Grenfell Aft Cabin Motoryacht

"HONU II"is one of two 40' Grenfell Yachts built in Vancouver in 1968, that has been boathouse kept and professionally maintained by Abernethy & Gaudin in Brentwood Bay. The mechanical maintenance has been done by Ben Gartside of Gartside Marine Services in Sidney. She is equipped with an Electro-Guard Bonding System, and had major upgrades to the 110 Volt wiring.

She is absolutely gorgeous, unique and is in sound condition. A full "Dave Richardson" refit was undertaken in 1999, in which $100,000 was spent by the previous owner.  The refit included refastening, new house and decks, interior and more!    Many upgrades have been completed under the care of her present owner. 

This Classic vessel is in Bristol "show boat" condition and must be seen to be fully appreciated.

Her 45' boat house features easy entry, curtain, enviro-floatation, 30 amp power both to port and starboard and a low voltage "electric otter fence", is available to purchase upon the sale of the vessel.

Layout and Interior

The forward cabin has a single upper berth, a larger lower berth with drawers beneath the berth. There is storage shelves and hanging locker in the forward cabin. Adjacent is the forward head with vanity, stainless steel basin and a electric head.

In the main salon you will find 4 new chairs and beautiful interior.

There are two TVs - the second one is a flat screen Toshiba (ac) with built in DVD

The aft cabin has 2 - 3/4 berths with drawers under, a built in 8 drawer bureau and a large hanging locker and has an ensuite with vanity storage cabinet, porcelain shell sink, electric head and separate shower stall with water miser shower head. All mattresses and duvets were custom made for the boat and are VERY comfortable

The galley is located on the pilothouse deck with double doors opening on to a covered aft teak deck. It is equipped with a stainless steel sink, Force 10 CNG stove (with 3 storage tanks), microwave oven and a NovaKool 110V AC / 12V DC refrigerator.

There are 200 gallons of fresh water storage in 2 - 100 gallon tanks

Heads: Both are have with Y valves with a 25 gallon holding tank with 12V Macerator and Tank gauge.

Interior has Espar diesel forced air heating.

Electronics and Electrical

• 4KW Onan diesel generator in insulated enclosure
• 60 amp and 30 amp built in battery chargers operated separately or together
• Cole-Herse battery switch
• 2 - 4D starting batteries, 3 - 8D house batteries
• E7D Hybrid Touch Chartplotter with Digital Radar Overlay
• Furuno GPS
• ICOM VHF radio has DSC feature and own MMSI identity for effective MAYDAY calls
• ICOM Handheld VHF radio
• Depth sounder
• Electrical aircraft compass
• Electro guard bonding system with ground fault protection
• Search light and loud hailer
• AC/DC colour TV with built in VCR
• 110 Volt electrical wiring has been professionally upgraded
• Stereo system and CD player
• 3 bilge pumps
• Automatic fire suppression system in engine room
• 2 - 50' 30 amp shore power cords

Mechanical

• Twin Volvo TAMD 40B diesels, 6 cylinder 165 HP FWC
• 1.68 to 1 reduction gears
• 2 Spare propellers
• Racor fuel filters
• Wagner hydraulic steering with autopilot
• Spare rudder
• Fire pump in engine room (switch in upper port side stowage locker in salon) - used for anchor/chain washdown

Ground Tackle and Shore Boat

• Ideal Electric anchor windlass powered up and down
• Bruce primary anchor with approximately 120' chain and 200' 5/8" rode
• Stainless steel stern anchor with approximately 30' chain and 100' rode
• Stainless steel folding 3rd anchor with rode
• Rigid bottom Aquapro inflatable dinghy
• 3.5 HP Mercury 4 stroke outboard engine 
• Oars and oarlocks
• Custom designed teak and aluminum transom mounted boarding ladder with quick release
• Custom heavy duty mooring bridle

Hull Deck and Exterior Finishes

The hull is lapstrake mahogany planking, sawn mahogany and bent oak frames, smooth mahogany planking over marine plywood bottom and teak swim grid with transom gate. Hull sides were stripped to clean wood and replugged, 6 coats of 2 part high build primer was applied with 3 coats of 2 part finish over top.

The cabin sides were permanently sealed against moisture and movement with 3 coats of West System Epoxy with 6 coats of 2 part clear coat applied for high UV protection. The cabin tops have were replaced with marine plywood sheathing with fiberglass over and 2 coats of 2 part finish coat in 1999.

The decks are glued teak....no screws to leak.

Upgrades

• Raymarine E7D Hybrid Touch Chartplotter with Digital Radar Overlay
• Electro Guard Electrolosis Protection upgrade
• New Heads and hoses
• 110 Volt electrical wiring has been professionally upgraded

Recent upgrades

• Solar panels 385w 48v which generate plenty of extra electricity to stay at anchor without running the genset or motoring.
• New house and starter batteries
•  Engine cooling system rebuild in 2019
• Electric Torquedo outboard for the dinghy
• New (modern) cellular pull down blinds
• New forward window shade to replace old horizontal blinds
• Brightwork redone in 2021
• Re-chroming of hardware - ongoing annually
• New lights in the salon
• Overhaul of the autopilot hydraulic motor but needs a control head 
• Beefing up of the hull around the haul out points to ensure safe haul outs
• New flex tube exhaust ‘bumps’ at stern port and starboard 2021
• New synthetic teak floors forward and in the helm
• Zincs have been serviced by diver every 6 months

Without exaggeration over $15,000 in upgrades

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.