2026 MODEL YEAR
Caravel 16RB
- family
- national_parks
- off-grid
- solo
Sleeps up to 4, Rear Primary Bed, Space-Saving Wet Bath, Convertible Booth Style Dinette, Efficient Mid-Ship Galley
Specifications
- Length
- 16' 7"
- Dry weight
- 3,450 lb
- GVWR
- 4,300 lb
- Cargo capacity (CCC)
- 850 lb
- Hitch weight
- 520 lb
- Sleeps
- 4
- Fresh / gray / black
- 23 / — / 30
- Solar
- 100 W (standard)
- Battery
- 2.5 kWh
- Off-grid score
- 39 / 100
- MSRP
- $83,900
2026 MSRP not yet published; shown is latest verified base (2025). Gray and black are a single combined waste tank on this model; the black figure is the combined capacity.
Recommended minimum tow rating
5,500 lbor more
Sized so this floorplan's fully-loaded GVWR of 4,300 lb sits at a comfortable ~80% of your tow vehicle's limit. Hitch weight is 520 lb (~12% of GVWR). Match it to your vehicle →
How long off-grid?
Boondocking endurance for this floorplan — modeled from its real 2.5 kWh battery, 100 W solar, and 23 gal fresh / — gal gray / 30 gal black tanks.
House battery runs down first under these assumptions.
How this is calculated
Power: usable battery = nameplate kWh × 0.8 (blended depth-of-discharge). Daily load presets — light ≈ 1,500, moderate ≈ 2,800, heavy ≈ 5,000 Wh/day — from published boondocking power budgets, excluding air conditioning (no trailer battery runs rooftop AC for long). Solar harvest = panel watts × peak-sun-hours (summer 5.5, spring/fall 4.0, winter 2.5) × 0.7 system derate. Water: per-person daily use (light 3 / moderate 5 / heavy 8 gal fresh; gray ≈ 80% of fresh; black from toilet use) against the real tank sizes. Endurance is whichever runs out first. Estimates for planning — your real usage varies.
Floor plan
Strengths
- Easy to tow, fits small sites
- Classic Airstream fit & finish
- Sleeps 4
Trade-offs
- Compact storage
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