LEVANT - KANTER 74

Styling for this design is thoroughly traditional and the design elements in keeping with previous work from the same office such that knowledgeable owners will recognize it immediately as a Paine design.

The Kanter 74 follows on the heels of a series of Paine designed metal motor craft at 45, 54, 62 and 68 feet in length. Her configuration features a raised forward pilothouse behind a Portuguese bridge. Aft is the main salon and a large and extremely secure cockpit. There are full side decks for dockline handling and passage fore and aft without entering the accommodations. The interior is customized for the owner as is expected on a custom aluminum yacht. Being of welded aluminum construction she is considerably stronger and ten times stiffer than the fiberglass alternatives and significantly more fireproof as well. Efficient performance is insured by the round bilged forward bottom transitioning to a chine aft, with a single spray rail and a relatively high prismatic coefficient of 0.67. A full length keel protects the propeller and rudder. The draft of just five feet, two inches is very reasonable given the presence of a full length keel to reduce the grounding risk and dampen the yacht's roll in a seaway.

The accommodations are for two couples plus a paid hand - a modest requirement which results in the full beam owners' suite in particular being remarkably large and luxurious. Since this is one less than the usual number of cabins fitted into a yacht of this size, each cabin is more spacious than is the norm. The owner's suite offers a large washroom to port, full bath with toilet and bidet to starboard, and centrally located shower room. The other cabins including the crew's have ensuite access to private heads. The exterior engineroom access is off of the accommodations via the engineroom scutter. This configuration uses the heads and shower as an effective sound buffer between the engineroom and the accommodations. The engineroom is extremely large and has full standing headroom between the engines permitting convenient access to the machinery. The Kanter 74 uses twin Caterpillar C12 340hp main engines and a 10kw and 20kw Northern Lights gensets. Tankage provides 4000 gallons of fuel and 575 galloons of fresh water. These tanks are all integral lending further structural strength to the hull and forming a double bottom wherever they occur. The waste and gray water tanks are of removable construction.

The Kanter 74 is built in Canada of high strength welded aluminum for leak proof integrity and a high strength to weight ratio. With modest size gensets the yacht is easily heated, air conditioned, and supplied with all of the comforts of a shoreside home. She would make an ideal choice for one or two couples intending a retirement cruise to the Caribbean or Europe.