1958 Trumpy Fantail Houseboat

BERNADETTE, Contract #380, is the last coveted Trumpy fantail houseboats built. She was originally named AURORA, commissioned and designed by John Trumpy himself as his personal yacht. Later names, in the correct order, include: MARCOO, PRIMA DONNA, DARIL-X, SYLVIA, AURORA, LITCHFIELD LADY, and finally BERNADETTE. Her present owner has continued the first-rate custodianship of this very fortunate yacht performing a complete multi-million dollar rebuild in 2009 and maintaining her to exact standards since. Those inspecting her will find her in excellent mechanical and cosmetic condition with updated systems, basically wanting for nothing but a new owner’s personal touches.

Key Features:

• Most desired galley-up arrangement plan

• Large unique fantail aft deck

• 2 Guest staterooms with beautiful ensuite heads

• Large crew accommodations with 2 cabins

• Exhaustive 2009 multi-million dollar refit including a full repower and much more

• In beautiful condition throughout

BERNADETTE features John Trumpy's most desirable “galley-up” arrangement plan. Wheelhouse forward, followed by a full beam galley (with pass-through to the salon and access to the port side deck), large salon, and a beautiful fantail aft deck that can be open to the breeze or enclosed during inclement weather. Crew area is forward on the lower level followed by the engine room, two full beam cabins with ensuite heads.

Forward is a John Trumpy designed and built chest of drawers and a swing door to the galley and built in corner cupboard to starboard. All saloon paneling is beautifully finished in black walnut. Plenty of light is let in by large windows and the entrance to a beautiful aft fantail deck is centerline aft.

• Black walnut saloon

• 4 x McGuire bamboo chairs

• 2 x McGuire bamboo cushioned cane easy chairs

• 2 x McGuire bamboo and cane side tables

• McGuire bamboo and glass coffee table

• Sofa

• Carpeted sole

• 4 x Roll down windows with grass blinds

• 2 x Large, fixed windows with grass blinds

• 5 x Wall sconces

• Built in China and glassware cabinet 

• Audio / Video locker and hidden flat screen TV

• Denon multi-zone receiver

• Denon 5-disk CD player

• Sony DVD player

• Direct TV receiver

• Screen door to aft deck

• Solid door with glass panel to the aft deck

• John Trumpy designed and built chest of drawers

• Samovar tea lamps

• Corian countertops

• GE Profile electric stainless 4-burner glass stovetop 

• GE stainless convection microwave with exhaust fan (2019)

• Liebherr custom built-in refrigerator and freezer

• Fisher & Paykel stainless dishwasher

• Nespresso coffee maker

• Cuisinart toaster

• Wine fridge

• Large sink with spray handle faucet

• Cork flooring

• Large starboard window

• Overhead butterfly hatch with screen

• Very good storage for foodstuffs, plates, glasses, etc.

• Wheelhouse access via a lockable door with screen 

• Salon access via a swing door

• Access to the port side deck via Dutch door

• Port and starboard wing doors

• Companionway access to crew quarters/engine room

• Access to galley

• Cork flooring

• Large helm bench on aft bulkhead with custom “rifle butt” footrest finish

• Opening center window

• Chelsea ships bell and barometer

BERNADETTE features a full beam master cabin located midship. A previous owner changed the existing original separate twin berths to a more updated centerline king berth layout in keeping with the tradition of the vessel. The hall just outside the master contains a linen closet and large under stair closet containing a central vac system. 

• Centerline king berth

• 2 x Reading lamps

• Port and starboard chest of drawers

• Bulkhead mounted mirrors

• 4 x Opening ports with curtains

• 2 x Large hanging lockers

• Air conditioning control

• Carbon monoxide detector

• Fitted and bound wall-to-wall carpet

• TV

• Completely remodeled in 2009

• Full size walk-in tiled shower

• Hammered sink with vanity

• Tile flooring

• VacuFlush head

• Large mirror

• 2 x Opening ports with sliding louvered blinds

• Original water pitcher and glasses

BERNADETTE features a generous full beam guest cabin aft in its original configuration with two large fore and aft berths to port and starboard. A centerline chest of drawers and two large hanging lockers also compliment this airy cabin. 

• 2 x Twin lower berths to port and starboard with a chest of drawers in between

• 2 x Reading lamps

• 4 x Opening ports with sliding louvered blinds

• Smoke and carbon monoxide detector

• 2 x Hanging locker

• Fitted and bound wall to wall carpet

• Air conditioning controls

• Bookcases

• Completely remodeled 2009

• Large tile shower

• Hammered sink with vanity 

• Tile flooring

• VacuFlush head

• Large mirror

• 2 x Opening ports with louvered blinds

• Direct access to hall or cabin

• Original water pitcher and glasses

Located forward and accessed via a companionway ladder from the pilothouse, it is comprised of a bunk room forward, separate Captain’s cabin, a nice sized settee with laundry area and direct access to the engine room. Finished in white paneling and oak trim.

