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$ 325,000
M/V Diesel Duck is the original model 41' aluminum long-range trawler with a 4'6" draft and 13' beam. Overall length is 45 feet. This special passage making fuel efficient yacht was designed by George Buehler and is a safe, stable, and easily driven sea boat for a couple or short-handed crew. She was built in aluminum by McNally Marine in Belleville, Ontario and commissioned in 2005. McNally is a highly respected commercial yard which has constructed tug boats, ferries, tour boats (including the "Maid of the Mist" in Niagara Falls), and yachts. McNally built the first three hulls of the Cape Horn Trawler series.
The name Diesel Duck was registered for this vessel in 1999 when the hull was started, however, construction was not complete until 2005 when she was launched.
With a cruising speed of 6.5 knots at 2200 rpm, M/V Diesel Duck consumes approximately 1.3 gal/hr with a cruising range of well over 3500 nautical miles. Max speed is approximately is 8.2 knots.
The original owners lived aboard and cruised for 8 years including a circumnavigation of South America (starting in Toronto, cruising the Caribbean, transiting the Panama Canal, and returning to the US East Coast). The current owner, only the 2nd, has cruised her on the Eastern Seaboard and Bahamas for the last 12 years and has continued her meticulous maintenance and upgrades.
M/V Diesel Duck is one of the featured vessels in the latest edition of "Voyaging Under Power" by Capt. Beebe and revised by Dennis Umstot.
A quote from George Buehler to the current owner in an email dated 2014: " You have one of the nicest of the DUCKS. I think it is a good size too. It's all a couple needs."
Fine cherry wood throughout with maple soles crafted by artisans brought in for the interior cabinetry.
Entry is from amidships starboard side through a Dutch watertight door. The spacious wheelhouse is appropriately the centerpoint of the vessel. Forward and down a few gently sloping wide steps is the galley to port. Forward is the large and spacious salon. A storage room is forward. Aft from the wheelhouse is the large master stateroom with nav station/desk area and ensuite head. The engine room is accessed either from a hatch in the wheelhouse sole or from a watertight door from the master stateroom. Additional sleeping provided by settees in wheelhouse and salon with additional cushion inserts.
The centerline helm is the work center of the ship. With all controls and gauges conveniently arranged, combined with excellent visibility, ship handling is easy and efficient. On the port side, fore and aft settees offer comfortable dining at the dining table or the table recesses to make a double bunk for guests or for a pilot's berth. Quality cabinetry provides warm ambiance and houses generous stowage. Numerous opening windows and ports from all sides provide fresh air ventilation. Garmin suite of electronics new in 2018.
From the wheelhouse, down a few wide and gently sloping steps, is the U-shaped galley to port. The galley provides for a safe and comfortable work station while at rest or underway. All the conveniences of home are nicely laid out in a bright and open area convenient for serving fine dining in either the wheelhouse or salon. Generous stowage in the galley in addition to abundant stowage in the salon. A smart galley equipped for ocean crossings.
Forward of the galley, the salon is unbelievably large especially for a 41 foot trawler. To port, the upholstered L-shaped dinette settee has beneath-seat storage as well as cabinets easily accessed behind the seat backs. The pedestal table converts the settee into a queen berth. Starboardside houses cabinetry and stowage. Additional stowage is in compartments accessed from the sole via hatches. Forward is a storage room with a watertight door for the chain locker.
The owner's stateroom is aft of the wheelhouse. The athwartship queen-size berth is on the port side flanked by two nightstands/cabinets. The aft bulkhead is built-in cabinets and stowage with more stowage and hanging lockers starboard side as well as a desk/nav station.
Forward in the owner's stateroom is the spacious and well equipped ensuite head.
M/V Diesel Duck has prevented and avoided electrolytic or galvanic issues by using isolated ground wiring on the engine and boat’s 12 volt DC systems and isolation transformer. Every S/S fitting or rail stanchion has a “Starbord” custom made plastic disc between stainless steel and aluminum. The underwater sacrificial zincs are strategically placed.
(2) Webasto AirTop 2000 forced air diesel heaters, 2,000W each; one to warm the main salon and another in the aft cabin with extra outlet in the head compartment.
CTM Air conditioning, 16,000 BTU, is in the aft cabin with outlets as well into the wheelhouse (new 2024).
New paint: topsides, foredeck, bottom 2025.
Topsides and bottom constructed of 1/4" aluminum plate. Superstructure 3/16" aluminum plate. Keel is 3/8" aluminum plate on the sides with 1/2 " bottom plating.
Up to 6" of sprayed urethane foam inside of hull & superstructure down to the waterline as superb insulation in hot or cold climates. After sandblasting and epoxy priming the completed hull, M/V Diesel was moved from McNally to Whitby, Ontario for the paint job and interior work. Custom Yacht Builders were selected for the Awlgrip paint process which was completed in 2002. The stainless steel work was manufactured and executed by Martin Klacko of Grimsby. M/V Diesel Duck was then moved into a large building next to Whitby Marina and the PDQ yard. The original owner, a professional Electro-mechanical Engineer, did the technicals. Interior wood construction was completed by two expert German craftsmen. M/V Diesel Duck was launched May 2005.
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