SOLD – 36′ Penobscot Boat Works Flybridge Cruiser (1961/2000)Email This Listing to a Friend

This is a very exceptional PENBO trawler. Following a complete rebuild in 2000, GRIFFIN has had the benefit of being owned and meticulously cared for by professional mariners and superior boatyard craftsmen. That combination of talent has seen to continuous maintenance as well as upgrades to equipment and outfitting that will assure its continued longevity.

Her classic “New England” look and rugged work boat styling created by Carl and Bob Lane of Penobscot Boat Works in Rockport, Maine, are eye catching and head turning wherever she goes.

GRIFFIN is in yacht condition, done-up and cared for to a very high standard. No issues. It has a roomy inviting interior and is a comfortable live-aboard capable of full time cruising. The boat is freshly painted this October, 2021.

A comprehensive history of the boat, derived from the PENBO Owners Association records is available as well as instruction manuals and historic records from previous owners.

Wonderful boat! I can’t say enough about what nice condition this boat is in.

Owners art work and personal effects do not convey.

HULL & DECK

* Green hull, white boot top, red bottom

* Cedar carvel planking, fastened with silicone bz screws

* 1-3/4″ x 1-1/2″ steam bent oak frames on 10″ centers: sistered in 2000 where needed

* Semi-displacement hull with full keel protected by a worm shoe

* Oak keel

* Oak rub rail with bronze striker

* 4″ x 8″ oak stringers

* Oak framing

* Cedar on oak frame transom, rebuilt 2001

* Attached swim platform

* Painted marine plywood cabin structure and fly bridge with fiberglass overlay

* Fiberglass over decks, cabin tops, and fly bridge

* Decks have painted cream non-skid finish

* Bronze deck hardware including bronze stanchions, single lifelines, and bow pulpit

* Mahogany handrails with bz hdw along sides of pilothouse; also several bz handles

* New butterfly hatch on trunk cabin top

* Bronze port lights

* Pilothouse forward facing windows open out

* S/S ladder with teak treads to fly bridge

* 6 bronze sea cocks

* Bimini top

* Dual helms

* Skeg mounted rudder

ENGINE & MECHANICALS

* Single 1999 Yanmar 6LP-DTE 250HP, 6 cylinder, FWC, diesel, 850 hr

* Hurth transmission

* Racor 500FG fuel filter

* Bz sea strainer

* Fiberglass wet muffler

* 8″ x 4″ oak engine beds

* Morse mechanical engine controls

* 1-1/2″ stainless prop shaft

* 4 blade bronze Michigan prop, 20″ x 17″RH and reconditioned spare on board

* Bronze stuffing box

* Shaft line cutter

* Hynautic hydraulic steering

* Halon automatic fire suppression system

* Fiberglass drip pan under engine

* Bennett trim tabs

ELECTRICALS

* 12V and 110V electrical systems

* 2 12V lead acid starting batteries, 1 6D house battery (new 2019)

* 4 position battery switch

* 30 amp shore power with 50 cord

* Bass circuit breaker panels, 110V panel new 2020

* Charles 30 amp battery charger

* Alternator, engine driven

* 11 gal Seaward hot water heater

* Vessel was completely rewired in 1999 refit

ACCOMODATIONS

* Pilot house is entered from the cockpit through a hinged door, with seat/bunk to port, with storage for safety gear under. The pilothouse cabin sole is varnished teak and holly

* Helm is fwd to starboard

* Engine access is through large hatches in pilothouse sole

* Sound-deadening overhead liner

* Opening pilothouse windows w/screens

* Several steps down into the main salon is the galley to port with 12V Adler Barbour refrigerated icebox, S/S sink with H/C pressurized water, and three burner Force 10 propane stove/oven. Ample storage and counter space

* Across to starboard is a dinette for four w/cushions. Dinette converts to a double berth. Shelving and cabinets around dinette provide ample storage

* Forward of dinette is the spacious head with manual Wilcox head, S/S sink, and ample counter and storage space En-suite H/C shower in head with sealed drain pan with sump

* Across is a hanging locker; on the port bulkhead is a Force 10 LPG cabin heater

* Generous Vee berth forward with filler insert for comfortable two person accommodation

* Chain locker forward of Vee berth with good access to rode

* 3 Mahogany trimmed large bookshelves in Vee berth

* Fixed lights at aft end of VEE berth for good exterior views from berth.

* Openable foredeck hatch with fixed deadlight above berth with sliding screen

* Cabin interior is painted white with varnished mahogany trim; cabin sole is varnished original first growth fir planking in the Herreshoff style

ELECTRONICS

* 2003 ICOM M502 VHF on fly bridge with remote mic in pilothouse

* 2007 Raymarine twin E-120 color GPS-chartplotter in pilot house and fly bridge w/radar overlay (2013 Raymarine updated with latest Navionics)

*2007 Raymarine enclosed radar scanner on mast

* 2007 Raymarine ST-40 depth sounder

* 2020 Si-Tex SP-70 auto pilot w/upper and lower controls

* 6″ lighted Danforth compass in pilothouse

* Azimuth 1000 Electronic compass on fly bridge

* Air Horn with new compressor and Fog Signal controller

EQUIPMENT

* Lewmar 12v windlass with remote control in pilot house and foot switches on bow

* Ship’s clock with tide

* 2-10 lb propane tanks w/electric solenoid and shut off in galley

* Windshield wiper

* Rule automatic 2000 gph bilge pump; Rule automatic 1500 gph bilge pump

* Bilge Water Sensor with Alarm (Water Witch)

