FIRST LIGHT, a Grand Alaskan 60' Pilothouse has been luxuriously updated and has been meticulously maintained by knowledgeable owners since their purchase on this yacht in 2002. A great live-aboard or long range cruiser with very economical D-rated 275hp Caterpillars and the low profile and solid fiberglass hull of this yacht results in an extremely stable and safe vessel. She features three staterooms, including a spacious mid-ships master with private entrance. Her bright and airy salon is adjacent to the on-deck galley with convenient day head nearby. The timeless handsome profile of this Pilothouse yacht, great visibility, beautiful high gloss teak interior, excellent handling characteristics, full walkaround decks, and great systems make this yacht a first choice for a cruising couple, or for family use.
Vessel Walkthrough
FIRST LIGHT is an exceptional three stateroom raised pilothouse offshore cruiser. Her design and equipment allows for easy operation by a couple without the need for crew.
A large aft deck/cockpit with built in seating leads into a spacious salon through double doors, or allows easy access with built in steps to an integrated swim platform. Covered walk around decks with bulwarks and a Portuguese bridge forward make line handling simple and provide safety at sea. The foredeck has a built in seat ahead of the Portuguese bridge, and easy access to the double capstan windlass with a substantial anchoring system and ground tackle.
The main salon and galley are adjoined with abundant built in seating, dining area, large opening windows, on deck head, granite galley counters, pantry, and with exceptional headroom provide a very spacious feeling. Moving three steps up and forward is the raised pilothouse, with built in seating, hinged table, Stidd helm seat, opening port and starboard doors, chart and additional storage areas and great visibility. From an inside staircase on the starboard side of the Pilothouse there is access to a huge flybridge with a Stidd seat, built in seating, vast storage areas, tender and davit.
A curved staircase from the pilothouse leads to the two guest staterooms, including a large guest stateroom with upper and lower berths to port, large guest head and shower to starboard. The VIP centerline queen berth stateroom in located further forward with ensuite acess to guest head.
The master is entered off a separate staircase from the galley, with king walkaround berth and large ensuite head with large shower.
Engine room and lazarette access is either from a large opening hatch on the aft deck, or from a second entry from the master.
Main Salon
The main salon is entered through double opening doors on the aft deck. The large opening windows, excellent headroom, and beautiful high gloss varnished teak paneling are further enhanced with a custom teak cabinet entertainment center to starboard and built in L-shaped seating to port. The specially ordered Hi-lo teak table can accommodate six for dining and a custom granite topped end table adjoins the L shaped seating to port. Two Ekornes chairs with ottomans for casual or dining use are also on the starboard side of the salon. There are Hunter Douglas window treatments for the windows, and new carpeting in this area. There are reading lights over the built in seating, overhead halogen lighting and air conditioning controls. A flat screen Sony TV allows viewing from all areas of the salon and the entertainment center to starboard includes DVD, , Bose surround sound 3 cube speaker sets, woofer at base of the entertainment center, receiver and Direct TV. Custom grass cloth and wainscoting provide a nice accent to the rest of the decor. The on-deck day head is a great feature on a yacht this size.
Galley
The galley adjoins the salon with matching granite counters. Storage and counter space were maximized for long term cruising with additional storage cabinets to port and a very large full height pantry to starboard. There is a GE Profile side-by-side refrigerator with ice and water in the door. Other galley appliances include a GE 4-burner stove top, GE microwave/convection oven and toaster oven. There is a large opening galley window, overhead halogen lighting, double stainless steel sink, teak and holly sole and beautiful high gloss varnish over the teak paneling.
Master
The master stateroom is located amidships under the Pilothouse and is accessed from the galley with a four step staircase, and is completely separate from the other staterooms. The tapered king berth has a custom mattress, built in end tables, overhead reading lights and bookshelves on either side over the end tables. There are multiple drawers and lockers on the port side of this stateroom to accommodate long voyages, with large opening stainless ports with curtains. The starboard side has an oversized hanging locker. Port side accommodates a built in entertainment center cabinet with Sony color TV, Direct TV, and below storage. The ensuite head has a large beautifully tiled shower stall. Recent new carpeting, granite on the end tables and by the built-in vanity, all new grass cloth coverings along with the high gloss varnish provide a feeling of luxury and comfort.
