1987 DeFever 44 Offshore Sold Boat in New Bern, NC US

LISTED AND UNDER CONTRACT IN LESS THAN A DAY!

If your looking for an exceptional updated trawler look no further than MANATEE. The fastidious owner has a binder full of invoices showing an astounding $500,000 in upgrades and repairs. There is absolutely nothing to do except bring your personal belongings and go cruising. There will be no disappointments and MANATEE is as close to new as you will ever find.

The interior is beautiful with louvered cabinet doors, parquet flooring, teak wood panels and trim, matching fabrics and valances.

The 44 Offshore Cruiser remains one of Arthur DeFever�s most popular designs. DeFever began his career designing tuna trawlers for the San Diego fleet. In the early 1960s he was encouraged to come up with a cruising trawler with seakeeping capabilities and range that were similar to his fishing designs. The 38 to 54 footers he produced were hardy boats designed to handle the Pacific from Mexico to Alaska. Early wooden boats were built in Santa Barbara, California. Fiberglass models were built in Mexico, Taiwan and China. The 44�s production run was from 1981 to 2004. Arthur DeFever, recognized as a pioneer in recreational trawler design, died in 2013.

A classic DeFever design ââ?¬â?? over 150 were sold. Heavily constructed on a full displacement hull, the DeFever 44 is a rare flush deck design with the aft deck and side decks on the same level. The result is a boat with slightly higher freeboard, but with an enormous aft deck area perfect for entertaining. The DeFever 44ââ?¬â?¢s roomy two-stateroom interior is arranged with the galley aft in the salon where itââ?¬â?¢s easily reached from the aft deck and flybridge. Grab rails in the salon overhead are a nice touch, and large windows provide panoramic views of the water. There is a pass-thru window from the galley to the aft deck. The full-beam master stateroom is huge with tons of storage. A great feature is the walk-in engine room with workbench and near standing headroom. Twin 135 hp Lehman diesels cruise at 7ââ?¬â??8 knots with a range of 1,500 nautical miles.

The DeFever 44 is a no-nonsense twin-cabin, twin-engine trawler capable of long-distance cruising. The heavily built displacement hull has a tall, flared bow and plenty of freeboard all around. The superstructure features a large foredeck, an amidships pilothouse/salon and an open lounge deck aft. The flybridge has a complete helm station on centerline and passenger seating. Full-length handrails and wide side decks make for safe passage between the fore and aft decks while underway. The 44,000 pound boat is powered by twin 135 hp diesels, placed amidships with tankage and generators in a dedicated engine room that includes a workbench. The spacious aft ââ?¬Å?lounge deckââ?¬ï¿½ is covered with a hardtop for sun protection. Inside, the main cabin features a galley-up layout. The U-Shaped galley has a stove top, microwave convection oven, refrigerator and freezer. Thereââ?¬â?¢s an L-Shaped dinette with a table for dining. The lower helm is to starboard and has a full array of electronics. The master stateroom is aft and has an island berth and a fully equipped en-suite head compartment. Thereââ?¬â?¢s another cabin forward with a V-berth and adjacent head.