Overview

Preliminary Listing. - Vessel just completed the loop, and is being prepared for new owner 
BLUE MOON is a SEA RANGER 45 built in Taiwan in 1981 by C & L Marine with a solid fiberglass hull. This Raised Pilot house has fiberglass decks with the Europa Sedan appeal. She is a Great Loop veteran looking for her next adventure. 
? Vessel Overview
• Model: Sea Ranger 45 Raised Pilothouse Europa Sedan• Builder: C&L Marine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Year: 1981
• Length Overall (LOA): 45 ft (13.72 m)
• Beam: 14' 9"
• Draft: Approx. 4' 3"
• Hull Material: Solid fiberglass
• Displacement: 36,500 lbs
• Hull Type: Semi-displacement
• Fuel Type: Diesel
?? Power & Performance

• Engine: Volvo TAMD-40, 165 HP turbocharged 6-cylinder diesel
• Transmission: Borg Warner Velvet Drive
• Cruising Speed: ~8 knots
• Max Speed: ~11 knots
• Generator: Westerbeke 8kW diesel
• Bow Thruster: WESMAR
• Fuel Capacity: 612 gallons (6 aluminum tanks)
• Fresh Water: 200 gallons
• Holding Tank: 30 gallons
Navigation & Electronics

• Lowrance LCX-28c HD
• Garmin GPS861xsv  with Fantom Dome 18X Radar
• Lowrance Link 8 VHF
• ProMariner 1220 charger
• Xantrex TrueCharge 20
Interior & Layout

• Cabins: 2 staterooms
?? Master and guest staterooms with queen-size berths
• Heads: 1 large head with shower
• Salon: Spacious with Europa-style windows
• Galley: Functional layout with updated appliances
• Pilothouse: Raised helm station with excellent visibility
Exterior Features

• Decks: Fiberglass with teak accents
• Cockpit: Ideal for docking and line handling
• Tender: 2002 Achilles 10'2" rigid inflatable with outboard
• Windlass: Rebuilt in 2021
• Bridge Clearance: 19' 5"
Notable Upgrades & Maintenance

• New prop, shaft, and fuel tanks
• Freshwater and engine circulation pumps replaced
• Heat exchangers serviced (2021)
• Bottom job completed (Nov 24')• VictronConnect controller with 4 100W solar panels 

This Sea Ranger 45 is Great Loop capable, known for its sturdy build, efficient cruising, and timeless trawler aesthetics. With thoughtful upgrades and a comfortable layout, it's a fantastic choice for long-range cruising or liveaboard life.
 

Descriptions

45' Sea Ranger Vessel Walkthrough
Entering the salon through the starboard cockpit entry, you will find the dinette port and aft, the galley up is forward of L - shaped seating. Cabinetry starboard aft, step up to the Pilothouse, door access to port & starboard making locking easy. Wheelhouse has a movable captain's chair with good visibility, bench seat for guests or single berth for naps on those long crossings. Forward of the wheelhouse step down the spiral stairs for passage to both staterooms and large head.

Guest stateroom is port forward of engine room access. Port lights and storage are not short. Forward is the master stateroom with walk around center line queen, The head is situated starboard allowing easy access for all staterooms. Back through the salon into the cockpit, transom door opens to a teak swim platform, turning to port & up the steps to the bridge.
Port bridge is the barbeque grill, starboard is the dinghy with davit. Forward bridge, upper station covered by aluminum frame top.

45 Sea Ranger Accomodations
Blue Moon offers a walk around center line queen berth in the master stateroom. Guest stateroom has 3/4 berth port side, roomy and comfortable. Enclosed large head across to the starboard, aft of the master. The bench seating in the pilothouse can be used as a single berth.

45' Sea Ranger Salon
The huge salon offers L-shaped seating with dinette port aft. Forward in the salon on the port side is the large galley.
Starboard aft just inside the salon entry is storage cabinetry.
Forward starboard grants access to the pilothouse. Cabin sole is teak and holly. Salon windows are large, being covered by the bridge the Europa style keeps the salon cooler on warmer days.
Aft and starboard is access to the cockpit.

