1996 Kadey-Krogen 48 Whaleback

The Kadey-Krogen 48 Whaleback is a long-range trawler designed for comfortable cruising. Its accommodations are thoughtfully laid out for extended stays aboard. 

Spacious Deckhouse—The main living area features two L-shaped settees and a separate dining table with folding leaves, creating a cozy and functional space. The upholstery, cockpit salon, and tables were all replaced in 2019.

Galley: Positioned forward to starboard, the galley is well-equipped with a refrigerator/freezer, microwave convection oven, LP gas range/oven, and a trash compactor. There’s ample storage and a deep stainless steel sink.

Guest Accommodations—Whalerider features a guest head with a stall shower, a guest stateroom/den/office that sleeps two, and a second guest stateroom with two single berths.

Master Suite- The master stateroom is forward and features an oversized centerline berth with plenty of lockers and storage space. The master head includes a tub/shower combo.

Pilothouse & Upper Deck: A curved stairway leads to the enclosed bridge/pilothouse, which has Dutch doors opening to the upper side decks and Portuguese bridge. There’s an L-shaped settee with a dining table and a wet bar with an icemaker.

Cockpit & Swim Platform: The aft deck has all the necessary tracks to be enclosed with EZ2CY panels, which protect it from the elements. The swim platform allows easy access to the water for activities like diving or snorkeling.

Boat Deck: Surrounding the pilothouse is a massive boat deck with abundant space for personal watercraft and cross-country bikes and loads of free space to handle dock lines comfortably. For optimum, limitless cruising, the Whaleback 48' takes you confidentially and comfortably to your destination with fuel economy every knot of the way.

Below the waterline, a solid hand-laid PPG combo mat fiberglass is used, and a closed-cell P.V.C. sandwich core is used on the topsides. Vinylester resin is used in the first two laminates below the waterline.

End-grained balsa-cored superstructure, pilothouse, and boat deck. Core mat is also used to reduce print-through in marine plywood bulkheads. Mahogany stringers and frames are glassed in place and encased in fiberglass. Decks and pilothouse roof are 1 1/2" end-grain balsa core.

All Windows are tempered glass. The pilothouse front windows are 3/8" thick and all others are 3/16" thick with aluminum framing. 

Besides the Architectural Integrity of a Kadey-Krogen, the hull design is perhaps the most critical reason why seasoned mariners are attracted in the first place and also why so many come to love the brand. Each Krogen yacht begins with Kadey-Krogen’s exclusive Pure Full Displacement ® (PFD) hull- a masterpiece design for full-displacement pleasure yachts, created in the 1970s by James S. Krogen. This is a hull form with ideal displacement-to-length ratios, a fine entry, and characteristic end-to-end symmetry, including the signature “wineglass” transom, all producing a ride that is truly without equal.

Krogen is singularly focused and only builds this proven, reliable, seaworthy, sea-kindly cruising hull form. The Pure Full Displacement hull design does what it does so well that cruisers are ensured a safer and more comfortable time aboard than vessels built upon other hull forms. Only the pure full displacement hull provides stability and comfort, plus ample room for the fuel and supplies needed to make long passages or cross an ocean. Only the exclusive Kadey-Krogen hull form allows us to perfectly combine the elements to deliver capability and liveability.

Hydrostatic Data

2000NM Range @ 2000rpm making 9kts burning 1.5gph

Displacement/Length Ratio (D/L)             269

Above/Below Water Area Ratio (A/B)        2.6

Primatic Coefficient (PC)                           .60

Pounds Per Inch Immersion                      2600lbs

Moment-to-trim One inch                           6390 ft. lbs

Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy (LCB)     51.8% (Aft)

Longitudinal Center of Floatation (LCF)     55.8% (Aft)

• Original Caterpillar 3208NA 210hp @ 2800rpm - 7694 hrs
• Naturally-aspirated (104 liter) 636 cu in displacement with 45in bore and 5.0 in stroke, four-stroke cycle, 8 cylinders, 90-degree, V-design engine
• Twin Disc Caterpillar transmission Model# MG 506 - Gear  2.96: 1 ratio
• Shaft: 2 "AquaMet" S/S direct drive
• Fiberglass shaft log
• Brass with inner rubber cutlass bearing
• Left-hand 30in x 22in pitch three-bladed bronze propeller
• S/S rectangular rudder
• S/S skeg (foot) secured to the bottom of the rudder
• 125A  Alternator
• Dual Racor fuel filters with vacuum gauge
• Fuel polishing system
• Wesmar hydraulic stabilizers
• Wesmar hydraulic bow thruster
• Vickers hydraulic pump with Wilkes & McLean noise suppressor
• Village Marine 600GPD watermaker
• 4 Zone Ocean Marine reverse cycle air conditioning
• Reverso oil change system
• Racor Fuel Filters
• Sight gauges on fuel tanks
• Fuel tanks (3) black iron epoxy
• Fuel transfer pump
• Fireboy automatic fire suppression system
• (2) Water tanks S/S
• Galley Maid anchor and deck washdown
• Fresh water pump with accumulator tank
• Air compressor with aft deck connector
• Bonding system
• 20 gal water heater
• Fiberglass battery boxes
• Spur line cutter

• 12kW Northern Lights Generator w/sound shield (4964 hrs)
• (4)8D house Batteries (new 2023)
• (1) Engine Start Battery (new 2023)
• (1) Gen. Start Battery (new 2023)
• (2) 50A Shore Power receptacles (foredeck & cockpit)
• 2500W Magnum Inverter/Charger

• Furuno 48mile Radar
• Simrad AP26 Autopilot
• Garmin GPSmap 182C
• Furuno RD30 Display
• Depth & Speed
• Raymarine Tri-Data Autohelm Series
• Tracvision Dish Network Satellite TV Dome
• Horizon with DDS VHF
• Standard LH10 hailer/intercom
• SEA225 SSB
• Electronic cards for West Coast, East Coast, Great Loop & Bahamas

• Full USCG Safety Gear
• Diesel Furnace
• All-new upholstery, custom salon & cockpit tables (2019)
• Turkish-inspired "Gullet" custom cockpit couch
• Custom lazarette & master cabin bilge storage shelving
• Window covers & new boot stripe
• Steadying sail 
• Zodiac Dinghy with 40 hp Yamaha outboard
• New Groco Paragon Water Pump (2024)
• New Vacuflush Pump for Owners Head (2024)
• New Vulcan 88lb anchor (2024)

Owner's items are excluded.  Exclusions include, but are not limited to, Seller's possessions, loose items, binoculars, handheld radio(s), charts, tools, fishing equipment, spare parts, clothing, foul weather gear, galley equipment, linens/bedding, and any items not specifically listed on the equipment list specifications sheet.

Additional Excluded Items:

• Dinghy on the transom and the outboard motor
• Artwork
• Tools
• Bedding
• Chelsea clock and barometer in pilothouse
• EPIRB
• Kitchen items

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.