Grand Banks 32 Classic

Accommodations

The high quality teak interior offers comfortable accommodation with up to 5 berths in 2 cabins and full standing headroom (apx. 6'3") throughout. 

FORWARD CABIN: Fitted with a large V-berth (an infill to form a double could be created if desired), hatch to foredeck and excellent storage in various drawers, shelves and hanging lockers.

HEADS: Located to starboard with a Jabsco marine toilet (new 2024) with Seasmart anti-odour system, wash basin, shower area and excellent stowage. Served by a holding tank with macerator for overboard discharge or deck pump out facility. 

SALOON: Steps lead up to the light and comfortable wheelhouse saloon which consists of a helm position and L-shaped settee (suitable for use as an occasional single berth but could easily be adapted to improve berth size) to starboard with an adjustable folding leaf table, the settee berth to port also pulls out to form a small double berth. Easily accessed storage is provided in lockers beneath the settees, drawers and a drinks cabinet.

EXTERIOR: The Grand Banks 32 offers excellent external space thanks to a large aft deck with hinged cockpit table and removable deck chairs, together with a surprisingly large and comfortable flybridge (new seating 2010), offering ample seating and external entertainment space. Wide, safe decks, deep gunnels, all-round rails with gates, and a large aft lazarette make this a very practical motor yacht ideal for comfortable long-term cruising.

Mechanical Equipment

Located beneath the wheelhouse sole in an insulated engine room with LED lighting and extractors, twin Ford Sabre Lehman 4-cylinder 90hp diesel engines, naturally aspirated for simplicity and durability. Freshwater cooled via heat exchangers (new 2021). Raw water strainers, Racor 500 MAM fuel filters (new 2017) and drip trays for each engine. Morse chrome dual twin lever controls (dedicated throttle and gear levers) at each helm with electric start. Shaft drive (new 1.5"shafts & cutlass bearings 2021) with 3-bladed 24x18 bronze propellers (new 2013) via Borg Warner 2.45:1 Righthand and Lefthand gearboxes. Twin rudders with wheel steering at both helms. Fixed trim tabs. Full engine instrumentation including rev counters, oil pressure, temperature, amps and hour meters (The hour meters were replaced in 2023 at 1440hrs) at the wheelhouse helm (the original meters have been retained). At the upper helm are rev counters, oil pressure and engine temperature gauges. Solenoid controlled engine cooling seacocks for ease of use. Sleipner Sidepower bow and stern thrusters (stern new 2016) with fixed controls at both helms (new controls 2016).
The engines are clearly very well kept and have been regularly serviced. Current engine hours are showing at approx. 1580hrs running from new, equating to optimum usage of around 50hrs per season. The 900 litre fuel tank is topped up before winter and is still almost full, her owner has found that at 7kts she burns around 7 litres per hour in total. Some spares are included with the sale such as oil filters.
During the winter of 2023/24 the owner undertook a comprehensive engine strip and inspection, detailed photographs are available. The cylinder heads were removed and sent for inspection and refurbishment; the diesel injectors were also sent for refurbishment. All heat exchangers were descaled and painted.
The engines were inspected whilst stripped by a consulting engineer specialising in vehicle engines, both engines were found to be in very good condition with original honing marks still visible tending to confirm the other evidence supporting the low engine hours recorded.
The cylinder heads were returned with a slight skim to the block mating face & the combustion chambers and ports were cleaned and polished. The valves were removed cleaned and polished and along with the valve guides and valve springs were found to be in serviceable condition.
The only area of concern was the condition of the valve stem oil seals which as a serviceable part were replaced with modern equivalent parts.
Both engines were rebuilt with the newly refurbished Diesel Injectors, new gaskets and thermostats were fitted along with new antifreeze.
Each year the owner replaced Engine oil, engine oil filters, fuel filters, pump impellors & Anodes. Antifoul as required.

