1987 DeFever Long Range Trawler

With over 100 built, this is the most popular DeFever design ever; few designs ever penned have enjoyed the enduring appeal of the DeFever 44. A heavily built solid fiberglass hull, full length keel, flared bow, deep forefoot and full displacement hull ensure a dry and comfortable ride in offshore conditions, and a 1,000 mile-plus range makes her eminently well suited for serious cruising.

Note the design is unusual for a trawler in that it's a flush deck with walk-around decks. It also offers a walk-in engine room, a huge aft stateroom, 6'4 headroom throughout (5'6 even in the engine room!) and solid teak joinery. The boat was built at a yard specifically constructed for building the DeFevers so there are none of the quality issues sometimes associated with Taiwanese-built yachts.

This particular example has only had two owners since new and has always been a local boat; she's traveled far and wide over the years but you wouldn't know it to look at her--vessel shows very nicely inside and out with the interior joinery in particular showing much newer than actual age, also exterior brightwork just wooded and renewed. AND the engines and generator have been maintained by List Marine since 2017 so we aren't anticipating any problems there!

Note vessel is lying in a potentially transferable Sausalito slip with great views and a sandy beach about a two minute walk away...

Shown by appointment, please.

Accommodations

Forward stateroom with large V-berth, private head, hanging locker and access to engine room.

Up six steps to salon and galley. Salon has lower steering station, sliding doors to sidedecks port and starboard and settee with drop-down folding leaf table. Galley is up aft port part of salon and has pass-through into both salon and aft deck.

From salon, down aft to master stateroom or up aft to deck. Master stateroom has centerline queen, private head with stall shower, a handy vanity and a large hanging locker.

Aft deck is enclosed in Lexan which can be snapped up, aft deck teak in great shape.

Note 6'5 headroom throughout most of interior, teak parquet floors, spacious interior is light and airy with Webasto diesel-fired heat so it's cozy all year 'round (Webasto installed 1995, rebuilt in the late twenty teens and works well).

Galley Equipment

Twin deep stainless steel sinks with hot/cold pressure water (hot water heater replaced in 2004, pressure water via 12V on-board system or city water at dock), Princess electric stove with oven, Dometic under-counter AC/DC refrigerator and freezer.

VacuFlush toilet in aft head, electric head forward.

Electronics and Navigation Gear

Furuno radar, Landmark depth sounder, rudder angle indicator, rudder angle indicator, Raymarine VHF radio, ship's clock and barometer.

Electrical System

110V AC / 12V DC. Thirty amp shorepower service, 7.5kW Westerbeke genset.

Deck and Hull Equipment

Full displacement hand laid FRP hull with full keel, barrier coated bottom and cored decks, molded-in nonskid decks with teak overlay on aft deck, flybridge with oversize plexiglass venturi and plenty of built in seating, new Starbucks flybridge dodger, dive service scrubs bottom on regular schedule.

Oversize stainless steel stanchions with teak caprail, teak toerail. Teak swim platform with stainless steel swim ladder.

Sixty pound CQR anchor on bow roller, Maxwell vertical electric windlass (serviced and work well), 300' of 3/8" all chain rode.

Stainless steel swinging dingy davit with electric motor.

Engine and Machinery

Twin 135 hp Ford Lehman fresh water cooled six cylinder diesel engines with Velvet Drive transmissions, stainless steel shafts thru bronze struts to four bladed bronze props. Hydraulic steering, stainless steel rudders.

Note port engine was replaced in 2004 (not rebuilt, REPLACED!), the engines burn about 3 gph combined (offering a range of over 2,000 nautical miles), 5'-plus headroom in the engine room.

Machinery maintained by List Marine since 2017, water chest and fresh water intakes have been upgraded, fuel polished.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

1987 DeFever Long Range Trawler

Specifications

Engine 1 Specifications

Engine 2 Specifications

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