Custom 46' Baraka 46
"Esme"
Custom 46’ cold-molded cutter with Chuck Paine design lineage, recently cruised through the Caribbean and Panama. Heavy-displacement cruiser with raised deckhouse, practical interior, recent updates, and strong offshore and liveaboard capability.
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Overview
1993 Custom 46’ Baraka Cutter
ESME is a custom-built 46’ cutter that has just returned from an approximately nine-month family cruise through the Caribbean and to Panama, a real-world voyage that speaks to her offshore capability, livability, and proven use as a cruising sailboat.
Built in Florida in 1993 by Rand Speas and Guy Erickson, ESME is based on Chuck Paine design lineage and constructed using cold-molded marine plywood with epoxy and fiberglass sheathing. Her construction approach and build story were featured in Boatbuilder Magazine (March/April 1996) as a cold-molded epoxy case study (article available upon request).
ESME is a heavy-displacement (18-ton) offshore cruising sailboat with a 63’ mast, 5’6” draft, and versatile cutter rig. She features a pilothouse-style raised deckhouse that provides excellent shelter and visibility; the primary helm is located aft in the cockpit, protected by a dodger.
Inside, the layout is practical and comfortable with three cabins and six berths, generous storage, and the kind of volume and utility that works well for liveaboard life, extended cruising, or comfortable time at anchor. This is a straightforward, serviceable cruising boat intended for sailors who appreciate traditional sail handling and simple, proven systems.
The owners invested in numerous updates and improvements during 2024–2025 in preparation for and during their cruising season. Documentation and receipts are available upon request.
A Walker Bay fiberglass dinghy with a Mercury 15 HP outboard (with factory warranty through 2028)
Specifications
General
- Name: ESME
- Year: 1993
- Builder: Rand Speas & Guy Erickson (Custom)
- Design Lineage: Chuck Paine
- Location Built: Florida
- USCG Documentation Number: 1255060
- Hull Type: Monohull
- Rig: Cutter
Dimensions
- LOA: 46’
- Beam: 14’
- Draft: 5’6”
- Displacement: Approx. 18 tons
Construction
- Hull: Cold-molded marine plywood with epoxy and fiberglass sheathing
- Deck: Fiberglass/epoxy over marine plywood
- Superstructure: Cedar strip plank construction
- Keel: Lead keel
- Skeg: Yes
Machinery
- Engine: Westerbeke 82B diesel
- Horsepower: 82 HP
- Engine Hours: Approx. 3,880
- Transmission: Hurth Marine HSW 250-3.0R
- Propeller: Max-Prop, 3-blade
Electrical
- DC / AC: 12V DC / 125V AC shore power
- House Batteries: Lithium system, 200Ah
- Charging: Solar (2 × 100W panels) and Victron DC-DC charger
Tankage
- Fuel: Two Moeller tanks, approx. 54 gallons total
- Fresh Water: Aprox 200 gallons
- Holding Tank: Approx. 45 gallons
Rigging & Sails
- Mast / Boom: Aluminum
- Standing Rigging: Stainless steel (serviceable)
- Running Rigging: Replaced 2024–2025
Sail Inventory
- New fully-battened mainsail (Mack Sails, 2024)
- New staysail (Mack Sails, 2024)
- Roller-furling genoa
- Spinnaker
- Spare staysail
Ground Tackle
- Primary Anchor: Rocna Vulcan 20kg ( May 2025)
- Chain: 100’ of 3/8” BBB galvanized chain ( May 2025)
- Additional Anchors: Bruce and CQR
Tender
- Dinghy: Walker Bay fiberglass
- Outboard: Mercury 15 HP (2025) factory warranty through 2028
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Brewer Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Engel & Völkers Yachting. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
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The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
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