Seaforth Marine Group Launches First Tradition 54'
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Northwest yard offers new series of
luxury trawlers with mega-yacht feel (VANCOUVER, BC) Seaforth Marine Group announced today it is anticipating a late February launch of its first Tradition 54’, the lead vessel in a new series of production motor cruisers that combine the safety and strength of a traditional trawler with the comfort and style of a mega yacht, company President James announced today. Designed
by Seaforth Marine Group, the three stateroom, single engine (320 hp
John Deere) trawler with hydraulic come-home drive has a full
displacement hull with a beamy aft “The
Tradition series represents something new in passagemaking – very
seaworthy trawlers crossed with the comfort and style of a
mega-yacht,” says James. “Safety is always our prime concern with
comfort and efficiency always right behind. We’re very pleased with
the results – and already have 2 more boats in the Tradition series
starting construction.” It
was the seaworthiness and sturdiness of the Tradition construction that
first attracted the interest of the owners of the first Tradition 54’,
Duane and Walli Olive of Oak Harbor, Washington State. They had
previously owned a 44’ coastal cruiser and were looking for a more
spacious, liveaboard motor yacht for longer passagemaking. The Olive's
gave both boats the same name: Feisty. “We
wanted something that could take us from Prince William Sound to Cabo
San Lucas in more comfort,” says Duane Olive. “We had looked at a
number of finished production boats, but couldn’t find one with the
space or characteristics we wanted. The 54’s strength and durability
are exceptional. And she’s very easy for the two of us to manage. With
both bow and stern thrusters, my wife can feel quite comfortable docking
on her own.” Feisty
also offers “a great deal of interior space, more than in any other
trawler of that size or type,” according to Olive. Seaforth designers
and engineers were able to reconfigure some of that space to meet their
liveaboard needs, converting the forward stairs from the pilothouse to
the accommodations deck into a computer and sewing room. The
Olives also had a lot of input into the interior design and finishing as
they worked with Coralee Morier, who heads Seaforth’s interior design
team. The series offers three different levels of luxury within a basic
design envelope, as well as the choice of single or twin engine power
packages. “Coralee
listened very closely to our vision and understood our tastes
instinctively,” says Olive. “The fabrics and color-schemes she
showed us were right in sync with what we wanted. We are very happy with
the results.” Finished
in cherry panelling throughout, Feisty also has a traditional teak and
holly sole in the pilothouse installed with a modern twist – wider
than usual strips that look like planking. The
Tradition’s graceful integration of space, strength, stability,
handling, and style is the work of the Seaforth Marine Group’s design
team led by Winston Pynn and assisted by Mike Harling. Seascape Marine
Industries, which shares facilities with Seaforth, is the design
company’s preferred builder. While
the Canadian built Feisty is the first ever in the Tradition series,
future buyers can choose to have a trawler built either in North America
or at the yard of Seaforth’s ISO 9000-certified Taiwanese production
partner in Guandong Province, China, where Seaforth has engineering and
design staff as well as production tooling on site. The difference is in
price, not quality. Construction costs can be up to 40 percent lower in
China, due mainly to lower labour costs. Facilities, materials, and
workmanship are world class; many leading North American and European
yards have long established relationships with such Chinese builders.
Buyers who choose to have their trawler built in Canada pay a higher
premium, but are able to have more extensive customization and a close
collaboration on interior design. For
more information on Seaforth, please contact David James at: 604-466-7094 Email: sales@seaforthmarine.com STANDARD
SPECIFICATION
Length
Overall: 54' - 0" (16.46m) Length
Waterline: 48' - 0" (14.63m) Beam:
17' - 0" (5.18m) Draft:
5' - 0" (1.52m) Construction:
FRP Displacement
(1/2 Load): 75,000 lbs (34,090 kg) Engine
Power: 310 hp (232 kW) / Optional twin 230 hp Speed
(Maximum): 11 knots Speed
(Cruise): 7 knots Range:
3800 miles Generator:
20 kW Fuel
Capacity: 1600 US Gallons (6080 litres) Fresh
Water: 400 US Gallons (1135 litres) / Optional 2000 US Gallons Naval
Architecture: Seaforth Marine Group Exterior
Styling: Seaforth Marine Group |
