2003 Dettling Express Cruiser 51
$495,000
Boat in New Bern, NC 28562 US
Built in 2003
Express Cruiser 51
1 Engine (Cummings)
51 feet
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Fiberglass/Reinforced
NEW PRICE POINT - OCTOBER 2025
This Dettling 51, Blue Zone (#12 of 17 built), is a rare offering of a fine express cruising yacht with sleek lines, sea-kindly motion, extremely well appointed and comfortable accommodations. One of its best features is the expansive aft deck which allows the crew to enjoy views of the anchorage from a safe, spacious platform which also serves as a convivial entertainment area.
The deck space is user friendly. It has easy-to-navigate side decks with solid stainless steel lifelines; a spacious foredeck with plenty of space for relaxation; and excellent use of the pilot house cabin top/bimini hard top, for dinghy stowage and lift, as well as antennae and other hardware.
The pilot house has superb, visibility and comfortable, raised seating for 3 people. The helm and operational instruments are to starboard, allowing the crew to come and go, without disrupting the person on the helm. An overhead hatch amidships provides access to an instrument panel that opens up on the cabin top, so one can stand on the pilot house dashboard and navigate from the outside position. Secondary throttle controls to port of the stairway allow flexibility when docking.
Salon and Cabins are state of the art. Salon cabinetry is teak, with easy to clean vinyl headliner with teak trim. Several hatches for light and ventilation plus large side windows allow in light. The cabins and heads have cream formica bulkheads & overheads, with teak trim (and teak cabinetry in the forward cabin) for contrast, which makes the spaces light, 'clean' and extremely appealing.
Access to the engine room is via a hatch in the aft deck floor or through a door in the aft cabin. A central walkway between the Cummins 450HP engines takes one to the 13.5KW Onan Generator at the back of the space and gives access areas where the aircon units, filters, etc. are housed.
The current (second) owners have used Blue Zone extensively and have made numerous improvements and upgraded. She is 'ready to go'.
Equipment and Improvements are:
- Cummins 6CTA 8.3M-3 450HP Engines
- New engine mounts (2024)
- New shaft seals (2024)
- New Engine monitors at helm (2024)
- Onan 13.5KW Generator (serviced 3/24)
- Garmin 17" Chartplotter at helm (2022)
- Force 10 Electric Stove (2024)
- 77 lb Stainless Steel Ultra Anchor (2022)
- Smart TV's (2023)
- Salon upholstery (new 2023)
- Custom carpets throughout (2022)
- Teak aft deck chairs (2022)
- Custom stainless steel grab bars on port, forward cabin top (2024)\
- Starlink (2025)
Make an appointment to visit this comfortable, well appointed, well maintained, Downeast style cruising vessel. You will be glad you did!
Contact Jonathan with YaZu Yachting regarding co-brokerage opportunities.
- Enter from cockpit through port side door
- Step up to helm & seating
- Helm, throttles, full engine gauges, plus electronics to starboard
- Upholstered Bench seat aft, (seats 3-4) w/ storage below
- Sliding windows, port, starboard, aft
- Large windows with windshield wipers forward
- Window covers (2022)
- Hatch overhead with access to instrument panel on cabin top, including auto pilot, throttle and bow thruster controls.
- Large platform/dashboard(port of helm) & flooring with parquet finish
- Fold down step behind dashboard for access to upper controls
- Alternate port side wing station with throttle, auto pilot and bow thruster controls.
- Shelving & hooks below port windows
- Curved staircase to salon – port
- Electrical panels, genset panel, speakers to port – on and below stairway
- 2 x Wicker swivel chairs (re-upholstered 2023)
- Upper cabinets behind chairs hinge open and can be used as desks
- Lower cabinets for storage.
