2007 Seahorse 52

Paradox II is an exceptional example of one of the best-kept secrets of the trawler world. Most people have heard of Diesel Ducks, designed by George Buehler and built by Seahorse Marine in mainland China. What many do not know is that Seahorse Marine also builds a rugged, full-displacement long-range cruiser, the Seahorse 52. The hull form is all sailboat (the Mandarin 52 to be precise), and Bill Kimley worked with Blaine Seeley to develop a new layout and deck to upgrade this proven hull form and convert it into an ocean-ready trawler. About thirty Seahorse 52s have been built and they are now cruising all over the planet — one completed a circumnavigation.

Paradox II did her initial cruising on the US west coast and was purchased by sailors ready to convert to power. She is a twin-engine edition that traveled through the Panama Canal, then cruised across the Caribbean to Florida, where she was sold in Jacksonville to another sailing couple who added air conditioning, a watermaker, a new dinghy and crane. The current owners, both physicians, have worked through the typical survey items and cruised both coasts of Florida; their major capital improvement is the installation of Naiad active fin stabilizers. Paradox II is an ideal couple's cruiser, featuring an owner cabin aft (amidships) with guest cabin forward — both cabins have built-in desks, a rarity in a power boat under 100'. There is a hallway head for guests, and the owner stateroom has an ensuite head and shower with a tub. For 52 feet, you will have a difficult time finding a better overall trawler value.

The Seahorse 52 is a full displacement trawler with proven ocean-crossing capabilities. The performance aspects have been designed for functionality, utility and reliability. The interior features finely crafted teak joinery and granite countertops balanced with white laminate inserts and teak and spruce soles. You will appreciate the placement of windows and lighting for visibility, as well as hatches, portlights and Dorade vents for air circulation. The interior includes air conditioning for climate control, and the layout aboard Paradox II creates a natural transition from one area to the next.

The saloon is entered through a double door aft. The overheads are bright white gelcoat with teak trim, and the interior soles are primarily teak and spruce. There are large windows framing the world outside; to port a U-shaped settee surrounds the teak dining table, and on the starboard side there are two Ekornes lounge chairs leading up to the flat screen television and a granite surface atop teak cabinetry. This forward area includes the combination laundry appliance and an icemaker right across from the galley.

• Double door entry from the cockpit
• U-shape settee with storage underneath
• Stylish rug over teak and spruce wood floors
• Opening windows with screens, pull-down blinds and decorative curtains
• Samsung flat screen television
• Fusion stereo system with Bose speakers
• Samsung MotoDirecto combination clothes washer and dryer (self-venting)
• U-Line ice maker
• SeaVac central vacuum
• Teak dining table
• Glass locker liquor cabinet
• Fan
• Floor access entries for engine room (2 large forward, one smaller aft)
• Fiberglass overhead strakes with teak trim
• Teak and spruce sole

Forward to port on the entry level is the galley, which has the necessary appliances for preparing meals and a beautiful complement of teak lockers and drawers with granite counters.

• Force 10 3-burner propane stove and oven with stainless steel protective backing
• Whirlpool microwave and convection oven
• Fisher Paykel standup refrigerator/freezer with stainless steel face
• Broan trash compactor with teak face
• Miele Optima dishwasher
• Stainless steel sink
• Teak and spruce sole
• Opening window
• Overhead storage lockers with louvered doors; wine glass slide racks on underside of overhead lockers
• Below-counter storage lockers with louvered doors; multiple teak storage drawers
• Delta faucet (2020); Abundant Flow fresh water tap
• Fan

Up a few teak steps brings you to the raised pilothouse. The central command, with curved contours and sturdy helm seat, is clearly focused and organized for utility and comfort, with all navigation, communications and operational machinery displays in clear view and within reach. Behind the helm chair is a built-in settee with table. You can exit to either side deck or continue forward to the lower-level accommodations. Forward to port is a chart surface which lifts for storage; to starboard a teak cabinet with drawers and lockers has a countertop with teak rails.

