Don and Diane Lutter of Ohio bought their Endeavour 44 TrawlerCat, Lady Diane, in 2021 with one plan in mind: the Great Loop. They started in Florida, worked north through Georgia, and brought her to the Chesapeake Bay. Then new grandchildren arrived, and the plans changed. The Loop can wait, and the grandchildren cannot. Now Lady Diane is listed with Bob Hoefer at YaZu, and she comes with a question worth asking: is she the last Endeavour 44 TrawlerCat ever built?
ABOUT THE ENDEAVOUR 44 TRAWLERCAT
Endeavour was founded in Largo, Florida, in 1974 and built sailboats for years before turning to power catamarans in the early 1990s. The company later moved to Clearwater, Florida, and in 2017 it merged with Coastal Marine, the maker of ArrowCat power catamarans, to form Endeavour Corporation. A TrawlerCat is a power catamaran: two narrow hulls joined by a wide bridge deck, with twin engines and a shallow draft. The 44 is believed to be the best-selling model Endeavour ever built, and if you are planning the Great Loop, it is easy to see why.
WHY THE ENDEAVOUR 44 TRAWLERCAT IS AN IDEAL BOAT FOR THE GREAT LOOP
The Great Loop has fixed bridges, and the lowest one on the standard route is 19.6 feet. A power cat with no mast sits low, and the Endeavour 44’s air draft of 15 feet clears that bridge by more than four feet. The Loop also has plenty of shallow water, from Chesapeake creeks to the Georgia coast to the Great Lakes. The Endeavour’s 3 foot draft lets her go where deeper boats plan around, and it gives more choices for anchorages. Because the Loop is a long journey, living aboard should remain comfortable. The Endeavour 44 TrawlerCat is about 44 feet long with a 19 foot beam, and below there are three staterooms and two heads, which provides plenty of living space plus room for guests.
On top of that, Lady Diane is powered by twin Yanmar 6LPA-STZP2 diesels with ZF transmissions, each with roughly 800 hours, and she carries 300 gallons of fuel. On deck, there is a full-beam foredeck, a semi-enclosed lower helm and wide side decks. Each hull has a watertight collision bulkhead forward, and the propellers are recessed to protect them in a grounding.
SO IS LADY DIANE THE LAST OF HER KIND?
Nine Lives, a 2012 boat that has been offered through several brokerages, has been reported as Hull #49 and long treated as the last of the 44s, until now. Every U.S. boat carries a 12-character hull identification number, or HIN, and Lady Diane’s is ECR44350F314. The first three characters (ECR) are the builder, Endeavour. The next five, 44350, are the serial number. The last two digits of Lady Diane’s serial number point to her being Hull #50, leading us to believe she may very well be the last of this very popular line of boats.
LADY DIANE AT YAZU
Lady Diane is listed with YaZu broker Bob Hoefer in Deltaville, Virginia, at an asking price of $495,000. Whether you are ready to take on the Great Loop yourself or simply want a roomy, comfortable cruiser for life on the water, she is well worth a look, and she may be the last of her kind. Call Bob at 804-656-5143 to learn more and schedule a showing.
