Vessel just completed the loop, and is being prepared for new owner
BLUE MOON is a SEA RANGER 45 built in Taiwan in 1981 by C & L Marine with a solid fiberglass hull. This Raised Pilot house has fiberglass decks with the Europa Sedan appeal. She is a Great Loop veteran looking for her next adventure.
🛥️ Vessel Overview
• Model: Sea Ranger 45 Raised Pilothouse Europa Sedan
• Builder: C&L Marine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Year: 1981
• Length Overall (LOA): 45 ft (13.72 m)
• Beam: 14' 9"
• Draft: Approx. 4' 3"
• Hull Material: Solid fiberglass
• Displacement: 36,500 lbs
• Hull Type: Semi-displacement
• Fuel Type: Diesel
⚙️ Power & Performance
• Engine: Volvo TAMD-40, 165 HP turbocharged 6-cylinder diesel- 5214 Hrs
• Transmission: Borg Warner Velvet Drive
• Cruising Speed: ~8 knots
• Max Speed: ~11 knots
• Generator: Westerbeke 8kW diesel- 2587 Hrs
• Bow Thruster: WESMAR
• Fuel Capacity: 612 gallons (6 aluminum tanks)
• Fresh Water: 200 gallons
• Holding Tank: 30 gallons
🧭 Navigation & Electronics
• Lowrance LCX-28c HD
• Garmin GPS861xsv with Fantom Dome 18X Radar
• Lowrance Link 8 VHF
• ProMariner 1220 charger
• Xantrex TrueCharge 20
🏡 Interior & Layout
• Cabins: 2 staterooms
◦ Master and guest staterooms with queen-size berths
• Heads: 1 large head with shower
• Salon: Spacious with Europa-style windows
• Galley: Functional layout with updated appliances
• Pilothouse: Raised helm station with excellent visibility
🌊 Exterior Features
• Decks: Fiberglass with teak accents
• Cockpit: Ideal for docking and line handling
• Tender: 2002 Achilles 10'2" rigid inflatable with outboard
• Windlass: Rebuilt in 2021
• Bridge Clearance: 19' 5"
🔧 Notable Upgrades & Maintenance
• New prop, shaft, and fuel tanks
• Freshwater and engine circulation pumps replaced
• Heat exchangers serviced (2021)
• Bottom job completed (Nov 24')
• VictronConnect controller with 4 100W solar panels
This Sea Ranger 45 is Great Loop capable, known for its sturdy build, efficient cruising, and timeless trawler aesthetics. With thoughtful upgrades and a comfortable layout, it’s a fantastic choice for long-range cruising or liveaboard life.
Entering the salon through the starboard cockpit entry, you will find the dinette port and aft, the galley up is forward of L - shaped seating. Cabinetry starboard aft, step up to the Pilothouse, door access to port & starboard making locking easy. Wheelhouse has a movable captain's chair with good visibility, bench seat for guests or single berth for naps on those long crossings. Forward of the wheelhouse step down the spiral stairs for passage to both staterooms and large head.
Guest stateroom is port forward of engine room access. Port lights and storage are not short. Forward is the master stateroom with walk around center line queen, The head is situated starboard allowing easy access for all staterooms. Back through the salon into the cockpit, transom door opens to a teak swim platform, turning to port & up the steps to the bridge.
Port bridge is the barbeque grill, starboard is the dinghy with davit. Forward bridge, upper station covered by aluminum frame top.
Blue Moon offers a walk around center line queen berth in the master stateroom. Guest stateroom has 3/4 berth port side, roomy and comfortable. Enclosed large head across to the starboard, aft of the master. The bench seating in the pilothouse can be used as a single berth.
The huge salon offers L-shaped seating with dinette port aft. Forward in the salon on the port side is the large galley.
Starboard aft just inside the salon entry is storage cabinetry.
Forward starboard grants access to the pilothouse. Cabin sole is teak and holly. Salon windows are large, being covered by the bridge the Europa style keeps the salon cooler on warmer days.
Aft and starboard is access to the cockpit.
The Galley up is port and forward of the dinette.
-Tundra refrigerator freezer
-Mariner 3 burner gas stove with oven
-Cuisinart toaster oven
-Keurig coffee maker
-Stainless double sink
-Cooktop exhaust vent
-Storage drawers
-Overhead cabinetry
-Teak & Holly sole
-Barbeque grill on bridge
The lower helm is center and forward of the salon in the pilothouse. A movable Sea Post helm chair sits forward of the bench seating. Door access on both sides of the pilothouse make locks and docks easy.
The master stateroom has a center line queen walkaround berth, port lights, shelves, book storage, hanging locker, reading lights, teak & holly sole, deck hatch.
The guest stateroom is port aft of the master. The guest stateroom has a 3/4 berth on the far wall. The guest stateroom has reading lights, hanging locker, shelve and port lights. The cabin sole is teak & holly.
The flybridge offers a aluminum frame top, non-skid deck, seating, barbeque grill on port rail, dinghy on starboard with davit. Upper helm is center and forward. Steps to cockpit are aft on the port side.
-Robertson auto pilot 2500
-Lowrance LCX 28 HD chartplotter/sonar
-Garmin GPS861xsv with Fantom Dome 18X Radar
-Standard Horizon VHF
-Lowrance Link 8 VHF
-Class B AIS
-Tracvision
-TV antenna
Lowrance HDS5 GPS/ sonar
-SH depth sounder
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.
Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
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