OPUS
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The live aboard trawler search continues. We are now 18 plus months into being boatless. Who knew in April of 2020 that selling our express cruiser was going to be the easy part of the process.
Anyway after numerous inquiries we have come across an Grand Alaskan 64 that is new to the market and actually for sale! The challenge I’m facing is doing research on the yacht. I have been through a number of old posts on this site and have learned the broker/builder is out of business. From what I can gather they built the hulls in Taiwan and then finished the builds on a semi custom basis in the US at a number of different yards.
Defever designed the hulls and his reputation is outstanding. This boat is powered with 3196 Cats (2,o00 hrs) and spent much of its life in the Great Lakes during the summers and indoor stored in the winters. It’s a 2 owner boat with many upgrades. Looks good in the pictures and we are doing a video walk through with the broker tomorrow.
I was able to locate a Defever user group that listed 4-5 Grand Alaskan owners but I could not find a Grand Alaskan owners site. Other than the YW listing I cannot find any other specifications for the boat. That makes me nervous as I have relied heavily in the past for support from Sabre and Tiara as well as their owner groups to help resolve problems and source parts.
I’m turning to this forum and its tremendous knowledge base in the hope of learning more about this yacht including it’s cruise capabilities and characteristics as well as it’s build quality and reliability.
Thanks
Anyway after numerous inquiries we have come across an Grand Alaskan 64 that is new to the market and actually for sale! The challenge I’m facing is doing research on the yacht. I have been through a number of old posts on this site and have learned the broker/builder is out of business. From what I can gather they built the hulls in Taiwan and then finished the builds on a semi custom basis in the US at a number of different yards.
Defever designed the hulls and his reputation is outstanding. This boat is powered with 3196 Cats (2,o00 hrs) and spent much of its life in the Great Lakes during the summers and indoor stored in the winters. It’s a 2 owner boat with many upgrades. Looks good in the pictures and we are doing a video walk through with the broker tomorrow.
I was able to locate a Defever user group that listed 4-5 Grand Alaskan owners but I could not find a Grand Alaskan owners site. Other than the YW listing I cannot find any other specifications for the boat. That makes me nervous as I have relied heavily in the past for support from Sabre and Tiara as well as their owner groups to help resolve problems and source parts.
I’m turning to this forum and its tremendous knowledge base in the hope of learning more about this yacht including it’s cruise capabilities and characteristics as well as it’s build quality and reliability.
Thanks