ALTA VIDA

ALTA VIDA is a Euro Style Sedan Motoryacht with a decidedly North American flair. Her interior is graced with a natural cherry joinery with a high gloss finish but with most vinyl panels deleted in favor of additional cherry joinery. ALTA VIDA is full of improvements and innovations over the standard layout.

Boarding is from either the swim platform and up the port or starboard steps or from either the port or starboard Aft Deck.

This vessel has a comfortable Aft Deck with built in and loose seating, same level Salon with loose and built in furniture, a raised Galley and Dinette Area and a compact handy Lower Station.

Below are four cabins with the forward VIP and Starboard Guest Cabin sharing a portside Head and the Master aft on centerline with an en suite Head to starboard and a small custom cabin with upper/lower bunks and the Laundry Center to port.

The Engine Room is accessed via a hatch in the Aft Deck sole. The large Lazarette, configured as a fully finished Crew Cabin, is easily accessed via a custom transom door from the swim platform.

The Flybridge Deck has easy access via comfortable teak tread stairs from the Aft Deck. The Flybridge is highly customized with a teak sole, stainless steel pipe rigid top, cherry cabinetry with granite countertops, ample seating and tender storage aft. The usual Neptunus helm is to starboard with a companion seat and portside wing control opposite. Forward is the outdoor seating/sun pad unique to Neptunus.

The Flybridge Area is enclosed and air conditioned.

The Salon is entered via the curved glass sliding Trend stainless steel entry door. Immediately upon entering to port are two upholstered chairs. Between is a burlwood topped cabinet with a drawer and two cabinet doors below. Inside the cabinet is a Bose Lifestyle 38 AM/FM/CD/DVD player with hard drive storage, a Direct TV receiver. Outboard of the countertop is a popup 32” Sony TV. Both fore and aft of the TV are custom cherry shelves behind the chairs. The signature two level Neptunus windows are above the shelves. To starboard is an L shaped off white leather L settee with built in fore and aft end tables, the forward one with two storage cabinets below.  In 2017 the salon got new carpeting, new chairs and décor pillows.

A custom cherry coffee table with two drop down leaves lies in front. Behind the sofa is a 110V table lamp and matching two level windows with curtains.

Forward to port are two sets of cabinets facing aft.

A pair of cabinets forward to port house liquor storage above and below the Sea Tel Sat TV controls, Glomex Terrestrial TV antenna and an A/B/C selector switch.  Also here is the handset to the SAT phone.

Also in the Salon are a sliding screen on the aft door, twin square columns with sconce lights forward, a decorative burlwood ceiling treatment over the coffee table, a Bose five channel speaker system with a hidden subwoofer, eight halogen mini spots on a dimmer, digital AC controls.

The Galley is open to and two steps up from the Salon. The sole is planked cherry to match the cabinets. The customized Galley is full beam with a small Lower Station to port. A large Dinette is forward to starboard. The Dinette seats at least five people with a light tan Ultra leather seating surface.

Equipment includes:

Under mount extra deep double stainless steel sink
Single handle spray faucet 
Separate drinking water tap
Insinkerator stainless steel disposal
AEG 4 Burner Ceran top cook top
Built in Panasonic microwave/convection oven to port
AEG stainless steel self cleaning full size oven below cook top
Bosch full size standup stainless steel refrigerator freezer drawer, new 5/15
(7) Cherry cabinet doors
One corner storage cabinet
(4) Cherry drawers
Granite countertop with bull nose edge & aft sea rail
Faber cook top vent w/overhead light above cook top
Central vacuum outlet
Overhead four door mirrored glass cabinet w/dedicated lighting to port
(10) Halogen mini spots – most on a dimmer
Jenn Air Trash compactor
Miele dishwasher with cherry front

All the way forward to starboard is an Ultra Leather upholstered Dinette to seat four to five people with storage below. A folding burlwood top dining table sits on a riser along with the Dinette to offer better exterior visibility. The sole is cherry planked flooring.

Above are three dedicated halogen mini spots.

Six curved steps each with an LED step light and lead to below. Along the way in a customized two door electrical panel with a separate AC/DC electrical panel.

Unusual to this particular boat is the use of cherry paneling instead of upholstered panels. The entire area has been updated with high gloss cherry with burlwood accents at the top of the stairs.

At the bottom of the stairs one can go aft and down two more steps to the Master Cabin and Fourth Cabin furthest aft or up one step to the centerline Companionway with the Guest Cabin to starboard and Guest Head to port or the entrance to the forward most VIP Cabin. A skylight above offers excellent daytime lighting.

Built into the area of the Day Head is a very useful Fourth Cabin with upper and lower bunks. Each berth has a reading light. The upper berth has a fixed deadlight at the foot of the bed.

