Wellington Yachts – Yachting https://www.yachtingmagazine.com Yachting Magazine’s experts discuss yacht reviews, yachts for sale, chartering destinations, photos, videos, and everything else you would want to know about yachts. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:24:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/favicon-ytg-1.png Wellington Yachts – Yachting https://www.yachtingmagazine.com 32 32 For Sale: Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/grand-banks-47-uncharted-for-sale/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=61831 This Grand Banks 47 Eastbay FB has two staterooms, 32-knot speed and a $749,000 price tag.

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Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
Uncharted is a 2007 Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge with just 985 hours on its Cat diesels. Asking price: $749,000. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Wellington Yacht Partners currently has Uncharted, a GrandBanks 47 East Bay Flybridge, listed for $749,000. The 2007 Downeast-style flybridge yacht has a two-stateroom, two-head layout. A straight and stately sheerline and trunk cabin help to form the yacht’s timeless profile.

Sole-to-ceiling satin-finished teak, light tones and natural lighting give this 47-footer’s salon a warm, inviting atmosphere. Guests will find seating on both sides of the salon with two club chairs to starboard, separated by an entertainment center with a retractable flat-screen TV, and a three-person, L-shaped sofa with a folding coffee table to port. The lower helm station is to starboard with side-deck access via a door next to it, a great setup for shorthanded cruising. There is bench seating for companions to port.

Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
Spiral stairs with a gentle incline lead to the flybridge and second helm station. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners
Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
Satin-finish teak adds richness to the GB 47 Eastbay FB’s salon. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Forward and down a few steps is the Grand Banks Eastbay 47 Flybridge’s galley, two staterooms and two heads. The galley is immediately to port with a U-shaped countertop, a convection oven/microwave, a sink, stowage, a cooktop and a top-loading refrigerator and freezer. Forward of the galley is the second head, which doubles as a day head. The forepeak owners’ stateroom has a centerline berth and an en suite head. The starboard guest stateroom has twin berths.

When it comes to outside space, the teak cockpit is a blank slate. Owners can add some loose chairs for sundowners with friends, or put a few rods in the rod holders and let the kids catch dinner. Then again, why choose?

Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
The owners’ stateroom is in the forepeak and it has an ensuite head. Again, note the teak woodwork. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners
Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
Uncharted‘s galley is down a few steps from the salon, but is kept bright thanks to windows above. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Spiral stairs lead to the flybridge where there is an L-shaped sofa and fixed table set abaft the two-seat upper helm station. The flybridge can become an all-weather space by zipping shut its brand-new polycarbonate enclosure.

Twin 700 hp Caterpillar C12 diesels provide power for Uncharted giving it a reported 32-knot top hop. Yachting ’s original test of the Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge had the same engines and we reported, “The 47FB consumed just two gallons per mile, whether we were doing 14 knots or 25 knots, which gives a skipper some good choices.”

It’s worth noting that Uncharted‘s engines have just 985 hours on them.

Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
Clean and elegant are the adjectives that come to mind taking in the combination of satin-finish teak, light-tone furnishings and natural light via nearly 360 degrees of glass. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners
Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
The yacht’s flybridge recently received a new polycarbonate enclosure. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Some notable features on this yacht include a new Freedom Lift (dinghy not included in sale), new Garmin electronics, a 2022 Grand Banks installed flybridge hardtop with lighting, 1,000 hour service on mains and generator completed, new after-cooler cores, new exhaust risers, new Poseidon interior window shades in salon, a new Yamaha entertainment system, a new ice maker, new flybridge upholstery, new salon upholstery, new exterior side and windshield mesh screens and three new air-conditioning compressors.

Read the Whole Story From the Yachting Archive: Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge

“So, it was a surprise in the mid-1990s when Grand Banks broke the traditional mold and introduced a series of New England-style express cruisers. To the marine world, it couldn’t have been more shocking if Rolls Royce had started building pickups or Moet & Chandon offered a diet cola.

Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge
For owners stepping up or stepping down, this Grand Banks 47 Eastbay Flybridge has ageless lines, myriad upgrades, solid performance and comfortable cruising accommodations. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Labeling them as Eastbay yachts originally was a good idea, separating the brands, but the company is now bringing them back into the fold as the Eastbay Series by Grand Banks. That’s an equally good idea at this point, because it helps underline some of the differences between the two lines while still emphasizing the heritage and quality of Grand Banks.” – Yachting, 2007

Where is Uncharted located? The yacht is currently lying in Coral Gables, Florida.

Take the next step: contact the team at Wellington Yacht Partners, wellingtonyachts.com

Quick Specifications:

  • Length Overall: 47′
  • Maximum Beam: 15′
  • Fuel Capacity: 700 Gal.
  • Draft: 3’ 9”

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Austin Parker 54 Flybridge Hits Brokerage Market https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/austin-parker-54-ketel-two-for-sale/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=61612 This Italian-built 54-foot flybridge yacht has three staterooms and an $845,000 asking price.

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Austin Parker 54
This Austin Parker 54 Flybridge has a three-stateroom, two-head layout with a 34-knot top hop. Asking Price: $845,000. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Ketel Two a 2015 Austin Parker 54 Flybridge, is currently listed with Wellington Yacht Partners for $845,000. The flybridge yacht has a three-stateroom, two-head layout with accommodations to sleep six.

The 54-footer has four distinct entertainment zones, starting with the cockpit. A five-person, L-shaped settee and fixed folding table sit flush against the superstructure to starboard, leaving additional room for loose furniture to fit the occasion or manage salon overflow.

Stairs to port take guests up to Ketel Two‘s flybridge, which is equipped with a Bimini top for shade. The single-seat helm station is to port and there is a U-shaped settee for up to five guests and a table next to the helm, making it a great spot for the captain to have casual conversation en route to the next waypoint.

A two- to three-person sun pad is found on the 54-footer’s foredeck, making it an ideal locale to catch some sun on the hook.

Austin Parker 54
With a galley-down layout, the Austin Parker 54’s salon is dedicated to an all-weather helm station and entertainment spaces. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Forward from the cockpit through sliding glass doors is this flybridge yacht’s final entertainment space-the salon. A six-person U-shaped settee and fixed folding table provide seating to starboard just abaft the lower helm station.

Belowdecks owners and guests will find the galley, three staterooms and two heads. The galley has a stainless-steel sink, a four-burner electric cooktop, a microwave/convection oven, and a full-size refrigerator and freezer forward.

Ketel Two‘s centerline divides the two amidships’ guest staterooms. Identical twin single-berth guest spaces abaft the galley are to port and starboard. A full head is accessible forward of the rooms to starboard. The owners’ stateroom is forward of the galley in the bow. It has an island berth and en suite head.

Twin 900 hp MAN V-8 diesels give this 54 Austin Parker a reported 34-knot top hop and cruise speed of 30 knots.

Austin Parker 54
The yacht’s front windshield and sunroof above the helm create an atrium effect over the galley. Courtesy Wellington Yacht Partners

Other notable features found on this yacht include TVs in all staterooms and the salon, a Garmin GPS19X MFD with NMEA 2000 antenna, a GPS Map 760 GHS 11 VHF handset, a Riviera Phoenix compass, a Garmin GPSMap 8500, Garmin Autopilot, a Garmin Autopilot display, a VHF 315 marine radio, a Garmin GVC 10 Scanning Sonar with GT 30 transducer, a Garmin GMR Fantom 18 closed-array radar dome, a Riviera Urania binnacle compass, two Boning digital engine monitor/alarm display units and a tender garage.

It’s worth noting that the original Raymarine electronics units are still on board in storage and can go with the yacht.

Where is Ketel Two located? The yacht is currently lying in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Take the next step: contact the listing agent, Chris Fairfax, cfairfax@wellingtonyachts.com, (401)683-6070, wellingtonyachts.com

Quick Specifications:

  • Length Overall: 54’
  • Maximum Beam: 15’6”
  • Fuel Capacity: 740 Gal.
  • Draft: 5’ 1”

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