1998 Grand Banks 46 Classic “BABY GRAND”

BABY GRAND is a rare and lovingly maintained example of the iconic Grand Banks 46 Heritage Classic — a boat that has earned worldwide devotion for her craftsmanship, seaworthiness, and timeless teak styling. Rated Above Average condition at her March 2025 survey, with no first- or second-priority findings, she comes with her complete factory build book and a meticulous owner's maintenance log. Her present owner, a licensed USCG Master, has kept her the way the finest yachts deserve to be kept: every filter, impeller, zinc, and service hour recorded, and a steady program of upgrades carried out from 2019 through 2026.

What truly sets her apart is what that owner has added over the years: extraordinary custom teak-and-holly joinery throughout the interior, and a one-of-a-kind piano and television cabinet — a Yamaha P-125 88-key weighted-action digital piano housed in a bespoke teak console engraved "BABY GRAND," with a 50" HD television that rises on demand from the same cabinet and disappears when not in use. Add a 2022 Garmin electronics suite, Starlink, all-new sliding windows, fresh canvas and brightwork, and a long list of renewed systems, and you have a Grand Banks 46 that is ready for extended cruising, liveaboard comfort, or a Great Loop adventure from the day she changes hands.

BABY GRAND significant features include:

• One-of-a-kind piano/TV cabinet containing a Yamaha P-125 digital piano (88 weighted keys) plus a rise-on-demand 50" HD television, in a custom teak console engraved "BABY GRAND" (2020)
• Exceptional custom teak-and-holly joinery and cabinetry throughout, including new pantry cabinetry (2021)
• Twin Caterpillar 3208 TA diesels, 435 hp each; heat exchangers descaled Dec 2025, zincs renewed May 2026, oil analysis clean (2024)
• Garmin electronics suite (2022) with GPSMAP 8612xsv chartplotter at the flybridge helm, remote screen and tablet holder at the lower station, HD radar, Reactor autopilot, AIS, mid-CHIRP transducer (2023), and GHC50 autopilot control plus new electronics pods at the upper helm (2025)
• Starlink satellite internet
• All sliding windows removed and replaced with new tracks and glass, plus 27 new exterior UV screens (2022)
• Hull painted above the rub rail to the gunwale (2024); flybridge windscreen replaced (2024)
• New teak swim platform and ladder (2023)
• All new canvas (2019); mast and boom refinished with folding hinge (2019) and new steadying staysail (2020)
• Bow thruster for easy short-handed docking (thruster batteries 2023)
• Galley renewed: stove/oven and microwave (2020), washer/dryer (2021), refrigeration compressor (2022), icemaker (2023)
• Heads: VacuFlush pumps and toilets replaced (2021), macerator duckbills (2026)
• New potable water pump and Gobius Pro tank level sensors (2026); alternators renewed (stbd 2024, port 2026) with a rebuilt spare aboard
• Above Average survey condition with complete factory build book, Caterpillar records, and documented owner's maintenance log

DECK AND HULL

• Semi-displacement modified-V hull; solid hand-laid FRP below the waterline with closed-cell PVC foam-cored superstructure
• White painted hull, repainted above the rub rail to the gunwale in 2024; white superstructure
• Bottom painted Dec 2023 and refreshed Jul 2024 with all hull and running-gear anodes replaced; port cutless bearing replaced at the same time
• Teak decks — aft deck, side decks, and foredeck — with varnished teak cap rails; 500+ deck plugs renewed and seams re-caulked (2023)
• Brightwork extensively refinished (2023) with maintenance coats applied (2025); all fixed window frames re-caulked and painted (2025)
• New teak swim platform and ladder (2023)
• Stainless steel compression rub rails in good condition
• Stainless steel bow rails integrated with teak deck railings
• Mast and boom removed, refinished, and fitted with a folding hinge (2019); boom serves as the tender lift over the aft deck; new steadying staysail (2020)

DECK FEATURES

• Stainless steel anchor platform with double roller chutes
• Lofrans Tigres 12V windlass with deck controls; serviced Aug 2025 (oil, clutch, chain dog)
• Fortress FX-55 aluminum and CQR 45 lb plow anchors with chain and nylon rode; new Danforth rode (2020)
• Freshwater washdowns at bow and aft deck
• Hot/cold transom shower in the starboard cockpit
• Sunbrella bimini top with stainless framing; all canvas new in 2019
• Flybridge seat cushions and seating covers new (2021); flybridge windscreen replaced (2024)
• New flybridge courtesy lighting (2023)
• Underwater transom lights (2023)
• Opening foredeck hatches and cabin windows for excellent ventilation; all sliding windows and tracks replaced with new glass (2022); 27 new exterior UV screens (2022)
• Salon exterior doors refinished and re-hung (2024)

PILOTHOUSE / SALON

• Bright, spacious salon finished in custom satin-teak joinery and parquet teak sole, refinished in 2021
• Rise-on-demand 50" HD television and Yamaha digital piano concealed in a custom teak console / writing desk (2020)
• LG 50" HD television on a rise-on-demand lift, housed in the custom piano/TV cabinet
• Salon seating recovered and refinished (2021)
• Dining set to starboard
• LED lighting in salon, galley, and aft cabin (2022)
• Reverse-cycle air conditioning with digital controls

HELM STATION

• Two helm stations — enclosed pilothouse and flybridge
• Morse mechanical throttle/shift controls with Glendinning electronic synchronizer
• Two Ritchie 5" compasses
• Engine instrumentation and audible/visual alarms at both helms
• New electronics pods at the upper helm (2025)