Cabinetry forward reveals a full size Whirlpool washer and separate dryer behind cherry doors.

Also in the cabin is a Bose Link stereo system, a 12 volt Audiovox DVD player, a Sharp 18” LCD TV, a CO detector, digital AC controls and three overhead mini spots. The entry door is a sliding cherry panel door.

The Master Cabin is next aft. A tapered queen size berth on centerline has two storage drawers and rope lighting below and an upholstered headboard set upon a mirrored bulkhead. A curved cherry and vinyl soffit are above. Two halogen reading lights are in the soffit. Again extra cherry joinery was used in the base of the bed and the forward bulkhead.

Built in two drawer cherry nightstands with mirrored panels and small chrome reading lamps above flank the berth. To port is a built in chest with ten drawers. To starboard are ten matching drawers. Above the drawers are three port and three starboard large deadlights covered with Duette shades. These new style deadlights become available in the 2007 model.

Forward on the portside is a single door, cedar lined auto lit hanging locker with an Audiovox DC DVD player wired to the cabin’s TV.

The Aquos 26” LCD TV is built in the forward bulkhead on the portside of the centerline arched entry door. To starboard is the entrance to the cabin’s private Head and an upper and lower two door cherry corner cabinet facing aft with a small shelf between.

Also in the cabin are three battery shutoff switches, a CO detector, a digital safe, a Bose Link stereo system, digital AC control and ten halogen mini spots, most on a dimmer.

The en suite Master Head has a Crema Marafil marble tile sole, a bow front cherry vanity with a storage cabinet below and a China under mount sink under a granite countertop above.  There are four mirrored medicine cabinets above the sink with two more small cherry cabinet doors just above the countertop.

The stall shower has a clear glass door, a seat, a shelf, a handheld or wall mountable shower fixture, a light and an exhaust fan. 

The toilet is a freshwater flush Raritan Atlantis elongated bowl model with a remote flush panel.  The overhead is mirrored with three halogen lights above and entry is via an arched cherry pocket entry door.

Entered from the forward end of the cabin are two berths, a single upper berth over an enlarged lower berth, the lower with two drawers below. 

Inboard is a cherry three drawer nightstand with soffit type AC delivery above.  Outboard each berth is a cherry shelf to serve as a nightstand.  Two fixed dead lights with Roman shades are above the lower berth with a reading light in a soffit above for each berth.  At the foot of the berth is a cedar lined hanging locker.  Inside the locker is a 12 volt Audtiovox DVD player.  A Sharp 18” LCD TV is on the forward bulkhead. 

Also in this cabin is a central vacuum outlet, four overhead dimmable halogen mini spots, two halogen mini spots as reading lights, digital AC controls, a dressing mirror, an arched entry door and a carpeted sole. 

A Bose Link music system plays autonomous music or music from the Salon’s stereo.

The Forward Guest Head is shared by the VIP and Guest Cabins with two entry doors, one to the main Companionway and other direct to the VIP Cabin.

The sole is Crema Marafil granite tile.  The toilet is a freshwater flush full size Raritan Atlantis model with a remote flush panel.  The bow front cherry vanity has one cabinet below and a granite countertop with a China under mount sink above.

Above the sink is a pleated shade covering a fixed dead light.  Three mirrored medicine cabinet doors are above with rope lighting below the valance.

The shower has a clear glass door, a handheld or wall mountable fixture, a Corian shelf and a wallpaper like Mica finish on the bulkheads that is as elegant as it is practical. 

Also in the shower is a light and an exhaust fan.  The Head also has three halogen mini spots above in a mirrored overhead.

A custom cabinet above the toilet offers additional storage.

This head is enlarged over the standard model by the relocation of the Laundry Center.

The VIP Cabin is entered via an arched cherry door.  The queen size berth sits on centerline with an upholstered headboard off the mirrored forward bulkhead.  Twin halogen reading lights are above along with two chrome swing arm sconce lights.

Two large cherry storage drawers lie at the foot of the berth.  There is rope lighting around the cherry keeper for the custom Innerspring mattress.  Built in cherry countertops both port and starboard serve as nightstands.  Above is one fixed dead light with drapes to both port and starboard.  Above the shades on either side are four cherry storage cabinets to supplement the cabin’s abundant storage.  Furthest forward are small sconce accent lights.

Aft to port is a cedar lined double door hanging locker and access the Forward Head. 

To starboard is a matching double door cedar lined hanging locker with a 12 volt Audiovox DVD player and two Sat TV Direct TV receivers.

On the aft bulkhead are three cherry drawers with a cherry counter above.  Above this is a built in Sharp 18” LCD TV and a dressing mirror.  The sole has access to the forward bilge and bow thruster.

