55' Custom Trawler Motor Yacht HELVETIA

Built for family cruising, this classic 49' Custom Classic Trawler HELVETIA offers ample space and comfort for days spent on the water.

Starting with a spacious aft deck where you can sit and relax underway, she has port and starboard access to the foredeck. This area is large enough for seating and/or sun bathing.

Access to the Salon from the aft deck is through the starboard doorway. Immediately to port is the doorway with steps down to the Captain's Stateroom. Further port is built-in cabinetry housing the bar area. The classic oak wood interior with cream carpeting is the perfect backdrop for your personal decor and accessories. To port are two lounge style chairs separated by a built-in side table. Directly across to starboard is the cream fabric covered sofa with built-in side tables on each side. Curtained wrap around windows bring plenty light into this room. Forward to port is a built-in navigational desk and a doorway leading onto the deck. This room is furnished with a flat screen Samsung TV.

Proceeding forward and down two steps brings you to the galley area. To port is the Ushaped bench seating wrapped around the dining table. To starboard is the fully equipped galley with stove top, oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink and dishwasher. The cabinetsare all done in white Formica piped with oak wood. This area offers many storage spaces. Windows are on either side, again brings in natural light.

Continuing forward to starboard is a head with two doorway entrances; from the galley area and from the stateroom. This head has ample space and includes toilet, sink, tub with shower. To port are upper and lower bunk beds with built-in storage.

All the way forward is another stateroom with upper and lower bunk beds to starboard. Built-in cabinet storage to port. Natural lighting comes in from the windows on each side and overhead. Cabinetry throughout are white. The midship Master Stateroom is accessed via the Salon. This room is equipped with a double bed, built-in sink and shelf storage cabinet.

From the aft deck, to port are stairs leading up to the wheelhouse. This area is enclosed and is equipped with a L-shaped bench seating and two arm chairs.

This yacht is ideal for cruising with friends and family and having fun on the water.

• Carpet and underlay sole
  
• Three engine room hatches
  
• Mahogany paneling, trim and molding
  
• Door to the side deck - port with window, curtain and three steps (storage
• under the middle step)
  
• Door to the cockpit - starboard aft
  
• Four fixed windows, port and starboard, with curtains
  
• Access to the aft stateroom
  
• Two generator gauge panels with:
  
  • Locker with three alarm lamps for each generator
  • Oil pressure
  • Water temperature
  • Voltage gauges
  • Start/run/stop switch for each
• Two engine room blower switches
  
• Fuel alarms for port and starboard engine, 8-kw and 12-kw generators
  
• Two shore/Generator 1/Generator 2 off switches
  
• Switch for dive compressor
  
• Capac hull potential meter
  
• Petro meter fuel gauge
  
• Fuel transfer/fuel pump out pump
  
• Electrical terminal blocks
  
• Built-in cabinetry starboard forward with storage lockers
  
• Sofa starboard with teak filing pole
  
• Bose speaker
  
• Three windows forward with curtains
  
• Built-in desk, port forward, with 7-drawers
  
• 120-VAC, 32-VDC, 12-VDC gauges with two amps gauges, two lights and voltage switch

• Carpeted sole
  
• Three steps down from the salon
  
• Formica counters with stainless steel sink and single lever faucet and storage under
  
• Fixed and opening window (starboard)
  
• Built-in refrigerator with cold plate
  
• 110-volt outlets
  
• Built-in lockers, forward and aft
  
• General Electric microwave oven
  
• Kitchen Aid dish washer
  
• Waste management plan
  
• Magic Chef 4-burner liquid propane gas stove top
  
• Smoke hood and exhaust fan
  
• Overhead light
  
• Exhaust vent in the overhead

• REFRIGERATION: Two built-in
  
• STOVETOP: Magic Chef 4-burner liquid propane gas
  
• DISHWASHER: Kitchen Aid
  
• MICROWAVE OVEN: General Electric
  
• WATER HEATER: 20-gallons electric

• Raised teak and holly veneered sole
  
• 32-volt breakers under aft seating
  
• Built-in freezer under forward seating with digital temperature display
  
• Raised U-shaped seating with upholstered cushions
  
• Sconce lamps, forward and aft
  
• Three fixed windows, port, with curtains
• Fire extinguisher
  
• 110-volt GFI outlets under the seating
  
• Bilge pump off/manual/automatic switches for 7 bilge pumps
  
• Magnehelic pressure gauge for freshwater tank
  
• Access to the bilge with:
  
