Nice!
Maybe it's one of those deals where they feel you out and then hit you with the price if they think you can take a beating financially.Unobtanium!! [emoji23]
I couldn't find a price.
Here's a Aussie built trawler style boat that I like. Dual engines, dual keels with protected props. 2000 nm range.
https://yachthub.com/list/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/high-seas-63/206958
Might sell this year after all the lost boats in FL.Pretty sure Lewis Reef was for sale a few years ago for mid 100K's.
So not too terrible depending on your perspective.
Heck of a boat, would definitely take some what of a crew to maintain to those standards though.
Home built 40 ft steel Seaton . 6-71 Detroit with dry stack.
Sadly however, it is made of Unobtainium and beyond our simple means
Home built 40 ft steel Seaton . 6-71 Detroit with dry stack.
This is in the yard at Great Bay Marine, NH.
Sailor of Fortune,
They used to be quite common in the PNW.
I saw one about five years ago but it's been a long time since I've seen any
I looked at a similar boat about eight years ago. It was roughly 38 foot long and 14 feet wide and had a small inboard diesel. Of corse everything was raw water cooled and rusted all to heck. Someone had stripped the hull down and started a wood deck, cabin, and aft pilot house configuration. It kind of reminded me of a badly built canal boat from Europe. Unfortunately, they weren't very knowledgeable about ship's systems and didn't leave any room under the sole for tankage and other systems. It was very lightly built like an RV. I'm sure it would probably require a good bit of ballast too get her down in the water for a stable ride.Commercial ships lifeboat conversion,not a navy conversion.These hulls are available very inexpensively and are often "remuddled" into various configurations.
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North Baltic sea,
A "Free piston engine" is just an air pump I think. You can see a good example in Wikipedia. They run a gas turbine or such. The Free Piston engine has no crankshaft.
Why did you mention it?
Home built 40 ft steel Seaton . 6-71 Detroit with dry stack.