Interesting boats

[Simi 60]

Showing up as US$588,811 on my end and even then I say good luck.

 

[Mako]

It's planked in larch, which is an excellent wood. Maintaining that bottom however means hauling annually (as opposed to every three years like with my steely) to paint and keep those torpedo-worms away.

Not sure I'd be so happy about having to hire a full time varnisher as crew. Maybe if running charters up the Amazon or in Kerala.

 

[CharlieO.]

I was hoping that one would be on the Amazon.

 

[wkearney99]

I know right but unusual boat. Can you image the upkeep?

UK rainy weather might mean slightly less varnish upkeep than, say, Florida, but YIKES, that's a LOT of surface to maintain.

 

[CaptTom]

Two words came to mind immediately:

Noah's Ark.

It certainly is unique. I think I like it. To buy it though, it would have to be love.

 

[Hippocampus]

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2018-altena-beeldsnijder-61-trawler-8155699/

Classic style with a light colored wood interior.

 

[Adopo]

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2018-altena-beeldsnijder-61-trawler-8155699/

Classic style with a light colored wood interior.

Very cool boat, the Dutch and Turks seem to have the most interesting designs.

 

[Adopo]

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1943-custom-navy-tug-8589759/

Here is one you would never have to wax and not have to worry about damaging your boat so much against the dock. Gotta love the crew quarter, just like 1943...

 

[Adopo]

a few more...

 

[Simi 60]

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1943-custom-navy-tug-8589759/

Here is one you would never have to wax and not have to worry about damaging your boat so much against the dock. Gotta love the crew quarter, just like 1943...

Wow, she's something special

 

[socalrider]

Wow, she's something special

Wow!

49 ton engine. Just the engine.

1000hp at 300rpm.

15,000 gallon fuel and 2600 gallon fresh water.

That's a boat one could reorganize one's life around. I absolutely love it. Now to find a 100' slip in San Diego...

 

[Mako]

Wow. Looks like they removed the fiddly, or at least greatly reduced its size. However, the conversion is only 90% complete. Very very cool. That's a lot of fuel use!

 

[OldDan1943]

Great looking boat.
The engine converted so it does required manned when under way? 2 couple.

 

[GMS]

This is interesting in the wording of the sales description, and that it is a repossession of some sort. Sign of things to come? I wonder what happened here...a deal to be had? I have a soft spot for the Grand Alaskans.

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2000-grand-alaskan-64-8397827/

This vessel is a bank or similar institution repossession. We will forward to the appropriate officer any and all offers. The amount owed on the vessel is not relevant. Your offer may be for any amount you desire. You may make your offer subject to survey, mechanical inspection, or other conditions. You may receive a rejection, no response, possibly some negotiation and usually a very good value if you are successful. The asking price may not reflect the actual selling price. It may reflect a survey, appraisal or estimate of value. The final accepted offer may be greater or less than the amount shown in the asking price. The final accepted offer may be what the seller considers optimum and may take into consideration factors other than price alone. Lenders normally accept only all cash offers with no trade-ins nor do they provide financing. However, you are free to make that type of an offer if you desire. ALL OFFERS MUST BE RECEIVED IN WRITING on our Offer to Purchase form.

Adopo,

Did you ever find out any more about the Grand Alaskan in Seattle? Looks like it is now listed with Waypoint Marine (which seems odd, as they don't normally deal in big yachts).

The boat looks like it has potential, but haven't been aboard.

Cheers,

GMS

 

[Simi 60]

Wow. Looks like they removed the fiddly, or at least greatly reduced its size. However, the conversion is only 90% complete. Very very cool. That's a lot of fuel use!

3.78 litres/nm @ 10 knots to shift 100ft of boat?
Sounds pretty reasonable I'd have thought.

37 litres/hr @ 10 knots

The 65fter I posted earlier was burning 60+ at those speeds

 

[Adopo]

Wow!

49 ton engine. Just the engine.

1000hp at 300rpm.

15,000 gallon fuel and 2600 gallon fresh water.

