1986 Ocean Alexander Mark II Pilothouse
“SURPRISE”
SURPRISE is a 1986 Ocean Alexander 50 Mark II. A pilothouse motor yacht known for its "furniture-quality" teak joinery, spacious tri-level layout, and seaworthy semi-displacement hull. It is an ideal vessel for liveaboards and long-distance cruisers on routes like the Great Loop.
Highlights & Features
Overview
SUPRISE is in good condition, owned by the seller for 20 years, she has 3 staterooms, 2 full heads, a spacious galley, roomy attractive salon, pilot house with great visibility and easy access to side decks for docking. The Flybridge is large with aft deck storage for dingy, crane and wet bar for entertaining. Approximately 5 engine hours since Surprise was in the yard for engine service and bottom paint in 2025.
Reel Deal Yachts is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Curtis Stokes & Associates. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
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SURPRISE WALKTHROUGH
Boarding from port or starboard midship pilot house doors or spacious swim platform via transom door. The salon is entered from pilot house or door from cockpit and is spacious with natural light and ample seating. The solon is open into the galley separated by counter with seating. The gally has double sinks, microwave, stove with oven, and full-size double door refrigerator. The pilothouse is forward of the gally. The lower deck is accessible from the pilothouse via stairs as is the flybridge. The lower deck has three cabins. A master suite forward with ensuite head, and two guest cabins that share a full head. Throughout the teak woodwork and furniture is warm and inviting. The flybridge has captain’s helm chair, seating port and starboard aft of helm, wet bar, spacious aft deck with dingy chocks, ding crane and ladder down to the cockpit. The helm and seating area is covered with a bimini top.
COCKPIT
Boarding from swim platform through transom door, side decks or solon doors the cockpit has teak deck, ladder to flybridge, spacious lazarette with entrance to engine room. Full beam swim platform has detachable swim ladder.
FLYBRIDGE
Moving up to the flybridge, by ladder from the cockpit or inside stares from pilot house, the helm is center forward and features a captain chair, full controls and instrumentation. Bench seating port, starboard, and rear of captain seat. It has bimini, covered dingy with cradle and crane/davit, sink / wet bar with storage cabinet.
SIDE DECKS AND BOW
Wide side decks with nonskid and safety rails and varnished teak toe rails. The decks are accessed from port and starboard pilothouse doors or cockpit port and starboard. The rails have access gates at port and starboard mid ship pilothouse doors. Forward at the spacious bow deck there is a windless with foot controls, and hatch to master stateroom.
PILOTHOUSE
The pilothouse, which is a distinguishing feature of Mark II model is spacious with great visibility. The layout is doors port and starboard, stairs to lower deck forward port side, stairs down to solon aft port and up to flybridge on aft port side. The command console is wide with teak steering wheel and full electronics and storage draws to starboard. Aft of console is a watch berth / seating with 6 storage draws including chart storage. This impressive pilothouse has teak parquet flooring. Ceiling height is 6’8”.
Galley
Three steps down from the Pilothouse port is the spacious galley with full size double door refrigerator, electric stove with three burners and oven, microwave over oven, double stainless sink and 2 in-countertop “storage cellars”. A counter with breakfast bar serves as divider from the salon. There is considerable storage provided by draws, cabinets and counter storage. The sink is under starboard full window which provides great natural light. Parquet teak flooring with engine room hatch. Ceiling height is 6’4”. There is an Uline icemaker (currently not working) and garbage disposal in sink.
SALON
The salon is accessible from the port midship pilothouse door or cockpit. This is a bright spacious area with full side and aft windows. Entering from the cockpit to starboard there is end table/cabinet on both ends of a leather sofa with storage under cushions. Stool at breakfast bar and hi-low coffee table in front of couch. To port two comfortable leather chairs with entertainment center / table between. Wall mounted lamps on port and starboard aft bulkhead. Parquet flooring with oriental rug. Window treatments/curtains on all windows and aft door. This is an inviting and functional area for lounging, entertaining and cruising. Ceiling height is 6’4”.
ENGINEROOM
The engine room is large and accessible from gally floor hatch or cockpit lazarette door. This space houses a worktable and tool storage area, main engines, generator, air conditioner units and all mechanical equipment. This is a kneel or crawl engine room height approximately 4.5 feet.
CURENT OWNER UPGRADES SINCE PURCHASE
Westerbeke 8KW generator
Fireboy fire suppression engine room system
Glendinning cable master
Main engine block heaters
Raymarine
C120 Radar
depth sounder
auto-pilot
Chartplotter
ICOM command mic II
Standard Horizon VHF (AIS (receive) /GPS)
Flybridge bimini canvas
Dingy 2016 West Marine 10’ Rib
Last bottom painted & zincs 2025 (little use since)
ELECTRONICS
Pioneer sound system
LG 19” TV salon
Lower Helm (pilothouse)
Engine controls and instrumentation
Windless controls
Flood light
Intercom phones
Richie Compass
Bennett trim tab control
Standard Horizon VHF (AIS (receive) /GPS)
Raymarine
C120 Radar
depth sounder
auto-pilot
Chartplotter hybrid touch
Flybridge Electronics
Engine controls and instrumentation
Windless controls
Richie Compass
ICOM VHF IC-M422
Depth sounder
Intercom
Mount for Raymarine pilot house chartplotter (moves to helm to use)
ENGINE AND MECHANICAL EQUIP
Twin Detroit Deisel 671 main engines Hours – pilot house hour meter 4234
Transmission Twin Disc MG 506
Morse shifter throttle controls both helms
Glendinning engine synchronizer
Sight tubes fuel tanks
Trim tabs
Racor 1000FG fuel filters with vacuum gauge (main engines)
Algae X (LG X500) magnetic fuel conditioners
Jabsco belt drive house water pressure pump with expansion tank
Raitan 12 Gallon Hot water heater
Dometic reverse cycle Air/Heat 4 units Salon, Pilothouse, Master and Guest Staterooms
VacuFlush heads master and guest
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Westerbeke 10.3KW generator (hours 1631)
50AMP shore power
Glendinning shore power cord cable master
Battery charger
Inverter - is wired for: prior unit was removed and not replaced.
Dingy
2016 West Marine 10.2 ft inflatable rib fiberglass bottom model # RIB 310 SEAVUE (very little use kept under cover)
9.9 Evinrude outboard 2cycle
Mechanical Disclaimer
Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
Disclaimer
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.
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