1992 Palmer Johnson 80 VRIPACK DOGGERS BANK

Built by Palmer Johnson and drawn by the Dutch naval architects at Vripack as part of their celebrated Doggersbank line, Gembery comes from a time when a yacht of this size was expected to be a proper ship. Her all-aluminum hull, commanding pilothouse and classic, seagoing proportions give her a presence that production yachts rarely manage. With 5,800 gallons of fuel and a range of approximately 3,000 nautical miles, she is as much at home on a passage to the Caribbean as she is in a quiet Bahamian anchorage.

Aboard, she has real warmth and character. Varnished teak and cherry joinery, teak-and-holly soles and large salon windows fill her interior with natural light. A full-beam master suite and two en suite guest staterooms provide comfortable accommodations for up to eight. A formal dining salon, a Miele and Sub-Zero-equipped galley with an additional dining nook, and a flybridge and sundeck made for long evenings outside round out the living spaces. She was built for owners who want to spend serious time aboard.

Between late 2024 and August 2026, Gembery went through a comprehensive refit touching nearly every system aboard. Her hull received fresh bottom paint and a full repaint from the waterline to the mast. Behind the joinery, she received a complete rebuild of her AC and DC electrical systems, a conversion of more than 200 fixtures to LED, an all-new chilled-water climate plant, and a networked Garmin glass bridge at both helms with Starlink connectivity. The result is a yacht with the heart of a classic and the systems of a modern cruiser, ready to go wherever her next owner has in mind.

2024–2026 REFIT HIGHLIGHTS

- Hull glass-blasted and finished with a minimum four-coat epoxy barrier system and four coats of bottom paint

- New paint from waterline to mast, with new non-skid decks throughout

- New Michigan propellers, with Propspeed on all running gear

- LED conversion across 200+ fixtures, including original brass fixtures modified to preserve their character, with all-new dimmers and drivers

- Main AC electrical distribution panel rebuilt, plus a refreshed DC panel with new breakers, fuses, meters, and battery displays

- All-new battery banks throughout, including eight 8D house batteries and new engine, generator, thruster, and flybridge batteries

- Two ASEA shore power converters, a new shore power selector, a galvanic isolator, and two new 100-amp, 100' shore cables

- New chilled-water plant with three 5-ton chillers, five new air handlers on the flybridge/sundeck and aft deck, and engine room air conditioning added

- Garmin glass bridge at both helms, all-new mast antennas, Starlink, Pepwave cellular, a new FLIR thermal camera, new VHFs and a new AIS system

- Two new 6-person life rafts, updated 24V emergency lighting, a rebuilt fire/bilge manifold, a new SeaXchange watermaker and Spotzero system

- Formal interior dining created in the salon, plus a new refreshment station with refrigerator, wine cooler and ice maker/freezer

- New cushions, isinglass, refrigeration and ice makers on the flybridge and aft deck

- All-new carpet throughout the salon and all accommodations

- New headliners overhead in staterooms and crew areas

- All-new Hunter Douglas blinds and window treatments throughout, including remote-controlled shades in the main salon

- All-new head systems throughout, with all soft plumbing replaced and new Dometic MasterFlush macerating heads