Under the berth is the disconnect switch for the bow thruster.  Overhead are five halogen mini spots on a dimmer and a Bomar deck hatch with an Ocean Air sliding screen and shade.

Also in this cabin are digital AC controls and a CO monitor.

Heavy Duty stainless steel bow rails w/welded stainless steel lifeline       
Stainless steel anchor pulpit w/bow roller
88 lb. Delta stainless steel anchor
Maxwell 3500 VW Windlass w/150' high tensile chain
Up & down foot switches for windlass
Round Bomar hatch to access chain locker
Freshwater wash down in bow anchor locker
Heavy duty rub rail
Dual spring line cleats
International navigation lights
Air horn
Dual deck fills for fuel port & starboard allows single side filling
Removable stainless steel burgee pole
Stainless steel hand rails at bow sun cushion area

New bow pad cover
Blue Textulene wrap around windshield cover 
Frameless cabin side windows
Stainless steel sliding boarding gates port & starboard midship
Raised fiberglass toe rail for safety
Round Bomar deck hatch into VIP Cabin
House side stainless steel handrails 
(6) Large dead lights into Master Cabin
(2) Teak Tread steps to side deck port & starboard w/step lights
Hailer horn
(2) Windshield wipers & washers
ITT spotlight, remote controlled
(14) Pin lights port, (14) pin lights starboard at deck level

The Lazarette area of CAPTAIN HIGHWAY is finished off as a proper Crew Cabin.  Entrance is via the watertight door on the stern platform.  This was a $40,000 option when new.  Similar to the rest of the yacht this area is fully paneled in high gloss cherry.

One step down is a small area with 6’2” headroom.  The sole is planked laminate.

The berth has three drawers below.  At the foot of the berth is a vanity cabinet with a stainless steel sink above.  Further outboard is a Raritan Atlantis head and a Sharp 16” LCD TV above.

There is a stall shower with 6’2” headroom, a seat, a handheld or wall mountable fixture, a light, an exhaust fan and an enclosure curtain.

Outboard is small hanging locker.

Also in this cabin are four halogen mini spots, a GE microwave, 12V DVD player and a CO detector.  Built in and not easily seen is the steering gear hydraulic lift.  

The Flybridge of ALTA VIDA was designed to a higher standard than any other 62’ Neptunus.  The original owner custom ordered the pipe and stretched vinyl top.  It has a recently new polycarbonate enclosure that has an opening U-zip panel in front of the helm.

Access is via teak steps to starboard.  A fold down hatch gives easy access to the aft area of the Flybridge seating and keeps in the AC when on.  The sole of the forward area under the top is teak.

J shaped seating is aft and to port.  Six people are accommodated comfortably.  A varnished teak table with two drop leaves on twin polished stainless steel pedestals offers alfresco dining. 

Forward to starboard is a varnished cherry cabinet with a Raritan stainless icemaker, a pullout trash receptacle and a granite countertop.

A large bar with granite top is next forward to port.  There is a stainless steel under mount sink with cover.  Two storage cabinets and a U Line drink fridge behind a varnished cherry door.  Also below are three storage drawers.  Mounted atop the counter is a swivel 32” LG LED TV. 

Another bar area with a full size Cal Flame stainless steel BBQ and two cabinets below is to starboard. 

Bridge Equipment includes:

Fiberglass radar arch
(4) Bose stereo speakers
A Marquipt 1000 lb. davit aft of the seating
Removable stainless steel flag pole w/cover
(3) Down lights in the arch
4’ Raymarine open array radar
Sea Tel Sat dome
Sea Tel Sat phone dome
Black & tinted Plexi Venturi windscreen
Neptunus Signature sun lounge forward of helm on Flybridge with removable cushions (recently new)
Twin Crown upholstered helm chairs w/a teak fold down footrest
Covers for aft seating
Twin SMX II air conditioning controls
Glomex Terrestrial TV antenna
(2) GPS antennas
GFCI outlet for TV

Actual LOA is 65'4".

This boat is a fiberglass composite construction using Kevlar Hybrid materials for superior strength and puncture resistance.  Six longitudinal foam stringers and 20 transverse foam stringers enclosed with stitched woven roving, reinforce the entire hull bottom.  The hull sides above the waterline are cored.  The engine stringers run from stern to bow with steel top plates for engine mounting.  The Deep (19.5 degrees) Vee, Castro-designed Hull ensures a vessel with excellent sea keeping qualities.  Special attention has been given to a ratio between installed power, speed and fuel consumption. 

The hull was repainted in Navy Blue in late 2018.  At that time the bottom got fresh anti-fouling and Prop Speed on the running gear.  Two layers of Interlux 2000E primer beneath the bottom paint were applied when vessel was new.