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New Boat: Grand Banks 55 Eastbay SX
Banking on 30 knots
Improved proportions and shapely curves make
the 55 Eastbay SX the hottest Grand Banks yet.

LOA: 55’ 1”
Beam: 16’ 1”
Draft: 4’ 4”
Displacement (half load): 63,300 lbs.
Fuel/water: 1,000/180 U.S. gals.
Power: 2 X Cat C18 ACERT @ 873 hp
Top/cruising speed: 31/26 knots
Range: 400 nm

Reliable, practical, seaworthy–for more than 50 years these were apt words to describe a Grand Banks. While these terms still apply to every Grand Banks built today, there are new words cropping up in the company’s lexicon, such as fast, luxurious and sexy. This new direction is exemplified in the 55 Eastbay SX, the latest launch in the builder’s line of Down East-style yachts. ...

 

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