HELM ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

• Garmin GPSMAP 8612xsv chartplotter at flybridge helm (2022); remote screen with tablet holder at the pilothouse station
• Garmin GMR424 HD radar (2022)
• Garmin Reactor 40 autopilot (2022) with GHC50 control added at the upper helm (2025)
• Garmin AIS-600 and GPS 24xd GPS/heading antenna (2022)
• Garmin mid-CHIRP transducer (2023)
• Icom IC-M502 VHF with CommandMic III remote handset
• Starlink satellite internet
• Weems & Plath barometer, thermometer, and ship's clock

COCKPIT

• Teak-laid aft cockpit with self-bailing deck drains
• Hot/cold shower to starboard
• New teak swim platform and ladder (2023)
• Direct access to salon and side decks

INTERIOR BELOW

• Finely crafted satin-teak cabinetry, wall liners, and trim throughout
• Parquet teak sole
• Custom teak-and-holly detailing — a hallmark of this particular vessel
• New pantry cabinetry (2021)
• No signs of water intrusion noted at survey

GALLEY

• Grunert built-in refrigeration with new compressor (2022) and separate chest freezer
• U-Line icemaker (new 2023)
• Force 10 electric oven and three-burner electric cooktop with stainless exhaust hood (new 2020)
• LG stainless microwave (new 2020)
• White Corian sink molded into the countertop; new galley faucet (2022)
• Splendide washer/dryer combo (new 2021)

ACCOMMODATIONS

• Master stateroom aft, offset to starboard with walk-around berth and ensuite head; new mattress (2022)
• Forward VIP stateroom with V-berth and ensuite head; new mattresses and custom linens (2025)
• Padded headliners and finely fit joinery throughout

HEADS

• Forward: SeaLand VacuFlush 12V head with stall shower; pump and toilet renewed 2021–2022
• Aft: Raritan 12V electric head with stall shower; pump, seals, and valves renewed 2021
• Corian sinks in both heads
• Aft shower sump pump, switch, and valve replaced (2023)

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• Twin Caterpillar 3208 TA diesels, 435 hp each
• Engine hours approx. 3,910 (port) / 3,903 (stbd) as of September 2026
• Recent service: oil and filters, Racor and secondary fuel filters, impellers, and transmission fluid/screens (Aug 2024); oil and transmission samples to Blackstone (2024) returned with no issues; coolant (2025); heat exchangers descaled (Dec 2025); all nine engine, transmission, and generator zincs renewed (May 2026)
• Sea strainers serviced with new screens (2025); port engine strainer replaced (2024)
• Twin Disc MG5061-A transmissions, 2.47:1 ratio
• Cruises at 12 knots burning approx. 8.5 gph (roughly 1.5 nm per gallon); 17 knots top speed
• Aluminum fuel tanks, 600 gal total capacity
• 30" x 28 four-blade propellers on 2" stainless shafts
• Dripless shaft seals; cable-and-pulley steering with quadrant
• Reverso automatic oil-change system
• Westerbeke 8.0 kW diesel generator (±2,200 hours, Sep 2026)
• Bow thruster with two dedicated 12V batteries (2023)
• New LED engine room lighting, 120V and 12V (2023)
• Alternators: starboard new (2024), port new (2026), rebuilt spare carried aboard

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• 12V DC house and start system; six Group 31 batteries (engine banks 2021, generator 2020) plus two dedicated bow-thruster batteries (2023)
• ProMariner ProNautic 1250P 50-amp battery charger
• 120/240V AC shore power with two 50-amp inlets and galvanic isolator; inlet fuse holders and caps replaced (2024)
• Heart Interface Freedom 25 2500-watt inverter
• New master start relay (2024)

ENTERTAINMENT ELECTRONICS

• LG 50" HD television on rise-on-demand lift in the salon
• JBL stereo system with speakers (new 2020)
• Yamaha P-125 digital piano in the custom piano/TV cabinet
• Starlink satellite internet

PLUMBING

• 290-gallon fresh water in two tanks with Gobius Pro tank level sensors, forward and aft (2026)
• New potable water pump (2026); backflow valve renewed (2023)
• Seaward 8-gallon marine water heater
• Type III MSD sanitation with 55-gallon holding tank, macerator overboard discharge, and deck pump-out; TankWatch sending unit (2023), holding tank vent filter (2024), macerator duckbills (2026)
• Greywater sump systems serving both showers

SOUND REDUCTION

• Mylar-faced foam thermal and acoustic insulation throughout the engine room

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Halon 1301 fixed fire-suppression system with automatic and manual activation
• Full complement of USCG PFDs, throwable devices, and current flares
• ACR GlobalFix EPIRB
• Bilge high-water alarm and carbon monoxide detector
• Two Rule 2000 electric bilge pumps plus new manual/emergency bilge pump (2023)

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• West Marine 10'6" RIB tender with Honda 8 hp four-stroke outboard (new 2022), stowed on the aft deck and launched with the mast-mounted boom; conveys with the sale
• Three-unit Cruisair reverse-cycle air conditioning; units descaled and serviced 2022–2025, salon and forward units recharged
• Complete factory build book, Caterpillar delivery records, ship's papers, and detailed owner's maintenance log
• USCG documented (Official No. 1061566), hailing port Webster, NY; documentation current through 2027