2005 Grand Banks 54 Eastbay SX16m

WILD BLUE I incorporates the elements of extraordinary craftsmanship, timeless styling, and the C. Raymond Hunt marine architecture. The combination is the contributing factor to the legendary Grand Banks, Eastbay brand.

Personal visits and custom factory changes allowed the original owner, to create one of the most highly regarded Eastbay 54s ever built.

Power and performance are provided for with the upgraded Caterpillar C 18s, resulting in increased quickness to planing mode, extraordinary top end speeds, quieter operation and overall superior performance. The deep-V hull, designed by the legendary C. Raymond Hunt Associates, provides an incredibly smooth ride in a seaway.  

L.O.D. 53’ 9”

Draft: 4 ft. 4 in. Beam: 16 ft. 0 in. Displacement: 56, 500 Fuel tank capacity: 935 gallons Water tank capacity: 200 gallons

Holding tank: 90 gallons

 

Builder: Grand Banks Yachts, Singapore

Designer: C. Raymond Hunt Associates, New Bedford, MA

 

Engines: Caterpillar C 18 ACERT

Power Range:1015-1150 mhp, 1001-1136 bhp, 747-847 bkW

Speed Range: 2300rpm

Cruising Speed: 26 knots

Max Speed: 33 knots

Engine Hours: 1695 (approx.)

Engine Displays: MPD’s in lieu standard (Marine Power Display/Monitor)

Engine services: Air Sep filters, turbos inspected, raw water impellers, Racor fuel filters, Cat fuel filters, crank case elements, Cat oil change, Donaldson hydraulic filters, pencil zincs replaced, 2022  

 

Customized Helm Console

Upright display laid out for 2 large monitors 

Steering console laid out for Caterpillar monitors, gauges (with warning lights), stop/start buttons, electronic controls

DC & AC electric meters

Onan Genset remote start/stop

Computank monitor

Trim tab actuators with position monitors

Autopilot control panel

Dual thruster joysticks (in a single panel)

Exalto windshield washer/wipers touchpad control

VHF Commander mic

Adjacent engine day hatch in the teak-and-holly cabin sole

 

Interior:

Custom components: Salon ottomans fabricated 2016

Upholstery 2016

Draperies 2016

Custom Fitted carpet throughout 2016

Interior detailed, ceilings to bilges 2022

 

Main Salon

Gloss varnished teak joinery

Gloss teak and holly sole

Helm seat to starboard

Navigator seat to port with nav table, VHF mic, air and light controls

Bench seating, both helm and nav were customized for max visual

Entertainment center with pop up TV

Custom Barrel chairs (2)

Settee, also customized for function and appearance

Salon upholstery renewed 2016 (boat in storage 2019 to present)

Hi/Lo table with leaf for dinning

Double opening doors leading to the aft deck/cockpit

Overhead deck hatches (2) with Ocean-Air screens and shades

Foot curtesy lighting

Ceiling lighting

Heat and air-conditioning

 

Galley

High gloss teak raised panel cabinetry

Sharp Convection/microwave oven, custom placement

Custom lockers below counters

Custom drawer storage

Storage beneath the steps, under the sole, and in the dinette  

Granite counters with bullet nosing

Stainless double sink with a Grohe single lever faucet

Seaward Electric 3 burner cooktop

Subzero refrigeration, with teak door front

Subzero frig/freezer with teak door front

NovaCool countertop loading freezer

Opening porthole above the cooktop 

 

Spledide combo washer/dryer, in locker with hall access

 

 Dinette

Opposite the galley

Custom U-shaped settee

Custom folding leaf table

Cabinets with bookshelf and a drawer

Storage under and behind seats

Flat screen TV

 

Master Stateroom

Centerline queen berth with custom mattress

Storage in drawers, lockers and closets

Drawers beneath the aft end of the berth were customized (4)

Custom teak framed mirror

Overhead lighting

Swingarm reading lamps

Foot lighting

Overhead deck hatch, with Ocean-Air screens and shades

Opening ports with screens and curtains (2)

