Blue Turtle is a 1974 40′ DeFever Passagemaker. She is a register antique and is actually 1 year older than Randy. The trawler has a fiberglass hull, that according to our surveyor, “could break glaciers in the arctic”. While some DeFever Passagemakers were manufactured in Taiwan, ours was built by Jensen Marine in California. She’s a single screw with a 185hp Perkins diesel engine and she has bow and stern thrusters. We believe she still has the original Onan generator which actually runs fine, though a little noisy. The cabin layout is what I call a “split floor plan”, the sleeping quarters are split by the main cabin with 1 stateroom in the v-birth and the aft master stateroom located at the stern. The 2 staterooms each have a head (or bathroom for you land lubbers). The Blue Turtle carries 500 gallons of diesel fuel and 200 gallons of water, thanks to our replacement of a busted water tank.
Click here to view a “photo tour” of the inside of Blue Turtle.
Specifications
LOA: 39’8″
Beam: 13’8″
Draft: 4’0
Hull: Full displacement
Mechanical
Single diesel 185hp Perkins T6354 MGT
Onan Diesel generator 7.5 MDJE
500 gallon Fuel tanks
Electric operated Bow Thruster
Mechanical stern thruster
200-gallon water tanks
10-gallon hot water heater
40 gallon holding tank
Electrical
Inverter Battery Charger
Two (2) batteries for engine and bilge pumps.
Four (4) batteries for inverter
Other (1) battery for Generator
Two (2) Mermaid AC units (installed in 2015 and 2017)
Twin 30amp 125 Volt DC shore power hook-up for shore side use
Electronics
Garmin 2010C GPS map
Furano Radar
Radios on upper and lower helm
Two handheld radios
8.1 cubic foot electric refrigerator
Samsung 40″ LED Flat Screen TV
Hull & Deck
Canvas bimini on bridge and aft deck
Console cover for bridge electronics
Lewmar ProFish 1000 Electric Anchor Windlass
45lb Delta anchor, 110′ chain
St. Croix removable dinghy davits
Nautica Rib dinghy, 15hp Nissan outboard
Two (2) dock boxes, one on aft deck one on bridge
Toys
10′ kayak
Two 12′ kayaks
Surfboards (lost count)
Wake boards (lost count)
Sunfish sailboat
