Grand banks, palm beach and fine cruising yacht specialist new yacht consultant and brokerage sales. The original ken smith design has been amended and updated with the practical input of her owners. Trawlers, motor yachts, aft cabin, downeast grand banks boats for sale. Bob lowe, boat works owner, has been refurbishing grand banks yachts, as well as doing general boat repair and painting, in oak harbor since 1981. While well always stay true to this heritage, we are too excited about the future to stay put. Excellent living and storage space throughout and fully equipped for longer stays onboard. Learn more about steves history and view recent yacht sales here. The pacific northwests bill garden was among the wellrespected names who drew boats built by american marine. If there is something you need in the meantime, please dont hesitate to contact us. Levoy drive, suite 100 taylorsville, ut 84123 18009807206 0018015710071 outside the u. She offers a single caterpillar main engine, lowhour northern lights 5 kw generator, bow and stern thrusters, numerous updates, including a new garmin 7612 gpsmap multi function display at each helm, new autopilot, new tender, reseamed. Grand banks find and follow trawlers at trawler blogs. Enthusiasm compels us to go boldly forward, designing yachts that defy expectations and change the industry while continuing to reflect our. The grand banks brand carries a lot of weight in this business.
Grand banks yachts and the character they represent have long appealed to. This website is for all grand banks owners and those interested in the grand banks trawlers, including alaskans, east bays and aleutians. February 8, 2020 the chart of oyster bay shown above is one of my objectives for this summers cruising. With its distinctive clipped shear and handsome features, the gb32 still looks as. Grand banks yachts celebrates 60 years of boat building youtube. No less highblooded but tidier, it is a deliberately oldfashioned story of romantic adventure along the grand banks. This story is about why we choose the motoryacht design over the other types of grand banks yachts available. Grand banks 43 heritage eu salon also smartly updated is the yachts interior look. How can you call something like a grand banks a trawler when it has no.
The pilothouse of a kadeykrogen 42 clearly shows traces. Regardless of age, grand banks yachts are wellbuilt, comfortable sea boats much in demand because of their welldeserved reputation for quality. Newton and his sons, john and whit, were running a boat business on junk bay in hong kong called american marine, ltd. They consist of a number of separate banks, chief of which are grand, green, and st.
While well always stay true to this heritage, we are. Grand banks trawler for sale in houghton united states. During that time, she has been continuously upgraded and maintained in bristol condition. The only similarity to a trawler hull is the deep, full keel which gives her but a moderate draft of 43, not very deep by any stretch of the imagination. Listed below are eight classic grand banks trawlers from those notsodistant days. The company, with corporate headquarters in singapore and u. He was largely responsible for the development of these wellknown yachts and later organized the companys new. Grand banks boats for sale in florida, maryland, north carolina, district of columbia. Young sebastian bannon, who likes the sea better than harvard law school, ships aboard the gloucester halibuttrawler susan dillon for the winter voyage, greenest of a. Air n drive is to book a privately owned boat rental online. The first grand banks 36 trawler was built in 1962 and was immediately successful.
The job card is the single most important document in the entire process, because it tells the story of how each boat is to be constructed. I watched a crew lay up a gb46 hull, giving life to a new grand banks trawler. Grand banks hosts rendezvous and attends boat shows that put our luxury. Recreational trawlers are pleasure boats which resemble fishing trawlers. Uncompromising comfort, style and safety for owner and guests. Since then, shing has created two other shows showing production of grand banks. Finding, refitting and cruising aboard a grand banks 36. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, it built a line of pilothouse yachts called alaskan. Renovating an older trawler grand banks woodies owners. The current grand banks builds includes lobster boat or downeast designs and larger raised pilot house trawlers. The fact is that the grand banks hull is a planing hull as witness her top speed of about 18 knots with turbo charged engines.
Grand banks has been a part of yachting history since 1962, when a 36footer was penned that would become the firstever model the builder produced. At idle speed of rpm, the grand banks 41 heritage eu. In 1963, the newtons began producing the first line of grand banks. Grand banks yachts and the character they represent have long appealed to yachtsmen around the world. This photo is reproduced with the permission of the department of historical studies of the argentina navy armada. The grand banks are one of the worlds richest fishing grounds, supporting atlantic cod, swordfish, haddock and capelin, as well as shellfish, seabirds and sea mammals.
We introduced the world to two popular vessel genrescruising trawlers and downeast express cruisersforever altering how yachtsmen spend time on the. Dick smiles as he tells it, but the story does raise a coupe of basic questions. Boatyard production manager and first employee, joe kong, showed a marvelous slide show of the original american marine ltd. When the country was flooded with cheap taiwan trawlers in the 1970s and 80s, grand banks products continued to set the standard for quality in a trawlerstyle yacht. They were positioning resinrich fiberglass cloth in the transom area, the boat still some time away from completion. The experience gained since the laying of the first gb 42 keel in 1966 is reflected in each one commissioned today. At their boatyard on junk bay in hong kong, newton and his sons built heavy sailboats and big motor yachts. When we ordered her, there were three choices of top side designs. Rowena, a grand banks 42, underwent full restoration in 2010 at berthon. Next, watch how clouds form in your area, determine whether they are. Grand bank, newfoundland and labrador, canada or grand banc as the first french settlers pronounced it, is a small rural town with a population of 2,580. But as our investigator demonstrates quite obviously, it was the canadian trawler fleet that actually did the damage.
