1996 Kadey Krogen 48

The Kadey Krogen 48 North Sea design was created for the type of adventure appropriate for the name of this hull, Great Escape. The hull design was developed to first and foremost optimize comfort and efficiency underway. She has a fine entry and an equally fine return off her "wine glass" aft section — slicing through rough waters offshore and gliding effortlessly when the seas are smooth.

Her current owners have enjoyed several adventures and many improvement projects to enhance their experiences. She features the popular widebody saloon/deck arrangement which creates more interior volume in the entry level galley/saloon. The living arrangement below decks is the popular two-stateroom, two-head layout. For operations you have the choice of running her from the raised pilothouse or flybridge, both with excellent visibility.

You can board Great Escape from the swim platform and then forward through the tall aft cockpit door. At a marina or dock, it is easier to get aboard via either the port or starboard cockpit side deck step-over doors. You are protected overhead by the boat deck above. The entire lower deck surface is teak — a quiet place to relax.

• Fiberglass swim deck platform with folding stainless steel swim ladder
• Teak decking
• Lifting hatch in deck for access to lazarette below
• Shore power connections — 50 amp for house; shore dock water connection; fresh water hose bib
• Covered overhead
• Ladder to boat deck (stainless with teak steps); compression post for crane above
• Cockpit speakers; loudhailer
• Varnished teak cap rail and additional stainless-steel handrails
• Textilene curtain rolled up for drop-down shade
• Teak side deck wind door to starboard

The lazarette houses the steering system and provides plenty of storage — room to bring aboard your own requirements and spares.

• Steering access
• Storage space for items and gear
• Spare Fortress anchor storage

The saloon aboard Great Escape creates a very open, airy and pleasant living space. For visibility, light and ventilation there are large opening windows port and starboard as well as an opening window in the aft bulkhead. Great Escape has a roomier feel inside since she is a widebody configuration with the only walking deck to starboard. To starboard is an L-shaped settee with a teak hi-lo table; forward of the settee is a cabinet for the entertainment center. To port there are two home-style upholstered chairs. The engine room is accessed by a floor hatch forward in the sole.

• L-shaped settee to starboard
• Adjustable teak hi-lo dining table with stainless steel base
• Two comfortable chairs to port
• Parquet wood flooring (carpet covering)
• Flat screen TV
• Large windows with curtains/blinds
• Twin varnished teak entry doors
• Desk area forward to port
• Storage lockers and tambour doors; wine cooler
• Floor access to the engine room below

The galley is forward on the starboard side. Great Escape has enjoyed the preparation of numerous meals around the clock while underway or with style at rest. There is a Force 10 three-burner LPG stove with oven and a large dual basin stainless steel sink. Frigidaire appliances include a full-size refrigerator/freezer and microwave oven. There are louvered overhead lockers and under-counter drawers for cutlery, utensils, pots, pans, plates and cookware.

• Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer with ice maker
• Frigidaire microwave oven
• Force 10 propane three-burner stove with propane oven
• Seagull water purification
• Slide-out trash bin
• Opening portlights
• Granite countertops
• Spice rack; pantry with sliding shelves
• Stainless steel double basin sink with spray-head faucet

The guest stateroom to starboard can sleep two and serve as an on-board office. There is an athwartship double bed at seat height and a Pullman "shelf-type" bunk bed above. For working aboard there is a desk with a chair and drawers. The teak ceilings along the hull sides blend with the three opening portlights. There is a large hanging locker with louvers.

• Twin bed
• Pullman single berth fold up/down
• Reading lights
• Working desk, drawers and bookshelves
• Mirror
• Hallway horizontal opening with privacy curtain
• Three opening port lights

The guest head (independent/day head) is across to port from the guest stateroom. The single basin sink is below the mirror, the toilet is a freshwater Raritan Elegance electric, and the standup shower has a built-in seat. The guest head also contains the stacked GE clothes washer/dryer.

• GE stacked clothes washer and dryer
• Stand-up shower with built-in seat, teak grate and shower curtain
• Tile flooring
• Raritan Elegance electric freshwater head
• Corian countertop; sink with mirror above
• Louvered lockers and drawers

The forward owner stateroom enjoys a spacious queen-size island berth. This stateroom has teak ceiling trim outboard and teak cabinetry with louvered lockers. There are four stainless steel opening portlights and two overhead hatches giving plenty of light and ventilation. Storage for clothing is in three hanging lockers and twelve large drawers, and the bed lifts to provide access to a large compartment under the berth, with below-sole machinery access as well.

• Walk-around island queen bed with Beauty Rest mattress
• Underbed storage
• Three hanging lockers; twelve drawers
• Four stainless steel opening portlights; two overhead hatches
• Mirror with lights above bureau drawers
• Access to chain locker forward
• Parquet wood soles
• Easy access to pumps, tanks and bow thruster below the soles
• Television mounted to starboard for easy bed viewing
• Hart tank watch gauge

An en-suite head with toilet, sink and shower, opening portlight and tile flooring.

