Dream Boat (BigAndFast)

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Dream boat
Three decades after the inspiration struck him, Kingsland's vessel is just about ready for launch -- and his restlessness will be satisfied

By Tony Chamberlain, Globe Correspondent | May 26, 2007

At 60, Scituate's Bob Kingsland is a sailing man whose dream seems older than he is.

After all, history is chock-full of young sailors fixated on one day setting off to ply the world's rolling oceans, never to return to the humdrum life ashore.

Most such fantasies naturally drown somewhere between the down payment on the first house, orthodontist bills, and college tuition -- those dream-ending life necessities. But 30 years later, Kingsland's fondest wishes are coming true.

In 1977, Kingsland, a Cohasset native, was an accomplished metal sculptor with solid design, engineering, and building skills. It was while he was in the hospital -- recovering from a broken leg that left him in a cast to his hip -- that he could not get the thought out of his head: He wanted to build a boat -- a grand cruiser to set off and see the world.

Within a couple of years, Kingsland, who had rented an old autobody warehouse off Route 3A, made the first of four calls to the Globe to ask if anyone would be willing to write a story about his amazing homemade boat.

The first story, written in 1980, depicted the 33-year-old Kingsland deep in the belly of a steel hull, welding steel ribs to form a stout frame for what would become a 20-ton boat.

Fast-forward a couple of years and Kingsland's project was still well underway. Now that skeleton was plated in steel, forming the easily identifiable full hull of a 50-foot cutter.

But then we lost contact with Kingsland, whose life had become infinitely more complicated than one man building a boat and making trips to the grocery store on his 1973 BMW motorcycle. More complicated and more ordinary as, along the way, he met his wife, Sandy, and the couple had two children.

Kingsland is quick to acknowledge that had he begun the family before the boat, it might never have been built. But Sandy was understanding, he said, and the work went on. The magnificent little ship, ever so slowly, was taking shape. If the dream seemed further away as his daughters, Haley and Brooke, grew, entered Milton Academy, and then on to college (Stanford and Duke), it has always been there.

"It's just nuts," said Kingsland, whose house in Scituate, with its attached boat shed, is within sniffing distance of the North River and the town's coastal cliffs. "I was supposed to launch this boat 15 years ago. I should have already sailed around the world and come back. But once you get hundreds of thousands of dollars into it and this many years, you've got to keep going."

Finishing touches
Our last contact with Kingsland and his boat, now named Restless, was 15 years ago, when he estimated that he was "90 percent finished" and would be sailing soon.

Now, after another 15 some years, Kingsland said the end really is near. He has a launch date of June 16 at the Scituate Harbor docks, to be marked by bands and parties, and, he mused, "Who knows how many spectators?"

The hull is a lighter version of Stars & Stripes blue, and when it hits the water and springs to life with the pulse of wave and current next month, Restless, with its 3,500 feet of welding, 200 gallons of epoxy in the coach work, and 35 miles of electrical wiring, could be valued as high as in the seven figures. A modified Ted Brewer design, the vessel will be 50 feet overall, 46 feet on deck with a 14-foot beam and 6-foot draft. At 20 tons, she will carry 1,150 square feet of sail on the 71-foot cutter rig.

Buttoned down, the design can withstand a 360-degree rollover, and her broad decks can collect huge quantities of purifiable rainwater. She is a world cruiser in every sense of the word.

Not apparent in the list of specs are the perfection and artistry of the living space below decks, with varnished teak cabinetry, all created in Kingsland's workshop.

When he's not busy with finishing touches on Restless, Kingsland works at Boston University as a designer and builder of technological creations used in scientific experiments at the school. Kingsland studied metal working and sculpture while a student at Brown University in the 1960s.

In the early days, he worked as a swordfish spotter for commercial fishermen.

Many of the thousands of painstaking hours he has put into Restless will never show in the finished work. When he was about three years into the project, he reached a major decision of how to shape the bottom with a hard or soft chine. He chose a compromise that let him fit the plates together more easily at the waterline, then bending them to soften the appearance.

But weeks later when he had finished this phase, he found that the chine looked "too prismed" -- so he tore out all the work, and remolded and fastened the hull anew, a huge job that set him back an untold number of weeks.

"It was 100 percent more work for 15 percent more quality," he said at the time, displaying his quest for perfection, not just getting the boat finished.

"If you don't rip it out and fix it," he decided long ago, "it'll make you unhappy for the whole history you live with the boat."