• Gelcoat and fiberglass overhead with teak trim; teak and spruce sole
• Windows with a great view in all four directions; opening Dutch doors port and starboard
• Contoured helm station; settee aft; teak table with hinged leaf
• Louvered lockers and drawers
• Ritchie Powerdamp Plus compass; custom high-back helm chair; teak steering wheel
• John Deere engine panels; MMC engine shift controllers; Racor vacuum gauge
• Naiad MultiSea II stabilizer control panel; Side Power bow thruster pad
• Simrad Halo T-O 20" radar (radome); Simrad GO7SXR 7" display
• Garmin GPSMap 6212 12" MFD; Garmin GPSMap 5212 12" touchscreen MFD; Garmin GPSMap 6208 8" chartplotter display
• GMR-24 48-mile HD marine radar; GSD-22 network sonar; satellite weather; camera inputs
• Garmin AIS-600 interfaced with MFDs; Garmin GXM-51 satellite marine weather
• CCTV engine room and stern cameras interfaced with the Garmin MFDs
• Iridium satellite phone
• ICOM IC-M602 VHF radio with loud hailer; Simrad AP28 autopilot
• Fusion MS-IP700 stereo with speakers; Sirius XM satellite radio
• Northern Lights generator control panel; Xantrex inverter/charger control panel; Xantrex Pathmaker; Victron Energy battery level monitor
• Muir Auto Anchor 500C digital chain counter windlass remote; Spectra watermaker remote panel
• Electrical panels with breaker switches; remote tank level sensor; bilge pump controls; wiper control panel; 12V outlet; level gauge for side-to-side trim
• ITT Jabsco remote-controlled search light; Weems & Plath clock and barometer; fans; air conditioning control; chart table with storage below; bell; air horn

Descending the curved teak staircase forward brings you to the accommodations deck. The owner cabin is aft, full beam with opening portlights and a fore/aft island bed, with a dresser and desk to port plus hanging lockers and drawers; forward to port in the master suite is the head, sink and shower with tub. The guest stateroom is up in the bow with two bunks, seating and a desk. There is a private head with shower to starboard in the companionway hallway.

For a quiet place to unwind, read, relax and sleep, you will be impressed with the owner stateroom arrangement. Located aft on the lower level, this is a full-beam stateroom with the large bed positioned fore and aft. To starboard is a bureau with drawers, to port a desk area and built-in seat. There are opening portlights outboard, good lighting, excellent storage and climate control. It is richly appointed in teak including louvered door cabinets, plentiful drawers and the desk top; the overhead is white with teak trim and the sole is teak and spruce.

• Large berth facing fore/aft; night stands
• Teak and spruce sole; vinyl overhead with teak ceilings
• Desk with mirror and swing-out seat; built-in reading seat to port
• Lighting overhead, reading and courtesy; book shelves
• Hanging lockers; drawer bureau to starboard; many drawers
• Opening portlights outboard
• Inverter and batteries under bed
• Garmin GPSMap 441 repeater display

The owner head is private, accessed from inside the stateroom and positioned forward to port. This convenient area includes a freshwater toilet, sink, mirrored cabinet and shower/tub.

• Tecma fresh water head
• Stand-up shower with tub
• Mirror forward of sink; mirrored cabinet above sink
• Granite counter; undermount sink with Delta faucet
• Storage locker; towel racks
• Opening portlight
• Tile floor

The lower level is connected by a companionway that begins at the base of the stairs. Moving forward on the starboard side is a convenient head — a guest head for all crew, not inside either stateroom. Toilet, sink and stand-up shower stall.

• Tecma fresh water head
• Stand-up shower with door
• Mirror forward of sink; mirrored cabinet above sink
• Granite counter; undermount sink with Delta faucet
• Opening portlight
• Tile floor

Returning to the companionway, you pass an independent head and shower to starboard before arriving in the guest stateroom forward. This room has an office desk and a comfortable seating area to port. On the starboard side there are two bunk beds. There are opening portlights outboard and a hatch above.

• Two single berths, over/under to starboard
• Built-in desk with swing-out stool to port
• Curved bench seating area forward to port
• Louvered locker doors; hanging locker; drawers; book shelves
• Opening portlights outboard; opening hatch overhead with screen
• Teak and spruce sole

The engine room is accessed through the saloon floor via two large removable floor boards forward and a smaller hinged access hatch aft to visit the antechamber. The antechamber, with the opening by the saloon entrance, provides the easiest access and houses the SeaGyro stabilizer aft (disabled) and the Northern Lights generator to starboard. Moving forward you enter the engine room through a hinged door with viewing window. There is a deep walking well between the engines and you can also access outboard, or come in from the forward hatch. Twin John Deere engines, fiberglass fuel tanks, a sea chest, fuel manifold, fuel transfer and filtration make this a well-laid-out engine room.

• (2) John Deere 4045TFM75, 4.5 liter turbocharged, 135 HP engines
• (2) ZF IRM-220-A 3.0:1 transmissions (starboard refurbished 2021)
• (2) Seal Master thrust bearings with universal joints; (2) PYI PSS dripless shaft seals
• (2) Gulf Coast filters
• Northern Lights 9 kW generator
• Naiad active fin stabilizers (2019)
• Sea Gyro stabilization (disabled, replaced with Naiad active fin stabilizers)
• Electric bilge pump; high water bilge pump
• Spectra watermaker
• Fiberglass fuel tanks with sight gauges
• Force 10 hot water tank (disabled, replaced with new Raritan in lazarette)
• Starting batteries
• Sea chest with clear viewing top for raw water intake distribution
• Fireboy fire suppression

The lazarette is under the cockpit aft deck and topped with a large hinged hatch. This area has the steering gear, air conditioners and the diesel furnace, and is a great storage area for extra supplies and gear.

