M/Y Delicate Balance — a 1987 Marine Trader 50 Wide Body located in Palm City, Florida, for sale by broker. Responses to inquiries may come from a broker who is representing the owner as a fiduciary.
Delicate Balance is a 50′ Marine Trader Wide Body trawler acquired by the current owner 19 years ago. She offers elegant teak cabinetry and woodwork throughout the vessel. Delicate Balance has a full-beam salon that features a teak parquet sole with an entertainment center and wet bar to starboard, as well as a comfortable, fully adjustable sectional sofa to port. The salon also features a private staircase leading directly to the master stateroom. Delicate Balance is a comfortable, long-range offshore cruiser. With its well-equipped galley, large salon, three staterooms, two ensuite heads, and a third day head, Delicate Balance would be an excellent liveaboard vessel.
Features
- Delicate Balance is a comfortable offshore cruiser. She will cruise around 8-9 knots and with 750 gallons of fuel capacity, her cruising range can exceed 1,000 miles.
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Specifications
| Name | M/Y Delicate Balance |
| Make | Marine Trader |
| Model | 50 Wide Body |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Monohull Powerboat |
| Builder | Marine Trading |
| Designer | Floyd Ayers |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| Cabins | 3 |
| Heads | 3 |
| Galley | Amidships to port |
Dimensions
| Loa | 50ft / 15.24m |
| Beam | 15ft 7in |
| Headroom | 6 ft 7 in |
| Draft | 4ft 10in |
| Bridge Clearance | 27ft 0in |
Tankage
| Fuel Tanks | 750 gallons |
| Water Tanks | 400 gallons |
| Holding Tanks | 50 |
Performance
| Engines | 275HP Lehman 275SP 1987 / 275HP Lehman 275SP 1987 |
| Engine Hours | 3400 / 3400 |
| Generator | Westerbeke 15 kW and 5 kW |
| Gen Hours | 1800 |
| Speed | 8 kts cruise; 12 kts max |
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Inventory
Vessel Summary
- Name: Delicate Balance
- Manufacturer/Model: Marine Trader 50' Wide Body Trawler
- Length: 50'
- Current owner acquired 19 years ago
- Interior: traditional teak cabinetry and woodwork throughout
- Layout overview: full-beam salon, well-equipped galley, 3 staterooms, 2 ensuite heads plus 1 day head
- Use: long range offshore cruiser / liveaboard capable
Walkthrough
- Boarding amidships from port or starboard
- Full walk-around Portuguese bridge
- Lower helm station with full glass windshield and ample forward visibility
- Solid wood staircase from lower helm to flybridge
- Flybridge helm with captain and first mate seats plus seating for eight or more, settee with varnished teak table, full Bimini top
- Galley located amidships to port with wet bar to starboard
- Day head aft of lower helm station
- Enlarged full-width salon aft of galley with access to full-beam cockpit
- Cockpit door with custom spiral staircase to dive platform and swim platform
- Staircase from salon to full-beam master suite
- Engines located in separate compartments on either side of central corridor to guest suite
- Guest suite amidships with ensuite head
- Forward to port: laundry room; forward to starboard: tool and spare parts room with work table
- Forward v-berth with two single berths, access to anchor locker and additional storage
- Cruising speed approximately 8-9 knots
- Fuel capacity: 750 gallons
- Approximate cruising range: exceeds 1,000 miles
Headroom
- Salon and dinette: 6'7"
- Master stateroom: 6'4"
- Master stateroom shower: 6'0"
- VIP guest stateroom: 6'5"
- Guest stateroom shower: 6'4"
- Forward v-berth: 7'0"
- Galley: 6'4"
Accommodations
- Master stateroom: full-beam centerline queen berth, cedar wardrobe, make-up desk with mirror, ensuite head with enclosed shower
- Guest stateroom: island queen berth, ample storage, ensuite head with enclosed shower
- V-berth: two single berths
- Total staterooms: 3
- Heads: 3 (2 ensuite, 1 day head)
Salon
- Full-beam salon with teak parquet sole
- Power reclining sectional sofa to port
- Settee to starboard
- Entertainment center forward starboard
