The FIRST new build I’ve seen in a decade that’s actually impressed me. She’s just what everybody say’s they are looking for: A steel trawler, fuel efficient single (with separate aux-“get home”) diesel comfortable fully equipped (from tender, thrusters, fuel polisher, big refrigeration, aux engine, watermaker, etc) TOUGH (steel yo!) yacht with trans-Atlantic range, and priced like a production cookie-cutter cocktail cruiser. Not too big (think dockage, and anchorages)-not too small (comfort). She shows as a brand new boat inside and out, although she has 750 hours on her. Her exterior is as smooth (if not smoother) than fiberglass yachts. Her interior is gorgeous. 18′ Beam. just huge inside and out. She screams quality. Take a look at all the photos. I, Blake Davis have thoroughly inspected her in and out-from top to bottom- and I’m VERY impressed.
Bering 55′- model
This yacht seems SO much LARGER than it’s measurements. Impressive. Commercial size cleats. ALL PHOTOS HERE ARE OF THE ACTUAL VESSEL. NO “sistership” photos. She’s so fair, that it’s hard to believe she’s steel.
LOA: 55 ft 0 in Beam: 18′ LWL: 50′ Draft: 6′ Bridge Clearance: 25′ Displacement: 132,000lbs Headroom: 7′
The hull and superstructure are fabricated from Mild steel, Lloyds A36, 3/8″ plating on the bottom and 1/4 ” plating on the hull sides with structural steel ballast in keel and hull, with steel pigs to trim vessel. There are four watertight bulkheads, two entrances to the engine room through watertight doors, and emergency exits from the stateroom areas. Hard chined steel hull with integral tanks, passive bilge keels which allow the vessel to sit upright when beached. Fully protected running gear. There are fourteen (14) windows on the main deck level, all commercially rated, bolt-in style with 15mm tempered glass. Pilothouse windows have washers and wipers. There are eight (8) 12″ round portlights with tempered glass.
Collision bulkhead with water tight bilges and bulkheads throughout the boat
Service void between tank tops and lower deck floors
Fully protected props and foil shaped rudders, able to sit on its own bottom at keel and bilge keels
SS bulwark caps, SS solid rod lining at all scuppers and hawse holes and 4″ SS pipe rub rail
Steel deckhouse/superstructure
All accommodations thermally insulated
(2) water tight doors engine room
Bering Yachts, as per nomenclature, are designed on the basis of the North Sea fishing trollers. Aided by Russian naval architects, the hull form is designed for efficiency and sea keeping capabilities simultaneously. While the comfortable and fuel efficient cruising speed is 8 knots, a maximum of 9.7 knots is attainable with the Cummins 285 hp engine, ZF 325 gearbox rated at 500hp, and Nibral 38” 5 blade prop (Aquamet shaft with dripless seals). The Cummins 65hp wing engine, with a separate shaft and a Gori 26” 3 blade folding prop, can slug its way home at a respectable 5 knots.
The steel is 8mm thick below the water line and for the tank sides; the hull is 6mm above the waterline; the superstructure is 5mm. Hull sides have a 4” stainless steel pipe rubrail . The hull is treated with an Alexseal premium paint system consisting of 2 primers, fairing, and topcoat. All stainless steel is tested to assure 316 quality.
All Bering Yachts are built to ABYC standards, while those intending to include European cruising are built with CE certification. MILA has the CE certification stamp on all major equipment, electrical and plumbing systems. The steel used for construction is Lloyds certified A36, is factory sandblasted, and epoxy coated.
Venus 390 RIB tender with Suzuki 40 hp four stroke outboard.
This is a good looking yacht, and you can take it anywhere! WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
Mila in all her glory showing her spacious flybridge deck, aft deck, and swim platform. That’s one good looking arch isn’t it?
Decks
Electric anchor windlass, vertical, w/chain stoppers and claws
Stainless steel channels with roller for 110 Ib.
(2) Plow type SS anchor 110lbs, 400 ft. of 1/2″ chain
Hatch to self draining stainless steel anchor locker that includes light fixture
(6) double horn SS bulwark bollards
(2) forward lower deck emergency escape hatches
Hatch to self-draining anchor locker
Storage lockers with doors in Portuguese wall
Deck fills for fresh water and waste removal
Stainless steel ladder from aft deck to boat deck
Stealheadmarine Euro 1500 hydraulic davit with telescopic boom 12’
13’ RIB with 40HP Suzuki outboard
Stainless steel hand rails on all bulwarks, upper and lower decks
Bulwark transom gate
LP SS gas grill at the cockpit
Fuel station with surge tank
Stainless steel rail on swim deck
Tender mooring cleats
Nice aft deck-stout bulwarks, easy access to the swim platform
stairs to the HUGE flybridge
she’s beautiful at night too!
