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Any info on those? I wonder if they were stripped of their running gear for other boats? I've ran into that while looking for one to buy.
Any info on those? I wonder if they were stripped of their running gear for other boats? I've ran into that while looking for one to buy.
Thanks. I'll send them and email and see what happens.Here's where I saw them
https://goo.gl/maps/3SWAH68gRdN2
No further information, sorry. There are countless operations around this area that cater(ed) to the offshore oil and gas industry. I just thought of this thread as I was cruising by yesterday.
I'm late to this thread but I wanted to throw mine in there. This is a picture of what it used to look like but I've repowered it and am building a different cabin now.View attachment 83795
Very cool! Need more pics.
I really like that. What company made the hull and what model, if you don't mind sharing.I'm late to this thread but I wanted to throw mine in there. This is a picture of what it used to look like but I've repowered it and am building a different cabin now.View attachment 83795
I really like that. What company made the hull and what model, if you don't mind sharing.
Thanks. You're right, I would have never guessed her to be a Navy boat. I was thinking she was a custom build. Good specs for a nice cruiser or fishing boat.It was built at the Webbers Cove boatyard here in Maine as a USCG motor whaleboat. She's a bit unique as military whaleboats go as she had a Perkins 4-108 with a Borg Warner 72c transmission and a skeg. Most Navy whaleboats have a Paragon gear that's unique to those boats and no skeg. Also she has more sheer with a higher bow and less rise in the stern than Navy boats.
Thanks. You're right, I would have never guessed her to be a Navy boat. I was thinking she was a custom build. Good specs for a nice cruiser or fishing boat.
You have a good eye. The point of my project is to have a boat that'll cruise at between 5 and 6kts. while using less than a half gallon of fuel per hour. According to Boatdiesel's calculator at 5kts. it should use .3 gallons per hour.