DeFever 41 Trawler

About the DeFever 41 Trawler

Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.

Built

1980–1995

Builder

Bluewater Marine (Taiwan)

Designer

Arthur DeFever

Length

40.58 ft

Waterline

34.58 ft

Beam

14.17 ft

Draft

4 ft

Displacement

23,000 lb

Hull

fiberglass

Hull / keel

semi-displacement

Propulsion

inboard

Fuel

400 gal

Water

250 gal

Holding

40 gal

Traditional trunk-cabin trawler on a solid fiberglass hull with long keel protecting prop and rudders. Galley aft in salon; aft stateroom has cockpit door. Powered by a single 210 hp Cummins or twin 135 hp Lehmans (7-8 knots cruise). Not every boat has teak decks: a 1980 example discussed on Trawler Forum has a plain fiberglass deck.

Known problems for this model

• Leaking fuel and water tanks fuel
  Buyers of 1980s DeFever 41s are told to check fuel and water tanks for leaks first; welded steel tanks on Taiwan trawlers tend to fail at seams and corners, and removal usually means cutting them up.
  trawlerforum.com · pacificyachting.com
• Rudder and shaft crevice corrosion running gear
  Stainless shafts and rudder stocks on boats this age can suffer crevice corrosion; along with struts and shaft logs they are standard pre-purchase checks.
  trawlerforum.com
• Teak decks and window leaks deck
  Teak decks and leaky windows are the classic Taiwan-trawler weak spots; water pools under the planks and finds screw holes into the core, so probe for soft spots and look for stains below window sills.
  pacificyachting.com

Engines & parts

Other DeFever models

• DeFever 40 Passagemaker 1973–?
• DeFever 44 Offshore Cruiser 1981–2007
• DeFever 48 Offshore Cruiser 1978–1992
• DeFever 49 Pilothouse (soft chine) 1977–2006