Looking aft-plenty of room for water toy’s, deck furniture, or just dancing.
The flybridge helm is offset to port of centerline with a large L shaped seating area and dining table to starboard. The access to pilothouse is on the port side down a teak and stainless steel stairway through a Diamong Seaglaze dogging door. There are numerous storage cabinets as well as a lifejacket locker. The flybridge also features substantial teak decking. There is a cover for the table which was removed to take the photographs. The cushions are stored in the pilothouse.
Cummins 7″ LCD display
Bow and stern thrusters controls
Main engine controls
Steering station
Horn button
Magnetic compass
Helm chair
Refreshment/entertainment center
Settee with deck mounted table
Hinged mast for electronics, radar, search light, horn and navigation lighting
Audio system speakers and volume control
Flybridge helm. Note the companionway down to the lower deck. Bow and stern thruster controls, and single lever control, plus “too big” stereo speakers!
Glendenning throttle control with electronic press button fine-tuning (active, sync, warm, or troll), Cummins display, Furuno color screen, radar, GPS, Simrad autopilot, depth sounder, compass, Icom radio, Alpine stereo speakers, and the control for the Buel dual trumpet horns. The Cummins, Furuno, and emergency stops are in a box that pivots to fold down for sleep mode. The maneuvering “cheats” are SidePower bow and stern thruster controls.
Excellent visibility from the helm. Note: FLIR camera, and dual trumpet air horns
The salon as we step inside-note: the BIG screen TV. INSIDE, this yacht rivals any Italian Yacht for design, fit and finish. Truly striking. NOT like any other steel trawler I know!The yacht is entered from the covered aft deck through a dogging style watertight door into the saloon. There are two baseball stitched leather and fabric chairs to port with a table between and small end table on either side. The interior cabinetry is teak and the saloon has bound edge carpet over beautiful light colored bamboo flooring. There is an L shaped black leather upholstered settee to starboard with dining table. Entertainment center is on the forward bulkhead.
Hi/Lo dining/coffee table
Bar with beverage center
Built-in 52″ LCD TV
Entertainment center
Generous storage
Bamboo flooring throughout
Courtesy lighting in furniture kicks
Valence for indirect light and air conditioning ducting
Upholstered ceiling panels
Windows 15mm thick tempered glass
Staircase to galley & pilothouse
Staircase to lower deck
The Cruisair reverse cycle air-conditioning/heating system (6 units with a total of 84,000btu) has an electric heating coil; if the water gets colder than 40 degrees, the electric heat automatically kicks on. The heating system is designed to keep the occupants toasty with air temperatures up to –10 degrees regardless of water temperature. Additionally, the engine room has 16000 btu of heating/air with the engine room temps not getting more than 10 degrees warmer than the outside temperature. Bering has provided an a/c vent to the engine room to help keep working conditions tolerable underway.
Looking aft into the salon from the galley
Fisher&Pykel 4 burner ceramic electric cooktop
GE microwave/convection oven w/ fan
Two side-by-side Fisher&Pykel refrigerator/freezer/icemaker
Fischer&Paykel Dishwasher
Broan trash compactor
GE garbage disposal
Washer-Dryer combo, Miele
Wine cooler
Look at the size of those refrigerator and freezers!
BIG
The pilothouse
The pilothouse features excellent visibility with five canted windows forward with washers and wipers, four large fixed side windows, and dutch style watertight doors to port and starboard.There are five Dell flatscreen displays for monitoring all aspects of the Navigation situation as well as all aspects of onboard mechanical and electrical operation. There is a watch berth/ settee aft to starboard on a raised dias with bi-fold table.
Cummins 7″ LCD display
Glendinning main engine control
Cummins auxiliary engine controls and gauges
Generator control display with start/stop function
Electrical panel 230 AC
Electrical panel 24 VDC and 12 VDC
Twin windlass controls
Bow and stern thrusters controls
Three Victron charger indicators/controls
Victron inverters indicator
Two Victron battery monitors
Horn
Wiper controls
Llebroc premium helm chair
Raised settee with table
(2) chart tables
Chart reading light, chart drawers
Window defrost fans
Search light with remote control
Port and starboard Dutch doors
The displays include five (5) Dell monitor screens, two of which are 20” screens for the Furuno MFDBB, a black box computer that displays radar, GPS, camera (aft deck and mast), and depth. There is a backup system with the same functions on the Furuno MFD8. Other monitoring includes FLIR night vision, Simrad AIS system, VesselView Smartcraft, Victron Battery Monitor, Two (2), Onan display, Fireboy monitor, bilge pump panel with ten (10) bilge pump lights and manual switches. The Maretron DSM250 monitors engine room temps, shaft seal temp, tank levels, Eight (8), smoke sensors and high water sensors.
