Accommodations
Gambit offers sleeping accommodations in 3 queen size cabins and 1 twin bunk room. All offer AC and ensuite head and shower.NOTE: If charter is for 4 couples crew can take bunk room. Please inquire for rate.
Gambit
NOTE: If charter is for 4 couples crew can take bunk room. Please inquire for rate.
| Overview | |
| Name: | Gambit |
| Type: | Cat |
| Builder: | Lagoon |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Pref. Pick-up: | Yacht Haven Grande |
| Other Pick-up: | BVI |
| Turn-around: | 24 hrs |
| Locations | |
| Summer Area: | Caribbean Virgin Islands, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards |
| Winter Area: | Caribbean Virgin Islands |
| Dimensions | |
| Length: | 51 Feet |
| Beam: | 28 Feet |
| Draft | 4 Feet |
| Accommodations | |
| Guests: | 8 |
| Cabins: | 4 |
| King: | - |
| Queen: | 3 |
| Single Cabins | - |
| Double Cabins | - |
| Twin Cabins | 1 |
| Pullman Cabins | - |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Helipad: | - |
| Jacuzzi: | - |
| A/C: | Full |
| Guests Smokes: | Transom Only |
| Crew Smokes: | - |
| Pets Aboard: | - |
| Pet Type: | |
| Guest Pets: | - |
| Children Allowed: | Yes |
| Minimum Child Age: | |
| Food | |
| Special Diets: | Inq |
| Kosher: | Inq |
| BBQ: | Yes |
| # Dine In: | 8 |
| Ice Maker: | Yes |
| Equipment | |
| Hairdryers: | Yes |
| # Port Hatches: | 16 |
| Generator: | 11.5kw |
| Inverter: | 2x1850 |
| Voltages: | |
| Performance & Capabilities | |
| Max Speed: | |
| Cruising Speed: | |
| Water Maker: | 500 Gal |
| Water Capacity: | 254 Gal |
| Entertainment | |
| Salon TV/DVD: | Yes |
| # DVDs/Movies: | Yes |
| # of Videos: | Yes |
| Salon Stereo: | Yes |
| # CD's: | Yes |
| Camcorder: | - |
| Books: | |
| Board Games: | Yes |
| Amenities | |
| Sun Awning: | Yes |
| Hammock: | - |
| Windscoops: | - |
| Deck Shower: | Yes |
| Bimini: | Yes |
| Water Sports | |
| Dinghy size: | 13ft AB |
| Dinghy hp: | 60 |
| Dinghy # pax: | |
| Water Skis Adult: | Yes |
| Water Skis Kids: | Yes |
| Jet Skis: | - |
| Wave Runners: | - |
| Kneeboard: | Yes |
| Windsurfer: | - |
| Snorkel Gear: | Yes |
| Tube: | 2 |
| Scurfer: | - |
| Wake Board: | Yes |
| Kayaks 1 Pax: | 2 |
| Kayaks (2 Pax): | 1 |
| Floating Mats: | Yes |
| Swim Platform: | Stern Scoops |
| Boarding Ladder (Loc/Type): | Transom |
| Sailing Dinghy: | |
| Beach Games: | Yes |
| Fishing Gear: | Yes |
| Fishing Gear Type: | Trolling |
| Fishing Rods: | 4 |
| Under Water Camera: | - |
| Under Water Video: | - |
| Scuba: | Onboard |
| License: | Master |
| Compressor: | Onboard |
| # Dive Tanks: | 8 |
| # BCS: | 8 |
| # Regs: | 8 |
| # Wet Suites: | - |
| # Weights: | 8 |
| # Divers: | 8 |
| # Dives: | 3 Dives pp |
| # Night Dives: | - |
| # Dive Lights: | - |
| Dive Info: | Guests rent or bring their own wet suits, specialized gear and dive computers.<br /> Diving only offered in the Virgins.<br /> Rendezvous diving in the Grenadines at guest expense. |
| Dive Costs: | 3 Dives per week included in the rate for certified divers. |
Other Amenities
Fishing in the USVI only.
Foredeck lounging and conversation pit. Large shade awning available for afternoon siesta
Our tastefully decorated saloon area is spacious and comfortable; the ideal place to set up a puzzle, catch up on admin or serve a meal.
The Gambit galley with chef at work
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Coffee bar with modern coffee machine, and help yourself snack bar
Cabin with ensuite, light and airy, but with block out curtains and blinds for your comfort
Beautiful co-ordinated fabrics and linen in restful pastel tones
Bunk cabin ensuite - perfect for kids or for crew when the guests opt for 4 queen cabins
2018 Best Multihull Under 57ft - Runner up
Aft ensuite head with vanity
Sunset color wash, highlighting the barbecue!
