2005 San Juan SJ 48 For Sale
Port Washington, New York
$890,000
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Vessel Description
2005 San Juan SJ 48 for Sale in Port Washington, New York
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2005 San Juan SJ 48 THANKS LANGE for Sale: Versatile Express Cruiser in Port Washington, New York
Exceptional Design and Performance
The 2005 San Juan SJ 48, presented by Luke Brown Yachts, is a stunning express cruiser that combines performance with elegant design. This 51.8-foot vessel is perfect for both cruising and socializing, offering ample space and comfort for unforgettable days on the water. With a sleek profile and well-appointed interiors, the SJ 48 is designed to impress while providing a smooth and enjoyable ride.
Spacious Accommodations and Social Areas
Onboard, the SJ 48 features a thoughtfully designed layout that accommodates up to 4 guests comfortably. The two-cabin arrangement includes a master suite and a guest cabin, both equipped with well-appointed amenities. The spacious salon and cockpit areas are perfect for entertaining, allowing you to host family and friends in style. With a well-equipped galley and outdoor dining options, THANKS LANGE is ideal for both casual outings and longer getaways.
Impressive Power and Handling
Powered by twin MTU Series 60 engines, each delivering 825 HP, the SJ 48 boasts a top speed of 30 knots, ensuring exhilarating performance on the water. The yacht is equipped with a bow thruster for easy maneuvering in tight spaces, making docking a breeze. With a fuel-efficient design and advanced navigation systems, you can confidently explore new horizons and enjoy extended cruising adventures.
Specifications - 2005 San Juan SJ 48 THANKS LANGE
Builder: San Juan Yachts
Model: SJ 48
Year: 2005
Location: Port Washington, New York
Length: 51.8 feet
Beam: 15.5 feet
Draft: 3 feet
Engines: Twin MTU Series 60 (825 HP each)
Generator: Northern Lights (12 kW, 1400 hours)
Accommodations: 2 cabins, 2 heads
Total Berths: 4
Top Speed: 30 knots
Key Features:
- Spacious salon with comfortable seating
- Well-equipped galley with microwave and fridge
- Outdoor shower and electric sunroof for added comfort
- Advanced electronics including Garmin and Simrad systems
- Teak exterior flooring for a stylish touch
Whether you're looking to cruise the local waters or embark on an adventure, the 2005 San Juan SJ 48 is ready to deliver an exceptional experience on the water.
General Information
A broad deck with flexibly comfortable seating makes cruising and entertaining a natural aboard the San Juan 48. Ease through the tempered glass door into a private world of comfort and luxury that is simply elegant. Inside the cabin, a gracious dining table seats six in causal elegance. Satin teak greets captain, family, and friends at every turn. Refined materials and design continue below decks with a generous galley featuring an open-air view of the pilothouse. All spaces are fluidly and intuitively connected, and all are climate controlled with both heat and air conditioning. The two-stateroom berth two in queen size comfort, each with its own flat-panel video and audio entertainment system. Each also includes its own private head with exquisite glass shower.
An extensive list of systems and equipment one has come to expect as optional is included standard here. Everywhere you look, touch, or feel provides sensory overload. Every space, each fitting, texture and material aboard is as inviting to the eye as it is to the hand; the mahogany wheel of the hem; the faucet handle on the wet bar. The effortless rise of the aft seat exposes the shore boat. All the way to the fanatical manner in which every visible fastener aboard has been stopped in the same rotational position. There is nothing else quite like this on the water.
Accommodations
Boarding THANKS LANGE from the stern through a transom door you will find a large cockpit that was designed to allow ample room for sitting, dining, water sports, and sun bathing. The cockpit features a built-in transom seat that hinges forward and opens mechanically to reveal a tender garage. This in-transom garage allows for safe and secure storage of a dinghy and makes launching and retrieving a breeze. A hot and cold-water cockpit shower is also located on the transom. Forward of the transom bench seat in the cockpit are two large sun pads/lounges to both port and starboard. Removable hatches located beneath the seating or sun pad provide access to the engines for service and there is also a hydraulic day hatch for entry. The teak exterior sole is level from the transom all the way to the forward house bulkhead and the cockpit is separated from the salon and helm area by a clear panel bulkhead and clear door, tying these areas together even when closed up and allowing excellent rear visibility from the helm. On occasion and weather permits, the clear panels of the aft bulkhead can be removed allowing for easy pass-through from the salon’s large settee to port and the wet bar and cocktail prep area to starboard. The settee has a large custom made semi-circular high gloss teak table with Two Sea Horse inlays for dining. A hydraulic sunroof retracts in the hardtop providing an even greater open-air feel.