The navigation equipment includes Simrad autopilot, two (2), Simrad wireless remote, Furuno NavNet 3D, Furuno Radar, Two (2) Icom M504, Two (2), Icom SSB, Two (2), KVH Satcom, Two (2). The controls include the Cummins suite and the Glendenning controls which include a remote control for the engine, as well as SidePower bow and stern thrusters, AutoAnchor (2), and watermaker controls.
“hidden” Wing Controls- flush when closed, Open when needed. voila.
Stairs to the flybridge. The pilothouse has both port and starboard deck access doors.
The bilge pump panel
stereo’s and FLIR infra-red control
stairs down to the stateroom level. Note the quality of the stainless railings, and Bamboo flooring-which has covers through out.
Master Stateroom
Starboard side of the master stateroom
The master stateroom is forward on the lower level and has emergency access to the foredeck. Hanging lockers to port and starboard and large opening portlights with sliding Sogi screens. The flooring is light bamboo with bound edge carpet overlay.
Walk-around Queen size bed
Solid wood bed base, upholstered face & storage drawers
(2) Night tables, wood tops, drawers
(2) Bureaus with drawers
Hanging lockers
32″ LCD TV/DVD/Satellite
Decorative sconces and reading lights at bed
Valance above bed with lighting
Indirect lighting w/light dimmers
Courtesy lighting at furniture kicks
Looking aft toward port side of the master stateroom
The master staterooms head
Looking forward into the VIP stateroom
Guest stateroom/office which is also entrance to the engine room.
seating/berth in the 3rd stateroom/office
The guest head. Large isn’t it? Beautiful fit and finish.
Door to the engine room.
Entry to the engine room is from the 3rd stateroom/office which is ideal for a live-aboard crew member. Past the solid wood vanity door to a watertight dog-down door is a 5ʼ5” headroom entry; however, once inside the engine room height is 5ʼ8” .The engine room is bright, open, well organized, and downright roomy as well as practical. The center-line single Cummins 285hp engine surrounded by a sturdy guardrail is easy to see, service, and even to get underneath. Quick inspections for underway checks are made easier with the forethought put into the engine room design. The sea strainers are all visible on entry; the day tanks have visual gauges, and the fuel management is by the door.
Oil change pump for engine, auxiliary engine & generator
3 1/4″ Dia. Aquamet 19 shaft with dripless shaft seals
(5) blade Nibral prop 40″
ZF gear box
Soft engine mounts
2″ Dia. Aquamet 19 shaft with dripless shaft seals
Gori 23” three blade folding prop
Side Power 11.4 KW bow and stern thrusters
Fireboy extinguisher system in the engine room
Fans with fire dampers
(2) water tight access doors
Polished stainless steel hand rails
Seawater cooling
(2) Sea chests
Wet main engine DeAngelo exhausts for clean and quiet operation
260 gal grey water tank, shore pump out/overboard discharge capability
260 gal black water, shore pump out/overboard discharge capability
Reverse cycle air conditioning/heating provided throughout the accommodations by six (6) Cruisair air conditioning units: 12000 BTU in the engine room ,10000 BTU for each stateroom, 16000 BTU for the pilothouse, 1×16000 BTU for the saloon area. All units have soft start logic and digital controls throughout the boat.
Fueling station on main deck w/surge tank, sight gauges and spill retention system
Fuel filtration and polishing system to 2 microns
Fuel transfer system with two pre-plumbed pumps (redundant)
Dual Racor filter/water separators at main engine with manifold and vacuum gauge
Racor filter/water separators for generator
Racor filter/water separators for auxiliary engine
Fuel tanks (5) all integral to hull, three bunkers and two day tanks
New and used 50 gals oil tanks
Reverse oil change system
AquaMatic 900 gals/day watermaker
Liquid level, as well as site gauges, on day fuel tanks
(9) 24V DC bilge pumps, (1) per bilge compartment. Each pump has in-line check valves, a float switch and auto/off/manual selection switch.
Water pressure system: (1) epoxy coated tank 475 gals, two supply pump, (1) six gallon pressure tank, piping, valves, fittings, pressure gauge and pressure control
Switching pressure: on at 45 psi
Dockside water connection with pressure reducing valve
AC electric w/ heat exchanger 20 gallons boiler with accumulator tank for domestic hot water
Domestic hot weater circulation pump for instant hot water
The exhaust system was designed by the engineers at DeAngelo using Bering’s CAD files. There is a water separator for both the main and wing engine and the exhaust outlets are just above the waterline portside aft. This accomplishes an ultra-quiet, fume-free, non-gurgling exhaust. The muffler is baked with carbon fiber insulation contributing to the low sound production and to the cooling of the gasses to the point that even the muffler is cool to the touch. With the piping being 2” above the water level, then advancing to the elbow, there is no chance of seawater getting back into the engine. Simple, efficient, stout, and well-designed.
