GRAND BANKS 47 HERITAGE
IN BUILD 2005-2014 PRICE RANGE £395,000-£825,000
The Grand Banks 47 Heritage was created in response to customer demand. Clients loved the Grand Banks style, but wanted the ability to cruise at faster speeds. This boat gave them that”. I’m talking to Colin Watts, director of Boat Showrooms and guru of all things Grand Banks, and he’s describing the gestation of the 47 Heritage.
Introduced in 2005, the boat was initially mooted to take over from the venerable Grand Banks 42, a classic that dated way back to 1968. It was (and still is) the archetypal trawler yacht and Grand Banks was keen not to mess with that winning formula. The company turned to naval architects Sparkman and Stephens for a design that followed the styling cues of the original, delivering low sweeping teak-capped bulwarks and solid-looking upright superstructure. The difference was under water – a planing hull better suited to