Moving below in the cabin a fully equipped galley is to port and a guest stateroom to starboard. The guest stateroom opens to the lower companionway with a wide pocket door and this area can be used as an additional seating area whit the bed converted to a settee, plus a custom stemware cabinet with Waterford stemware. At night the settee can be expanded to a queen berth with a pipe berth above for additional sleeping capacity. This stateroom has its own head with stall shower.
The master stateroom is forward featuring fine teak joinery with a hi-gloss finish throughout, solid framed doors, custom bookshelves, under-berth stowage and beautiful trim work that ties in the décor. A centerline queen berth provides a restful night after a day of cruising and playing on the main deck. The master head is large and features a second stall shower. All interior areas have close to seven feet of head room, top end appliances, craftsman like fit and finish, etc. There is also a washer and dryer conveniently located under hinged steps to the pilothouse.
Galley
• Euro Kera Force-10 3-burner stove, 120V
• Sharp Carousel convection microwave
• Norcold AC/DC ¾ size over/under refrigerator
Engines and Mechanical
San Juan used a straight drive inboard configuration that allowed for superior shaft angle, shallow draft (thanks to prop tunnels), over-size props and rudders. The result is phenomenal control in different sea states including following seas which is a problem for many competitors in this segment of the market. By keeping the props further apart (7’5” in between the shafts and rudders) San Juan also created cornering agility underway but also great leverage for maneuvering around the dock. This complimented by good site lines and a bow and stern thruster make close quarter operation very comfortable.
Steering is fingertip smooth due to the rotary-actuated hydraulics that also blocks rudder chatter at the helm and removes wheel creep in turns, as well as on straightaways. The rudder stocks are stabilized in gusty stainless-steel fabrications bolted into stainless steel plates that are laminated into massive foundations during the infusion process.
The engine compartment is lined with sound insulation to reduce noise levels and engine compartment hatches are gasketed to reduce noise levels as well.
Equipment includes:
• Detroit Diesel/MTU Series 60 engines with block heaters and electronic controls
• Racor fuel filters
• Aqualift custom designed exhaust system
• Automatic fire suppression system
• Oil exchange system
• 720-Gallon fully baffled aluminum fuel tank with a double fill for faster refueling
• 120-Gallon baffled stainless steel fresh water tank
• (3) Bulge alarm system with audible and visual alarms at helm
• ESI fuel polisher
• Side Power SP95 Ti bow thruster
• Built in the USA using American Bureau of shipping Rules as guidelines
• Machinery and equipment installed using the rules and regulations of the United
States Coast Guard and the American Boat and Yacht Council
Electronics
• Simrad AP26 autopilot interfaced with plotters
• Furuno NAVNET VX2
• Furuno radar 6’ 6Kw open array radar
• VEI Marci 4 computer with Nobeltec and 15” touch screen display
• KVH SAT TV
• Independent Furuno depth with display
• AIS
• Wireless keyboard for VEI
• Compass
• Trim tab controls
• Tankwatch system
• MTU Multi-Purpose engine displays
• Northstar with remote speaker VHF with AIS
• Side-Power bow and stern thruster controls
• ACR spot light with remote at helm
• Engine room camera
• Teak rimmed stainless-steel steering wheel
• High gloss teak helm console

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Age
Built in 2005. Build year and production period shape the asking price through age of systems, styling and the equipment fitted as standard.
Engine
20 hours on twin MTU Series 60. Engine hours, service history and configuration are the largest mechanical factors in an asking price.
Options and features
Radar, Satellite TV, and Autopilot are fitted. Optional equipment, refits and onboard features are usually reflected in the asking price.
Price history
Listed on YachtWay at $890,000 on Jun 22, 2026. On-platform asking prices only.
Other market factors
Location, tax and duty status, condition, service history and how many comparable hulls are for sale all move the asking price.
2005 San Juan SJ 48
$890,000