Cruising Speed: 21 kn
Beam: 19' 10''
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Max Draft: 5' 4''
Fuel Tank: 1 x 2625|gallon
Fresh Water: 1 x 350|gallon
Cabins: 3
Heads: 4

HARD TIMES is a 2006 Grand Banks 72 Aleutian Raised Pilothouse. She was based on the Grand Banks 64 Aleutian RP, designed by Tom Fexas, but benefits from a cockpit, longer running surface, additional fuel capacity, and more storage. She is easy to handle thanks to walkaround decks and a side door directly adjacent to the lower helm station. Twin Caterpillar C30 diesel engines rated at 1,550 horsepower each enable this boat to reach top speeds approaching 27 knots and a comfortable high cruise speed of around 21 knots. For efficiency, anything under 11 knots is very economical and doesn’t require much effort from the big engines. Three staterooms with ensuite heads plus crew quarters for 2 provide plenty of space for overnight guests. What is normally a convertible office is a dedicated stateroom on this 72, with 3 bunks. Typical of Grand Banks, her interior living areas are roomy and comfortable and feature beautiful teak joinery.

Key Features

2022 Refit including interior and exterior
Updated electronics
New watermaker
Fully stabilized and recently serviced
Fully functional cockpit for all water activities

Two electric doors open from the aft deck to the elegant salon. When left open, the area flows nicely as one. The curved sofa and two chairs provide lots of seating and the bookcases are useful and great-looking. A pop-up TV is in a cabinet in the aft port corner and a bar is in the starboard one.

Teak and holly sole with L-shaped settee
2 x Upholstered chairs
Pop-up TV
Bar cabinet bookshelves
Surround sound audio
High-low table dimmable lighting
Electric door to the aft deck
AC breaker and switch panel
New stone cabinet tops

Up a few steps is the galley, complete with loads of refrigeration and storage. To starboard is a staircase to the flybridge.

Subzero drawers (2 x freezer and 4 x refrigeration)
Miele cooktop
Miele dishwasher
Panasonic Genius microwave/convection oven
Single SS under-counter sink
Insinkerator disposal
New stone counter tops
Isotherm icemaker (Oct 2022)

Forward of the Galley lies the lower helm, flanked to port by a dinette and to starboard by a door to the side deck and stairs down to the guest staterooms. Thanks to the open aft bulkhead of the Galley, sightlines from the lower station are phenomenal. A full array of electronics and controls are beautifully arranged within easy reach and sight of the Stidd captain’s chair.

Stidd captain’s chair (reupholstered Oct 2022)
5-person dinette with leaves (reupholstered Oct 2022)
Starboard side door to the side deck
Garmin chartplotter (Oct 2022)
2 x Big Bay dimmable monitors
2 x SilverStone CPUs
Icom IC M602 VHF radio
Simrad AP25 autopilot
Maxwell anchor windlass controller
Naiad bow thruster
Naiad stabilizers
Tank Sentry fuel level gauges and transfer system
2 x Furuno GP-33
2 x Furuno RD-33
VDO rudder angle indicator
Parker Aquamatic 19 GPH Watermaker controls (Oct 2022)
Xantrex inverter monitor
Freshwater transfer pump control
Grey water Tank Sentry
Black water Tank Sentry
Freshwater Tank Sentry
DC breaker panel
3 x windshield wiper and washer controls
3 x windshield blinds

Situated amidship, the Owner Stateroom has a king-sized berth flanked by a walk-in closet aft to starboard and Master Head aft to port. As in the rest of this boat, storage is abundant.

Centerline king-sized berth
Twin nightstands
Reading lamps
4 x Portlights with solid offshore covers
2 x Chests of drawers
Walk-in hanging locker
Carpeted sole with hatch cut-outs
Make-up desk with mirror
Additional drawers and lockers
En suite head with large shower
Dometic freshwater head
Portlight in the head with offshore cover
Sony wall-mounted TV
New stone counter (Oct 2022)

Forward is the VIP Guest Stateroom with a centerline queen berth, lockers, and drawers. The head is accessible privately or through the companionway. It has a separate shower stall.

Centerline queen-sized berth
Reading lamps
2 x Portlights with offshore covers
Deck hatch with black-out screen and bug screen
Hanging locker
Storage drawers
Carpeted sole
Ensuite access to a full head with shower
Portlight with offshore cover
Dometic freshwater head
New stone counter (Oct 2022)

This stateroom has 2 bunks, side-by-side, and a third bunk above the outside berth. Attached is a head with sink and toilet.

3 x Single berths
Reading lights
Teak and holly sole
Hanging locker
Storage drawers
Portlight with offshore cover
Ensuite head with shower
Dometic freshwater head

Access to all the guest staterooms is available through this companionway. Hatches leading to the forward bilges are easy to remove. A clothes washer and dryer are located just outside the Master Stateroom door.

Carpeted sole
“Day” access to VIP head
Access to master and guest staterooms
Asko dryer front load
Asko washer front load
Whale manual bilge pump
Central vacuum inlet

The Flybridge is accessible from the aft deck and via stairs in the Galley. The upper helm is forward and two L-shaped lounges are aft, all beneath the cover of the factory-built fiberglass hardtop. Aft of the seating is a large area for dinghy storage and/or sunning area. A gas grill is aft of the port seating and behind the starboard seating is a 1,000 lb capacity davit.

2 x Stidd helm chairs
2 x Garmin GPS map 8622 multi-function display (new 2022)
Icom IC M602 VHF radio
Icom Command Mic
Simrad AP25 autopilot
Start/stop engine ignitions
VDO rudder angle indicator
Maxwell anchor windlass control
Spotlight control
Naiad bow thruster control
Garmin control
Furuno RD 33
2 x L-shaped sofas
2 x teak cocktail tables
Fiberglass hardtop
Venturi windshield
1000 lb davit
Summerset SS gas grill (new Jan 2023)
Overhead lights
Radar arch
Air horns

The covered side decks lead forward, past gates amidship, to a Portuguese bridge and through gates to the bow comfortable seating is to port and starboard and the double anchor pulpit and windlass are forward, complete with power Inlets.

Storage on the inboard side of the Portuguese bridge
Teak decks and side decks
Centerline bow access doors
Lounge seats on bow
Anchor locker hatches
Fresh and saltwater washdowns
Large freeing ports/hawse pipes
4 x Cleats
Anchor pulpit for 2 x anchors
Double-headed windlass
2 x 50amp inlets and breakers
Storage beneath lounge seats
2 x Dorades with plumbed fans

The large, covered aft deck is part of the salon when the twin doors are open. There’s plenty of seating around the large table for al fresco dining. Wing doors to the side decks are forward to port and starboard, and stairs aft on both sides lead to the cockpit. Access to the crew quarters is through a door on the port side deck.

Built-in bench seating aft with storage
Large teak dining table
4 x teak folding chairs
Ladder to flybridge
Teak deck

The large cockpit is accessible from the aft deck or through the transom door from the molded swim platform. Beneath the cockpit is an expansive lazarette and on the forward side is a sink to port and an ice bin fed by a Dometic ice chipper to starboard.