Kealoha

09/16/2023

Moved to the inside … just to be sure with 11 docks lines. Was still concerned about other boats floating up until dabarge docked right behind Kealoha and drove 2 pylons into the seabed.

05/27/2023

The sun is shinin down on her!

02/04/2023

A cold winter sunset… 🥶

01/15/2023

01/15/2023

Hello friends. After much consideration, we are selling Kealoha due to limited time and an old back injury that restricts the annual maintenance upkeep and primary duties she deserves.

This Grand Banks 32’ Sedan Trawler “Kealoha” is a wood hull built in 1969 and stamped #163 out of 861 produced from 1966 to 1996.

She has been a generous and loving vessel in so many ways ;) We’ve put in countless hours of updates over the last two years and she in turn rewarded us with boatloads of great memories! We’ve cruised day trips and overnight stays from Portsmouth NH to; the Isle of Shoals, Boothbay, Provincetown, Gloucester, Martha’s Vineyard, multiple trips whale watching through Stellwagen bank, and more. We've hosted a hundred overnight guests all boasting exceptional reviews.

When you own a Grand Banks, you are in the club with other GB enthusiasts... we met many, many other Grand Banks owners. The GB community is friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and welcoming. It's an amazing group to be a part of!

Kealoha is a beautiful pocket cruiser ready for new owners to take her on new adventures! She is currently in the water, winterized, shrink-wrapped, and secured at a dock slip through the Winter. Full details, recent work and photos are posted at kealohastyle.com. Reach out to schedule an appointment to come see her! Send a direct message through fb or contact us through our website.

• 120hp Ford Lehman Diesel engine, 6-cylinder
• Cruising Speed of 6.5 knots
• Fuel consumption is 2.5 gph at cruising speed
• Aluminum fuel tanks hold 104 gallons
• Forward v-berth sleeping quarters for 2 adults
• Bathroom toilet, sink and hot+cold water shower
• Double bunk settee sleeps 2
• Convertible dinette sleeps 1-2
• Kitchen with sink, fridge and 4 burner gas stove/oven
• Fresh water and black water holding tanks
• Flybridge seats 6 adults
• Cockpit seats 4 adults
• Upper and lower helm controls
• Recent updates in 2021 & 2022

https://kealohastyle.com

For sale is Kealoha, a 32′ Grand Banks Trawler built in 1969 by American Marine Ltd. We purchased her in July 2020 and personally invested more than 3000 hours of renovation work topped off with fresh coats of paint and varnish– added with hints of vintage, tiki-styled decor that compliments the...

09/05/2022

Looking west over Wingaersheek beach. What an amazing day and evening this past Saturday.

08/12/2022

Kalmar Nyckel beginning to unfurl its sails. .nyckel

06/29/2022

On the outside this Season… easy come, easy go.

04/27/2022

Chasing an issue that began when the motor stalled at idle, this led me through a series of “things to check”. The starter, starter solenoid, is there enough power reaching the starter, hand turn the crankshaft, and finally learned the flywheel is seized. So, when these damper plates fail, pieces of metal fall off into the flywheel housing and stay there until they are jiggled between the flywheel and the case. About a 1/8” space. At low rpm’s or idle, eventually the loose metal gets stuck and the flywheel will stop turning. You now have a seized flywheel. It’s about an hour to get at the flywheel by removing the propeller shaft, the transmission and transmission bell housing. Then another 3-4 hours removing lodged metal pieces with pick tools from the failed damper plate. Looking at the failed damper plate, there’s one piece of metal spring that broke off, HOWEVER, there are more broken metal springs that I found when removing all the loose pieces that froze the flywheel. Seems the last time it was replaced they DID NOT do a thorough job of cleaning up the loose metal from the previously failed damper plate. JEEZ. And here I am putting a new one in. They say the damper plate will last 2500 hours. I will install this new damper plate and document this in my maintenance log. Tips to know if your vessel has a single diesel motor- Ford Lehman 120hp Diesel.

12/12/2021

The skeleton is up and prepping other things before the wrap.

11/22/2021

Took the mast and boom down to paint and update over the winter. Also getting her ready for the winter hibernation. Knew those pool noodles would come handy!!

09/15/2021

Although the weather was overcast during our stay in Vineyard Haven, our spirits were all sunshine ☀️.