Caribe is a Beneteau First 456 designed by German Frers, and built in 1984.  She is 46.5' overall, 45.5' on deck, and 39.1' on the water, with a draft of 6.2'.  She carries a beam of 14.1', and has 6.4' headroom throughout.    
 

She is the owner's version with two sleeping cabins, each with its own head. Both cabins sleep two in full size berths.  Her main salon has a C shaped seatee, which makes up into a double berth, and a straight seatee opposite, which makes up into a single, giving her sleeping for 7.

She has a full galley, with microwave and barbeque, and a complete offshore navigation station, with full instrumentation, 2 GPS's, an autopilot, chartplotter, VHF and SSB radios, and satillite phone. For those who enjoy celestial navigation a sextant and complete set of tables are on board.  

Her cockpit easily accommodates 7, with a dinning table for meals and sundowner cocktail after the day's sail, while listening to her CD player, or watching a movie on her DVD player and flatpanel screen.   
 
She has a deck shower, for use after snorkeling or swimming, and fishing gear for trolling while sailing.
 
She carries a 66 lb Bruce and 35 lb CQR each on two hundred feet of chain, with an electric windlass.  We have a Caribe dinghy, with a 15 hourse power outboard, so we can cover ground when needed for snorkeling, exploring or beach combing.

She carries, on Profurl equipped dual headstays, 130% and 100% headsails, and has a symetrical spinnaker, with all necessary gear to fly the "chute," if conditions permit.  She has a mainsail with double jiffy reef points, and an adjustable babystay and backstay.

She can easily reach 8 to 9 knots upwind, and we have had her sailing at 11 to 12 knots downwind with the chute.

She was designed for racing in the 1980's and is known as one of Beneteau's best sailing boats, and Beneteau's are known for their sailing capability.  Even so she has a smooth and comfortable ride, and is one of the easiest 8 knot boats you will ever sail on.