BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Grand Banks 59 Aleutian RP

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Grand Banks

Model: 59 Aleutian RP

Model Year: 2006

Boat Type: Trawler

LOA: 58’7”

Beam: 17’0”

Draft: 4’10”

Weight: 81,990 lbs.

Standard Power: 2/503-bhp Caterpillar C9 diesel inboards

Optional Power: 2/853-bhp Caterpillar C15 or 2/1,001-bhp Caterpillar C18 diesel inboards

Fuel Capacity: 1,400 gal.

Water Capacity: 425 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Miele cooktop
Fisher & Paykel dishwasher
Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer drawers
Splendide washer-dryer
40-amp Intervolt converter
Mastervolt 75-amp Mass 24/75 and 50-amp Mass 12/30-2 battery chargers
Iso-Boost isolation transformer
Glendinning Cablemaster
4/Racor 75/1000 MA and 2/Racor 500MA fuel-water separators
Centek Industries exhaust system
Tides Marine dripless shaft logs
Groco raw-water engine intakes
88,000-Btu Marine Air A/C
6/Lifeline 8D batteries
1/Lifeline 2D battery (genset)
20-kW Northern Lights genset

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

electronics package
fiberglass hardtop
TDS teak
Naiad stabilizers
2,500-W Trace inverter
second 12-kW Northern Lights genset w/ Lifeline 2D battery
Freeman port-side wing door
Miele BBQ
Village Marine 800-gpd watermaker

This article originally appeared in the May 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.