Description
Unique Custom Built Raised Pilothouse Steel Trawler Built by Custom Steel Boats in North Carolina and Designed by Charles Neville Associates. Original Owners Paid Right under One Million $$$ in 2004.
Owner's Notes
Current Owner has Owned the Vessel Since 2015. These are Notes Provided by the Owner: The professor built it, but didn't know much about boating - so he always hired a captain to take it out. I don't think it went out too often. I never met them. I was told that the professor's wife died soon after the construction. Her name was Beverly - and I think that was the boat's original name. He sold it to a guy named Mel , who had it a couple of years, who then sold it to Matt (I can't immediately recall his last name) at Lighthouse Point. He also was afraid to take a boat out without a captain - so it didn't go out much. He had a dock on a canal in his backyard, and that's where it sat - until I bought it. So I'm the 4th owner, and it has never EVER had an accident or a crash or sustained any damage at all - as far as I know. Certainly not when I sailed her.
It has very low hours on the John Deere 154 hp diesel. There is a separate diesel that powers the generator on one end, and the hydraulic pump on the other end. That generator is a 24 volt start with 2 12v batteries for starting. The hydraulic pump powers:
1). the windlass
2). the bow thruster
3). the "stern thruster" which is not really a stern thruster at all. It is a "get-home engine" that has 2 water intakes under the hull, which goes to a large"Y" pipe in the transom, and shoots the water out the back end - to give you enough thrust to "get you home" if the main engine or rudder is out. I got about 2 or 3 knots out of it when I tested it. The theory is that you would simply run the generator engine - and hydraulically steer with the bow thruster and propel yourself with the stern thruster/get-home-engine.
It was really a quite remarkable design.
Also, the boat's cooling is provided by 3 Fernstrom keel coolers, so that no sea water is taken into the hull for cooling. It is a real "dry stack". There are 2 of the keel coolers for the engine, and one for the generator engine. I took them off when I brought the boat into Rocky's boatyard to do the bottom. Everyone had hired the bottom done - but every contractor did a shitty job. I did the job myself - and I was quite meticulous. As far as I know, the bottom job that I did is still holding up quite well. I put on alternating coats of gray, and then white, and then gray, and then white. I think I ended up with 5 coats of whatever high end expensive paint that Rocky recommended.
My intention was to "scuff up" the last coat that I put on - to get better adhesion - and then put on one more coat of primer - quickly followed by the bottom coat. Then I would put the keel coolers back on, hook everything up, put the floor plates back down, and get everything back online.
But then COVID happened, and things kinda shut down for a while. - but so I travelled the USA and put the boat on the back burner for a while.
I put two 200 amp AGM batteries on it right after I bought it - for the house battery bank. They've gone bad - and will need to be replaced.
There is another 200 amp "main engine starter battery" that the previous owner put on the boat before he sold it to me. I think it too will need to be replaced.
There are two 12v batteries as starter batteries on the generator engine - I replaced them about 4 years ago, I think, and they probably should be replaced.
There is also one small 12v battery under the ship's console (open the cabinet door at the top of the forward stairs to see it) that supplies power to the electronics (in case the engine room is flooded) as a safety measure.
I updated the VHF radio. There is a secondary VHF radio at the map station - it has been "modified" I believe. I happen to be a licensed HAM radio operator, so I didn't concern myself with the modifications to it that were done by previous owners. I believe the modifications were simply to allow that secondary radio to operate on amateur radio bands.
I added 880 watts of solar panels and a high-end "Midnight Solar" charge controller (done by Tom Chalkley at the boatyard) and it charges the house bank.
I added a proper AIS transmitter/receiver at the helm.
It is a truly spectacular boat, but it needs some attention.
Note from the Broker
This Vessel is Priced Accordingly .The Boat has been on the Hill for I believe 4 Years there about. It shows signs of not cleanings that would be expected. There is a list of Items that we are aware of the need Updating and Repaired. I can Email you separately what it does need . If your not mechanical the Boat Yard has talented people that can do the Work
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Published Article
The Neville-39 Design, and this particular trawler, was Featured in Beebe's 1994 3rd Edition of "Voyaging Under Power"
Tanks
Fuel: 631 (2X315 tanks)
Fresh Water: 254
Holding: 50
Accommodations
Cruisair HVAC System (2)
3 HVAC air handlers with 1500 watt strip heaters
Headhunter Royal Flush Toilet System
Shower with Sump Pump, Additional Shower Head in Cockpit
Three Jabsco Bilge Pumps with Ultra mini Pump Switches
Galley
Seaward Princess Model 3347 Electic Range
Tundra AC/DC 4.2 cu.ft. Refrigerator (model T42AC)
Tundra AC/DC 2.0 cu.ft. Freezer (model TF20AC)
Pressurized water, hot and cold
Electronics
Furuno 1932 Mark-2 Radar, 3.5ft Open array with 10" display
Furuno FCV 5821 color LCD depth Sounder
Furuno GP-1850W GPS Chart Plotter
Azimuth 1000 Electronic Compass with battery back-up
Simrad Robertson Autopilot
Icom 502 VHF radio
Wired for SSB radio, tuner installed
Electrical
- 12 KW Northern Lights M843NK Generator (450 hrs)
- 2 12v Starter Batteries for genset (in series)
- 8D starter Battery for Main Engine
- 2 8D Deep Set House Batteries (620 amp-hr)
- Xantrex SW Series Inverter/Charger (150 amp)
- 50 amp Shore Power Service with Charles Marine Isolation Transformer
- Paneltronices 12v DC/240v AC Distribution Panel
Main Power and Hydraulics
Spacious Engine Room with with a standup work space. The boat also features two control stations: the Pilot House and the Upper Docking Station. The Upper Docking Station has engine contols (all wire), joy stick steering control, thruster control (joy stick), and a rudder position indicator.
- Twin Disk MG 5061 Marine Gear
- 2" Stainless Steel Aquamet 22 shaft
- Duramax Shaft Seal System
- Michigan Wheel, 4 Blade Propeller, 27" dia., 22" pitch with Spurs
- Kobelt Controls
- Keel Coolers (Furnstrum) for both main engine and generator
- Hydraulic Fluid has Separate Keel Cooler (Fernstrum)
- Power to drive the American Bow Thruster Hydraulic Pump is the 20hp Generator motor
American Bow Thruster Hydraulic System Drives Trac 8
8" Bow Thruster
Take Home Hydraulic Stern Thruster (2 1/2Kts)Deck
- Maxwell Windlass 2200, Double winch
- Large Spade Anchor w/250' 1/4" Chain
- Smaller Plow Anchor w/chain and 300' of 5/8" rode
- Large Fortress FX55 Anchor
Additional
- Freeman Doors(3), Windows and Deck Hatches (3 Dutch doors)
- Hood Hatches & Portlights
- Wagner Hydraulic Steering System
- Hull, 3/16" steel
- House, 10 gauge steel
- Stack, Aluminum