Electrical Systems
3 x 12v 180ah Varta AGM heavy duty commercial batteries (2 x engine and dedicated domestic battery, new 2021) charged via engine alternators 140A on the Port engine new 2022) Shore power system fitted with Victron Isolation Transformer (new2021), Victron battery charger (new 2021) and a Calorifier new 2021 fitted with immersion coil for water heating and additionally can be heated via the Starboard engine. Electrical control panel with circuit breakers located at side of helm position and under the low helm seat. Battery isolators and selectors are also fitted.

Galley Equipment

GALLEY: Linear galley area forward to port, equipped with a Nelson Spinflo two burner gas cooker with oven and grill beneath a lifting work top to maximise space and practicality. A stainless steel sink, Engel fridge with freezer compartment, cooker extractor fan and ample storage with dedicated crockery space complete the well proportioned galley.

Deck and Hull Equipment

Grand Banks 32 twin engine, built in 1993 by Grand Banks to their own design. White GRP hull, superstructure and decks with overlaid teak side decks, cockpit and flybridge sole. Raised bulwark with teak capping and rubbing strakes. Aluminium mizzen mast with radar tower and deck crane facility. High quality teak fit out throughout demonstrating excellent joinery and construction techniques. Large self-draining aft cockpit.
In 2021 all old antifoul was removed and seven coats of epoxy applied.
During the current ownership the teak decks have received regular maintenance including replacing deck plugs and screws as required.

• CQR anchor with 40m 10mm chain & 20m Warp (New 2021)
• Lofrans 1000w electric anchor windlass with controls at both helms and deck, new Gypsey 2021
• Stainless steel stemhead fitting with roller
• 6 x Large stainless steel cleats with fairleads
• Teak taffrail with transom, port and starboard gates
• Stainless steel pulpit and grabrails
• Tan Aft deck tent, flybridge cover, dodgers and window covers (new 2021).
• Aft mizzen mast in tabernacle with radar mount, lighting and deck crane with new running rigging 2024.
• Stainless steel and teak bathing and flybridge ladders
• Slatted teak bathing platform
• 3 x Windscreen wipers with washers
• Hot and cold deck shower
• Fenders and warps (new 2021 & 2023)

Navigation Systems

WHEELHOUSE HELM
• Danforth Constellation steering compass.
• Icom M400BBE DSC VHF radio (new Aug 2022).
• Autohelm ST50 Tridata with depth, speed and log.
• Raymarine ST6000+ autopilot.
• Brass clock, barometer and hygrometer.
• Bronze CTP-S Sonar (new Aug 2022).
FLYBRIDGE HELM
• Steering compass.
• Icom M400BBE DSC VHF radio (new Aug 2022).
• Autohelm ST50 Tridata with depth, speed and log.
• Raymarine Axium+ 9RV (new Aug 2022).
• Raymarine Quantum Radar. (new Aug 2022).
• Raymarine Raystar GPS Antenna (new Aug 2022)
• Raymarine autopilot control handset.
• Navigation lights.
• Class B AIS inc WIFI and NMEA 0183 to NME A2000 converter. (new Mar 2023)
The modern Raymarine systems have been fully integrated with the remaining Raymarine systems using a Seatalk to Seatalk ng bi-directional converter. Whilst no Chartplotter is fitted to the wheelhouse position, the Flybridge mounted Axium+ has WIFI capability which enables the full functionality of the chartplotter to be operated on any tablet. The owner currently uses an iPad 12 pro when required. Should the new owner require a wheel house mounted chart plotter to be fitted the new Seatalk ng backbone has been extended to the wheelhouse adjacent to the helm position terminating in a new Seatalk ng 5-way Connector making this an easy DIY installation. All redundant power and network cabling and equipment have been removed during this part of the refit. The WiFi enables Class B AIS enables the information from the AIS to be displayed on any device with Navionics or similar independently of the boats Chartplotter or device connected to the Chartplotter.

Additional Equipment

• Automatic engine room fire extinguisher
• Handheld fire extinguishers
• 2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys with floating lights (new 2022)
• Canister Life raft fitted with Stainless steel mount and auto release system on Flybridge (new 2022).
• Radar reflector (new 2022).
• Manual and 2 Automatic electric bilge pumps. (one new 2025)