- Teak table & storage drawers between chairs – table top pulls out to create desk/extension
- Raised Galley counter/island forward with custom TV mount on bulkhead
- L-shaped settee to starboard (re-upholstered 2023)
- Storage beneath
- Salon table – can fold out or be raised/lowered
- Counter w/ storage forward of settee
- Custom ‘wall to wall’ carpet for floor (2022)
- 2 x Salon lamps designed & made by Virginia artist (2023)
- Force 10 3-burner electric stove w/ oven & induction cooktop (2024)
- Sea Frost top-loading freezer & fridge; air or water-cooled
- Kenmore Microwave
- Double Stainless Steel Sink
- Formica counter tops
- Extensive storage above and below counter level
- Garbage disposal
- 2-steps down from Salon – midships
- Queen, Pullman-style berth - port alcove
- Door to Engine room - amidships aft
- Vanity w/ basin, counterspace, mirror, storage – starboard aft
- Guest head w/ washing machine, dryer, storage, separate shower stall
- Starboard side storage drawers & hanging lockers
- Corner seat & mirror
- Walk around Queen bunk, port side
- Bedside tables & drawers
- Storage below bunk
- Bookshelves behind
- Opening portlights
- Vanity w/ basin & storage - starboard
- Head - forward
- Access to forepeak/anchor locker - forward bulkhead
- Storage, mirror, counter – forward port
- Shower stall - port
- Swim platform w/ Swim ladder that drops into water and gives access to aft deck
- Triple stainless steel railings around aft deck
- Stainless steel upper railing w/ lifelines below from aft gate to bow
- Teak floor
- Solid fiberglass cockpit roof w/ teak accent strips (refinished 2023)
- Sturdy stainless steel supports for cockpit roof
- Access to engine room through floor hatch
- Floor hatch to storage locker - aft of entry way
- Teak table - can fold out or be raised/lowered (refinished 2023)
- 4 Teak folding chairs (2022)
- Bench seat - aft
- Bench cushions (2023)
- Storage behind bench seat
- 2 x Aft deck side & aft shade awnings (2022)
- Side decks w/ fore and aft gates
- Expansive cabin top, 2 levels, w/ stainless steel hand holds
- 3 x Deck hatches provide ventilation
- Life raft storage for Switlick 6-man life raft
- 2 x Foredeck hatches – give access to bow storage
- 3 x Stainless steel fairlead on bow – port & starboard
- Maxwell Electric Windlass
- Unique Dettling-designed anchor wash down system
- Stainless steel deck plate below chain
- Stainless steel Anchor roller
- 77lb Ultra Stainless Steel Anchor (2022) w/ 185’ Chain
- 66lb Bruce Anchor w/ chain & rode (secondary)
- Step between port & middle windshields
- Custom hand holds on cabin top (2024)
- Mast from lower deck supported midships
- Central hatch
- Raised console forward of hatch w/ hinged lid
- Console houses throttles, chartplotter, autopilot control head, multi-display, engine start-stop for full operation of the boat.
- Searchlights on each side of hatch
- Horn
- GPS antenna
- Radar antenna
- Domes on ‘arch’ over hatch (domes are empty/non-functional)
- Dinghy chocks & tie downs – aft
- Dinghy crane – starboard
- 240V/12V system
- Bow & Stern 50A Shore power inlets w/ separate breakers
- 2 x Shorepower cables
- 2 x ProMariner ProSafe 60A Galvanic Isolators
- Onan 13.5KW Generator w/ +/-3800 hours
- 2 x Dometic Reverse Cycle Aircon (16 000 BTU each)
- 3 x Atlantic Marine Products stainless steel water heaters
- Batteries:
- 3 x 8D AGM House Batteries
- 2 x 8D Lifeline Engine Start Batteries (3/24)
- 1 x Gr 24 AGM Generator Start Battery
- 2 x Gr 31 Bowthruster Batteries
- Xantrex Freedom Marine 3012 3000W Inverter/Charger (2023)
- ProMariner ProTournament 240 12V/24A Battery Charger
- Mastervolt Chargemaster 12/25-3 12V/25A Battery Charger
- MarQuip 600lb Dinghy Crane on cabin top
- Anchor & Deck Lights
- Simrad AP20 Autopilot w/ pilothouse & upper console repeaters
- Garmin GPSMap 8600 17” Chartplotter at helm (2022)
- Garmin Chartplotter at upper console
- Engine Monitors (2024)
- B & G/ Simrad multi displays (2 @helm; 3 on Dashboard; 1@ upper console)
- Furuno 48 Mile Radar
- Vesper Class B AIS Transponder
- ICOM IC-M602 VHF (2023)
- ICOM IC-30 VHF
- 2 x Kenwood KDC-519 Stereos w/ speakers
- Samsung 44” Smart TV in Salon - on custom mount (2023)
- Vizio 24” Smart TV in Forward cabin
- Starlink (2025)
- Cummins 6CTA 8.3M-3 450HP Engines w/ V drives
- Port – 4032 hours
- Starboard – 4890 hours
- Engine mounts replaced (3/24)
- PSS Dripless Seals (3/24)
- 2 x 23” Bronze, 3-blade propellers (calibrated 2023)
- 2 x Spare 4-blade propellers (calibrated 2023)
- Bennett Marine Trim Tabs
- Onan 13.5 KW Generator (serviced 4/24)
- Vetus Bowthruster
- Slow cruise – 10 KPH– 9GPH – 1150 RPM
- Cruising speed – 21KPH – 20GPH – 1800 RPM
- WOT – 31 KPH- 24 KPH – 2600RPM
- Switlick 6-person Life Raft (Certified through 3/25)
- EPIRB (2024)
- PFD’s
- Lifesling & various throwable deviced
- Flares
- Fenders
- Docklines
- Tender & Torqeedo 3HP Electric motor
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
Price History
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10/21/25 | Price decreased | $495,000(-9.2%) |
| 9/30/24 | Initial price | $545,000 |
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