* Bilge Pump cycle counter (Water Witch)

* 35lb CQR plow anchor with 250′ line and 100′ 3/8″ galv chain

* Danforth anchor w/rode

* Anchor snubber w/stowage

* Mooring line/fender stowage rack

* Dock lines, fenders w/covers

* Boarding ladder, Wood

* S/S telescoping boat hook

* 8 life jackets

* 2 life rings

* First Aid kit

* Horn

* Portable spotlight

* Bow docking lights built into hull

* Cockpit shower

* 3 Dorade ventilators

* Shower sump pump

* Macerator pump

* Stereo with speakers in Pilothouse

* Navigation lights

* 2 fire extinguishers

* Engine room fire extinguishing system

* Sunbrella covers for fly bridge, aft deck awning, aft deck seat, butterfly hatch, V berth hatch, and forward pilothouse windows

RECENT BY CURRENT OWNER 10/16-9/21

Current owner work list October 2016 through September 2021

Wood/Structural

Replaced damaged section of cap rail and rub rail on stbd side at break of deck

Removed both port and stbd former gas lockers at break of deck.

Repaired ceilings, small sections of bulkhead and framing in way of stbd gas locker renewal. Maintaining ‘step up’ as original but with opening below step.

Removed teak grub on port side of pilot house and trunk aft of butterfly hatch. Routed out damaged bulkhead plywood and splined the joint under the grub. Reinstalled grubs as original.

Removed both brass port lights, cleaned, re-bedded and reinstalled

Removed both (2) pilothouse front openable windows, rebuilt and reinstalled same

Scarfed out damaged plywood on bottom of panels immediately below forward most pilothouse side windows. Splined removed material with mahogany and epoxied into place

Replaced 8’ port side sheer rub rail approximately midship and 3’ on stbd side where soft

Scarfed out soft plank butts on port side in 8 locations. Replaced with tapered epoxied and bronze screw fastened cedar planks, faired and painted with hull.

Repaired soft wood area on aft port cap rail corner in aft deck cockpit

Repaired lower section of mast where joint with lower mast alignment pin sits

Scarfed out damaged wood on end of boom and renewed same

Paint/Varnish

Restored lower cabin sole in galley, hall, and V berth, from painted to varnished surface

Restored Name and Hail boards and installed on transom

Painted interior of aft deck hatch

Painted interior of engine access hatches

‘Wooded’ both sides of the pilot house and repainted in 2018-2019

Painted entire hull 2019 and 2021

Painted entire deck and waterways 2020

Painted interior of bulwarks 2020

Varnished all exterior bright work 2019 and 2020, 2021

Painted and varnished fly bridge interior and exterior, 2019, 2021

Painted mast and boom

Stripped and sanded and varnished all wood blocks on mast and re-rigged

Painted galley area and all cabinetry in salon

Stripped bright finish off swim step

Installed canvas gunn’l guard on swim step

Mechanical

Replaced fly bridge hydraulic telemotor steering box due to corrosion on original 2020

Replaced raw water impeller on engine, July 2019

Replaced Teleflex cables from fly-bridge to pilothouse Morse controls 2021

Annual engine fluids changes and engine pencil zincs

Replaced Trim Tab Hydraulic unit 2020

Installed new Auto Pilot system complete in 2020

Service propeller reconditioned and reinstalled 2021

Spare propeller reconditioned 2021

Electrical

Replaced air horn air compressor and circuit breaker feed to the compressor

Repaired internal mast wiring

Replaced House battery 2019

Added anchor windlass control foot switches on bow adjacent windlass 2017

Replaced pressure switch on potable water pump 2018

Added LED red/white light in head 2020

Installed new LED lighting in engine compartment 2020

Added USB 12V outlets in Vee Berth and Fly Bridge 2019

Replaced Stereo/CD player in salon 2017

Added under counter low wattage lighting in galley 2017

Replaced 120V AC power panel in pilothouse 2020

Replaced Bennett Trim Tab hydraulic unit 2020

Navigation

Installed Raymarine E 120 chart plotter in pilothouse identical to fly bridge unit

Installed Si-Tex SP- 70 Autopilot with control in pilothouse and on fly bridge

Canvas/ Soft Goods

Reupholstered all cushions in dinette

Re-covered throw pillows to suit new décor

Made custom vee berth cushion coverlet

Made fly bridge Sunbrella cover

Made cockpit bench seat Sunbrella cover

Made white Sunbrella cover for butterfly hatch

Made white Sunbrella cover for deck chairs stowage aft bulkhead of pilothouse

Made white Sunbrella ‘bra’ for forward pilothouse forward windows.

Outfitting

Trimmed all galley cupboard doors with varnished teak wood

Installed sound and thermal insulation to engine access hatches in pilot house

Installed gas assist lift shocks on both engine hatches in pilothouse

Installed gas assist lift shock to aft deck hatch

Rebuilt existing and spare Wilcox Crittenton Skipper heads

Reset boom on mast and rigged aft awning which had been supplied with the boat covering aft deck

Removed extra rigging and hardware from mast and boom presumably from former steady sail

Changed existing Bruce anchor with 35# plow type

Resized 3 drawer ‘dresser’ inside pilot house to clear obstruction at rear door

Removed ‘Old Fashioned Anchor’ and stowage from foredeck

Built stowage racks for anchor snubber, mooring lines and cleaning supplies in lazarette.

Added varnished trim to vee berth forward shelf

Replaced cloth lamp shades in head and vee berth

Recut mast base plinth to permit pilot house door to open more fully

Built dinghy stowage and rigging on swim step

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