Night fall, ambient setting
Gambit in Benure
Cockpit has sun shades for the late afternoon sun, or can be fully enclosed making it a cosy enclosure for the rare rainy Caribbean day or brief downpour. Teak walkways surround the cockpit and lead up to the flybridge
Fly bridge and helm seating for the whole party. The shade Bimini has been lowered for everyone to enjoy the sunshine
Great dinghy with 60hp motor to load up for snorkeling excursions, beach time or for fast speed watersports
YOUR SKIPPER AND HOSTESS
To ease you into life at a slower pace are Doug and Val Fairfield, an English speaking, husband and wife team from South Africa, with many years combined cruising, travel and charter experience.
Doug holds a Yachtmaster Offshore Qualification, reinforced with many ocean crossings and coastal voyages, not least those accomplished with his family aboard. Doug started sailing in his mid twenties, based off the east coast of South Africa, where sailing and weather conditions are notoriously unpredictable and the coastline hazardous. Having grown up on the ocean with surfing as his main sport, sailing was a natural progression for him. Weekends were occupied with local and coastal racing as well as family sailing with the children. In 1995, in pursuit of our joint ambition to travel to remote places, we left on an extended 6 year cruise aboard our 30 foot monohull, (later upgraded to a 43 foot monohull), together with our two children, then 4 and 6 years old. This adventure took us across the Indian Ocean and back to South Africa, and then across the Atlantic to the USA, finally returning to South Africa at the end of 2000 for a period of regular land based life. During our cruising years we explored remote archipelagos, traveled by yacht many miles up the Amazon River, visited new and unique places, experienced diverse cultures and were exposed to many and varied challenges and opportunities. In 2012, the urge to move on again resulted in the acquisition of Katlyn, our first catamaran, and once again we set off across the Atlantic from Cape Town, spending a year en route, before establishing ourselves in the charter industry in the Caribbean. Along the way we have developed an awareness, appreciation and respect for the ocean, the sky and the weather in all its diversity. Most recently, we have been reminded of the majesty of mother nature as we have sailed Gambit the 4500nm from Italy to the Caribbean, to replace Katlyn, destroyed by hurricane Irma.
Doug has been an avid adventure sport enthusiast throughout his life. He is an advanced skydiver with 2500 jumps, and was the chief instructor at the local skydive club prior to his involvement with sailing; he is an experienced paraglider, loves scuba and free diving, as well as water and snow skiing and has completed a number of arduous long distance marathons. He is a natural storyteller and entertainer with a great sense of humor, a charismatic and attentive host, willing to go the extra mile to ensure you get the most out of your vacation.
Val grew up on a vast dairy farm in the Drakensberg farming district of South Africa, and attended boarding school, before qualifying as a private secretary and then a primary school teacher. She traded horse riding and hiking for sailing, and was perfectly positioned to home school the children while cruising. She is a qualified scuba diver, and enjoys snorkeling, skiing and hiking, and living the island life. She takes pride and pleasure in creating inviting spaces through tasteful choice and use of fabrics and decor, and is an accomplished seamstress. This is evident in the decor aboard Gambit, redecorated since arriving in the BVI a few months ago. Many years of challenging galley responsibilities have enabled her to become a competent and creative chef aboard, fine tuned by various short courses in culinary arts.
Doug and Val have a passion for traveling and a special affinity for the African bush, it’s wildlife, beauty, solitude and wide open spaces, and have been fortunate to do an extended three month 4x4 camping safari with roof top tent through some of the most unspoiled and rugged areas of Southern Africa. The freedom of traveling without boundaries inspired a six week camper van tour of New Zealand last year, wild camping without the constraints of official campsites in the winter wonderland of mountains and fjords. During this time we took the opportunity to try our hand at dog sledding, abseiling and caving. We have spent a month touring Sri Lanka traveling by train and staying in local B&B’s, visited Egypt and driven off the beaten track through the Western Desert, camping in the splendor of the White Desert en route. We have driven across the USA and would love to follow this up with a longer RV trip in the not to distant future.
After many years sailing together, (mostly with children aboard), and in excess of 70 completed charters, we team up on deck to offer you a fun filled sailing vacation, and when the anchor is down, a companionable, relaxed yet attentive atmosphere is created for you to escape your normal routine and create memories which will live with you forever.
We would love the opportunity to extend a warm welcome to you in the BVI, offer you our hospitality aboard Gambit, and show you around some of our lovely anchorages and must see spots that we’ve come to call home.
Please contact us by phone at +1-786-871-0010
or by email: [email protected].
Our agents are available to assist you with any requests at all times. Please note that all information provided will be kept in the strictest confidence and not shared with any third parties.
