Bering Yachts Ocean Trawler Long Range Cruiser - New arrival

"Mila" was custom built for the present owner by Bering Yachts, and he has so enjoyed the vessel  that he is now building a larger, hybrid-electric, displacement motoryacht with Bering.

"Mila" is fabricated in steel to meet or exceed  ABS, Lloyds, and US Coast Guard Commercial Standards as a Full Displacement, Raised Pilothouse, Ocean Motor Yacht with extended range capabilty carrying 2300 gallons of fuel propelled by a Cummins QSL-9 continuous duty 285 hp single screw with Cummins M3.3 continuous duty 65 hp auxiliary and both bow and stern thrusters. Cruising speed of 8 knots. Trans Atlantic range, 3000 plus nautical miles.

Construction details: The Bering 55 features a hard chined hull with 3/8" plating on the bottom and 1/4" plating on the hull sides, (A36 milled steel) Four watertight steel bulkheads and a bulbous bow with watertight collision bulkhead. Two massive bilge keels act as passive stabilizers, reducing roll, increasing course stability, and protecting propellors. The vessel will sit upright if beached. All tanks are an integral part of the hull, the tank tops serving as a "double bottom". The hull is thermally insulated and acoustically dampened with fire resistant materials.

The vessel's interior features exquiste joinery, (truly yacht quality), in dark woods highlighted by light bamboo flooring. (Note: The light bamboo flooring contrasts beautifully with the dark furniture, however a propsective buyer may want a more traditional teak and holly or similar dark flooring, and the seller is willing to compensate the buyer to make this change).

"Mila" features two ensuite staterooms and a third office/study that can be used as guest or crew cabin with a convertible sofa.

The aft deck has a transom door leading to a wide swim platform. The aft deck is covered by the flybridge overhang, which also provides cover for the full walk around side decks which are safe and secure with high bulwarks. The Portugeese bridge has port and starboard wing doors to the pilothouse and a forward gate to the foredeck. Dual anchor windlass. The flybridge is accessed from an interior stairway from the pilothouse or from a 9 tread stairway on the aft deck.

Engine room/machinery spaces has watertight bulkheads fore and aft with dogging watertight doors. Space is accessed through office/study, or from the aft lazzarette.

State of the art electronics, top of the line stainless steel galley appliances, redundant systems throughout, all of US or European manufacture, "Mila" is a virtually new condition yacht without the waiting time of a new build. A "must see" for the discriminating Yachtsman.

This yacht is located at Harbour Towne Marina in Dania Beach, Florida, just five minutes from the Fort Lauderdale Airport and can be seen by appointment.

NOT AVAILABLE TO US RESIDENTS WHILE IN US WATERS.

The vessel has 23 1/2" wide full walk-around decks, covered by the overhang of the flybridge, a Portugeese bridge with access door to foredeck, and substantial ground tackle. There are port and starboard access doors to the pilothouse as well as the saloon from the 7' wide aft deck through watertight dogging doors. There are port and starboard boarding gates just aft of the pilothouse doors. There is a midship transom gate to the 3' wide swim platform with 40" high removable stainless steel railings. The aft deck has a bench seat with bi-fold table, grill and storage to port aft and sink and storage to starboard, and there is a gradual 9 step stairway to the flybridge with 9" high treads.The yacht has 36" high bulwarks, (and an additional 8" stainless steel mounted teak caprail), with numerous freeing ports to facilitate walking safely around the vessel in rough conditions.

All windows are commercial grade bolt-in fixed windows with 15mm tempered glass. There are 8 12" portlights with tempered glass.

From the aft deck going forward to the saloon through a watertight dogging door, one enters the saloon with an L shaped sette to starboard with dining table and entertainment center on the forward starboard bulkhead. The are two baseball stiched leather and fabric chairs to port with table between, and at each end.

Going forward one goes up 4 stairs to galley and raised pilothouse or down 5 stairs to staterooms and office/Study. Master forward with centerline berth and ensuite head aft to starboard. Aft is large double stateroom with bath accessed from hallway. Office/ Study is aft to port and engine room is accessed from this compartment through five dog watertight door.

Going up from the saloon is the galley which features all stainless steel Fischer & Paykel appliances. Forward of the galley is the Pilothouse with Lebroc helm chair and bench seating,(which doubles as pilot berth), and table. There are port and starboard dutch style, (opening halves; top and bottom)watertight dogging doors exiting the pilothouse to the walk around decks and Portugeese bridge.

Aft to port in the pilothouse is the stairway to the flybridge, which features full instumentation at the helm, ample seating and dining table, and trundled lowering arch to support electronics arrays. The flybridge deck is expansive and has the boat deck aft with Steelhead Marine 1500 lb. Davit, cradles for the Venus 390 RIB tender with Suzuki 40 hp four stroke outboard. The high quality of the workmanship is evident on the stainless steel handrails surrounding the flybridge.

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