Vip Guest Stateroom
A curved staircase from the pilothouse leads down to the forward guest staterooms. This walkaround queen berth stateroom is located the most forward, and has private entrance to the guest head, large hanging locker on the port side, drawer storage below the berth, four opening ports, color TV, and opening overhead hatch for ventilation and sunlight. Grass cloth replaced the original vinyl wall coverings above the teak panels with high gloss finish on the teak paneling.
Guest Vip Head
The guest head allows private access from the VIP and also can be accessed from a door opposite the port guest stateroom. It has a large tiled shower stall, granite counter, and additional storage areas.
Guest Stateroom Port
Located aft and to port of the VIP, this upper/lower berth stateroom has a built in mirror and vanity area, full height hanging locker, opening stainless steel ports, grass cloth wall covering along with high gloss teak paneling.
Pilothouse
Moving forward and up three steps from the salon and galley is the raised pilothouse with comfortable built in seating, and new Stidd seat, and also a hinged pilothouse table. Visibility is excellent, and port and starboard doors provide great ventilation or easy access to side walkways for line handling. Abundant storage exists at the base and starboard size of the built in seating. The floors are teak and holly, and a full sunscreen has kept the high gloss teak paneling in like new condition. A full size chart drawer is to port of the stainless and teak steering wheel, and both AC and DC electrical panels are located to port as well. The instrument console is large, with chart table to port. And below and on either side is substantial storage. Decks are teak and holly and overhead halogen lighting is above.
- 72 mile Furuno radar
- Robertson AP300X Autopilot
- Furuno Nautex Weather Fax NX500
- Dell Flatscreen Monitor for Navigation (Nobeltec 9.3)
- Monitor for aft and engine room cameras
- Dell Laptop with Nobeltec Software (9.3)
- Glendenning Electronic controls for main engines with synchronizer
- Simrad Depth unit
- Simrad Depth and log
- Simrad Windspeed instrument
- Furuno GPS Model GP- 37
- KVH Tracphone
- Wesmar Bow Thruster control
- Tank tender system for fuel and fresh water levels
- Black water system tank indicator
- SMX air conditioning controls
- ACR Spotlight controller
- Icom 504 Vhf with exterior speakers for hailing or fog horn
- Command microphones for Icom 604
- Windlass control - up/down
- Naiad Stabiliser controls showing fin actuator and warning lights
- Intercom System
- Danforth Compass
- Fire system controls for engine room
- Portable fire extinguisher
- 12 volt and 120/240 volt panels
- New Freedom 30 inverter and AGM batteries located under pilothouse seating
- KVH/Direct TV outlet
- Cell Phone signal booster
- Switching system for aft and engine room TV cameras
- 600 watt 12 volt inverter for electronics
- Fore and aft shore cord isolation switches
- Manual/auto bilge pump switches
- Running and anchor light on/off indicators
- High water alarm and bilge pump activation lights on ship drawing, plus running lights and anchor light
- Bose surround sound speakers
- All navigation equipment within easy reach of helm seat
- Red night lights assist with nightime navigation
Flybridge
The flybridge is accessed from an inside staircase on the starboard side of the pilothouse. The Stidd helm chair is in like-new condition and there is a built-in L-shaped seating with storage and two tables. To starboard is a fiberglass cabinet with covered sink and significant storage in cabinet. Under a hinged radar arch is a bimini top. On the aft deck of the flybridge is the boat deck which houses a 1000 lb Marquipt davit which lifts the 14' Novurania tender with new tubes and 2011 Yamaha 4-stroke outboard - 55 hrs. A custom storage rack is located on the aft starboard side.