That's a boat one could reorganize one's life around. I absolutely love it. Now to find a 100' slip in San Diego...

Here are a few ideas as to what it might sound like...

 

[Adopo]

Here's an interesting start sequence on one of the older engines, this is an Atlas.

 

[backinblue]

Thanks Adopo. I don't think I'm strong enough any more to own that engine.

 

[koliver]

After watching the Atlas engine startup, I recall the Taconite, when she was active in Vancouver, as having a pair of Atlas Air start, direct drive engines.
Watching her maneuver into a dock was always a treat. dead slow fwd, stop engines, restart in reverse for only a very few revolutions, stop again, restart in fwd or reverse, as needed, drift towards the dock. Repeat as necessary.
In each of those starts, the puffs of exhaust were separated, so appeared as individual smoke signals.
I last saw Taconite a few yrs after she was sold out of Vancouver and was based in Maple Bay, no shelter, little maintenance, so was starting to look neglected, then sold and gone away in about 2018 or 2019. Anyone seen her since then?
https://classicyacht.org/boats/taconite

 

[Sababa]

My dad has told when he was a waiter on the Alaska State Ferries back in the sixties (they had waiters back then) his rating (they had to give you one and this was the lowest you could get) was “ordinary seaman, wiper.”The running joke was that you needed a higher rating to wipe the Captain’s you-know-what. Of course, I understood the rating actually refers to wiping oil off the engines, but I don’t think I truly understood why that was necessary until I saw this video!

 

[garbler]

The Enterprise DMQ and DMG-8’s were very common in the USN YTB tugs and the Army ST’s. I’ve surveyed quite a few San Pedro purse seiners with these power plants along with Cooper Bessemers, Fairbanks and EMD’s. Anyway these are big quiet lovely power plants that served the USN and sardine fisheries of California. Engine hour ratings don’t even apply to these engines. In the late 50’s and through the 60’s many were pulled out and replaced with modern lighter smaller more shaft horsepower engines. In so doing the engine weight reduction not only allowed for more fish tonnage but more internal cubic feet and at least one less crewman.

I may be wrong but the Enterprise DMQ and DMG series engines were direct reversible meaning the engine could be stalled out with compression releases and sliding cams shifted allowing the engine and propellers to run in reverse. No reduction or reverse gear. The photos show a big air receiver tank indicating typical air start. Anyway these engines may not require a full time engineer but an oiler wouldn’t be a bad idea. I surveyed a similar tug in Seattle back in 1984 with twin six cylinder Enterprises that were fitted with Falk gears running a really neat Morse chain drive using ‘ siilent chain ‘ with auxiliary shafts to operate big fire pumps etc. Her name was ‘ Blackfish’ some of you may know or seen her as she gets up and down the coast constantly, or did years ago.

Rick

 

[slowgoesit]

Where else can you have a boat of this size/weight and burn 10 gph at 10 kts! 1nm/gallon is pretty efficient for this 100', HEAVY boat!!

 

[Adopo]

I think this has been posted before, but it just popped up again. I guess this the biggest pleasure boat built by Willard? Looks like a time capsule...

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1976-willard-flush-deck-cruiser-8109618/

 

[Adopo]

few more...

 

[Northern Spy]

Hard to find a better liveaboard at that price point for a quality vessel.

Original owner must've hated being outdoors.

 

[Adopo]

Here's a very seaworthy looking boat as long as the plates are good and the liquor holds out! From he look of the old fish hold I think it will...

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1960-custom-ijsselmeerkotter-15,50-8602967/

 

[Adopo]

a few more plus the liquor display.

 

[Adopo]

a few more...

 

[Adopo]

Regarding that forward mast would that be a paravane rig? I see no evidence of paravanes or flopper stoppers. I guess it was used for hauling the nets or whatever cargo you would want to load or unload, fish of course in the past life.

 

[slowgoesit]

Regarding that forward mast would that be a paravane rig? I see no evidence of paravanes or flopper stoppers. I guess it was used for hauling the nets or whatever cargo you would want to load or unload, fish of course in the past life.

Seems awfully far forward for paravanes . . .