This Custom Brewer 52' offers a pilothouse salon, a large galley, two large staterooms and two heads with stall showers. The interior is light and airy and the decor is white with teak trim. There is substantial storage in numerous lockers, drawers, lazarettes, and other storage spaces.

The pilothouse has 360 degree visibility and is accessed directly from the cockpit. To port is a large U-shaped dinette with teak dining table. To starboard is an area with two swivel chairs and a table between that doubles as a pilot/nav station forward and an office aft. The forward chair raises for visibility while piloting.  The electrical panels and navigation instruments are in the forward area and there is computer storage and built-in file drawers aft. Eight large windows, two hatches and two dorades provide wonderful visibility, light and ventilation.

The aft companionway leads back to the master stateroom from the starboard aft pilothouse. This companionway has ten large teak drawers on the outboard side for spare parts and tool storage. There are also several other lockers and storage areas. Inboard is a wet locker and a full apartment-sized washing machine and separate clothes dryer.

The master stateroom is aft with a centerline queen berth. There are two very large hanging lockers and two equally large storage lockers with built-in shelving on each side of the forward end of the berth. The forward bulkhead has a built-in TV shelf, VCR shelf, and bookshelves. Three hatches, two opening ports and two dorades provide plenty of light and ventilation.

The master head is forward of the master stateroom on the port side and has a marble countertop, full linen locker, sink, mirrors, house-sized electric toilet, storage lockers, separate stall shower and two opening ports. There is also a door providing access to the rear of the engine room.

The galley is located forward of the pilothouse on the port side. It is U-shaped, and is an excellent layout for a 50-footer. There is a great deal of counter space including a cutting board and large pump-thermos holders. The galley has a 3-burner gimbaled propane Force Ten stove/broiler/oven, a propane detector system, a microwave oven, a deep double sink with spray and filtered water spigots, a large refrigerator, and a large separate deep freezer. There is also tremendous storage. Two hatches, one dorade and an opening port provide good ventilation.

Opposite to starboard is the guest head with a marble countertop, full linen locker, sink, mirrors, house-sized electric toilet, separate stall shower, hatch, opening port, and dorade. The head can be accessed from the galley or directly from the guest stateroom.

The guest stateroom is forward with an offset full-sized queen berth, large hanging locker, numerous drawers and storage areas, one large hatch, two opening ports and one dorade.

All areas have substantial lighting and Hella turbo fans.  There is also red baseboard courtesy lighting throughout the boat.

This is a Ted Brewer sea-kindly design incorporating a modified fin keel with a separate skeg and rudder.

The hull is heavily constructed in fiberglass over structural foam core. The bulkheads are marine plywood secured with double mat on all sides. An extensive grid system of fiberglass stringers increase stiffness and strength. There is an external lead keel. The hull is epoxy coated on both the interior and exterior. The hull is Flag Blue Awlgrip with gold trim, 2001.

Night Heron is a proven, blue water passagemaker. Ted Brewer designed a powerful, high volume cruiser that incorporates the essential elements of ocean passagemaking and liveaboard cruising.

There is a pilothouse for comfortable below-deck level living, piloting and navigating. It has a large semi-flush deck for efficient and safe sail handling and dinghy storage. The large cockpit with its full enclosure make outside living very comfortable too.  All-sail roller furling also contributes to easy sailing.

The interior has tremendous volume with a vast amount of storage for all types of gear, equipment, supplies and stores.

Night Heron is strongly constructed, has great range under power and is extremely safe and comfortable. Her recent refit makes her an excellent yacht for immediate offshore use.

Vessel Condition

Night Heron is in very good condition.  We purchased her in 1999 and have sailed her extensively between Canada and Trinidad-Tobago.  She has been a very good and reliable vessel providing us with lots of good memories.