PASSION (name reserved) is lovely Grand Banks 49 Eastbay HX with upgraded 705hp Caterpillar C-12's engines. Available for the first time, this captain-maintained example has seen numerous upgrades over the years and will be sure to turn heads in every port and harbor she graces. Please review PASSION’s specs and pictures below. 

Key Features:

•New teak decks including side decks and forward (2020)

•Recent hull and pilothouse Awlgip paint (2020)

•Captain maintained

•Original owner

•Most preferred 49 layout down below

This boat features a very large cockpit with aft-facing seating, 3 large lazarettes, transom door to access the teak clad swim platform and engine room access through a large opening, lift-up door which allows easy access to the engine room. Moving forward, there are full-width teak sidedecks and stainless steel handrails leading forward on both port & starboard, which make accessing the teak foredeck extremely easy and safe. There is a Maxwell Anchor Windlass that can be operated by foot switches on the foredeck or at the helm. There is a large, stainless steel anchor roller with stainless steel Anchor and chain.

• Teak decks in aft cockpit, side decks and forward

• Buell dual Trumpet Air horns

• Anchor chain locker

• Anchor roller platform, stainless steel

• Anodes, zinc

• Ball valve on thru hull above waterline, bronze

• Chocks and mooring cleats, stainless steel

• Deck fittings: diesel fuel/water and waste pump-out

• Deck, side and fwd house top with painted moondust non-skid

• Dorade boxes, teak

• Engine room hatch

• Engine room vents

• Flagstaff holders, bow and stern

• Flagstaffs, teak, bow and stern

• Foredeck locker

• Inspection deck plate for fuel tanks, port & starboard

• Grab rails, stainless steel

• Mast, aluminum

• Rub rail, heavy-duty vinyl with stainless steel insert

• Safety rails, stainless steel

• Seat/Storage box, molded with cushions (replaced 2024)

• Skylight hatches with screens

• Toe rail, teak 

• Trim tabs

• Vents for fuel and water tanks

• Maxwell VWC-2200 Windlass, low profile, 12V

• Windshield frame, stainless steel

• Hull painted in Flag Blue Awlgrip (2020) as well as Pilothouse/Cabintop and Cockpit (2020)

• Stainless steel plow anchor with chain rode

• Center Windshield actuator, electric

• Four A/C water outlets

• Teak clad swim platform

• Courtesy lights

• Decking, teak

• Freshwater dock connection (inlet)

• Freshwater outlet

• Hatches, hinged with gas cylinder lift-ups

• Scuppers, stainless steel

• Seat/storage box, molded with cushions

• Transom door, hinged

• Transom shower with retractable hose, hot/cold

Enter the helm deck from the cockpit. There is a large L-settee on the port-side with storage below. There is a straight settee to starboard with storage below. Forward of the settees are two custom bench seats that are lavishly finished in high gloss varnish with custom-built storage areas on the backsides of each. Outboard of each bench seat, there is a custom-built teak storage area for binoculars, etc. Forward of the starboard bench seat is the helm, which features Caterpillar electronic and analog gauges. On the port-side, forward of the bench seat, is a bar featuring glass storage, bottle storage, and  a large chart locker sits on the cabin top forward of the bar. The port bench seat has a U-line Icemaker underneath and the starboard bench seat has an Isotherm refrigerator. The aft area of the helm deck is enclosed in EZ2CY. The aft section can be simply unzipped at the bottom and lifted up to the helm deck overhead for additional ventilation. There are two 16,000BTU MarineAir a/c units in the helm deck. Solid teak deck. Two hardtop hatches.

• Alarm panel, engine temperature and oil pressure

• Chart locker, teak

• Compass

• Control panel, AC/DC

• Cover for console and steering wheel

• Decking, teak

• Gas cylinder storage

• Helm outlet, 12V

• Helmseat - FRP with cushions

• Wine cooler to port

• Indicator light, bilge pumps

• Indicator light, reverse polarity

• Instrumentation panel overhead

• Rudder angle indicator

• Steering wheel, teak with rimmed

• 3x Windshield wipers, 12V

• Windows, side opening, sliding

• Teak-rimmed stainless steel custom steering wheel

Electronics & Entertainment Equipment

• 1x Garmin 7612 XSV Touchscreen Plotter/GPS, at Helm

• 1x Garmin 7612 Touchscreen Radar/Plotter

• Garmin GMR HD2 Open array radar

• Icom M605 VHF with AIS

• Garmin Autopilot

• 2x Garmin GM20 Repeaters

• Trac Vision TVS Digital TV Antenna (2020)

• KVH TV5 Dome for DirecTV

The salon features a U-shaped settee with a berth, storage cabinets above the settee (outboard), and storage below the settee. Opposite the settee is the TV locker, which houses a LG Smart TV which allows you to watch TV at the salon. There are three MarineAir a/c units below (replaced 2023). The settee has double folding leaves and built-in stowage, deck hatch and two opening ports. Teak and holly cabin sole throughout below.

• Dinette/settee, U-shaped

• Portholes, stainless steel

• Reading lamps

• Teak Hi-Lo Table 

The galley is U-shaped and opposite the salon settee. It features an Isotherm refrigerator and freezer with opening teak doors, a Grunert freezer accessed through a lid on the countertop and electric stove. There is a Sharp Microwave oven to aft and the sink is located forward. Corian countertops and numerous lockers, cabinets and drawers for storage. Two opening ports.