- Bow thruster control
- Engine Alarms
- Northstar 951X GPS with charts
- Naiad Stabilizer controls
- ACR Spotlight controller
- Glendenning Electronic controls for main engines with synch
- Robertson AP300X remote
- Furuno slave monitor for the Nobeltec chart plotter with remote mouse
- Icom 604 vhf radio with exterior speaker for fog signal or hailer function
- Command microphones for 504 and VHF
- Windlass with up/down switch
- Simrad slave depth instrument
- Simrad speed, water temp
- 120 volt outlet with cover
- Engine start stop
- Telephone/ TV outlet with cover
- Life sling
- 12 volt plug in with cover
- Bose speakers
- Danforth Compass
- Intercom
- Plexiglass hinged cover to protect flybridge electronics
- Vinyl cover for fly bridge control station
- Marquipt 1000 lb davit serviced, including hose replacement, in 2009
- Two 25lb propane tanks for portable BBQ grill under sink
- Viking 6-man liferaft with recent service
- Dock box for storage
- New bimini - October 2012
Lazarette
The lazarette is aft of the salon and accessed through a hatch on the aft deck. The hatch is also used for aft engine room access. The lazarette houses recently replaced full-size LG washer and dryer.
- Steering equipment access
- Cruisair reverse cycle air conditioning compressors
- FC 600 gpd watermaker
- Washer & dryer
Engine And Mechanical
The engine room on this series is exceptionally long with great volume and there is access from the lazarette or a very convenient access from the master stateroom through a teak door and a watertight door. Accessibility to the fuel systems, batteries, main engines, generators, stabilizers and all other equipment is very good. Overhead aluminum insulation and lead foam and other insulating materials provides sound deadening from this area.
- Twin Caterpillar 3208 D-rated 275hp engines - recent engine riser rebuilds and new hoses 2005/6
- 16 kw Northern Lights generator - 3651 hrs
- 8 kw Northern Lights generator - 5593 hrs
- Main Engine mufflers replaced 2005
- New Alternators for main engines last year with amp meters positioned at mid ships engine room entrance
- Exhaust riser replacement for both generators in 2009/10
- Recent engine hose replacement
- Recent generator hose replacement
- AGM 8D starting batteries for both main engines replaced 2009/10
- 4 AGM 8D house batteries replaced 2010
- Both 4D generator batteries replaced 2010
- Sound proofing replaced for hush boxes of both generators, December 2011
- Off engine oil filtration systems on main engines and generators
- Naiad stabilizers - serviced with new seals 2011
- Original Wesmar 10hp bow thruster replaced with 13hp Wesmar Bow thruster and new AGM batteries 2010
- Glendinning engine synchronizers
- New Voltage regulators with center fielder 2011
- Glendinning dual station electronic engine controls with manual backup
- Fire boy fire suppression system in engine room serviced and tagged annually
- Fresh water cooling system
- Fuel transfer system and filtration system through 2 10 micron Racor filters & Algea X system
- Raw water sea strainer - all strainers for exterior replaced
- Shaft spurs for line cutting
- Dripless shaft logs
- Engine temperature alarm
- Oil pressure alarm
- Engine fuel shut-off valves
- Holding tank system - 100 gallons
- All hydraulic hoses replaced, (steering system serviced including rebuild piston and replace hydraulic hoses 2008/9)
- Bilge pumps AC/Dc
- Original exhaust fans in engine room replaced with four 9" Delta T fans and larger exhaust hoses
- New 110 volt Headhunter pump for fresh water system
- Dual Racor fuel filters for main engines
- New 110 volt florescent lighting in engine room 2011
- 12 volt lighting
Aft Deck, Walkaround Decks And Foredeck Features
The aft deck is accessed either by port and starboard gates or from built in steps from the integrated swim platform. The glendinning power cable and exterior shower are located in this area. The built in aft deck seat has storage both below the seating and on cabinets on both sides. A large hatch allows access to the Lazarette or engine room. The walk around decks have varnished cap rails, and the engine room vents are built in on the inside of the raised bulwarks on the side walkways. As you move forward there are storage areas built in behind the Portuguese bridge. On the foredeck, there is an additional area for shore services, storage underneath a built in seat, and the large double capstan windlass, with opening deck hatch for access to the chain and line for the anchors. All exterior decks and walkway areas are non-skid for easier maintenance.
