Asking
$ 995,000
MAXIA III, the 2007 Grand Banks Aleutian 59RP, boasts a unique blend of Grand Banks Yachts' renowned craftsmanship and custom adaptations tailored for the Asian market. This motor yacht offers a distinctive combination of luxury, functionality and performance. MAXIA III exemplifies the Grand Banks Aleutian 59RP's 'Best of both worlds' philosophy, combining speed, offshore capability and comfortable interiors.
Guests can enter the salon via a sliding door from the cockpit. The main salon features cream leather L-shaped settees on both sides, a large coffee table, and generous windows with manual wooden blinds. There is a pull out berth to be used when needed beneath the starboard side lounge and a TV is situated to port. The teak and holly cabin sole, along with over 800kg of high-grade teak, showcases Grand Banks' commitment to quality.
The galley and dining area, replacing the traditional raised pilothouse, boast fridges, cooktops, sinks, wine cooler, icemaker, trash compactor, and tea/coffee facilities. A U-shaped dinette accommodates up to eight guests, and a circular staircase provides easy access to the accommodation deck. The raised galley and dining space have become the heart of MAXIA III, creating the perfect atmosphere for comfortable day-to-day living.
MAXIA III accommodates seven guests in three staterooms. The master cabin, located aft midships, includes a queen-sized fore and aft berth, hanging lockers, and an aft-facing bureau. The en-suite bathroom features a vacuflush head and a generously sized shower stall. Additional guest cabins include a portside stateroom with three single berths and a forward VIP stateroom with an island double berth. The crew cabin is aft of the engine room and is accessible via a deck hatch or the engine room itself.
The exterior design prioritizes functionality and relaxation. The swim platform and transom offer easy access, with a fixed teak grate platform for tender storage. The cockpit, shaded by the flybridge overhang, features a forward-facing settee and an extendable teak table for alfresco dining. The flybridge, enclosed on four sides, hosts a helm with STIDD chairs, bench seats, and a sundeck aft with space for sun loungers and an armchair. The Portuguese bridge and foredeck provide protected side decks, a spacious sunpad area, and efficient anchor handling.
Forward of the L-shaped lounges to both sides are concealed electrical switchpanels, flanked by double shelf bookshelves for those all important almanacs and cruising guides.
There are three steps that take us from the lower lounge level, up to the Galley and Dining area which is where the Raised Pilothouse would have been located; but not on this boat.
Note – all of the teak joinery and cabinetry on board MAXIA III was carefully designed and considered during build. Where some GB models of that era had more ‘detail and embellishment’ built in, the owner of 59/16 had the forethought to ensure that the finishing was kept simple and modern and so remains in excellent condition and retains its timelessness.
Forward and offset to port, just below the windscreen, one finds a very comfortable U-shaped dinette table cable of seating up to eight guests. Just aft of the dinette, to port and starboard, are opening doors out to the sidedecks. This arrangement is unique and was perfectly executed by Grand Banks. This new ‘raised galley and dining area’ becomes the heart of the vessel and certainly lends itself to very comfortable onboard day to day living.
A circular staircase leads from the starboard side of the dinette, down to the accommodation deck and access to cabins. Being next to the opening door, this position also maximises fresh airflow to the lower deck and provides easy access to the cabins via the side decks, rather than having to walk through the saloon and galley.
Master Cabin: Midships, full beam with en-suite
The en-suite bathroom is well sized and set to the starboard side. This bathroom has a vacuflush head, single basin and a separate shower stall with plenty of space.
Upper and lower berths are positioned to the portside and run fore and aft. A combined head and shower area are located aft of the crew bunks, through another door, and this benefits from the fact that the shower/head area has an opening hatch direct onto the transom/swim platform. This gives more than adequate fresh air into the crew cabin, and also ability to add natural light into this otherwise compact and ‘hidden’ area of the boat. Please note that the crew cabin is currently used for storage and so may require small changes in order to turn this back into a dedicated and comfortable crew space.
On a standard Aleutian 59RP there is no swim platform and the tender would be lifted by the davit crane up to the flybridge aft. On MAXIA III the owner decided to keep the flybridge aft clear and so added a fixed teak grate platform onto the transom. As this is fixed and without hydraulics then is also maintenance free. The davit crane easily lifts the tender from the water onto this platform and large tender chocks remain in place ready to secure the tender.
Shorepower cable outlets are found on the transom and also on both sides catering for port, or starboard side mooring.
One of the most remarkable, and important points about the cockpit is the fact that it is completely shaded and protected by the flybridge overhang above which extends the full length of the cockpit. This GRP overhang offers a high ceiling and contains all overhead lighting, but is also relatively slim and does not add bulk to the overall aesthetic of the vessel. A classic Grand Banks design trait that many modern builders find hard to get right.
A sliding door connects the cockpit and saloon with a storage cabinet to the starboard side of the door, and the staircase to the flybridge is located to port and is easy and safe to traverse.
The Portuguese bridge has a forward centreline door giving access to the foredeck. The foredeck area is flat and full beam with teak caprails and stainless grabrails around. Two moulded fordeck seats face forward and ample storage is found beneath whilst ventilation dorades feed fresh air to the heads below. This whole foredeck area can be covered with cushions turning this into a wonderfully large sunpad. Anchor handling is forward with the anchor rollers on a bowsprit, keeping chain and anchor away from the bow.
Flybridge Aft
With the forward end of the flybridge under the cover of the GRP hardtop, and enclosed on four sides, a stainless steel rail separates the forward from the aft section of the flybridge. The space freed up by not storing the tender here, has allowed for a ‘sundeck’ with room for two sunloungers and a comfortable armchair for days when a little sun soaking is called for. This area is cool underfoot thanks to the nonskid paint finish and with good height stainless steel railings for security. Lifebuoys and watertoys are kept and stored in this area. To the starboard side, and kept sperate by a railing, is the davit crane. This 24VDC crane has a 450kg capability at its full extension of 2.8m.
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