To port is a stainless steel storage cabinet and work center with sink, Reverso Oil Exchange system, battery controls, Sea Recovery 700 gpd watermaker, Victron Energy System, and Onan 27kW generator. To starboard is the Cummins 65hp wing engine and DeAngelo exhaust systems. Aft is the fuel management system, two sea chests, AC compressors, and watertight door to the lazarette. Forward, at engine room entry, is the used oil tank and battery charge switches.
workbench, watermaker, get-home engine, watermaker, fuel polishing system
Fuel polishing system
To support the ship’s power needs, the fully charged system will allow unrestricted usage for 3 to 4 days; all the appliances and 220 outlets are supplied by the inverters. If air-conditioning is included in the full load power sucking, then at anchor power life is shortened to a half day at anchor before generator re-start is necessary. Back at the dock, the Bering can take any power, through the chargers or direct, from 45 – 70 Hz again substantiating her intended worldwide usage.
Electrical System
Shore power is brought to the vessel on a 240 volt, 50 amp cord through a Glendenning cablemaster to an isolation transformer, and from there to the main distribution panel.
27 kW Onan generator in sound shield with heat exchanger cooling, wet exhaust and exhaust separator, 900 hrs.
Generator gauges:engine room & pilothouse
AC/DC distribution panel in pilot house
AC, DC and data wiring in separate cable trays
Isolator
(3) Victron 5 KW inverters
(3) Victron 100 A chargers for the house bank
(1) Victron 50 A charger for thtusters battery banks
(1) Victron 30 A charger for 12 VDC electronics battery bank
80 amp engine driven alternator
50 amp shore power hook-up, with Glendinning power cable handler
50 amp shore power hook-up
Victron 240/220 volt 50/60 Hz battery charger for US/European/Asian power compatibility
(20) AGM battery house bank, 2000 amp hr @ 24 volts
(4) 4D AGM main engine and generator starting batteries, 24 volts
(2) 4D AGM windlass and bow thruster batteries, 24 volts
All domestic 220 VAC outlets supplied by inverters, generator, shore power
Navigation lights, 24 volts
Ground fault interrupted circuits, as required
Alarms for engines, gear boxes, generators, main exhaust cooling water and bilges
Generator
The electrical system is a work of simplistic brilliance provided by a Victron System. There are 3 Victron 5kW inverters in parallel which power off the Discover AGM batteries of which there are 20 at 6 volts each yielding 2,000 amp hours. There are two 24v starting batteries for each engine and generator and windlass and bow thruster; the battery for the electronics is 12v. Discover Batteries are a non-hazardous, non-spillable AGM dry cell power block which means they can be installed in any position, have higher charge and discharge capabilities, and are kinder to the environment. Discovering Discover batteries was no accident as the Discover Batteries owner cruises his 55’ steel trawler, aptly named Discover, in western Canadian waters. The Victron battery chargers consist of one for the main bank and a separate charger each for the electronics and bow thruster batteries.
The Cummins 65hp wing engine, with a separate shaft and a Gori 26” 3 blade folding prop, can slug its way home at a respectable 5 knots.
top view of the main
fuel filters
Sound, vibration, and thermal insulation starts with the hull being painted with sound dampening paint. The top of the engine room and the tanks are covered with a bitumen type rubber vibration absorption material; on top of that is 1/2” layer of porous rubber, and then fiberglass. There is 4” fiberglass matte sandwiched between aluminum sheets at every bulkhead and the ceilings. Above that is 1/4” marine plywood and finally the bamboo flooring for soles or the microfiber vinyl with foam backing for the ceilings and walls. The total thickness of the engine room insulation is 6” at the ceiling and 8” at the bulkhead adjoining the cabins.
“Mila” was custom built for the present owner by Bering Yachts, who has so enjoyed the vessel that he is now building a larger, motor yacht with Bering.
“Mila” is fabricated in steel to meet or exceed ABS, Lloyds, and US Coast Guard Commercial Standards as a Full Displacement, Raised Pilothouse, Ocean Motor Yacht with extended range capabilty carrying 2300 gallons of fuel propelled by a Cummins QSL-9 continuous duty 285 hp single screw with Cummins M3.3 continuous duty 65 hp auxiliary and both bow and stern thrusters. Cruising speed of 8 knots. Trans Atlantic range, 3000 plus nautical miles.
