1988 DeFever 53 Performance Offshore Cruiser

The DeFever 53 POC Motor Yacht (the POC stands for Performance Offshore Cruiser) was built in Taiwan by Sen Koh on a fully cored semi-displacement hull with a wide beam, hard aft chines, and a long keel. The galley-up floor plan is arranged with three staterooms on the lower level including a spacious V berth and large V I P guest cabin forward and an even larger primary stateroom with direct (private) access from the main salon aft. Each roomy stateroom has a private head with separate stall showers. The galley is open to and very much a part of the main salon. A staircase in the wheelhouse leads up to the fly-bridge helm position. Like most Asian-built yachts of her era, the interior is fully paneled with quality teak woodwork and joinery. Additional features include bridge overhangs for the side decks and aft deck, a walk-in engine room, molded fore-deck seating.

2022 and 2023 Repower and Drivetrain Upgrades

• New Twin 500 hp, Caterpillar C7.1 turbo diesel motors
• Transferrable warrantee good through May, 2028
• New ZF 301-1 C Marine Reduction Gear transmissions
• New larger 2.25-inch shafts
• New larger 5 Veem bladed propellers
• New exhaust system
• New Caterpillar ECU controllers and gauges
• Rebuilt and upgraded Naiad stabilizer system to a current-spec 252 unit

Painted and soundproofed engine room with new sound insulation resulting in much lower sound level at all RPM

Other upgrades done during 2022-2023 Refit:

• Rebuilt both upper and lower dashboards for new instruments and gauges
• Three new Raymarine Axiom 12 displays, two at the lower helm, one on the flybridge
• New Raymarine radar unit
• New autopilot: Raymarine Evolution ACU-400 with P70R control head

2024-2025:

Complete exterior paintjob including new non-skid decks

Exterior Brightwork 11 coats of Interlux Alwood

New exterior LED deck-lights

Other major mechanical work:

• 2009: Rewired the entire engine room