• Condiment locker, overhead

• Control panel, LPG, 12V

• Countertop, Corian with back splash guard

• Drawers

• Exhaust blower, 12V

• Faucet, single lever

• Locker - dry storage

• Sharp Microwave/Convection Oven

• Electric Stove

• Isotherm Refrigerator & Freezer (2020)

• Sink, double stainless steel with teak cover

The owner’s stateroom is forward and features a centerline berth with easy access on either side and reading lamps. A large cedar-lined hanging locker, a custom-built locker to starboard and numerous drawers provide for plenty of storage. There is a hatch above the berth and two opening ports (port & starboard). This stateroom also features an ensuite head with stall shower. There is a custom-built locker on the starboard side for additional storage or for the installation of a 22” LG Smart Flatscreen TV. Two opening ports and a deck hatch are featured.

• Island berth

• Bureau with drawers

• Hanging locker with lined cedar wood

• Mirror

• Portholes, stainless steel

• Reading lamps

• Countertop and sink, cultured marble

• Faucet

• Indicator light, holding tank

• Porthole, stainless steel

• Shower with drain pump, teak grating

• Shower stall, separate with bi-fold door

• Marine toilet

• Towel rack, stainless steel

The guest stateroom is to port and offers two athwartships berths with large cedar-lined hanging locker between the berths, drawers below each berth and reading lamps above. There are two opening ports and a deck hatch.

• Berths - two singles

• Hanging locker with lined cedar wood

• Reading lamps

The guest head is located to starboard, forward of the salon and opposite the guest stateroom. Featuring VacuFlush freshwater head, Corian countertops and sink, opening port, shower and storage both above and below the sink.

• Countertop and sink top in Corian

• Faucet

• Indicator light, holding tank

• Porthole, stainless steel

• Shower with drain pump, teak grating

• Vacuflush Head

• Towel rack, stainless steel

• Bulkheads, Formica

• Curtains, lined

• Grab rails, teak

• Headlining

• Lighting, Halogen, 12V

• Outlets, AC

• Screens

• Sole, teak & holly

• Steps with clear non-skid

• Windows, laminated safety glass

Upgrades

• Hull painted Flag Blue Awlgrip in 2020 as well as pilothouse and cabin top in Polar White

• 2x Garmin 7215 Touchscreen Plotter/GPS, at Helm

• 1x Garmin 7212 Touchscreen Plotter/GPS, at Companion

• Icom M605 VHF with AIS

• Sonar Depth GSD 24

• Garmin Autopilot

• KVH TV5 dome for DirecTV 

• Trac Vision TVS 

• Double wide boot stripe in White Alwlgrip (2020)

• Red bottom paint- Interlux Micron CSC (10/25)

• Air-conditioning, reverse cycle

• Alternator, each engine, 12V

• Alarm panel, with engine oil pressure

• Batteries, heavy-duty with fiberglass boxes (replaced 2024)

• Battery charger with remote meter 

• Battery condition indicator

• Battery selector switch

• Bilge pumps (3), automatic, 12V

• Bilge pump indicator lights

• Bonding system

• Carbon Monoxide detector

• Circuit breakers

• Engine room blowers, 12V

• Engine room lights, 12V

• Fresh water system, pressurized, 12V

• Onan 9 kW Generator with sound shield (6101 hours 10/25)

• Ground fault circuit interrupter

• Holding tank with pump out, 12V

• TV/Phone inlet aft

• Trace Inverter SW2152MC

• Inverter Battery - Trojan J185HC

• Wiring for stereo system

• Water heater

• Wiring, marine-grade tin-plated copper

The base Caterpillar 3196 660hp engines were upgraded to the CAT C-12 705hp engines at build for a quieter, smoother operation with greater cruise and top end speeds.

• Twin CAT C-12 705hp each (3200 hours-10/25)

• Bilge pump, manual

• Drip pans under engines

• Engine raw water intake strainers

• Engine room faucet, fresh water

• Engine room sound insulation

• Exhaust system, sea-water cooled, with mufflers

• Flexible couplings with matching engine mounts

• Fuel manifold system

• Fuel tanks with upper & lower automatic self-closing valves for sight gauges

• Fuel tank, auxiliary, fiberglass, baffled

• Fuel tanks, main, fiberglass, baffled

• Outlets in engine room, fresh water

• Propeller shafts, stainless steel

• Propellers, nickel-aluminum-bronze, dynamically balanced

• Rudders, stainless steel

• Seacocks on thru-hulls below waterline

• Separating filters, fuel-water

• Shaft logs with dripless shaft seals

• Shaft logs with stuffing boxes

• Steering with power assisted hydraulic

• Stern gland/struts, bronze with rubber bearings

• Throttle and gear shift controls, single station

• Water tank, aluminum

• Water/gas separator installed on generator's exhaust system

• Computank Tank Gauge display

• Glendinning cablemaster

• MarineAir A/C system,4 units total

• Bennett Trim tabs

• Jabsco Fuel Transfer Pump

• FloJet Saltwater Pump

• Groco Oil Change Kit

• Racor Fuel Filters - Engines and Generator

• Sealand Vacuum Flush Toilets- Hoses replaced 10/25

• Sealand Vacuum generators

• Sealand Macerator pump

• Sealand Holding tank level indicator

• Whale Gusher Hand Bilge Pump

• Rule Electric Bilge Pumps

• Delta T system blowers - engine room and galley/heads

• Exhaust mufflers (Cat C-12s are dramatically quieter than base engines)

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.