CARE BEAR for sale

CARE BEAR is not a conventional 95-foot yacht, and that is precisely her appeal. Built around a proven commercial hull design, this U.S.-built steel Ocean Voyager was created for long-range, mission-oriented use with an emphasis on reliability, serviceability, substantial tankage and usable working deck space rather than elaborate yacht-style outfitting.

Originally named CHAGOS, she was extensively customized as a fishing mothership capable of carrying three custom flats boats. Following that customization, she departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the west coast of Africa, where she anchored off river mouths and served as a floating base for professional guides, her owner, guests and charter clients pursuing world-record tarpon from the flats boats she carried.

Today, the name CARE BEAR reflects her current work as a humanitarian relief vessel. That mission helps explain her intentionally practical, commercial-style outfitting. Rather than disguising her working-vessel character, it reinforces what makes this platform compelling: she has already served two very different missions and offers the next owner a substantial foundation for another. 

Key Features

• Proven steel commercial-hull platform with long-range expedition history
• Originally CHAGOS, customized as a fishing mothership carrying three custom flats boats Currently utilized for humanitarian relief work
• 95' LOA, 23' beam, 9' draft, 6,000-gallon fuel capacity and 1,500-gallon fresh-water capacity
• Twin mechanical Cummins NT855 diesels rated at 350 hp each
• 5,000-lb-capacity Palfinger knuckle crane and rigid-bottom rescue tender with Yamaha Enduro two-stroke outboard
• Updated Garmin electronics with twin 8000-series multifunction displays, dual VHF radios and FLIR night vision
• Key Power hydraulic bow thruster and twin hydraulic stabilizer fins
• Owner reports an approximately $700,000 refit at Fairhaven Shipyard in Massachusetts and an ultrasonic steel hull
• Survey completed in 2021
• USCG documented vessel; available vessel records and supporting documentation can be shared with qualified interested parties.