• Enclosed VacuFlush head forward with wash basin and access to anchor locker

• Separate enclosed stall shower

• Separate enclosed Captain’s cabin with single berth and drawer storage

• Twin upper and lower berths with reading lamps to starboard

• Overhead hatch access/ventilation

• Great locker and drawer storage

• 2 x Large, hanging lockers

• Dinette to port with drop leaf table

• Small crew galley with stainless sink

• Cuisinart stainless convection oven / toaster

• Cuisinart stainless coffee maker

• Splendide 7100XC combo washer/dryer

• Vizio TV

• Bound and fitted wall-to-wall carpeting

• Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

• Air conditioning controls

• Engine room access

• Teak covered side decks and fantail

• 2 x Bow storage lockers / bench seats with Sunbrella cushions in Toast

• Bench seating forward of pilothouse with Sunbrella cushions in Toast

• Fully enclosable aft deck w/wing doors and isinglass enclosure

• All aft deck canvas and isinglass is new 

• Original Trumpy aft fantail seat

• 4 x McGuire cushioned bamboo aft deck chairs

• McGuire bamboo inspired aft deck high/low table

• Buffet/Bar area with Isotherm wet ice maker and storage

• Mast on roof/boat deck with owner absent and meal light

• Custom folding radar mount

• MarQuipt boarding platform and stairs

• Mahogany boarding ladder

• MarQuipt 600lb electric tender davit 

• Custom tender bracket for lowering tender

• Custom 14’ lapstrake tender built by Hylan and Brown Boatbuilders in Brooklin, ME

• Roll-up inflatable with Torqeedo outboard and two batteries

• 2 x 80kg stainless plow anchors

• Spare Danforth anchor

• Electric windlass with deck control

• Varnish on the entire vessel is in excellent shape

• Fresh water wash-down spigot on foredeck

• Saltwater wash-down system with spigot on foredeck

• Assorted fenders and lines

• Assorted lifejackets and all USCG required safety gear, placards and lighting

• Ring buoys

• Winslow 8-person life raft

• 2 x Varnished Boat hooks

• Ships bell

• Spot free dockside soft water system

• Hull is constructed of double planked mahogany on oak frames

• Hull splined by Brooklin Boatyard (2011)

• Interlux hull paint

• Vessel bridge clearance 18’ mast down / 26’ mast up

• 3 x Electric windshield wipers

• Opening front window

• Ships air horns

• USCG approved navigation lights

• 6-Spoke teak ships wheel

• 2 x Furuno NavNet 3D plotters

• Furuno radar

• Furuno FI-50 wind indicator

• Simrad AP24 autopilot

• Icom M424G VHF radio

• Icom IC 202D VHF radio

• Auto foghorn

• Brother printer / copy machine

• Engine turned stainless steel gauge panel with all new gauges (2018)

• Rudder angle indicator

• Original binnacle compass

• Overhead spotlight with manual direction controls

• Naiad stabilizer controls

• Bow thruster controls

• 2 x John Deere 386hp diesel engines installed 2009 (5388hrs-port / 5413hrs-starboard)

• 2 x Twin Disk 2.43:1 reduction transmissions installed 2009

• Dual mechanical Morse control levers for each engine paired with electronic interface

• John Deere gauges at helm and in engine room

• 2 x Northern Lights / Lugger 20kW generators in hush boxes installed 2009 (1704hrs-port / 1698hrs-starboard)  

• 50Amp shore power service (each engine room port light) 

• 50Amp 240v shore power

• Duplex RACOR fuel filters for engines and single’s generators

• Engine room make up air blower

• Stack heaters to lessen dry stack creosote

• Engine and transmission oil and fluid change system

• Naiad 252 hydraulic stabilizer system 

• Electric Side-Power bow thruster (2018)

• Air compressor/horn system

• 2 x Heavy duty alternators

• Mastervolt inverter/charger

• Mastervolt 24/100amp ChargeMaster

• Mastervolt 12/35amp ChargeMaster

• 2 x 130Ah AGM main engine start batteries

• 2 x 90Ah AGM generator start batteries

• 4 x 8D AGM house bank batteries 

• 50Amp 240-volt AC system, single cord

• 110V Florescent engine room lighting

• LED engine room lighting 

• 110V emergency Pacer bilge pump with manifold

• 5 x Automatic bilge pumps with auto switches

• 5 x 16,000 BTU Marine Air ac condensers

• 2 x Isotherm stainless steel 20-gallon hot water heaters

• Work bench, tool chest, etc.

• 2 x Galvanic isolators

• Chain to cable steering system

• Emergency tiller

• Automatic engine room fire extinguishing system

• Macerator / overboard discharge system with deck pump out

• Headhunter Mach 5 AC fresh water pump

• Headhunter X-caliber 24V freshwater pump

• Engine room and stern view cameras

• Central vacuum system

BERNADETTE is without a doubt the most elegant, nicely equipped and maintained Trumpy currently on the market. Her classic fantail profile, generous owner and guest cabins, and large crew quarters make her very comfortable for entertaining or extended cruising. The present owner has capitalized multiple millions in improvements during her major refit in 2009 on up to the present to ensure she is as sound and reliable as possible. She shows beautifully and those who inspect her will find she does not disappoint.

Owner's personal gear,china,crystal,artwork,Captain's desk on aft bulkhead in saloon and maple drop leaf table on port side in saloon.

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.

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