Dorade ventilation   

Heat and Air-conditioning

 

Master Head

Granite custom counter top

Stall shower with varnished teak grate

Tiled floor

SeaLand freshwater VacuFlush head with night switch

TankWatch monitor panel

Mirrored vanity

 

Guest Stateroom

Single berths, with custom height and custom mattresses   

Custom drawer storage

Cedar lined hanging locker

Custom file drawers

Overhead hatch

Opening port

Overhead lighting

Reading lamps

Heat and air-conditioning

 

Guest Head

Separate stall shower

Varnished teak grate

Tiled floor

Granite counter

VacuFlush head, fresh water rinse and night switch

Overhead deck hatch

Opening port

Hull and Deck

Awl-Grip Painted Exterior, painted 2012

Boat stored indoors out of the elements 10 months of each year

Hull buffed, finished with Meguiars Polish 2022

Deck nonskid, cleaned with 3M nonskid cleaner 2022

Deck gelcoat finished with Meguiars Onestep 2022   

TDS Deck Seaming & Epoxy fastening Closed Cell Foam deck coring

Solid clear Gel-Coat below the waterline 3 Layer Epoxy Barrier Coat below the waterline

Antifouling paint, Seahawk Biocop TF black 2022 External zincs replaced 2022

Teak navigation light boards, varnish 2021

Custom antenna mast, housing twin domes

Maxwell Windlass- bow foot switches & helm remote control

TNT Hydraulic swim platform - extended & w/dinghy cradle

TNT hydraulic system tested and proven 2022

TNT under water components prepped, Veloxed coated 2022

Textilene covers for front and side windows

Teak flagstaff

Teak burgee staff

Freshwater washdown – foredeck

Freshwater outlet – engine room

Hot & Cold shower in cockpit, faucet 2019

Shore water inlet in cockpit w/pressure regulator

Bilged detailed 2022

 

Cockpit

Teak decks

3 large lazarette storage compartments

2aft-facing bench seats

Transom door to swim platform

Swim platform with TNT hydraulic dinghy lift

Folding swim ladder

 

Side and Foredecks

Wide Safe decks for tending to lines, or deploying the anchor

Decks finished in FBG nonskid

Stainless Steel welded handrails with secondary rail

Stainless steel hand rails mounted inboard on deck house

Stainless steel hand rails on stairs to side decks and salon entry  

Boarding gates port and starboard

Teak toe rail varnish, 2 coats 2021

Teak eye brow and name board varnish 2021

Stainless steel chocks and oversized cleats

Construction

2011 AWLgrip Flag Blue hull

Custom double white boot stripe

Gold Cove stripe

Black bottom

Moondust nonskid deck w/laid teak on cockpit floor, coaming, & side deck steps

Hull vacuum bagged PVC cored above waterline, solid glass below

Deck vacuum bagged and balsa cored

Varnished teak toe rail

Rub rail on hull with stainless striker

Molded quarter guard w/stainless rub rail

Varnished teak eyebrow around cabin top

Foredeck lockers – port & starboard

Stainless stem head fitted with integral anchor roller

Stainless chocks and cleats

Rudders – cast bronze

Custom antenna mast

 

Mechanical

Caterpillar MPD’s (Marine Power Display) – in lieu of std

Twin Disc MGX 5135A transmissions

Twin Disc EC 300 single lever Electronic Commander Controls

ECC engine synchronization and trolling modes

Nibral propellers 5 blade, size 33’ x 39.5”

Dripless shaft seals with spares on the shafts

Propeller shaft cutlass bearings 2018 (approx. 150 hours running time)

Oil change system - engines & generator4 16,000 BTU reverse cycle

Dual Racor fuel filters w/crossover system

Delta-T® Air Demisters

Bennett trim tabs w/position indicators

Rudder angle indicator

Computank fuel/water gauge system

SeaLand VacuFlush freshwater heads w/night switch

SeaLand macerator pump for holding tank overboard discharge

Hydraulic steering – power assisted

SidePower SP 155TC bow thruster

SidePower SP 125T stern thruster

Saltwater washdown – foredeck

Fresh water outlet in engine room

Cockpit hot and cold shower

Automatic bilge pumps - 4

Manual bilge pump

Air conditioning/heat units w/digital thermostats (4)