While there have been few decisions so dramatic, Kingsland sees the boat now as a series of compromises and smaller interlocking decisions, from matters of hull shape to whether satin or gloss varnish should be used on the cabin teak below decks.

"You come to see the whole thing not as one project, but a series of independent projects that you just figure out as you're doing them," he said. "It's like learning to learn. You learn how to solve problems and just get things done because you have to."

All the years his two girls were growing up, they were told the boat would take them "to palm trees and warm water" -- a phrase they came to think was the name of the boat. The long time overrun on the project had much to do with raising his family, and Kingsland was not sure how both parts of his life would fit together.

Obviously, the creation of Restless has been a major focus of Kingsland's life, but, he said, "It hasn't dominated my life. I had a great time with my kids, and we have been a real family. Still, I've been able to keep the progress going on the boat."

Immeasurable value
When he launches her next month, Restless will still be far from complete -- if any boat is ever really complete. But she will be rigged ("A sailboat can't go into the water without being rigged"), and the 85-horsepower Perkins diesel will fire, the transmission engaged, and for the first time since the dream took shape in the hospital bed so many years ago, Restless will head out to her mooring in Scituate Harbor after a visit at the sailing club docks.

Assessing the value of such a boat is difficult. For tax purposes, the assessment dates to when the keel was laid in 1979, but obviously, the value of the hull as it first took shape -- perhaps $250,000 -- has long been outdated. And obviously, the value of the thousands of man hours far exceeds Kingsland's collection of materials receipts.

One lifelong Dutch aficionado of cruising boats came to Kingsland's house a few years ago and inspected the work, concluding, "I thought I had the finest steel boat money could buy, but now I see I was wrong."

Obviously, the real answer as to the value is determined by what a buyer is willing to pay, and while Kingsland envisions many scenarios, he has not really decided when, or even whether, to eventually sell Restless.

For the next couple of years, he will probably finish her, and take at least one extended sailing trip to the South Pacific, to lands and oceans that have been the one constant inspiration in those long-held dreams.

"Well, we're not getting any younger," said Kingsland, who, despite a graying in his beard, looks little different than he did when he and his boat first appeared in the Globe three decades ago. "So we better take off pretty soon. We've certainly talked about it enough, and it's about time we did it. Besides, we've gotten to hate the New England winters."
© Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

[originunknown]

[niz]

lol I went fishing yesterday for 3 hours...only got a nibble. Almost threw all my fishing stuff down stream.

[teapeebubbles]

Hope is a wonderful thing - one little nibble keeps a man fishing all day.

[niz]

hahaha good one!

[teapeebubbles]

Why Fishing Is Better Than Sex

When you go fishing and you catch something, that's good.
If you're making love and you catch something, that's bad.

Fish don't compare you to other fishermen neither and don't want to know how many other fish you caught.

In fishing you lie about the one that got away.
In loving you lie about the one you caught.

You can catch and release a fish, you don't have to lie and promise to still be friends after you let it go.

You don't have to necessarily change your line to keep catching fish.

You can catch a fish on a 20-cent nightcrawler.
If you want to catch a woman you're talking dinner and a movie minimum.

Fish don't mind if you fall asleep in the middle of fishing.

[teapeebubbles]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he will go out and buy
expensive fishing equipment, stupid looking
clothes, a sports utility vehicle, travel
1,000 miles to the "hottest" fishing hole,
and stand waist deep in cold water just so he
can outsmart a fish. (Average cost per fish:
$395.68)

[teapeebubbles]

A pirate and a sailor are in a bar regaling each other with tall tales.

The sailor finally asks the pirate to tell him how he came to have a wooden leg, a hook for a hand and a patch over his eye.

"Well," says the pirate, "I lost the leg in a shark attack, lost the hand in a sword fight, and the eye was due to bird crap."

"Bird crap?" asks the puzzled sailor.

"Yes," replies the pirate. "It was my first day with the hook."

[niz]

ROFLMAO

[teapeebubbles]

Joe and John were identical twins. Joe owned an
old dilapidated boat and kept pretty much to
himself. One day he rented out his boat to a
group of out-of-staters who ended up sinking it.
He spent all day trying to salvage as much stuff
as he could from the sunken vessel and was out
of touch all that day and most of the evening.
Unbeknownst to him, his brother John's wife had
died suddenly in his absence.

