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DeFever boats for sale on Boat Trader are listed for an assortment of prices, valued from $97,500 on the lower-end all the way up to $495,000 for the most extravagant models. Higher performance models now listed are rigged with motors up to 1,080 horsepower, while shorter, more affordable more functional models may have as low as 270 horsepower engines (although the average motor size is 450 HP). more
Of the boats listed, DeFever offers familiar boat hull types and designs including deep vee, modified vee, semi-displacement and other. These vessels are generally favored for conventional boating endeavors such as overnight cruising. The boats available here currently from this builder come with inboard propulsion systems, available in diesel fuel systems. more
DeFever is a boat builder in the marine industry that offers boats for sale in a variety of sizes on Boat Trader, with the smallest current boat listed at 40 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 78 feet, and an average length of 49 feet. Boat Trader currently has 12 DeFever boats for sale, including 0 new vessels and 12 used boats listed by both private sellers and professional boat dealers mainly in United States. The oldest model listed is a late classic boat built in 1980 and the newest model year was built in 2001.
DeFever is popular for their Motor Yachts, Trawler, Aft Cabin, Cruisers and Pilothouse among other classes and models. Overall these available boats have a greater draft and exceptionally wide beam, attributes that make them ideal for overnight cruising. Given their classic, crowd-pleasing status as a popular, established boat brand, used DeFever boats in good condition often make practical candidates for boat repowering projects.
1987 Defever Performance Offshore Cruiser Lapis Lazuli is a well-maintained 1987 66' DeFever offering a 4 stateroom - 4 head layout, man deck dayhead, pilothouse on the same level as the salon and galley, internal stairs to the fybridge, fuel efficient CAT main engines, 3200 fuel capacity for long range cruising, stabilizers, bowthruster and numerous updates. This selling couple and their child have lived aboard and cruised by themselves easily and comfortably, but now they are ready for a new adventure, so Lapis Lazuli is duty paid and offered for sale. Price reduced! here
1985 Defever Offshore Cruiser Liberty is a classic 44' DeFever Offshore Cruiser in good condition. She offers Perkins main engines (Remanufactured port engine with only 250 hours since installation in 2007), 12.5kW Westebeke generator installed in 2006 with only 380 hours, some updated electronics and newer custom salon drapes and flybridge cushions. Liberty is a Great Loop veteran. Sellers bought Liberty to cruise the Great Loop, but their plans have changed, so Liberty is now being offered for sale. Price reduced! here
1999 Defever 44 Offshore Cruiser 44' DeFever 44 Offshore Cruiser Sundeck TrawlerGondola is a well-known and well-maintained 44' DeFever. She offers a 2 stateroom, 2 head layout, Perkins 135 hp main engines, Northern Lights generator, Naiad stabilizers and inverter. The sellers have completed their cruising plans, so this rare, stabilized, late model 44' DeFever is now offered for sale and available to be seen anytime. Price reduced!
Of the boats listed, DeFever offers familiar boat hull types and designs including deep vee, modified vee, semi-displacement and other. These vessels are generally favored for conventional boating endeavors such as overnight cruising. The boats available here currently from this builder come with inboard propulsion systems, available in diesel fuel systems. here
DeFever boats for sale on Boat Trader are listed for an assortment of prices, valued from $97,500 on the lower-end all the way up to $495,000 for the most extravagant models. Higher performance models now listed are rigged with motors up to 1,080 horsepower, while shorter, more affordable more functional models may have as low as 270 horsepower engines (although the average motor size is 450 HP). here
DeFever is popular for their Motor Yachts, Trawler, Aft Cabin, Cruisers and Pilothouse among other classes and models. Overall these available boats have a greater draft and exceptionally wide beam, attributes that make them ideal for overnight cruising. Given their classic, crowd-pleasing status as a popular, established boat brand, used DeFever boats in good condition often make practical candidates for boat repowering projects.
DeFever is a boat builder in the marine industry that offers boats for sale in a variety of sizes on Boat Trader, with the smallest current boat listed at 40 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 78 feet, and an average length of 49 feet. Boat Trader currently has 12 DeFever boats for sale, including 0 new vessels and 12 used boats listed by both private sellers and professional boat dealers mainly in United States. The oldest model listed is a late classic boat built in 1980 and the newest model year was built in 2001.
Some of the best-known DeFever models right now include: "49" CPMY, 40 Offshore Cruiser, 48 Aft Deck Motoryacht, 49 Pilothouse and 49 RPH.
Arthur DeFever was the prolific designer behind a whole generation of well built, dearly loved DeFever Yachts. But Art DeFever didn’t start out designing long-range private yachts. He was a naval architect who designed commercial “bait boats.” These trawlers were nicknamed “tuna clippers,” and were used to chase migrating tunas thousands of miles from San Diego, Calif. They had to be tough, fuel-efficient vessels that could refrigerate large quantities of fish and be at sea three months or longer.
In the ‘60s, DeFever yachts were made of wood and/or steel in Japan and Mexico. Then, in the’70s when fiberglass hulls became the rage, DeFever motor yacht designs switched from single diesel power to twin engines, but retained the displacement hull. The mid-‘80s ushered in the “need for speed” and once again DeFever yacht designs bowed to customer requests. The new version of DeFever motor yachts for sale had semi-displacement hulls and larger engines to increase speed.
Over the next several decades, DeFever yachts were built in California, Taiwan, China and Florida. By the time DeFever passed away in 2013, more than 3,800 boats with his instantly recognizable design had been constructed. Here are some of his more popular models and the timeframes in which they were built.