45' Sea Ranger Galley
The Galley up is port and forward of the dinette.
-Tundra refrigerator freezer
-Mariner 3 burner gas stove with oven
-Cuisinart toaster oven
-Keurig coffee maker
-Stainless double sink
-Cooktop exhaust vent
-Storage drawers
-Overhead cabinetry
-Teak & Holly sole
-Barbeque grill on bridge

45' Sea Ranger Lower Helm
The lower helm is center and forward of the salon in the pilothouse. A movable Sea Post helm chair sits forward of the bench seating. Door access on both sides of the pilothouse make locks and docks easy.

45' Sea Ranger Master Stateroom
The master stateroom has a center line queen walkaround berth, port lights, shelves, book storage, hanging locker, reading lights, teak & holly sole, deck hatch.

45' Sea Ranger Guest Stateroom
The guest stateroom is port aft of the master. The guest stateroom has a 3/4 berth on the far wall. The guest stateroom has reading lights, hanging locker, shelve and port lights. The cabin sole is teak & holly.

45' Sea Ranger Flybridge
The flybridge offers a aluminum frame top, non-skid deck, seating, barbeque grill on port rail, dinghy on starboard with davit. Upper helm is center and forward. Steps to cockpit are aft on the port side.

45' Sea Ranger Electronics
-Robertson auto pilot 2500
-Lowrance LCX 28 HD chartplotter/sonar
- Garmin GPS861xsv with Fantom Dome 18X Radar
-Standard Horizon VHF
-Lowrance Link 8 VHF
-Class B AIS
-Tracvision
-TV antenna
Lowrance HDS5 GPS/ sonar
-SH depth sounder

45' Sea Ranger Electrical System
-Westerbeke 8kW generator with approximately *** hours
-ProMariner charger
-Xantrex True Charge 20
-30 amp shore connections
-50 amp shore connection
-30 amp power cord
Six (6) 2021 Trojan T105 batteries wired in series and parallel for 12VDC house bank, two (2) 2021 Group 27 conventional batteries for main engine starting, one (1) 2020 Group 24 conventional battery for genset starting, and three (3) 2020 Group 27 conventional batteries in parallel for thruster. Charging provided by engines' alternators and one (1)ProNautic 12-20P battery charger with remote panel, batteries secured with poles covered and overcurrent protection sighted adjacent source location. VO reports one (1)
- Xantrex 10 amp charger for thruster batteries

45' Sea Ranger Engine/Mechanical Equipment
-Volvo TAMD-40, 165Hp, turbo charged, heat-exchanger cooled diesel engine, serial #: not sighted, engine hours: 5214 per helm meter, with Borg Warner Velvet Drive reverse/ reduction gear, gear model and serial #'s: 10-17-014, 4602.
-Morse engine controls
-Cruiseair air conditioning
-Mermaid 6,500 BTU reverse cycle AC units
-Stainless steal skeg mounted rudder with conventional bronze post seal and Teleflex hydraulic steering.
-1 ¾" stainless steel prop shaft
-Bronze shaft seal
-Two bronze 3-blade 26" x 17" props (one as spare), both trued and balanced during haul-out.
-100 gallon aluminum tank and one 100 gallon stainless steel water tanks
-Force10 11-gallon electric/heat exchange water heater
-FloJet VDC pressure water pump with filter and accumulator tank
-Six 102 gallon 5052 aluminum diesel fuel tanks, renewed
-Upper and lower valves at sight gauges.
-Fuel supply manifold at aft engine space bulkhead
-Racor turbine filter/water-seps
- Ideal ACWH electric windlass
-2002 Achilles HB-310 tender
(HIN: ACH00172H102, FL 8903 SN)
-Honda BF9.9A 9.9 Hp 4-strk outboard (serial #: BABS-207247)

Additional Units Included

• 2002 Achilles HB-310

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.