DeFever 52 Pilothouse

General

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE GALORE! DIESEL ENGINES! What a wonderful liveaboard or long-range cruiser this is. She fits four people perfectly, with two staterooms and two heads. and so many great features you really have to come see her to believe it! She has a lot of very nice upgrades, a new generator, new batteries, and she shows beautifully. Her bottom was done with new zincs in 2023. This beautiful, versatile boat is ready for you today!

Accommodations

The bright, beautiful salon welcomes you inside through her double doors from the cockpit. On port, the large L-shaped settee offers comfortable seating to four or more adults. A couple of additional chairs round out the salon on starboard. There is a TV cabinet, a side table and a hi-lo cocktail/dining table. Forward, the U-shape galley is surprisingly large and has oodles of counter space and storage. There is a Princess range, home-sized Whirlpool refrigerator with bottom drawer freezer, and a double basin sink. Next to the galley, stairs take you into the wheelhouse. If you’re a captain who likes to navigate with folks by your side, the nearby settee with coffee table means you’ll have company while underway. Storage options continue throughout the wheelhouse. Sliding side doors give you easy access to the side decks. Down in the bow you have two heads, the master stateroom, and the v-berth guest room with large single bunks in a semi-bunk style. A hanging closet and drawers offer nice storage for overnights. The main guest head is accessed from the hallway. Aft is the main stateroom featuring a walk-around queen sized bed, storage units all around, hanging closets, an ensuite head, and more. Both heads have a shower and Vacuflush toilets. An eight-gallon water heater, 400 gallons of fresh water, and a 70-gallon holding tank serve your septic and water needs. She also has a Village Marine Tech water maker. Inside access to the flybridge is also reached from the wheelhouse. In all, Adagio sleeps four adults quite comfortably. A diesel hydronic furnace keeps everyone warm on cold days. Throughout this grand vessel, her warm teak wood, lovely furnishing, and bow-to-stern accent features like wall lighting, window coverings, and more, make this a highly appreciated, beautiful vessel by all who visit her.

On Deck

Accessing these lovely decks is easy whether you are docked on her port side, her starboard side, or from the transom, as she has doors on each side mid ship, a important feature for safe access when docking. Her covered side decks add a wonderful feature to her walk-around design. The entire circumference of the boat around her Portuguese bridge has high, solid sides. If you plan to host children or dogs, you’ll love the safety of her solid-sided deckspace. Her aft deck is huge and partially covered, with enough room for numerous chairs or even a deck dinette. A large grill shares space with a single basin sink and storage, perfect for grilling fresh catch right out of the water. In the bow, you have standing room within the bridge area, but there is also huge space in the bow. You can set up chairs for cruising, use this space to store large toys or gear, or you can fish several folks from here. Access to the spacious flybridge is from the cockpit ladder. There is an oversized settee behind the captain’s chair, all covered by the canvas bimini. Whatever your dreams are, this functional and exceptionally safe deck can achieve them. This package also comes with two Scotty downriggers for easy fishing. 

Engines and Mechanical

Reliable diesel power supports this beauty’s notable qualities. She has twin 135-horsepower 1990 Perkins model m135 diesel engines with 3,225 hours on each. They were last serviced on May 15, 2024. She cruises at 8 knots at 2,250 rpm. Her six steel fuel tanks carry a generous total of 1,450 gallons of fuel and she utilizes a scant two gallons of fuel per hour, making her range a lengthy 2,000 miles max between fuel stops. She has bronze four-blade props with a spare, wet heat exchange, Borg Warner reduction gear, and Microcommander engine controls. There is a 10-horsepower Yamaha auxiliary engine. For anchoring, you have a 30kg Bruce anchor on a Maxwell 3500 capstan winch with 300 feet of chain. There is also a spare Danforth anchor.

Electrical and Electronics

Adagio has a well-rounded navigations and fish-finding electronics package at her helm, centered on a Furuno electronics including an auto pilot, plotter and depth sounder. She has a Furuno Navtec multi-function GPS. For communications, you have an Icom VHF. There is also a Furuno Navtec GPS at the flybridge. When you are at the dock, plug her into the 30 amp shore power. She also has a NEW Northern Lights 5kw gen set with only 279 hours on it and a Northern Lights 8kw diesel gen set with 4,195 hours on it for when you’re underway. She has a Stat Power battery charger, a Prosine inverter, eight 6v sealed start batteryes, and two 8D in the housebank. Her batteries are all NEW in 2024. For entertainment, you have a JVC surround sound stereo and a Toshiba TV. Adagio has all the small electrical/electronic features you expect from a well-rounded package like this, from windshield wipers to lighting throughout the vessel. Come aboard her and see what surprises she has to show you!

Additional Information

Off the stern, Adagio comes with a 4-person Avon dinghy on an easy-to-operate davit.

Disclaimer

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.