  • Raw water pump for the refrigeration
    
  • 110-volt air conditioning raw water pump
    
  • 110-volt freshwater pump
    
  • Freshwater expansion tank and filter and pressure switch
    
  • 32-VDC bilge pump and float switch
    
  • 110-volt outlet

Main entrance to the salon is from the teak cockpit. Immediately to the starboard is a convertible queen sleeper couch and to port are two chairs with a table between them. Woodwork is traditional satin finish teak wood. Forward in the salon to port next to the side door to the deck is a captain’s desk. Aft in the salon is a dry bar area with storage and racks for glasses.

Forward and a few steps down are the galley and dinette. The galley has updated appliances with a holding plate refrigerator, a four burner gas stove, a GE Spacemaker microwave, Kitchenaid dishwasher. Cabinets are white melamine with high gloss wood accents and counter top is butcher block style laminate with a stainless sink. There is a "U" shaped dinette raised on a platform with storage below and more storage below the bench. High gloss finish on knotty pine bulkheads sets this are off from the teak interior of the salon and the flooring in the dinette has been updated to synthetic teak and holly for easy care and maintenance.

Forward to starboard is a door to the head. This was designed so that the head could be used as a day head from the galley area but when staying on board there is another door from the cabin. Similar to the galley the walls are white melamine with gloss varnish wood accents and a Corian style counter top. A surprising large shower tub combination is unusual in a boat of this vintage.

• Step down from port stateroom
  
• Carpeted sole with bilge access
  
• Hanging locker with cedar lining and shelves
  
• Built-in cabinetry port with drawers and lockers
  
• Stainless steel support pole with anchor type rope to the bilge
  
• Two portholes, port, one starboard with curtains and shelf
  
• Approximately 150' of 1 1/4" nylon rope
  
• Rope locker forward with approximately 150' of 1" rope and light
  
• 110-volt outlet
  
• Upper and lower single berth with mattress, bedspread, pillows, shams and reading light
• Perforated overhead
• Storage under the lower berth
• Under the sole:
  
  • 32-volt raw water pump
    
  • 32-volt manual/automatic bilge pump
    
  • High water alarm
    
• Carpeted sole with bilge access
  
• Molded counter with recessed sink
  
• 110-volt outlet
  
• Mirrored door to medicine locker with shelf
  
• Electric head with control switch
  
• Porthole with curtain in alcove with shelf
  
• Two lights over the medicine locker
  
• Drawer, hamper and storage under the counter
  
• Vinyl overhead and wall covering
  

• Access from the galley
  
• Carpeted sole with bilge access
  
• Mahogany paneling, trim and molding
  
• Upper and lower single berths with:
  
• Mattress
  
• Bedspreads
  
• Pillows
  
• 4-step mahogany ladder to the upper berth
  
• Perforated overhead with light and overhead hatch with screen
  
• Three fixed windows outboard of the upper berth with curtains
  
• Cedar lines closet with light, fixed window, shoe rack, access for service, carpeted sole, portable air conditioning bilge pump with hose and extension cord
  
• Storage under the lower berth
  
• Built-in lockers outboard in the lower berth
  
• Access to the bow stateroom

• Access from the galley and port stateroom
  
• Carpet over wood sole with bilge access
  
• Tub with:
  
  • Curtain
    
  • Overhead light
    
  • Shower curtain
    
  • Storage locker with 110-volt outlet
    
  • Corian shelf
    
  • Fixed window
    
  • Tub spout
    
  • Fixed shower head
    
• Jabsco electric head with switch
  
• Corian counter with recessed sink, two faucets, built-in hamper and storage under
  
• 110-volt outlets
  
• Mirrored medicine locker with two fluorescent light
  
• Slide opening window with curtains
  
• Perforated overhead
  
• Make-up mirror

• Access from the salon, aft
  
• Five steps down from the salon
  
• Carpeted sole
  
• Corian counter with recessed sink, faucets and storage under
  
• Locker with ships manuals and spare parts
  
• Mahogany paneling, trim and molding
  
• 110-GFI outlet
  
• Electric toilet with pump outboard of the toilet
  
• Exhaust fan
  
• Mirror, shelves and window with shade on aft bulkhead
  
• Porthole in closet with shelves, starboard
  
• Cruisair air conditioning control panel
  
• Toshiba television
  
• Brookstone CD player
  
• Simrad electronic compass (port locker)
  