- Maxwell 3500 dual windlass with cover
- Marquipt 7 step boarding ladder with extra insert landing
- Navigation lights
- Coast guard safety package
- Life jackets
- Windshield washer and wipers (3)
- Windshield shade
- Freshwater washdown system
- Kahlenberg air horn
- Rub rail
- Built-in intercom
- Life sling
- 55 kilo Rocna anchor with 300' chain marked every 50 feet
- 55 kilo Bruce anchor with 100' chain and 300' rode
- Fortress 125 model anchor with 25' chain and 200' nylon rode in lazarette
Recent Systems & Equipment Upgrades
- Xantrex Freedom 30 inverter replaced original inverter 2010, with entire system now under pilothouse seating, and vented with fans
- Maxwell dual capstan windlass serviced
- Air conditioning systems serviced annually
- Twin 50 amp service on bow and transom equipped with galvanic isolators
- ACME voltage boosts for aft 50 amp service
- Glendenning cable master with 100 feet of 50 amp cord, vs. standard 50 feet, (plus one 50 and one 25 foot spare cords)
- Spur line cutters serviced annually
- All lenses for running lights replaced 2011
- Cell phone booster installation
- Passive AIS system
- Emergency backup GPS if the two main GPS’s are not operational
- Swim ladder hinged for space saving
- All air conditioning hoses replaced (2009)
- Custom removable bow seat
- Overhead hatch added in Pilothouse for extra ventilation
- 100 gallon holding tank system including macerator pump and hoses and pump for dockside replaced 2007
- All exterior cushions redone in sunbrella
- Washer and Dryer two years old
- Complete refurbish of 430 Novurania tender, including complete awlgrip of the boat and custom console, new special order tubes from the manufacturer white on top and gray on the bottom to match the gray of the bottom of the tender. New 2011 50hp 4-stroke Yamaha (55 hrs), new GPS, custom aluminum boarding handle
- Engine room TV camera and rear facing TV camera on aft deck with dedicated pilot house monitor
- Complete bottom job March/April 2011
- Custom rack on flybridge as well as dock box for storage
- Viking 6 man life raft, serviced at scheduled intervals
- Stainless courtesy flag stanchions welded to stainless arch
- Custom TV cabinet, custom component cabinet main salon
- Both shower stalls tiled
- Custom grass cloth bulkhead coverings replaced all vinyl coverings, with wains-coating in main salon
- Custom grass cloth in all staterooms
- Interior woodwork high gloss varnish
- Custom blue ultra leather on main salon & PH settees as well as high backed helm chair in PH 2010
- Complete sets of drawings for all electrical improvements, all wires labeled at both ends
- Rudders repacked 2009
- Exterior varnish - 10 coats of Captains Varnish + 2 coats of Awlbrite on cap rails and toe rails
- Full service records and logs
- Professionally waxed every 6 months (Last in April 2013)
Exclusions
- Artwork, including Dolphin Statue
- Personal effects
- Binoculars
- Tools
Broker's Remarks
FIRST LIGHT is a reflection of her owners commitment to constant upgrading of their yacht, which has taken them comfortably from their home base in Fort Lauderdale in the winter months to so many beautiful destinations during their cruising season every year since their first ownership of this vessel in 2002. In every area of the yachts interior you will feel comfortable and relaxed, surrounded by the beauty of the high gloss varnished teak paneling, and the exterior gleams as well. With the upgrades to equipment and systems along with the constant maintenance program that this vessel has enjoyed, FIRST LIGHT is ready to go to sea, and is easily handled by a cruising couple. Her fuel efficient 275hp Caterpillar diesels, have a semi-commercial rating which gives them an extraordinary lifespan, and better than one gallon per mile total fuel consumption at 9 knots. Top speed of 10.5 kts with a cruising range of 1,500 + miles. With the tinted windows, the air conditioning system is fully capable of keeping the boat cool and comfortable on the hottest Florida and Bahamas days. Professionally maintained over the last 10 year for an experienced owner with both very high standards and an open checkbook.
