Earlier this fall we posted about putting our Monk on the market and possibly getting a larger boat. The ended up falling apart due to various factors. Well, time sometimes has a way of bringing things back to you that are just meant to be. We are proud to introduce our "new" member to the family and our "new" boat, a 1987 Bayliner 4550 Pilothouse. We closed on her earlier this week. She is currently in Iuka, MS at Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina. Iuka is basically at the start of the Tennessee-Tom Bigbee Waterway near MM 216 of the TN River. We will cruise her up the TN River to Chattanooga sometime this next month. She has a few things we will do to her- exterior needs a good buff and wax, exterior brightwork will be totally redone, we'll most likely put in some new corian countertops and replace some of the interior soft goods to suit our tastes and then also a little bit of mechanical upgrades. She is, however, already pretty well good to go and a very comfortable boat.
Some basic specs:
Twin 220hp Hino diesels (4GPH @ hull speed).
3 stateroom/2 head layout with one head having a separate stand up shower, the other a shower/tub combo.
Full beam width salon with tons of seating, wet bar, and full galley.
Galley has a 3 burner stove, an oven, and...drum roll...a trash compactor. I am ridiculously excited about the trash compactor (anyone who spends a lot of time aboard with a family can relate!).
Her interior is also fit with a washer/dryer and a central vacuum- pretty much all the comforts of home.
She has two helm stations with the lower one being an absolutely awesome raised pilothouse complete with radar, 10" Garmin GPS, autopilot, VHF, hailer, etc.
Her flybridge has a full helm up top, seating for around 12-15 and storage for her 2003 10' RIB dinghy and 2003 15hp outboard, all lowered by her davit winch.
Water access is very easy via a nice cockpit off the salon.
We absolutely love, and I mean LOVE our Monk 36 but we simply need more space since I use it as our floating office for my yacht brokerage firm, as well as our summer home for the family. We are looking forward to being able to stretch out a little more with our new pilothouse!
Some pictures....
The lower helm/pilothouse:
View from pilothouse during sea trial (in the rain- LOVE the all weather protection!!):
View from pilothouse:
Cockpit off of the main salon:
Main salon:
Galley:
Having closed on and now owning our "new" boat, our beloved Monk 36, "Living Light," is very much for sale. If you or anyone you know is in the market for a lovingly restored classic trawler look no further. Obviously if you are reading this you can scroll through our blog to see how much we love her. You can also visit yachtworld to see the 110 pictures and full specs we have of her online by clicking
HERE.
We will miss our Monk but hope to find her a loving and caring new caretaker soon. Stay tuned for our continued adventures aboard our new pilothouse which we have decided to name "Watermark," after my yacht brokerage firm,
Watermark Marine Group.