When he got back on shore he went into town to
pick up a few things at the grocery. A kind old
woman there mistook him for John and said, "I'm
so sorry for your loss. You must feel terrible."

Joe, thinking she was talking about his boat
said, "Hell no! Fact is I'm sort of glad to be
rid of her. She was a rotten old thing from the
beginning. Her bottom was all shriveled up and
she smelled like old dead fish. She was always
holding water. She had a bad crack in the back
and a pretty big hole in the front too. Every
time I used her, her hole got bigger and she
leaked like crazy."

"I guess what finally finished her off was when
I rented her to those four guys looking for a
good time. I warned them that she wasn't very
good and that she smelled bad. But they wanted
her anyway. The damn fools tried to get in her
all at one time and she split right up the
middle."

The old woman fainted.

[teapeebubbles]

Go fish? OK...

One More Time

My wife says if I go fishing one more time she's going to leave me. Gosh, I'm going to miss her.


Big One ?

I think the only reason my husband likes to go fishing so much is that it's the only time he hears someone tell him, "Wow, that's a big one!"


You Might Be A Fisherman

You might be a fisherman if...
1. You have a power worm dangling from you rear view mirror because you think it makes a good air freshener.
2. You wedding party has to tie tin cans to the back of your bass boat.
3. You call your boat "sweetheart" and your wife "skeeter."
4. Your local tackle shop has your credit card number on file.
5. You keep a flippin stick by your favorite chair to change the tv channels with.
6. You get 40 to life because your teenager asked you to buy a jet ski.
7. You name your black lab "Mercury" and your cat "Evinrude".
8. Bass Pro Shop has a private line just for you.
9. You honeymooned on Lake Okeechobee - ALONE.
10. You have your name painted on a parking space at the launch ramp.
11. You have a photo of your 10 lb. bass on your desk at work instead of your family.
12. You consider viennies and crackers a complete meal.
13. You think MEGABYTES means a great day fishing.
14. You send your kid off to the first day of school with his shoes tied in a polomar knot.
15. Your wife wears green lipstick so you'll kiss her more.
16. You think there are four seasons - Pre-spawn, Spawn, Post spawn and Hunting.
17. Your $30,000 bass boat's trailer need's tires so you "borrow" the one's off your trailer house.
18. Your wife tells you she is feeling "frisky" but you don't know what she means until she explains she wants to spawn.
19. You trade your wife's van for a smaller vehicle so your bass boat will fit in the garage.
20. Your kids know it's Saturday - because the boat is gone.


Pull Start

Two fishermen had just pooled all their money and bought a new boat and motor. On their first
outing, they celebrated by drinking lots of beer while fished all evening. When the time came for the two friends to head back home, the motor would not start. Naturally they were quite frustrated as they took turns pulling on the starter cord to no avail. As they pulled the starter cord harder and harder the motor finally dislodged and fell to the bottom of the lake. The one that was pulling the cord when it fell off was convinced to dive to the bottom and retrieve the motor. When he got to the bottom he starts yanking on the on the motor in an effort to start it and propel it back to the surface. His buddy looks down at his friend, growing increasingly agitated and then finally yells out: "Don't you know anything you fool, you've got to choke it!"


Coincidence

There were two twins names Joe and John who besides being brothers were also fishing buddies. When they went fishing they used Joe's old wooden boat. It so happened that John's wife died suddenly on the same day that Joe's boat sank. A few days after the tragadies, a kindly old woman saw Joe and mistook him for John. She then said, "I'm sorry for your loss; you must feel terrible?" Joe thought she was talking about his sunken boat and replied, "HELL NO! IN FACT I''M SORT OF GLAD TO BE RID OF HER. SHE WAS A ROTTEN OLD THING FROM THE BEGINNING. HER BOTTOM WAS ALL SHRIVELED UP AND SHE SMELLED LIKE DEAD FISH. SHE WAS ALWAYS LOSING WATER. SHE HAD A BAD CRACK IN THE BACK AND A PRETTY BIG HOLE IN THE FRONT TOO. EVERY TIME I USED HER, THE HOLE GOT BIGGER AND SHE LEAKED LIKE CRAZY. I GUESS WHAT FINALLY FINISHED HER OFF WAS WHEN I RENTED HER TO THOSE FOUR GUYS LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME. I WARNED THEM THAT SHE WASN'T VERY GOOD, BUT THEY WANTED TO USE HER ANYWAY. THE DAMN FOOLS TRIED TO GET IN HER ALL AT ONCE AND SHE SPLIT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE."


