Yachting previously wrote about the Kruegels, a Florida-based couple who cruised their way through four boats—a 19-foot center console, a 30-foot Regal, a Mainship 430 and a Fountaine Pajot sailing catamaran—before deciding on an Outer Reef 650.
“For David and Nicole Kruegel, cruising is for their birds. Leeloo, a white-bellied caique parrot, and Atticus (Atti for short), an eclectus parrot, take to the seas as eagerly as they do the air. The Kruegels are significantly expanding their voyages in their new full-time home on the water—a 2009 Outer Reef 650 Motoryacht—and the 7-year-old parrots are enthusiastic companions,” Yachting wrote.
“As the Kruegels settle into their Outer Reef 650 Motoryacht, Avalon, there’s something for everyone. The boat has a 3,500-nautical-mile range, which will enable them to check off a bucket-list item: transiting the Panama Canal and exploring the Pacific.”
For owners looking to cruise like the Kruegels, Outer Reef Yachts currently has Tasman, a 2006 650 motoryacht, listed for $1.295 million. Tasman recently had a complete service of its stabilizer system, and work done on its main engines and generators.
The 650’s current owners added a Seakeeper gyrostabilizer system, extended freezer and refrigeration, a voltage and cycles converter, and additional systems and cabinetry changes from the original design.
“Tasman was originally delivered to Seattle, WA, to a New Zealand client with over 50 years of cruising and sailing experience,” Outer Reef Yachts says. “After Tasman changed ownership, she was kept in the northwest for a period of time by her second owners. These owners have cruised Tasman extensively, and even shipped the yacht to Europe and cruised there. The yacht spent the last year in Grenada, until her recent arrival in Fort Lauderdale—a 1,500 nautical mile voyage.”
The salon’s satin-varnished teak interior and seating layout combine for a warm and inviting ambiance. An L-shaped sofa to port and two lounge chairs to starboard complete the lounge seating aft. Amidships, the galley features a U-shaped granite countertop, a built-in oven, an electric stove top, a dishwasher, a microwave and a full-size side-by-side refrigerator/freezer.
The broad strokes of the exterior entertainment spaces on board Tasman include forward-facing bench seating on the foredeck, alfresco dining in the cockpit and a variety of lounge seating on the flybridge.
Construction for Tasman includes a hand laid-up FRP deckhouse, flybridge and hull, with PVC foam sandwich construction above the waterline and vinylester barrier lamination for osmosis protection.
Sleeping accommodations include:
- Master stateroom: King berth
- VIP stateroom: Queen berth
- Guest stateroom: Over/Under berths
Twin Caterpillar C-9 diesel engines allow for a 2,000-plus-nautical-mile range cruising at 9 knots. The engines currently have 3,400 hours on them.
Some other notable features on board Tasman include:
- Twin 16 kW Northern Lights 60 hz generators
- 15′ Caribe RIB tender with a 90 hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboard
- Side-Power 15 hp electric bow thruster
- Side-Power SP240TC stern thruster
- Simrad VHF
- Furuno radar
- Com Nav autopilot
- Maxwell windlass controls
- Naiad electronic display
- Two Caterpillar electronic displays
- Simrad wind display
- ACR spotlight controls
- Navigation screen display
- Sonar display
- Icom VHF
Where is Tasman located? The yacht is currently lying in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Take the next step: contact the professionals at Outer Reef Yachts.
Quick Specifications
- Length Overall: 65′
- Maximum Beam: 18’6″
- Fuel Capacity: 2,000 Gal.
- Draft: 5′