• Hydraulic steering ram with valves
• Steelhead crane reservoir and control box
• Raised wood floor to level bilge area for moving about
• Dometic air conditioning compressors; Webasto diesel furnace
• Abundant Flow fresh water system; Raritan 12-gallon hot water tank
• Northern Lights generator air sep muffler
• Rudder shelf; PSS rudder shaft gland
• Electric bilge pump with Ultra float switch

On deck you can enjoy swimming aft and relaxing in the cockpit, which has an integrated sink console. Paradox II is a widebody, so to go forward outside you walk alongside the saloon to starboard. A large access hatch provides entry to the lazarette.

• Two built-in storage lockers in swim step
• Stainless steel swim ladder
• Hot and cold water cockpit shower
• Entrance gate to cockpit from swim step
• Integrated sink with locker port forward of cockpit
• Freeing ports with cleats
• Fresh water hose bib
• Stainless steel handrails along gunwale
• Compression post for crane between boat deck and lazarette
• Large hatch access to lazarette below
• Rod holders
• Double door entry to saloon

Forward of the pilothouse and above the guest stateroom is an uncluttered area with deck hatches and high stainless railing. Ground tackle with windlass and deck pipes for rode, access to the chain locker, and a seating area aft with storage lockers outboard.

• Muir HR 2500 Cheetah 24VDC windlass
• Two anchor rollers
• 80 lb. Manson Supreme as primary anchor with 300' of 3/8" chain
• Danforth secondary with 100' of 3/8" chain and 200' of braided nylon
• Secondary deck pipe
• Fiberglass chain locker access hatch
• Stainless fender holders; hawse pipes leading to cleats
• Opening deck hatch for guest cabin
• Molded-in seat in front of wheelhouse
• Molded-in fiberglass deck boxes aft — port box houses propane tanks, starboard holds secondary rode

Continuing aft along the port side brings you to the boat deck. This deck above the saloon is home to the RIB tender, which is launched with a Steelhead crane. The antenna mast can be lowered for passing under bridges.

• 11' Inmar 330R-AL console with aluminum hull (2017)
• Dinghy cover with zipper access
• Tohatsu 20 HP outboard (2017)
• Steelhead ES-1000 crane (2017)
• Rail-mounted Magma propane barbeque
• Fiberglass deck storage box

The view above the pilothouse is spectacular. With a folding Bimini top you have shade in the sun and protection from rain. There is a central command chair with the steering wheel and nav/com instruments forward; outboard are molded seats with cushions on top and storage beneath, and there is also storage up forward ahead of the helm.

• Bimini overhead
• Single helm chair; stainless steel vertical helm steering wheel
• Main engine controls and instrument displays
• Stabilizer control panel; Side Power bow thruster
• Compass; search light control pad
• Garmin color multi-function display; Simrad AP24 autopilot; ICOM VHF radio
• Fusion stereo and speakers; air horn button
• Storage access doors forward
• Large fiberglass built-in seating with cushions and storage

• US Coast Guard safety equipment (flares, fire extinguishers, discharge and trash plaques, horn, life jackets, throw ring, etc.)
• Fire-Boy engine room fire system with FE-241 fixed fire suppression, automatic thermal and manual activation
• Dual trumpet 24-volt DC electric air horn
• Ship's bell mounted in the pilothouse
• Bilge high water alarm float switch in the engine room, with alarms integrated into the other bilge pumps
• Marine medical kit
• Carbon monoxide detectors; smoke detectors
• ITT Jabsco remote-controlled search light

The Seahorse 52 is built in the same hull mold that produced the popular Mandarin 52 cruising sailboat. The hull is a full keel with rounded chines; the shafts have a down angle with four-bladed propellers in front of the twin rudders. The hull layup is solid fiberglass mat and woven roving hand laminate atop a gelcoat surface that is then painted with Awlgrip for a bright finish. There are glassed-in longitudinal stringers in the hull for stiffness, and the hull is laid with clear gelcoat and vinylester resin below the waterline, sealed with an epoxy barrier coat. The interior structure is framed with marine plywood bulkheads glassed in place, bonding the hull and deck. There is an integral swim platform with stainless steel stanchions and a hinged boarding ladder, and the deck is cored and painted with Awlgrip.

Paradox II is a US Coast Guard documented vessel. Jeff has been involved in the brokerage sales of several Seahorse 52s, both single and twin-engine versions. The layout flows well and the craftsmanship is at a very high standard. Paradox II is loaded and ready to head right back out to sea, and the current owners have done an exceptional job looking after her. A previous owner had a failure with the port engine and had many components replaced; both engines had their exhaust systems redone to avoid a repeat.