39' steel pilothouse trawler

[schoonerman]

M/V "Good Sign" is a
1990 39' Nils Lucander "Three Keel" steel trawler. Built by Lorenzen Boat Works in LaBelle, Florida. Boat is located in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
39' on deck
42.5' including swim platform and anchor platform.
Draft 48"
Beam 14'
Air draft about 18'
Approximately 45,000 lb displacement ( recent weight in travel lift showed about 50,000 lbs with 750 gallons of fuel and water)
Hull of welded 3/16" steel with 3/4" keel plates and 3/8" frames with 3/16" T - Bar longitudinals. Sprayed in foam insulation on inside of hull and under deck creates a very dry and quiet interior. Deck and cabin sides of 3/16" steel with 1-1/4" plywood and fiberglass cabin tops and pilothouse sides. 1/2" tempered glass in pilothouse.
42" tall deck railings of 1" and 1-1/4" welded stainless steel.
Kolstrand Paravanes with A-frame outriggers made of 2" welded 3/16" wall aluminum tubing.
Engines..
Isuzu 4BD1 four cylinder naturally aspirated 85 hp diesels with about 4500 hours. Transmissions are Hurth mechanical HBW 450's with 3:1 ratio. 1-3/4" stainless shafts with Aqua Drive couplings...shafts ride in lubricated tubes with spherical roller thrust bearings and bronze stern bearings. Propellers are 28"X19" three blade bronze. This gives a cruising speed of 6.5 to 7 knots with a total fuel consumption of 2.12 gallons per hour which gives a range of over 2500 nautical miles plus a reserve.
Phasor 4.5 kw diesel generator with about 1450 hours.
900 gallons of fuel capacity in two steel tanks. Tanks and fuel are maintained by an ESI Fuel Polishing System. No evidence of water, rust or algae contamination in the Racor filters.
Water tank of stainless steel with 300 plus gallon capacity. Pressure water system for galley, head sink and shower with two water heaters of five and six gallon size...one with heat exchanger.
A pump room under the forward cabin contains pumps for A/C, fresh water, toilet flush and wash down.
Head has a Raritan Crown macerator toilet connected to an Electroscan waste treatment system or a 25 gallon holding tank with a diaphragm electric pump for overboard evacuation of waste tank. Granite counter top in head vanity and a 36"X36" fiberglass stall shower in a full beam compartment.
The galley is equipped with a three burner propane stove with oven and has solenoid gas shutoff. Two horizontal 20 lb aluminum propane tanks on top of pilothouse. There is a 900 watt microwave oven and an Indel 4.5 cubic foot 12 volt refrigerator and a 4.5 cubic foot top loading 12 volt freezer with two holding plates. There is a deep double house style sink with single lever mixer.
Cabin heating is provided by a Dickinson Antarctic diesel stove, a bus type heater in the pilothouse plumbed to the port engine, and an 11k BTU Cruise Air heat pump in the forward cabin and a 12k BTU Mermaid heat pump for the pilothouse and galley/salon.
The pilothouse has opening windows Diamond Sea Glaze front and back with a bench seat that doubles as a berth. Electronics include a Garmin 4210 Chart plotter with integrated radar, a Garmin 7 CV depth/ fish finder with a Chirp transducer, an Icom VHF with an AIS receiver. Engine controls are Kobelt single lever and the engine synchronizer is by Glendining.
Electrical system has Marinetics 12 volt and 120 volt breakers. Two large frame 160 amp Delco alternators are connected through manual alternator controllers for fast charging of eight six volt lead acid golf cart batteries in two banks. Heart 2000 watt inverter/ charger with a link 2000 battery monitor controls house power. A Renogy 200 watt solar panel is mounted on the cabin top with a Renogy controller in the engine room.
Ground tackle includes a 45 pound Manson and a 45 pound Delta plow type anchors. 220+ feet of BBB chain on the Manson and 25 feet of BBB chain on the Delta with 100' of three strand nylon . Main anchor has electric Maxwell Nilson vertical capstan/windlass with liftonly.
The dinghy is old but in fair useable condition. 1999 9.5' Caribe RIB with a 2017 Suzuki four stroke 15 hp.... approximately 50 hours. The dinghy rides atop the pilothouse and is lifted by a 12 volt winch on an aluminum davit.
Recent haul out in May 2025 for hull and bottom painting and zinc replacement.
Asking $135,000

 

[LongJohn]

Pretty boat. But the Admiral has to know what the stateroom looks like before I can say that I am interested. Please provide pics. thanks

 

[DavidM]

Quite a boat. Capable of cruising anywhere in the Caribbean and even making a transatlantic passage with refueling stops in Bermuda and the Azores.

Any ballast? Does the speed include the fish in the water? If not, what is their affect?

David

 

[OBX GIRL]

The vessel was built with the intention of going across the Atlantic. The large tankage allows a trip through the Bahamas or down to Florida and back to NC without refueling...we would usually fill up along the waterway where fuel prices were lowest.
The fish take off about .5 knot from speed and we really only used them on gulf stream passages or offshore legs while traveling north or south. The paravanes reduce the roll...take the snap out of a quartering or beam sea. The motion underway with the paravanes deployed is more like that of a sailboat under sail...a slower roll with a similar pitching motion. In rough conditions they make for a more comfortable ride at the cost of a little speed

 

[schoonerman]

There is a small amount of ballast in the form of concrete that has been placed in areas of the centerline keel and in the engine room keels fore and aft. This is a very dry boat and these ballast areas are sealed and have never been wet, as far as I can tell

 

[DNT99611]

That is one fine looking boat! I like every thing I see. Only problem is it is on the wrong coast.

 

[schoonerman]

Fly out and take the boat through the Panama Canal....a trip this boat is designed to make. She is ready to go. I have been getting her ready for the Bahamas or the Great Loop but my situation and health have changed and I need to sell. Thanks for your interest.

 

[Yachts66]

I've been a longtime steel boat guy, and I'm interested. Please contact me. Another poster suggested pictures of the stateroom, and I concur. Please post them.
Thanks

 

[schoonerman]

Please send me a message and I will send you more pictures and info.
obxgoodsigns@gmail.com
Thanks for your interest.