GPS,2015 Viking 4 person life raft, hard container(2008), repacked 2015 Life sling Flares/flare launcher Para-anchor w/300' rode 6ea Type-II PFDs 4ea fire extinguishers Automatic Halon fire extinguishers in engine room		Lofran Tigres windlass,2013 Rocna snubber gear 45# Danforth w/100' chain and 100' rode Fortress aluminum anchor Saltwater deck wash SS propane grill SS folding swim ladder Foredeck awning, 2021 9'6" Highfield Hypalon dinghy,2015 9.8 Tohatsu 2 stroke, short shaft, 2011 3 gal fuel tank w/hose 5 gal spare fuel tank Dinghy anchor w/chain and rode Phifertex covered cushions Dodger w/SS hardware, Sunbrella canvas, roll up eisenglass center panel Custom Nidacore and fiberglass hard bimini w/tie loops for sun shade, 2016 2ea Phifertex sun shades Ritchie compass Custom built SS binnacle w/NavPod housing - Furuno GP-32GPS,depth sounder, wind instrument Simrad AP-24 autopilot, hardmounted, w/separate Simrad WR10 autopilot remote Furuno 1715 24 mile range Radar w/mast mounted radome

 

Creature Feature: Crabs Rule in Providencia

Sign along the western road announcing the closure for crabs

You might know that Anne is a crab geek, not surprising since she spent nearly twenty years doing crustacean research for the State of Florida. And Chris likes to eat crabs. So, we were intrigued by the signs we saw on Providencia regarding the black land crab Gecarcinus ruricola. Travelling in the Caribbean, you’ve probably seen the holes that these crabs occupy in forested areas, often far from the water, or wondered W.T.F? upon finding a crab claw high up a mountain. They’re also often found in the market or on the menu if you want a taste. The species is nocturnal, and their skittering about in the dark, clicking across a road or rustling through the undergrowth, can be unnerving if you don’t know what it is. Anyway, it’s precisely these wanderings that bring attention to the crab during mating season. Though terrestrial as adults, larval development occurs in the ocean. Adults migrate from the forest to the ocean to spawn, then back to the forest. Initial larval development occurs at sea, then megalopal-stage larvae (looking mostly like little crabs at this point) migrate back ashore and head to the forest. And these are not small migrations; the population on Providencia was estimated at three million. If a road lies between forest and ocean…well, you can imagine the mess. Consequently, from April 1 to July 31, a portion of the road that runs along the western side of Providencia is closed to all vehicles. Since the road around the island is a loop, this means a lot of detouring back around the eastern side of the island. Time-consuming, perhaps, but it’s done for the purpose of conserving the species, which is good thing. They show a film of the black land crab migration at the Lighthouse Café/Cinema/Art House, but we unfortunately didn’t make it. Fellow crab geeks can find detailed analyses of black land crab population biology and reproduction on Providencia and San Andrés in these articles from the Journal of Crustacean Biology. And if you want to feel a little squirmy, check out this video of migrating adult and larval red land crabs (related species) on Christmas Island – not the exact species as on Providencia, but related, and the same general idea.

Crab information alongside the trail to the Peak

Crab migration documentary at the Lighthouse

The black land crab is even featured at a bus stop

A Scooter for a Day on Providencia

Renting a scooter allowed us to reach some beautiful out-of-the-way spots

So, we’d explored sections of Providencia by foot and by bus, but craved the freedom to explore farther afield and on our own time, so we rented a scooter (moto, in the local parlance) for the day. Scooters are the vehicle of choice on Providencia. They vastly outnumber cars, trucks, or vans, their small size no deterrent to multiple passengers. We’d often see whole families – mother, father, several children – balanced precariously (to us) atop the seat and handle bars, or people carrying things like bicycles held out to the side, or large containers on their laps. Once we even saw a woman blithely steering with one hand, an infant draped over her other arm. It all seemed so effortless. It’s not. Anne opted for a helmet, putting her in the tiny minority of riders (and she eventually took it off so as not to conk Chris on the head with it every time we changed speed). We headed out down the eastern road, stopping at Pash Beach, which had been badly eroded by the winter storms. Then we got to Bahia Aguadulce (Fresh Water Bay). Very cute and quaint with many small beachside hotels and restaurants – there’s even a Mr Mac posada! Next stop was Bahia Suroeste (Southwest Bay). Here, the long, sandy beach is dotted with little rustic restaurants where we had a delicious seafood lunch. Seafood is abundant and relatively inexpensive around Providencia – not surprising, given the location – with nary a sign of the usual ubiquitous Caribbean standard, fried chicken. Aboard the moto once again, we sought out what was reputed to be the most beautiful beach on the island – Machineel. After seeking and not finding, then asking directions of several people, we finally made our way there. Just lovely! We had a cold drink (non-alcoholic because…scooter) beneath the palms before heading back to town. The scooter made getting around convenient, but it was just a bit too nerve-wracking for us, so we decided to stick to the bus and our feet.

Colorful hotels in Bahia Agua Dulce...

...and our very own Mr Mac cabanas!

Beautiful Machineel Beach

Waiting for lunch at a beachside restaurant

Seafood was de rigueur at all the restaurants in Providencia, which makes sense for an island! Even better is that it was INEXPENSIVE seafood.

A hillside view down to Southwest Beach