Grand Banks 49 Classic User manual

Dream Catcher
A 49’ Grand Banks Classic
Operang Manual
Edion of July 10, 2015
Copyrighted. See noce next page
Sect ion Contents
1  & General Des cr  on
2 Important Vessel Numbers
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 Index
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Warning!
This noce is a part of this manual, and is placed here to warn you as an owner, crew member or passenger
on this vessel that the author of this manual assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions herein,
and represents only that the wrings and illustraons herein represent his “best eorts” to provide a
comprehensive overview of the vessel, so that it can be operated by a person who has the necessary
experience and/or training to operate such a vessel given the addional informaon herein.
You should be aware that this operang manual is provided as a convenience to the owner(s), crew members
and passengers on this vessel, and is not complete in every detail. Given the complexity of this boat and
its systems, there is no way that all condions, conngencies, and operang details can be covered, both
because of space limitaons and because of ordinary oversight as conngencies are speculated upon by the
author. Likewise, it is possible either through oversight and/or changes in the vessel as a result of addions,
modicaons, or deleons to or of equipment since publicaon of this manual, that items discussed will
operate dierently than described, be absent from the vessel, or be added to the vessel without discussion in
this volume.
As a vessel owner, crew member or passenger on this vessel, you are here at your own risk, and the author of
this manual has no responsibility for your acons whatsoever. If you do not feel competent to undertake any or
all operaons detailed herein, do not undertake it/them; get help from a competent person.
I thank you, (and my lawyer thanks you.)
Joseph D. Coons
Copyright 2011 Joseph D. Coons
This manual was wrien for this boat’s owner and it’s charter company by Joseph D. Coons, 1220
Birch Falls Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229, tel [phone]. All rights reserved. This manual may not be quoted, copied,
or duplicated, in whole or in part, in printed or electronic form, without express wrien consent from the author.
About the Author
Joe Coons is a rered AM-FM broadcasng staon owner and computer systems corporate execuve who throughout his
life was involved in communicaons and mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems. He cruised his own boat on the
Hudson River and Lake Champlain when a teen and in his early twenes, and during the 70’s and 80’s accumulated some
2,500 hours as an instrument-rated private pilot. Beginning in 1986 he became seriously involved in boang as a boat
owner, subsequently working in a “rerement career” as a broker, also commissioning vessels, operang a charter eet,
checking out boat charterers, and training new power boaters. He has held a 50-ton Coast Guard Master’s license, and
operated his own boats and a substanal number of others from 26 to 70 feet in the near-coastal waters of Washington
State, Brish Columbia, and Alaska. His “helm me” exceeds 8,000 hours. In addion, he has trained hundreds of boaters
in the skills of vessel operaon.

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This manual is intended to introduce you to “Dream Catcher”, its systems, and features, allowing you to operate it with
the condence and self-assurance necessary to enjoy your cruising vacaon to its fullest. It is not intended to replace
a basic understanding of seamanship, including navigaon skills, weather interpretaon or boat handling. You are
expected to have an understanding of these subjects obtained through other sources, including training, seminars,
reading and perhaps most important, experience.
There is no way that a small manual like this one can answer every queson or give you a soluon to every circumstance,
foreseen or unforeseen. If you have a queson which limits your understanding or handling of this vessel, ask the owner,
a specialist, or contact the Jet- Tern Marine/Grand Banks company oces for details (you might make a list of quesons
as you read the manual, saving them all up to ask at one me).
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The manual is divided into six secons numbered “1” to “6” plus an index (Secon 7). Within each secon are
subsecons leered “A” to “Z” as required.
In secon 4, which deals with the specic informaon about the vessel’s equipment and systems, the manual is
organized by major categories, such as “Anchor”, “Dinghy, Davit & Outboard”, “Fresh Water System”, etc.
Note that within “Electrical Systems” are the “AC Electrical System” and “DC Electrical System” as sub-categories,
and within them are such items that are a part of each, such as “Inverter”, “Generator”, etc.; Likewise, all electronic
equipment is in the “Electronics” secon.
A complete index is at the back of the manual in Secon 7.

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The Grand Banks 49’ Classic is a tradional yacht
design, with berglass hull, cabin, and ybridge
structures, a teak swim step, teak decks, gunwale
caps, and teak and stainless steel welded ngs and
handrails. The windows, for the most part, are sliding
glass panes. Of parcular note are the easy walk-
around decks, enabling safe, secure passage about
the boat by the crew. There is a roomy cockpit secon
with ample storage in the lazaree beneath, and on
the side decks are the two fuel lls, the water tank ll,
and the two waste pumpout locaons.
Forward on the bow deck is the anchor windlass with
foot switches allowing chain movement both ”up”
and ”down” electrically. The anchor is retracted into
the bow pulpit, which hangs out over the bow to
give good chain clearance from the hull; this pulpit
is strong and braced, easily supporng not only the
anchor during hauling, but also an aending crew
member if necessary. Aer passing over the winch,
the chain goes below decks into the chain locker.
There are shore power connecons at the stern and
bow with adjacent fuse holders. A shore power switch
in the electric panel selects these. (When this cable is
to be disconnected, the switch should rst be turned
OFF to avoid arcing, which could damage the plug
contacts.) The boat’s 50-amp shore power cable is 50
feet long; an extra 30-amp cable is also supplied.
A bow locker stores the anchor bridle, windlass emergency handle, and spare lines.
A poron of the cockpit.
The anchor windless on the bow.
Shore power cable is connected.
Looking in the Lazaree.
Walk-around decks.
Stern shore power inlets.

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The a cabin supports the dinghy on the starboard side.
Tie-down straps hold the dinghy in place. The dinghy is lied
with an electric hoist from a strong davit with a windlass c
ontrolled by a plug-in remote control.
Up ve steps from the deck is the ybridge, with seang for
crew and passengers in two tandem seats, each seang four
passengers (for a total of eight); both have storage beneath.
Within the port storage compartment is the galley propane
tank and spare tank. To starboard, you will nd extra life
jackets.
Forward is a console holding atop it the ybridge electronics
and within it, substanal storage for canvas, and/or seat
cushions to port, and the upper helm staon to starboard.
In addion to instruments and controls, the console has a
sliding door revealing more electronics, including a large
fold-out radar console. On the a end of the ybridge to
port is a large Igloo cooler for extra iced storage.
The ybridge console has a full complement of instruments
including navigaon, communicaons, and engine controls.
The a cabin top with the dinghy, its motor. Noce the lifering.
Looking to starboard on the ybridge. Above the wheel are the engine
controls, compass, and to the wheel’s right are engine switches, etc.
To port, tandem seang for passengers and access to the
storage area under the console.
The control console has helm and engine instrument to starboard,
depth sounder, sh nder, and Navnet displays above,
and theVHF radio, large radar (white panel ps out), autopilot
control, hailer and heang controls behind a sliding door.