• Alvitar 7-10 hp frequency drive
  
• DC bilge pump and seacock under the sole
  
• Twin size berth with mattress sheets, pillows and storage under
  
• 15-lb CO2 fire extinguisher

• MANUFACTURER[S]: Cruisair and Aqua Air; direct expansion
  
• NO. OF COMPRESSORS: Three
  
• RAW WATER COOLING PUMPS: Three
  
• BTU'S: Two 16,000 each and 5,000 BTU

Instead of only a ladder there are actually stairs to the semi enclosed flybridge with hardtop. For ease of access from the stairs into the bridge area there is a door rather than unzip the isinglass. The interior is varnished teak with recent upholstery and white vinyl panels for the headliner.

• Danforth Constellation compass
  
• Robertson auto pilot
  
• Remote spotlight control
  
• Datamarine digital depth indicator
  
• SeaRocq active fin stabilizer controls
  
• Northstar 952X GPS plotter
  
• Two Icom VHF radios

• Teak planked decks
  
• Helm station port forward
  
• Custom windscreen
  
• Strata glass panels, port, starboard and forward
  
• Opening small windows, port and starboard
  
• Three glass windows aft and door port aft
  
• Insulated overhead with two Newmar 32-volt to 12-VDC converters
  
• 110-volt air compressor, starboard
  
• Air conditioning ducts and fan control, aft
  
• Compressed air receiver under the seating
  
• Built-in L-shaped seating with cushions and back rests
  
• Access to the two trumpet Kahlenberg horns
  
• Custom mahogany helmsman and companion chairs on tracts with cushions
  
• Vinyl overhead with recessed lights

• Fiberglass hardtop with non-skid paint
  
• Search light – Guest
  
• Northstar radar
  
• Northstar GPS antenna
  
• Fold down mast with:
  
  • Lightening rod
    
  • Anchor light
    
  • Two forward steaming lights
    
• Aluminum hand rails, port and starboard
  
• Floodlights, port and starboard
  
• VHF radio antenna
  
• Two GPS antennas

• Teak planked deck
  
• Custom teak steering wheel and mahogany console
  
• Icom IC-M502 VHF radio
  
• Icom IC-M4028 SSB radio
  
• Northstar 952x GPS
  
• Danforth constellation compass
  
• Kobelt rudder angle indicator
  
• Guest search light control panel
  
• Robertson autopilot
  
• Northstar 6000i GPS/chart plotter
  
• Chart table
  
• KoopNautic stabilizer control panel
  
• Panish controls
  
• Datamarine digital depth display
  
• Switches for 7 bilge pumps
  
• Emergency stop
  
• Gauge panels with:
  
  • Tachometer
    
  • Oil pressure
    
  • Water temperature
    
  • Drive oil pressure and amps for each engine
    
• Plexiglas visor over all gauges
  
• Voltage gauge

• Bridge deck aft
  
• Teak planked decks
  
• 3/4 Isenglass curtains
  
• Three glass windows, forward
  
• Door to the pilothouse
  
• Built-in fighting chair with gimbels, port and starboard, and foot rests
  
• 10-lb CO2 fire extinguisher, tag September 2014
  
• Stainless steel life lings and stanchions
  
• Two overhead lights
  
• Air conditioning trunk between the chairs

The cockpit is good sized with large hatches for access to tanks and steering. There is a door through the transom to the ample swim platform. The boat was used for Scuba diving extensively so the platform and ladder are larger than typical.

There are walk around side decks to the bow. Over the forward cabin is an electric davit with 9 foot hard bottom Avon inflatable with 1995 9.9 HP Honda outboard motor. On the bow is a ten foot fishing pulpit with anchor mounted here plus a backup stainless anchor mounted on deck. A power windlass makes retrieving the anchor much easier.

