Research Cruisers Yachts - 520 Express

Be the captain of your own life. A combination of power, maneuverability and pure eye appeal make our 520 Express an ideal craft to establish your course – and pursue it in style. Its huge U-shaped cockpit places the captain’s chair in comfortable command. From gallery to stateroom to salon, every inch below deck of this luxury performer is designed and finished for making the most of life on the water. And not just any life – but life the way you want to live it out there.
Draft: 3 ft. 8 in.
Beam: 15 ft. 6 in.
Fuel tank capacity: 500
Water tank capacity: 150
Holding tank capacity: 75
Standard features:
EXTERIOR
– Aft Cockpit Seat
– Anchor Roller (Polished)
w/Mooring Bit & Cleat
– Boarding Gate—Transom
– Bottom Paint, Anti-Fouling
– Bow Rail, Welded Stainless Steel
– Cabin Door, Sliding w/Screen
– Cabin Walk-Around
– Cockpit Carpeting
– Cockpit Shower (Hot/Cold)
– Dockside Water Inlet
– Drink Holders
– Fender Storage
– Fiberglass Cockpit, Self-Draining
– Gunwale Molding, Stainless Steel
– Hardtop, Fiberglass w/Ventilating
Hatches (2) & Skylight
– Hardware—Cleats
(Docking, Platform & Fender)
– Hatch—Bow w/Screen
– Helm Captain Seat—
Dual Custom Flip-Up
– Helm Captain Seat, Companion—
Dual Custom Flip-Up
– Helm Companion Lounge
– Ice Maker/Refrigerator—Cockpit
– Rope Locker—Bow
– Swim Platform, Extended, w/Boarding
Ladder
– Transom Cover
– Wet Bar—Hot/Cold Faucet w/Sink
– Windlass (Foredeck Foot Switch,
Anchor & 180’ of 3/8” Chain)
(Maxwell VWCLP 1200)
– Windshield, Stainless Steel Frame w/
Center Walk-Thru Foredeck Access
– Windshield Washer System
– Windshield Wipers (2)


GALLEY & HEAD
– Coffee Maker (N/A 220V)
– Exhaust Fan—Galley
– Flooring—Galley
– Galley Countertop—
Mystera Solid Surface
– Head Compartment, Private (2),
One w/Second Entrance
– Head, Centrifuge Electric (2)
w/Holding Tank
– Hot Water System, 20 Gallon/76 Liter
– Microwave 220V
– Microwave/Convection Oven 110V
– Refrigerator/Freezer, Electric—Galley
– Shower w/Sump Pump (2)
– Sink & Faucet w/Spray—Galley
– Stove, Electric, 2 Burner
– Vanity w/Sink (2)
– Ventilation—Head Compartment


INSTRUMENTS
– Compass
– Digital Depth Finder
– Horn, Air
– Hourmeters (2)
– Instrumentation
– Murphy HelmView 6.4”
Color Display w/GPS
– Rudder Indicator
– Spotlight, Remote


INTERIOR
– Berth, Queen-Size, Island—
Aft Stateroom
– Berth, Queen-Size, Island—
Forward Stateroom
– Carpeting—Cabin, w/Acrylic
Snap Down Cover
– Central Vacuum System
– Cherry Veneer Interior Package*
w/Curved Panel Overheads
– Clothes Lockers, Cedar-Lined
– Duvet Covers & Pillow Shams
– Dinette, Crescent Shaped
(Sofa w/Double Incliner)
– Mattresses, Therapeutic Foam
– Settee, Portside—Aft Stateroom
– Windows, Hull Port (Opening)
– Windows, (6) Vertical—Aft Stateroom
(Center Opens)


MECHANICAL
– Air Conditioner/Heater (32,000 BTU)
– Battery Charging System & Monitor
– Battery Isolator
– Battery Parallel Switch
– Bilge Coating, White—
Bilge & Engine Room
– Bilge Pumps w/High Water Alarms
– Blowers—Bilge
– Bonding System w/Transom Zinc
– Bronze Seacocks & Thru-Hulls on
all Underwater Fittings
– Carbon Monoxide Detectors (3)
– Fire Extinguisher—Automatic
(w/Engine Shutdown)
– Fire Extinguishers (3)
– Fuel Cross-Over System
– Fuel Overflow Recovery System
– Generator, Diesel (Onan®)
11.5 kW 240V (w/Sound Shield)
– Generator, Diesel (Onan®)
9.5 kW 220V (w/Sound Shield)
– Ground Fault Interrupter Outlets
– Lights—Bilge
– Lights—Cabin
– Lights—Cabin, Side Boarding
– Lights—Cockpit Courtesy
– Lights—Navigational, International
– Master Panel, AC/DC w/Voltmeters
& Function Indicators
– Power Steering
– Propellers, Nibral
– Propeller Shafts, Stainless Steel
– Rudders, Bronze
– Seawater Strainers
– Shaft Logs, Dripless
– Shore Power Cord, Retractable
w/Remote Control
– Steering Wheel, Black/Silver, Tilt
– Struts, Bronze w/Nosecones
– Trim Tabs, Electro-Hydraulic
w/Zinc Plates on Flaps


STEREO & TV
– iPod® Cradle
– Stereo, Aft Stateroom—AM/FM/CD/
MP3 Reciever (Satellite Ready)
– Stereo, Cockpit—AM/FM/CD/MP3/
iPod®/SAT Adaptable
– Stereo, Components—10” Subwoofer,
(4) Cockpit Speakers, Amplifier, Helm
Remote (2) Transom Speakers &
Transom Remote
– Stereo, Salon— Dolby Digital
Theatre System w/5-Disc DVD
(N/A 220V)
– TV, Salon— 20” LCD
(220V-19” TV + DVD Player)


WEATHER COVERS
– Hardtop, w/Front, Side & Aft Curtains