- Wet bar to starboard with refrigerator and wine cooler
- 42" smart TV with Bose sound bar and 5 speakers
- LG DVD player
Galley
- Location: amidships to port
- Insignia refrigerator
- Viking refrigerator
- STP freezer
- Double stainless steel sink
- GE microwave
- Broadwater 4-burner gas stove with oven
- GE toaster oven
- Breakfast bar with 2 stools
- Wine rack
Dining
- Breakfast bar aft of galley
- Settee in salon
- Second settee on flybridge
Full-Width Master Stateroom (Details)
- Centerline queen berth with additional day bed to starboard
- Teak parquet sole and traditional teak cabinetry
- Make-up desk with mirror to port and multiple drawers
- Large full-length closet to starboard and additional storage cabinet
- 32" TV/DVD combo
- Private staircase to salon
- Ensuite head with enclosed shower and teak wood bath mat
Laundry Room and Tool / Spare Parts Room
- Laundry: Magic Chef top-loading washer, Whirlpool front-loading dryer
- Vanity sink in laundry room with storage cabinets above and below
- Vented solid teak wood laundry hamper and teak floor mat
- Tool/spare parts room across from laundry
- Tool room features bins for spare parts, large mounted toolbox, work top with vice, well-lit work area
Guest Stateroom
- Queen-sized walk-around berth with matching side tables
- Full-length closet
- Ensuite head with enclosed shower
Flybridge
- Blue canvas Bimini top
- Non-skid deck
- Twin helm seats for captain and first mate
- Additional seating for eight guests
- Varnished table for dining
- Stainless steel rail-mounted gas grill on starboard
- 12' Carolina Skiff tender mounted on flybridge aft deck
- Tender launched via 800 lb Marquipt davit
Audio / Visual Equipment
- 42" Toshiba flatscreen TV
- Bose soundbar with 5 speakers
- LG DVD video player
- 32" Sceptre flat screen TV / DVD combo
Navigation and Electronic Equipment
- 2 x Furuno RD-30 depth finders
- Garmin GPS 2006C with map
- Garmin GPS 120XL
- Simrad autopilot
- SiTex T-100 radar
- Icom VHF radio
- Icom handheld VHF radio
- Midland walkie talkies
- Follow-me satellite TV system
- Shakespeare antenna
- 2 x 3 3/4" Ritchie compasses
Engine and Mechanical Systems
- Twin Ford Lehman SP275 diesel engines, 275 hp each, fresh water cooled
- Racor 500 series fuel filters with gauges for each main engine
- Complete fuel polishing system
- Wesmar bow thruster
- Wesmar RS600 stabilizers
- VDO gauges
- Morse engine controls
- Tides Marine dripless shaft seals
- 3 x Raritan electric freshwater heads
- 4 x Ocean Breeze reverse cycle A/C units
- Seaward 11 gallon hot water heater
- UAT Universal reverse osmosis water maker (needs new membranes)
Electrical System
- Westerbeke 15 kW diesel generator
- Westerbeke 5 kW diesel generator
- Xantrex TrueCharge 40 amp charger
- 2 x 30 amp zinc saver galvanic isolators
- 50' 30 amp shore power cord
- 50' 50 amp shore power cord
- 50 amp to 30 amp splitter
- 2 x Victor trickle battery chargers
- Outback 3 kW inverter
- 2 x 8D house batteries
- All interior lighting converted to LED
Deck Equipment
- Stainless Danforth anchor with 250' galvanized chain
- 45 lb CQR anchor with 5/16" chain rode
- Anchor windlass with remote control on bridge
- Bow pulpit
- Washdown system
- Stainless steel anchor roller
- Stainless steel fender racks
- Stainless steel rails
- Stainless steel swim ladder
- Non-skid decks
- Canvas windshield cover
- Canvas handrail covers
- Canvas windlass cover
- Canvas flybridge helm cover
- Boarding gates port and starboard
- Boarding ladder
- Swim platform with custom spiral staircase
- Dock water connection
- Hot/cold freshwater exterior shower
- Tender davit
Safety and Fire Protection
- 2 x Rule Big Double bilge pumps
- 3 separate high water alarms in bilge
- 4 fire extinguishers (expiration dates not checked)
- 1 CO2 detector
Exclusions
- Seller's personal belongings including all wall art and salon coffee table
- Seller's tools
Dinghy
- 2001 12' Carolina Skiff, Model J-12 with a 2021 15hp 4 stroke Mercury Outboard Motor.
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