Gymnastics

The manager of a small business and his secretary decided to go over to her place for some "gymnastics". Afterwards, they both fall asleep. When the manager wakes up and looks at his watch, he discovers that it is after 8 o'clock in the evening. He jumps up and is panicked because he has to go home to face his wife. He tells the secretary to quickly take his shoes out into the yard and rub them around in the grass. He finishes dressing and goes home. When the man opens the door to the house, his wife is standing in the doorway fuming and asks him where the hell he's been until 8:30 in the evening? The man calmly replies that he and his secretary are having an affair and that they had fallen asleep after going to her place this afternoon. His wife examined him very carefully and when she glimpsed his shoes, she exclaims: "You liar, you've been FISHING!"


G-Spot

The difference between a woman's G-Spot and a mans favorite fishing Spot? A man will spend all day trying to find his fishing Spot!!!!


Walkin On Water

A Lutheran pastor, a Catholic priest and a Rabbi were fishing from a boat not far from the lake shore. The pastor had to make a trip to the port-a-potty located on the shore, so he got out of the boat, walked across the water and in the same manor came back to the boat after he was finished. A little later the priest had to make the trip also. He got out of the boat, walked across the water, visited the bathroom and in the same manner, came back to the boat. Still later, the rabbi needed to go ashore. He got out of the boat and immediately sank. The pastor looked at the priest and said, "Do you think we ought to tell him where the rocks are?"


One Wish

Two fishermen were having a good time while fishing on a small lake in the U.S. They were drinking beer and feeling no pain when one of the fisherman hooked something. His prize catch was no fish though; it was a lamp and when he rubbed it a magic Jennie popped out. The Jennie was grateful to be set free and to reward his rescuers, he granted them one wish. Without hesitation, one of the anglers blurted out that he wanted the entire lake to turn into beer. The Jennie nodded his head and the lake was instantly transformed into a sea of beer. The other fisherman was furious though and said, “You idiot, why did you have the Jennie turn the lake into beer?” The other angler was surprised by his friends disappointment and asked, “What’s wrong with a lake full of brew? We’ll never run out of beer while were fishing again.” The other angler replied, “Yes the beer is great, but now we’ll have to #### in the boat.”


Blonde Steelheads

Three blondes are sitting by the side of a river holding fishing poles with the lines in the water. A Game Warden comes up behind them, taps them on the shoulder and says, "Excuse me, ladies, I'd like to see your fishing licenses." "We don't have any." replied the first blonde. "Well, if your going to fish, you need fishing licenses." said the Game Warden. "But officer," replied the second blonde, "we aren't fishing. We all have magnets at the end of our lines and we're collecting debris off the bottom of the river." The Game Warden lifted up all the lines and, sure enough, there were horseshoe magnets tied on the end of each line. "Well, I know of no law against it," said the Game Warden, "Take all the debris you want." And with that, the Game Warden left. As soon as the Game Warden was out of sight, the three blondes started laughing hysterically. "What a dumb Fish Cop," the second blonde said to the other two, "doesn't he know that there are steelhead in this river?!"


Salesman

A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job at a city department store. In fact it was the biggest store in the area you could get anything there. The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" "Yes, I was a salesman in the country," said the lad. The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow and I'll come and see you when we close up." The day was long and arduous for the young man, but finally 5 o'clock came around. The boss arrived and asked, "How many sales did you make today?" "One," said the young salesman. "Only one?" blurted the boss. "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale worth?" "Thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and thirty-four dollars," said the young man. "How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss. "Well" said the salesman, "This man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sold him a small fishing line, a medium one and a huge big one. "I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I said he would probably need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to the car department and sold him a new SUV." The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?" "No," answered the salesman. "Actually, he came in to buy a box of Tampons for his wife and I said to him, "Your weekend's shot, you may as well go fishing."


Pajamas

A man phones home from his office and tells his wife: "Something has just come up. I have a chance to go fishing for a week. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. We leave right away. So pack my clothes, my fishing equipment, and especially my blue silk pajamas. I'll be home in an hour to pick them up." He goes home in a hurry and grabs everything and rushes off. A week later he returns. His wife asks: "Did you have a good trip, dear?" He says: " Oh yes, great! But you forgot to pack my blue silk pajamas." His wife smiles and says, "Oh no I didn't. I put them in your tackle box!"