• Teak planked decks, port, starboard and foredeck
  
• Stainless steel stanchions with vinyl coated life line
  
• Fuel fill port and starboard aft
  
• Water fill port and starboard midships
  
• Raised foredeck with low varnished teak bulwarks
  
• Aluminum pulpit with:
  
  • Stainless steel rails
    
  • Anchor chute with stainless steel roller
    
  • Suncor 45-lb stainless steel Danforth style anchor
    
• Chrome plated brass cleats, port and starboard (foredeck) with chafing strips
  
• Two aluminum hawse eyes on foredeck
  
• Ideal anchor winch
  
• Spare Suncor 70-lb Danforth anchor on deck in chocks
  
• Rope locker in superstructure
  
• Two hatches to the interior
  
• Tender in chocks with canvas cover on the superstructure
  
• Manual tender davit, port
  
• Three windows forward
  
• Forward steaming light
  
• Aluminum frame for bridge hardtop
  
• SSB antenna, starboard
  
• Two vents in superstructure
  
• Lift up hatch for horn and 110-volt outlet
  
• VHF antenna, starboard
  
• Varnished name boards
  
• Port and starboard navigation lights
  
• Rear-view mirror, port

• Teak planked decks with scuppers, port and starboard aft
  
• Enclosed bulwarks, port and starboard, with teak cap rails
  
• Baur 5,000 psi dive compressor with tank fill hoses and canvas cover
  
• 12-step aluminum ladder to the hardtop
  
• 11-step teak stairwell to the bridge with hand railings
  
• 7-step removable teak and aluminum swim ladder
  
• Door to the salon, starboard
  
• Two step custom cockpit steps
  
• 110-volt GFI outlet in port locker
  
• Shore/generator switch and breaker in port locker
  
• Rack for 4 diving tanks, port and starboard
  
• Locker port with:
  
  • Aluminum bit
    
  • Scupper plug
    
  • Bronze cleat
    
  • Aluminum hawse eye
    
  • Shore telephone connection
    
  • 220-volt 50-amp shore power connection
    
  • Cable television connection
    
• Locker starboard with:
  
  • Aluminum bit
    
  • Scupper plug
    
  • Bronze cleat
    
  • Aluminum hawse eye
    
  • Freshwater spigot and washdown hose
    
• Fold up/down cockpit step –starboard
  
• Storage lockers, port and starboard

• 12-kW Northern Lights generator
  
• 110-volt outlets
  
• Port and starboard rudders with linkage arm and two autopilot feedback sensors
  
• Quicksilver galvanic isolator
  
• Port and starboard main engine mufflers
  
• 9.1-lb Fireboy FE241
  
• 12-volt 8D battery in covered box
  
• Two air conditioning raw water pumps
  
• Battery switch, starboard
  
• Acme shore power transformer
  
• Aft cabin drain pump, starboar

The boat is powered with Detroit Diesel naturally aspirated 6-71 engines. These are straight inline engines with each cylinder being 71 cubic inches. The 71 series was first developed in 1938 and built into the early 1990's. Parts and service are available all over the world. Since they have no turbo chargers, they are lower RPM long life engines.

All of the air conditioning has been upgraded over the years and there are diverters for the cool air from the salon to the flybridge.

There are two Northern Lights generators on board for backup electric power at all times. One is located forward and the other is located aft.

• GENERATORS:
  • FORWARD: Northern Lights 8kw - 1100 hours (installed in 1989)
  • AFT: Northern Lights 12kw - 1100 hours (installed in 1999)
• Powermate 110-volt to 32-volt converter / Sentry 12-volt 60-amp
  

• Wood deck
  
• Discharge of oil plaque
  
• Two Aqua Air 16,000 BTU air conditioning compressors
  
• Two Racor fuel filters
  
• 110-A.C. and 32-VDC lights
  
• Sentry 12-volt 60-amp battery charger
  
• 32-VDC bilge pump, forward and aft
  
• Two 12-volt 8D batteries, centerline, with battery switches
  
• Grunert refrigeration compressor, forward
  
• Powermate 110-AC to 32 VDC converter
  
• Stabilizer actuators, port and starboard forward
  
• Battery switch for starboard generator
  
• Vosper stabilizer header tank
  
• KoopNautic stabilizer control box
  
• 5-lb 13-oz halon 1301 bottle (port)
  
• 32-volt fuse panel port forward with two battery switches
  
• Four 8-volt 8D batteries in boxes, port
  
• Autopilot steering pump, port aft
  
• Hydraulic pump on the port engine for the stabilizer
  
• 8-kw generator starboard with fiberglass muffler
  
• Steering reservoir, starboard
  
• Cruisair 5,000 BTU compressor, starboard forward
  
• SEA SSB antenna coupler
  
• 15-lb Sea-Fire halon 1301 cylinder
  
• PTO on starboard engine for the steering pump
  
• Steering fluid cooler, starboard
  
• Stabilizer fluid cooler, port