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Grand Banks 59 Aleutian RP Page 3

By PMY Staff

Grand Banks 59 Aleutian RP — By Capt. Bill Pike — May 2006

New-Age Trawler

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Base price: $1,772,000 with 2/503-bhp Caterpillar C9 diesel inboards
Optional power: 2/853-bhp Caterpillar C15 or 2/1,001-bhp Caterpillar C18 diesel inboards

SPECIFICATIONS
Length overall: 58’7"
Beam: 17'0"
Draft: 4'10"
Weight (dry): 81,990 lbs.
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
Test engines: 2/1,000-hp Caterpillar C18 diesel inboards
Transmissions/Ratio: Twin Disc MGX-5135A/ 2.52:1
Props: 38x41.5 five-blade nibral
Steering: Teleflex SeaStar hydraulic w/ power-assist
Controls: Morse KE-5 electronic
Optional Equipment on Test Boat: 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
Price as tested: $2,300,000

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

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