Best 4788 buy. tick, tick, tick, tick. Shop and compare because the more you shop, the quicker you realize that this yacht is THE buy on the market. Once you start comparing features "apples to apples" you REALLY realize this is the 4788 to buy! I know ALL the 4788's for sale in the WORLD and this is the nicest 99, which also happens to be the lowest priced because the owner has his eye on a larger yacht and needs the slip this boat is sitting in for his new boat. Good 4788's are getting harder and harder to find and 99% of others on the market are vastly overpriced with sellers who owe more than their market values, which make them defacto "unsalable". This Yachts owner paid cash for her so can sell her to the market value of which the boat is priced. Most owners are upside down on their payoff's which is why you see such high prices on other 4788s. I priced it to sell so expect VERY LITTLE "play" on price. Shop and compare!! PLEASE-SERIOUS BUYERS READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO PURCHASE ONLY.
Intelligently upgraded. She has the same engine room access as a late model Meridian 490, which is direct from salon through custom opening in the sole- with ladder. No more "tunnel of knee pain". Note: This yacht will be hauled for winter storage Mid November, so if your thinking about buying her, don't delay too long or it will be spring time 2010 before you can do so.
Options and upgrades:
- engine room access same as 05-newer 490 Meridians- one can enter the engine room via ladder in salon instead of having to crawl in on your knees via hallway.
- 12.5kw Generator in sound shield (most have 8kws!)
- New upholstery throughout
- New valances
- New LED lighting in (white)and out (blue)
- flybridge port side seats moved back so one can easily stand next to rail and see down to help docking.
- Drawers added under stairs
- obosolete factory stereo removed and sliding drawers added.
- storge in cockpit added (see photos)
- flybridge Entertainment center option
- door added over steps down to cockpit so people can't accidentally fall down
- aft-flybridge railing
- 3 Marine ACs w/reverse cycle heat (west coast boats don't usually have AC and it's expensive to install!)
- Radar, GPS, Autopilot
- new wiper arms and blades
- new pillow-top mattress in master stateroom
The other half of the couch (not shown in photos) and salon table(not shown in photos)are in storage and will be provided to buyer.
Short season yacht for past 5 years. Never damaged- NICE yacht just sitting in "dead economic area" (too far from ports to have been exported like all the other nice 4788's have) Owner is only selling to buy larger yacht. Her current owner is her 2nd owner. He purchased her from the original owner when she was 100% Captain maintained AND operated. This is the current owners 2nd 4788, the other was a 98 model. Prior to that he owned a 4588 pilothouse Motoryacht, so this pretty much makes him an expert on these boats. Using his experience with these yachts he's discovered all dead spaces these boats have and has properly utilized it. The biggest improvement is that he opened up the salon floors the same as the late model Meridian 490's so one can easily access the engine room direct from the salon instead of the "tunnel of knee pain" like the rest of the 4788s and early 490 Meridians.
Since he uses this boat solely as a day boat for giving clients and grandkids rides along the Boston Waterfront, he's installed a door over the opening from the flybridge to the aft-deck, so nobody falls down it. He's also installed a nice seat on the foredeck with a back-rest so it's now actually a comfortable place to sit.
This boat has been recently inspected by clients of mine and both reported her as being in "wow, really nice condition"
IF you live in Canada or along the Great Lakes, this yacht would be a good choice for you, as it can be easily run home on her bottom. For those living places where trucking or shipping is required, this vessel would have to be delivered to Brick NJ (closest a trucker will go to Boston for a big boat) or if shipping oversea's either to Baltimore, Sanannah or Ft. Lauderdale.
OWER WILL TRADE UP to Yacht in 55' -57' range. Bayliners, Carvers, Navigators etc.
Let me tell you buyers a good rule when you're boat buying. It's: "you want to shop the boat owner as much as boat it'self". This is an owner you want to buy from. Knowledgeable, experienced with deep pockets (means they can proactively maintain their toys) along with pride of ownership. Yacht Club Yacht.