Respect

Kent and three of his buddies have gone fishing every saturday for nearly forty years. One Saturday, the guys are fishing along a highway when a funeral processional drives by. Well, Kent lays down his pool, stands up in the boat, takes off his lucky hat and places it over his heart. This processional is huge and takes nearly five minutes to pass. Once it passes, Kent sits down, puts his hat on and cast out without saying a word. Needless to say his buddies are floored by his actions. One of em finally speaks up and says, "that sure was a respectful thing you did there when they went by." Kent replied, "It seems the least I could do seeing as how I've been married to the woman for over forty years!"


Loan Please

A fish goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that the teller's name is Patricia Whack. So he says, "Ms. Whack, I'd like to get a loan to buy a boat and go on a long vacation. Patti looks at the fish in disbelief and asks how much he wants to borrow. The fish says $30,000. The teller asks his name and the fish says that his name is Rainbow Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager. Patti explains that $30,000 is a substantial amount of money and that he will need to secure some collateral against the loan. She asks if he has anything he can use as collateral. The fish says, "Sure, I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain fly rod and reel, about an inch long; detailed and perfectly formed. Very confused, Patti explains that she'll have to consult with the manager and disappears into a back office. She finds the manager and says, "There's a fish named Rainbow Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000. And he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny rod & reel. "I mean, what the heck is this??" The bank manager looks back at her and says: "It's a knick-knack, Patti Whack. Give the fish a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."


Good Dinner

One day while driving home from his fishing trip in the pouring rain, a man got a flat tire outside a monastery. A monk came out and invited him inside to have dinner and spend the night. The motorist accepted. That night he had a wonderful dinner of fish and chips. He decided to compliment the chef. Entering the kitchen, he asked the cook, "Are you the fish friar?" "No," the man replied, "I'm the chip monk."


Catfish-Lawyer

What is the difference between a catfish and a lawyer? One is a bottom-dwelling, scum-sucking scavenger and the other is a fish!



3rd Grade Jokes

Where do fish wash ? In a river basin
Why are fish well educated ? Because they travel in schools
Which fish can perform operations ? A Sturgeon
Whats the difference between a fish and a piano ? You can't tuna fish (think about it!)
How do fish go into business ? They start on a small scale
An oyster is a fish built like a nut


Snapper

Did you hear about the girl who went fishing with her six male friends? She came home with a red snapper.


Idiot

There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot!


Wiggle Your Worm

To catch the fish, it's not how you throw the bait, but how you wiggle your worm.


Redneck Love Poem

Collards is green, my dog's name is Blue and I'm so lucky to have a sweet thang like you. Yore hair is like cornsilk a-flapping in the breeze. Softer than Blue's and without all them fleas. You move like the bass, which excite me in May. You ain't got no scales but I luv you anyway. Yo're as satisfy'n as okry jist a-fry'n in the pan. Yo're as fragrant as "snuff" right out of the can. You have some'a yore teeth, for which I am proud; I hold my head high when we're in a crowd. On special occasions, when you shave under yore arms, well, I'm in hawg heaven, and awed by yore charms. Still them fellers at work, they all want to know, what I did to deserve such a purdy, young doe. Like a good roll of duct tape yo're there fer yore man, to patch up life's troubles and fix what you can. Yo're as cute as a junebug a-buzzin' overhead. You ain't mean like those far ants I found in my bed. Cut from the best cloth like a plaid flannel shirt, you spark up my life more than a fresh load of dirt. When you hold me real tight like a padded gunrack, my life is complete; Ain't nuttin' I lack. Yore complexion, it's perfection, like the best vinyl sidin'. despite all the years, yore age, it keeps hidin'. Me 'n' you's like a Moon Pie with a RC cold drank, we go together like a skunk goes with stank. Some men, they buy chocolate for Valentine's Day; They git it at Wal-Mart, it's romantic that way. Some men git roses on that special day from the cooler at Kroger. "That's impressive," I say. Some men buy fine diamonds from a flea market booth. "Diamonds are forever," they explain, suave and couth. But for this man, honey, these won't do. Cause yor'e too special, you sweet thang you. I got you a gift, without taste nor odor, more useful than diamonds...... IT'S A NEW TROLL'N MOTOR!!


X Marks The Spot

Two morons rent a boat and go fishing. They catch a lot of fish and return to the shore. 1st moron: I hope you remember the spot where we caught all those fish. 2nd moron: Yes, I made an 'X' on the side of the boat to mark the spot. 1st moron: You idiot! How do you know we'll get the same boat?