• Raritan Elegance electric freshwater head
• Stand-up stall shower with bi-fold door and molded seat
• Mirrored medicine cabinet
• Corian countertop

The raised pilothouse is the operations center of Great Escape. She has enjoyed much offshore travel and is ready for more safe and economical underway travel. System controls are placed in convenient positions for easy touch operations and great visibility. The Stidd helm chair affords the best seat in the house, with additional crew on the comfortable fabric upholstered bench settee with an adjustable teak table. There are large opening windows port and starboard and two stainless steel opening ports in the aft bulkhead.

• Stidd helm chair; teak ship's helm
• Electrical breakers; charts in chart drawer
• Brass analog barometer and clock; Danforth compass
• Wesmar stabilizer controls
• Caterpillar engine controls and analog displays
• Northern Lights generator panel
• Comnav Marine 1001 autopilot; analog rudder angle indicator
• Garmin 8616 xsv chart plotter; Garmin 1242 xsv chart plotter
• Garmin GC 100 WiFi camera; Garmin AIS 800; Garmin GMR 24 Fantom radar (18" radome)
• Garmin GNX 20 depth finder and transducer; Garmin 300 VHF; Garmin GC 200 rearview camera
• Standard Horizon Explorer VHF with GPS; Standard Horizon HX870 handheld VHF with GPS
• Raymarine ST60 depth finder
• SEA 857 loudhailer/intercom (fore and aft); SEA225 SSB (disconnected)
• Music speakers; air circulation fan; search light control
• Textilene window sunscreens
• Teak and spruce sole; built-in handrails; overhead opening hatch
• ACR EPIRB
• On the flybridge: Garmin 1243 chart plotter, Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF radio, Garmin GMI 20 display

The foredeck is fronted by stainless railings and a stout bulwark with varnished teak cap rails. Anchoring is backed by a Lofrans Falkon horizontal windlass ready to deploy the 105 lb. Mantus primary with the Delta 88 lb. ready on standby. Shore power connections and both fresh and seawater washdown provide extra convenience. The deck is uncluttered with two opening hatches above the owner stateroom. Forward of the pilothouse windows is a built-in seat locker area with cushions. The deck wraps around the pilothouse to port and has a stainless steel ladder with teak treads up to the boat deck and flybridge.

• Lofrans Falkon 1700-watt 12V horizontal windlass
• Mantus 105 lb. primary anchor with 300' of chain rode; chain stopper on starboard side
• Delta 88 lb. secondary anchor with 300' of chain rode; secondary deck pipe
• Seawater and fresh water washdown; dock water connection
• Stainless steel fender holders; hatches; cleats; deck box for gear storage
• Forward shore power; courtesy lights; non-skid surface
• Forward-facing seating below pilothouse windows

You can access the boat deck from the port side of the pilothouse up a short ladder. The Highfield dinghy and Yamaha outboard are securely mounted on the boat deck.

• 2020 Highfield RIB CL380 12'6"
• Yamaha 25 HP outboard
• Nautical Structures MC-800 electric dinghy davit
• Non-skid surfaces
• West Marine deck box for gear storage
• Hinged cover over aft ladder access from cockpit below
• Lifesling safety canister and life ring mounted on aft railing
• Starlink antenna on rails
• Stainless steel safety rails

The flybridge is a fantastic location where you can get the show underway or simply relax at rest. The raised tier is slightly above the boat deck. The mast is supported on this deck and is hinged to lower the air draft for bridge clearance, with spreaders and shrouds providing elevation for navigation antennas like the radar dome. A venturi wind screen divides the pilothouse roof from the flybridge. The engine and thruster controls are within easy reach of the chair.

• Helm chair on centerline; second helm chair outboard on port seat
• Molded-in lounge seating with cushions outboard on both sides
• Bimini cover with stainless steel bows and zippered canvas covers
• Propane locker under seat securing (3) 20-pound tanks
• Ritchie compass
• Caterpillar engine shift and analog gauges (behind clear protective cover)
• Standard Horizon VHF radio
• Garmin monitor display (adjustable pivot) for chart plotter and radar; Garmin repeater
• Comnav autopilot
• Bow thruster controls
• Mast support for antennas (hinged base for bridges) and spreaders with lights; mast winch and rope clutches

The large hatch forward in the saloon hinges to open up a stainless ladder with teak treads to grant access to the well laid out engine room. The Caterpillar main engine takes center stage, with the 12 kW Northern Lights generator as the costar. Wesmar active fin stabilizers are installed forward and outboard. Racor fuel filters serve the main engine and generator.

• Caterpillar 3208NA 8-cylinder 210 HP main engine
• Tides dripless shaft seal
• Northern Lights 12 kW generator in sound shield
• Wesmar active fin stabilizers
• (2) fuel tanks with sight glasses
• Reverso oil change system
• Racor fuel filters
• Fireboy fire suppression
• Engine bed ready for future wing engine installation
• Raritan 20-gallon hot water tank
• Bilge pump with float switch

• 800-amp hours of Lithium Dakota batteries (2023)
• Victron charger for lithium batteries (2023)
• Main engine exhaust (2023)
• Bottom paint (2023)
• Spurs line cutter (2023)
• Main engine strainer basket (2023)
• Starlink (2023)
• Sea water pump for main (2024) and for generator (2023)
• Generator new injector pump (2023)
• Outboard motor service (2024)
• Electrosan sanitation system new element installed (2024)
• Sanitation macerator and hoses replaced (2024)
• Groco strainers in engine room (2024)