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Ocean Alexander 60 Extended Range Cruiser boat test and performance review covering photos, features, the layout, and engine statistics.

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BOAT TEST: 2009 Ocean Alexander 60 Classico Extended Range Cruiser

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Creaky’s not that big a deal, though. Indeed, such minor considerations are hardly worth factoring into a thumbnail summary. The Ocean Alexander 60 ERC is a salty little luxury liner with an expansive, finely wrought two-stateroom layout, reasonable performance, lots of solid engineering, and most important, characteristics that make her easy to handle and maneuver for a shorthanded crew of reasonably social but privacy-guarding seafarers. Like me.

Noteworthy: Duplex Genset Rancors

Our Ocean Alexander had a single genset, a 12-kW Northern Lights M843NK. Nothing unusual here—plenty of cruising vessels have a single genny. But what set our 60’s auxiliary-power system apart was the way its fuel system was plumbed. Instead of a single Racor fuel/water separator, which is what’s common on single gensets on sixty-footers these days, our Northern Lights had two, standard-issue Racor 75/500FGX30s, an unusual touch. Of course, duplex separators, whether for gensets or mains, let an owner continue running an engine on one separator while he drains water from or changes the element in the other. Team such capabilities with a centrifuge or fuel polisher—our test boat had an optional one from Gulf Coast Filters—and you’ve got a system that can deal with a load of bad fuel effectively and efficiently.

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This article originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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BOAT SPECIFICATIONS

Boat Type: Cruiser

Base Price: $1,325,000

Standard Power: 1/300-hp John Deere

Length Overall (LOA): 59'6"

Beam: 16'9"

Draft: 4'7"

Weight: 62,000 lbs. (dry)

Fuel Capacity: 1,400 gal.

Water Capacity: 300 gal.

Standard Equipment: 1/300-hp John Deere 6081AFM; Teleflex Hynautic hydraulic steering; Glendinning electronic controls; Side-Power 13-hp electric bow thruster; Muir Cheetah electric windlass; Steelhead hydraulic davit; Sunbrella exterior cushions; 2/Diamond Sea-Glaze Dutch doors in pilothouse; standard Diamond Sea-Glaze door in saloon; Kahlenberg air horn; Sub-Zero 700 refrigerator; 2/Sub-Zero 700 freezer drawers; Force 10 propane stove; Franke 2-basin s/s sink; Grohe plumbing fixtures; Tecma electric MSDs; Maytag stacked washer and dryer; 76,000-Btu Cruisair A/C; 12-kW Northern Lights genset; duplex Racor 75/1000 FHX fuel-water separators on mains; duplex Racor 75/500 FGX30 fuel-water separators on genset; 20-gal Torrid waterheater; Fireboy automatic fire-extinguishing system; Bennett trim tabs

Props: 2/455-hp Caterpillar C7 diesel inboards; ZF286A marine gears w/ 2.5:1 reduction; 33x221⁄2 4-blade Hung Shen nibral props

Optional Equipment On Test Boat: KeyPower KP12B 12-hp hydraulic bow thruster; KP10B 10-hp hydraulic stern thruster; and hydraulic system w/ power takeoffs located on both mains; teak-and-holly interior flooring; Gaggenau cooktop w/ oven; Fisher & Paykel dishwasher; ProSine 3000 inverter; teak decks in cockpit, side walkways, and on swim platform; Glendinning CableMaster; Gulf Coast Filters fuel polisher

Price As Tested: $1,610,000

Cabins: 1 master, 1 guest

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