DeFever 48 Offshore Cruiser
Built 1978–1992 by CTF (Taiwan)
About the DeFever 48 Offshore Cruiser
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1978–1992
- Builder
- CTF (Taiwan)
- Designer
- Arthur DeFever
- Length
- 47.25 ft
- Waterline
- 40.83 ft
- Beam
- 15.33 ft
- Draft
- 4.75 ft
- Displacement
- 50,000 lb
- Hull
- fiberglass
- Hull / keel
- semi-displacement
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 950 gal
- Water
- 500 gal
- Holding
- 100 gal
Sources disagree on number built — left blank rather than guessed.
Europa-style three-stateroom yacht on a solid fiberglass hull with long keel and hard aft chines; galley aft in the salon; walk-in engine room with sea chest. Limited production resumed in mainland China from 1998. Cruise 8 knots with 135 hp Lehmans, 12-15 knots with 375 hp Cats.
Known problems for this model
No well-sourced problem reports found yet.
Engines & parts
Ford Lehman 135 / SP135 (2725E) parts: good
Factory standard engine — you entered “Ford Lehman 135”
Based on the later Ford 'Dover' 2725E 6.2 L naturally aspirated six (Ford built the Dover series 1982–1994, then Otosan/Dovertech to 2005). Parts are sold by the same Lehman specialists as the 120; American Diesel lists spare-parts sheets and Go2marine stocks cooling parts, heat exchangers and elbows for the 135. Do not assume 120 (2715E) and 135 (2725E) internals interchange.
Parts sources: American Diesel Corp, Go2marine (Ford Lehman parts collection)
Model sources (1)
Other DeFever models
- DeFever 40 Passagemaker 1973–?
- DeFever 41 Trawler 1980–1995
- DeFever 44 Offshore Cruiser 1981–2007
- DeFever 49 Pilothouse (soft chine) 1977–2006
Researched from public sources. Spotted an error? The sources are listed above — tell us what they got wrong.