An Affair

"Do you really believe your husband when he tells you he goes fishing every weekend?" asked Jane's best friend. "Why shouldn't I?" Jane inquired. "Well, maybe he is having an affair?" "No way, he returns every time without any fish..."


$75 Fish

Two fishermen travel 100 miles to try out a new fishing spot. They buy a variety of bait and lures and rent a boat. After a long day of fishing, the two fishermen return to the dock. The first fisherman pulls their only catch from the live well, a scrawny bass just legal size. He says, "Boy! This fish cost us about $75." The second fisherman says, "Well it's a good thing we didn't catch any more."


Sounds Like A Zebco

A woman goes into Wal-Mart to buy a rod and reel. She doesn't know which one to get so she just grabs one and goes over to the register. There is a Wal- Mart "associate" standing there with dark shades on. She says, "Excuse me sir...can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?" He says, "Ma'am I'm blind but if you will drop it on the counter I can tell you everything you need to know about it from the sound that it makes." She didn't believe him, but dropped it on the counter anyway. He said, "That's a 6' graphite rod with a Zebco 202 reel and 10 lb. test line...It's a good all around rod and reel and it's $20.00". She says, "That's amazing that you can tell all that just by the sound of it dropping on the counter. I think it's what I'm looking for so I'll take it." He walks behind the counter to the register, and in the meantime the woman breaks wind big-time. At first she is embarrassed but then realizes that there is no way he could tell it was her...being blind he wouldn't know that she was the only person around. He rings up the sale and says, "That will be $25.50." She says, "But didn't you say it was $20.00?" He says, "Yes ma'am, the rod and reel is $20.00, the duck call is $3.00, and the catfish stink bait is $2.50."


The Trick To Ice Fishing

Billy Bob and Jethro decide to go ice fishing. After arriving at the lake early in the morning, they cut two holes in the lake and drop their lines in the water. After fishing for a few hours, Billy Bob has caught dozens of fish while Jethro hasn't even gotten a bite. Jethro asks, "Billy Bob, what's your secret?" Billy Bob answers, "Mmu motta meep da mmrms mmrm." Jethro asks, "What did you say?" Billy Bob answers, "Mmu motta meep da mmrms mmrm." Jethro again asks, "What?" Billy Bob spits into his hand and says, "You gotta keep the worms warm!"


Helping Hand

A priest was walking along the cliffs at Dover when he came upon two locals pulling another man ashore on the end of a rope. "That's what I like to see," said the priest, "A man helping his fellow man." As he was walking away, one local remarked to the other, "Well, he sure doesn't know the first thing about shark fishing

[Dances-W-waves]

How come there's only one woman in that pic? (At least I think it's a woman) I need to teach that boy about boats.<g>

Women are mandatory...and there needs to be some redundancy there also....

:o)

[niz]

Yep, Im counting 4 Jetski's...hehe

[niz]

Unbelievable. I also heard he has a couple Yamaha Jet Ski's on there too. LOL

[HabaneroDog]

Yea....Like way hot!

[Dances-W-waves]

Yea, it just makes me .....uh.....thirsty, to know the dinghy on that boat is as big as the boat I'm sitting on.

Think I'll get me a cocktail.......IT'S BLAZIN HOT HERE IN SAC.

...Oh yeah.....I forgot. Your in Arizonee....even hotter.

YIKES!

:o)

Cheers!

PS..hows biz?

[niz]

More Greg Norman "Aussie Rules" Pics...

[niz]

Yes, amazing huh.....lol

[stock_hippie]

thanks a lot..hawaii has lotz boats

[AAchem]

Does this count? http://www.paulyaffeoriginals.com/pyo-projects-mp.htm

[HabaneroDog]

Stick around.....

[AAchem]

Don't know how I got here, but thanks. LOL

[HabaneroDog]

Welcome AA.....

[HabaneroDog]

We're waiting for you to install it and take us fishing....Welcome hippie!

[HabaneroDog]

Yea boy howdy!...Welcome to Dream Boat....

[HabaneroDog]

Yup...shore is...!

[stock_hippie]

NICEwheres the baseball diamond?lol

[AAchem]

Isn,t that Greg Norman's boat?

[HabaneroDog]

Grub...

[niz]

Im buying a Jet Ski soon!! Any recommendations? Its between the Honda and Yamaha so far....

