BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Grand Banks 70 Aleutian CP

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Grand Banks

Model: 70 Aleutian CP

Model Year: 2005

Boat Type: Cruiser

LOA: 75'0"

Beam: 19'10"

Draft: 5'6"

Weight: 117,000 lbs.

Standard Power: 2/1,001-hp Caterpillar C18 diesel inboards

Optional Power: 2/1,550-hp Caterpillar C30 diesel inboards

Fuel Capacity: 2,625 gal.

Water Capacity: 350 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Maxwell HWC3500 hydraulic windlass
Freeman deckhouse doors
2/Stidd helm chairs
Miele electric cooktop
Sharp microwave/convection oven
Broan trash compactor
Magic Chef garbage disposal
Miele dishwasher
Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer
Asko washer and dryer
Bose Lifestyle 35 entertainment system
4,000-watt Trace inverter
Mastervolt 12/50-2 and Mastervolt MASS 24/100 battery chargers
2/12-KV Charles Industries isolation transformers
2/20-gal. s/s Seaward water heaters
4/Headhunter MSDs
96,000-Btu Marine Air chilled-water A/C system
20-kW Northern Lights genset

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

Naiad electronic stabilizers
electronics
remote engine/thruster control
FRP hardtop
s/s radar arch
teak decks
Bose Lifestyle AV28 media center
second 20-kW Northern Lights genset
Racor fuel-polishing system
fourth stateroom/crewquarters
Magma BBQ

This article originally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.