Karaka is made of steel, with a nicely shaped round bilge full keel. The plates on the hull are 6mm thick and on the deck 5mm. She is 52ft (16.5m) overall, 48 ft on deck, 15 ft(4.5m) beam. 42 ft waterline. The draft is 7ft (2m). She weights between 25 and 30 metric tons depending if the tanks are full or not.
She got center cockpit, with pilothouse, and is flushdeck, which means huge areas to lie around. The poop deck got a table and bench, a sunset drink dream come true.