Tropical upgrade option to A/C system

 

Electrical

Onan 13 kW generator with approx. 2000 hours

Onan 13 kW generator w/soundshield

Onan 13 kW soundshield pan and insulation 2022

Onan 13 kW service; Saltaway flush, oil and filter, fuel filter, pencil zincs, heat exchanger cleaned with end cap inspection, 2022

Onan 13 kW exhaust elbows 2018    

All Wiring Numbered & Colored

110/220 volt AC ship’s system - shore power, generator, inverter 110/220 volt AC electrical panel with selector switches

12/24 volt DC ship’s system

12/24 volt DC electrical panel with indicator lights

Custom laid out electrical panels

 24 volt alternators on engines – 2

12 volt alternator on generator

24 volt 50 amp Battery charger

12 volt 50 amp Battery charger

Generator remote start & gauges in engine room

Generator gas/water separator exhaust - quiet discharge

Trace 2500W inverter w/remote panel and dedicated batteries (2)

Cablemaster with shore power cord system and w/remote

110 Volt AC fluorescent engine room lights – 3

12 Volt DC Engine room lights

Hubbell combo TV/Tel shore cord

Batteries replaced 2019

 

Electronics & Navigation

Northstar 972 GPS/Chartplotter/Radar w/15’ color display - 2

Northstar 4 ½’ 6 kW open array radar antenna

Northstar 491 sounder – depth & video

Standard Horizon Quantum VHF w/hailer & fog horn

Standard Horizon CMP 25 remote RAM mic

Simrad AP 26 Autopilot

Simrad AP 27 Autopilot remote control

Simrad IS 15 Wind system

Simrad IS 15 MFD - depth/speed/water temp/log at helm

Simrad IS 15 MFD - depth/speed/water temp/log in dinette

Simrad IS 15 Wind display in dinette

Simrad speed & water temp transducer

Digital Antenna DA4000 Cellular Amplifer

KVH G4 SatTV

KVH F33 SatCom

SatTV receivers rf - 3

Hailer horn

ACR RL 100 Search light w/remote control pad

CCTV engine room cameras – 2

CCTV – interfaced w/Northstar 972’s & TVs

Color monitor for CCTV – portside overhead

XM Works Satellite weather

 

Entertainment

Bose Lifestyle 48 Entertainment System: Main saloon – 5 surround sound speakers w/subwoofer Dinette – 2 Bose 191 speakers Cockpit – 2 Bose 151 speakers

Pioneer AM/FM/CD/DVD stereo – master stateroom

Sony AM/FM/CD stereo – guest stateroom

Samsung LCD TVs – saloon/dinette/master stateroom

 

Other

Maxwell Windlass- foot switches & helm remote control

TNT Hydraulic swim platform, serviced 2022

Folding swim ladder on swim platform

Texeline covers for front and side windows

Overhead hatches – OceanAire blind combination

Opening ports Sliding windows

Kahlenberg air horn

 

History EB 54 and WB1;

The EB 54 model was built in the years 2004 thru 2007, WB1 is hull number 20 of 28.

Cared for, to the highest standard, by two very experienced yacht families, their maintenance teams and under the stewardship of two of the highest quality boatyards in the US has contributed to extraordinary condition.

Since new summers were spent on the brackish waters of the Chesapeake and winter storage was in heated buildings. The second owners bought the vessel in 2014, maintained the boat at the same level, with the same team and at the same yard as the original owners. The vessel use was limited to 8 weeks per boating season, then back into indoor storage for the remaining 44 weeks of the year. The summer of 2019 the boat voyaged to Maine. Early September WB1 went indoors, in the heated building, where it has remained. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions current owners were unable to enter the US.

 

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.