The grand banks of newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus southeast of the island of newfoundland on the north american continental shelf. View pictures and details of this boat or search for more grand banks boats for sale on. The film told the history and ecology of silver springs through the people who lived it as it unfolded. Finding, refitting and cruising aboard a grand banks 36 trawler my experiences along the way. The deck, cabin house and skylounge are all composed of infused carbon fiber, granting this vessel reduced weight aloft and a lower center of gravity. Grand banks, portion of the north american continental shelf in the atlantic ocean, lying southeast of newfoundland island, canada. Johns grand bank was inhabited by french fisherman as early as 1640 and started as a fishing.
First built in wood and later fiberglass, these quality trawlers are still being built today. Used alaskan yachts and trawlers for sale seattle yachts. Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories. Used grand banks yachts for sale grand banks boats for. Grand banks yachts was founded by rob newton, which began as american marine in 1956. Please register, join in and help us to build this site for the benefit of all grand banks owners. Grand banks 36790 grand banks 42 488 with john deere manual source. How to cross oceans without getting wet or going broke 2nd edition. Talkin boats with david hensel of grand banks yachts. Still earning high praise the grand banks aleutian trawlers have been built for over 15 years, and remain in high demand on the yacht market today. In the 15th century some texts refer to a land called bacalao, the land of the codfish, which is possibly newfoundland. Hong kong yard in junk bay in the mid1960s and early 70s at the may 2008 northwest grand banks owners assn.
The iconic design is recognized worldwide as the grand banks heritage series, the. Grand banks europa model cruising the great loop and about to cross her wake, so she is now available for sale. Dick loh, sales manager for grand banks, perhaps the oldest name in trawler. Grand banks 43 heritage eu trawler yacht photos yachting. This pair of grand banks yachts, each of them more than 25 years old, had been delivered to oak harbor boat works for a renewal that would make them fit for another generation of cruising. In looking at boats in this price range, i seem to see quite a few chbs, and a few wood grand banks, but not much else. See more ideas about cool boats, boat and power boats.
Grand banks a brief history chanteyman trawler yachts. Grand banks continues its bold foray into the future of longrange cruising with the upcoming release of the grand banks 54, the second addition to the grand banks family series. Hensel lives in seattle not far from his grand banks office, which overlooks the water near the citys commercial fishing center. Grand banks 32 sedan boats for sale cool boats, small boats, ship in bottle. It is located on the southern tip or toe of the burin peninsula also known as the boot, 360 km from the provinces capital of st. Grand banks 60 skylounge its obvious after a quick peek inside the grand banks 60 skylounge that the grand banks yachts trademark aesthetic is retained. Mary l is a beautiful 2008 model grand banks 59 aleutian rp featuring a 3 stateroom3 head layout, lavish high gloss teak interior large covered aft deck, upgraded cat c18 1,000hp with cruise speeds from 8 20 knots, 2017 14 ab center console tender with 70hp yamaha 4 stroke, fresh five coats of varnish and wax recently completed and so much more. The 52 heritage eu is one of the larger europe style longdistance cruisers from the famous grand banks yard. Grand banks practically defined the market and invented the trawler for recreational use.
Molds for a grand banks hull and deckhouse are large unwieldy things, with cross bracing and thick supports to maintain proper shape. The paneled teak of the 43 eu has the familiar feel associated with previous heritage series vessels, but its noticeably improved with features such as hidden airconditioning vents. Sea ray and balsa core bottoms from structural issues sea ray 250 sundancer. Grand banks trawlers for sale curtis stokes yacht brokerage. The new grand banks 41 heritage eu is powered by cummins mercruiser zeus pod drives and while all the traditional virtues are there in spades, this yacht has gained a whole new level of performance and economy. This beautifully designed luxury yacht comes in both flybridge and enclosed skylounge configurations, with two lowerlevel layout options that accommodate four people. Dragonfly is grand banks 42 heritage motor yacht trawler design. Oklahomaus battleshipscapital shipus navy shipsnaval historynavy militarymilitary life. American marine ltd boatyard, junk bay great photographs.
When it comes to trawlers, one name has stood the test of time, an icon. Offered up for sale is a special 1984 grand banks classic 42 ft. One of the most iconic trawlerstyle vessels ever built is from alaskan yachts now. Grand banks is the grand daddy of trawlers builders. The gb owners board contains posts from many knowledgeable owners and is a wealth of information. Her first public debut at the palm beach international boat show has been postponed, however, she is still available.
Noted as an international fishing ground, the banks extend for 350 miles 560 km north to south and for 420 miles 675 km east to west. Most obvious perhaps, was the absence of working gear and a fish hold, as well as the addition of spacious, comfortable living quarters. Italian trawlers also were seen, but the demand for salted cod was so great that newfoundland and. Established in 1957 as american marine, grand banks has over 60 years of history pioneering and designing many of the most recognisable. Kindred spirit iii has been loved and cared for by the same owners for the past 12 years. Who killed the grand banks the untold story behind the decimation of one of the worlds greatest natural resources kindle edition by rose, alex. Mary l yacht for sale 59 grand banks yachts vero beach. I found the chart, and one of marthas vineyard, while. After expanding its offshore territory to 200 miles and claiming the bulk of the grand banks for canadians only in 1977, the governmentsubsidized industry expanded its fleet. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Grand banks yachts discover the joys grand banks 42. We are collating as much information as we can about our previous production yacht models, and this area will be populated over the next several months as we continue to roll out the all new grandbanks.
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