2025 Buddy Davis 48 Express

Construction / Exterior

• Premium gelcoat exterior finish featuring advanced composite construction
• All exterior cleats are reinforced with solid metal backing plates
• All underwater appendages are bonded

Hardware & Outfitting

• Hawse pipes
• Solid stainless steel 1” rubrail/molding on sheer and guards
• Stainless steel cleats
• Stainless steel line chock
• Stainless steel water-fill deck plate

Mechanical

• Automatic fresh water system with pump
• Automatic shower pump-out
• Coolant recovery system on main propulsion engines
• Davis custom rudders
• DC oil change system, engines, transmissions, and generator
• Diesel generator with sound shield
• Dripless shaft and rudder seals
• Emergency bilge pump system on both engines
• Engine room vent fans
• Fiberglass silencer
• High-gloss engine room paint finish
• Main engine start and stop switches
• Nibral propellers
• Port and starboard centralized drainage system
• Quater-turn sea valves on all bottom thru-hull fittings
• Racor fuel filter for main propulsion and generator engines
• Stainless steel water heater
• Stainless steel shafting, Aqua Met-22
• Stainless steel trim tabs with recessed actuators
• Waste holding tank system with pump-out

Bridge Deck & Flybridge

• Davis custom teak helm bubble with single-lever controls, polished stainless steel control handles and steering wheel, neutral lockout and engine synchronizer
• Compass with light
• Fuel gauge
• Murray Brothers helm seating
• Seating with storage below vinyl cushions

Cockpit

• Baitwell with seawater circulation pump, starboard side
• Built-in backing plate for fighting chair
• Built-in tackle centers
• Dockside water inlet with pressure reducing valve
• Engine room entrance with draining waterways
• Fresh and saltwater wash down systems with quick disconnects
• High volume overboard drains
• Large insulated under-deck fishbox with pump-out
• Large walk-through tuna door with locking latch and heavy-duty stainless steel recessed hinge
• Large removable under-deck line and fender storage
• Top-loading freezer with removable bait tray port side

Electrical

• 120/240 Volt service with cablemaster storage system
• AC/DC main electrical panel with amperage and voltage metering, sliding gate shore/generator system, generator remote and bilge pump control
• AD and DC florescent engine room lighting with duplex ground fault receptacle
• Battery parallel system
• CA/TV-phone outlet
• Fresh water and fuel tank level gauges
• Ground fault protected utility receptacles throughout
• Internal bonding system with zinc anode protections and Dynaplate grounding
• Two 24-volt bank maintained by a fully automatic battery charger

Galley

• Ceramic 2-burner cooktop recessed with removable cover and safety shutoff
• Convection/ microwave oven
• Corian surface counter tops
• Over counter task lighting
• Stainless steel sink and faucet with removable cover
• Teak and holly flooring
• Under counter and over counter storage
• Under counter refrigerator and freezer

Salon

• Air conditioned system with digital controls
• Carpeting with padding throughout
• CD/Stereo sound system with flatscreen TV and DVD
• High-gloss teak cabinetry
• Recessed lighting
• Sofa with lifting seats to access storage beneath
• Teak table
• Tinted window glass
• Vinyl headliner

Stateroom(s)

• Air conditioning system with digital controls
• Berth with storage compartment and drawers underneath
• Built-in storage compartments and drawers
• Built-in television with DVD
• Carpeting
• Cedar-backed hanging locker with automatic light
• Deck hatch with shade and screen
• Expansive upper hull side cabinets
• High-gloss teak cabinets
• Reading lights
• Upholstered headboard, mattresses with bedspread or mattress and pillows
• Vinyl headliner with recessed lighitning
• Vinyl wall covering

Head(s)

• Corian counter tops
• Electric toilet with holding tank level indicator
• Exhaust fan
• Fiberglass shower stall with designer door
• Medicine cabinet with mirror
• Slide-bar shower head
• Teak and holly flooring
• Vinyl wall covering

Safety & Navigation

• Automatic bilge pump in lazarette, engine room and forward bilge with high water alarm
• Automatic engine room fire suppression system
• Navigation lights