[HabaneroDog]

Boatin Tunes
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[HabaneroDog]

Good one to ya too amigo....
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=2297

[Capt_Nemo]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa No fishin on dat boat, that will be home maybe!!!! I got the "salmon slayer" for fishing, Nite peppa!!!!

[HabaneroDog]

Cool dude, when are we going fishing?

[Capt_Nemo]

HEY what happened to everybody!!!! OH well, this is one I have been I balling for over a year now!!!! Something about the old Pacemakers, !!








62' Pacemaker Motor Yacht
Year: 1976
Listed: US$ 269,000
Located in Coconut Grove, FL
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Engine/Fuel Type: Twin Diesel
YW# 1557-977853





Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Builder/Designer


Builder: Pacemaker

Dimensions


LOA: 62' Beam: 17'2'' Displacement: 73000
Draft: 4'

Engines


Engine(s): 2 x Detroit Diesel Engine(s) HP: 450 Engine Model: GM-71TI
Cruising Speed: 15 Max Speed: 16

Tankage


Fuel: 980 Water: 300 Holding: 55




Salon


Salon


Custom bar


Dining Room


Master suite


Guest stateroom


Engine room


Bow


Helm


Accommodations

"Grasea" is a classic handsome motor yacht with wide open, incredibly spacious accommodations. The fully enclosed and teak paneled aft deck utilized every inch of her 17 foot plus beam and is a perfect area for entertaining many guests. The lower level salon features a formal dining area, followed by a well-equipped galley and comfortable dinette.

The 62' Pacemaker was designed as a crewed yacht with grand master stateroom accommodations and two guest staterooms. The crew quarters are at the bow followed by the galley and lower level salon featuring a formal dining area with teak and mirrored arches; and a glass table top with six dining chairs.


The main salon is full beam and is separated from the pilothouse by a solid bulkhead. The main salon has large windows offering an incredible view and her handsome decor and furniture add to the yachts warmth and roominess. New custom wood blinds were installed in the main salon and dining salon in July 2003. There is a beautiful custom built bar, china cbinete and etnertainment center forward in the salon followed by a queen size sofa, ottomon and glass topped coffee table.


Topside, the extended flybridge is huge and offers plenty of room for entertaining.
Custom wet bar
Custom china cabinet
New wood blinds in July 2003 (not shown)




Galley
All appliances are contemporary black. There is a comfortable dinette opposite the galley.
Built in microwave
Trash compactor
Dish washer
Full size oven w/ 4 burner stove
Side by Side refrigerator with in door ice and water.
Microwave



Electronics

Furuno radar
Cetrec 757 autopilot
(2) VHF radios
ACR EPIRB
(2) Compasses
Depth sounder
Interphase Probe forward depth sounder
Lowrance X55A fish finder
Garmen 200 GPS w/ charts
Danforth battery indicator
Hailer
Remote spot light



Electrical

220V DH2207 AC Electrical system
12V DC
110V AC
30 kw Onan generator
12kw Cummins generator
Automatic battery charger



Deck
New teak decks in 1996. Full paint job in 1993. All bright work stripped and refinished July 2003. Upper deck and main salon deck repainted at that time.
Electric dinghy davits
Fresh water wash down
Ideal windlass
Swim platform
Swim ladder
Bimini
Bridge curtains
Flybridge curtain
Search light w/remote control
7 step boarding gangway
Custom teak deck boxes



Additional

Reverse cycle A/C
Nine separate A/C units for climate control
Dining salon windows pulled and resealed 2002.




Engine and mechanical

Electric heads
Bridge, cabin engine controls
Starboard engine majored '94
Poet engine majored '91
Engine synchronizers
Trim tabs
Raw water sea strainers
Engine temp alarms
(2) spare props
Hydraulic steering




Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

[ONEBGG]

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Just remove the spaces in the chart tool.

Gary

[ONEBGG]

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[HabaneroDog]

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[ONEBGG]

Hey Bucky! Would like to have that i-box photo shrunk down so that it'll no-longer 'streatch' out your i-box?

I could do it, and I would be glad to host the image for you so that it won't one day change or disappear on ya.

Gary

[ONEBGG]

LOL!!!! EOM

[HabaneroDog]

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[ONEBGG]

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[HabaneroDog]

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[Capt_Nemo]

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[HabaneroDog]

Ya think they would let us take a spin around the harbor?
We'll even promise not to hot-rod it....

[Capt_Nemo]

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[HabaneroDog]

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