38 Single Engine Conquest

[the3gibsons]

Long-time lurker, just now posting... getting closer to the final retirement and looking at a boat for looping and island hopping. Came upon a 1978 38' Conquest. Really having a hard time finding historical info on builder. The HID begins with "BLN" and "online" decoders define that as Bayliner. Any insight from owners or other knowledgable contributions most appreciated.

 

[RT Firefly]

Greetings,
Welcome aboard. A quick search for "Bayliner Conquest" turned up a fair number of hits. I didn't look at any of them but could it be that the Conquest was a Bayliner model? Like Pinto, LTD, Galaxy 500 (Ford) or Biscayne, Yukon, Escalade (GM)?

 

[the3gibsons]

It's a Defever 38 Conquest, has a Defever plate on the flybridge. But I suppose it could have been aped.

 

[dhmeissner]

Interesting, the DeFever site makes no mention of a 38 after the 1960's. Not saying it isn't one, but can't find a reference to it beyond Yachtworld.

DeFever History - DeFever Cruisers: A Club for Yachting Enthusiasts with a Passion for DeFever Vessels and the Cruising Life!

 

[the3gibsons]

It is confounding. Of all the searches I've done, I've only found 3 references. The boat was built in October 1978.

 

[O C Diver]

Can you post a link to the listing or some pictures?

Ted

 

[menzies]

Probably this. Dated, but looks functional and could take you places.

1979 Conquest Defever Classic Power Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com

There was a previous one for sale:

https://www.inautia.com/used-boat-17484092011084849100495657565145.html

And another in Palm Coast.

http://marinesource.com/boats-for-s...st-Trawler-Palm-Coast-FL&listingnmb=100737865

A Little more info here including importer.

https://books.google.com/books?id=J...gqMAI#v=onepage&q=defever conquest 38&f=false

Looks like the full name was a Conquest Sea Explorer.

 

[the3gibsons]

Menzies, thanks for the importer link, exactly what I was looking for! And I believe the "inautica" link is the boat I am looking at... In need of a lot of TLC to bring her back to that picture.

Thanks again! Now to figure out if it's in my abilities to make it work.

 

[ChrisL]

Sorry for jumping in two months late, but I have a 40' or 41' 1978 Conquest Defever.

 

[ranger58sb]

If the HIN on the boat in question starts with BLN...

Seems to me a monkey wrench in the whole identification process? Or perhaps the HIN was simply incorrectly ascribed to that boat? Or...?

-Chris