On Saturday, March 29, 2014 7:11:19 AM UTC-7, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/29/2014 8:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 06:43:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:



On 3/29/2014 6:02 AM, Tim wrote:

On Saturday, March 29, 2014 1:36:37 AM UTC-7, Mr. Luddite wrote:

... well, really just dreaming. Came across some "bargains". LOL







My favorite is number 2, "Balboa" (scroll down the page a bit)







Assuming I could afford the initial fuel fillup, it should last the



rest of my boating days.







http://funnysun.net/luxury-yachts-1-million-2/



That is a nice boat. 2000 hp deutz single. I liked how it was called N "Expeditionary" yacht.







I did some more research on it. It was originally a heavy duty fishing

trawler. The current owners started a conversion process in 2010 with

the intent to turn it into a luxury live-a-board yacht.



They removed all the fishing well tanks, the DC generators, winches and

all fishing related gear to make space for 6 additional cabins. I think

that's where they stopped and decided to sell it. I found a listing

where it is being offered for $345K.





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Figure about $40K to 50K everytime you fill it up with diesel, and

another $50K to 100K+/year for maintenance/insurance. Given the fact

that there must be *serious* unresolved issues to bring it on the

market at that price, they should probably pay someone to take it off

their hands. Better to get an old Hatteras or Bertram in the 50 to 60

ft range if you want a real bargain that you can actually use.







No question about it. That's why I mentioned that for the number of

years I have left for boating I'd probably only have to fill it up once.

Range is 5,000 nm. :-) Plus, who knows what it will take to

complete the conversion.



I've often talked about how much I liked the Navigator. There's an

interesting story behind that line.



A naval architect by the name of Jule Marshall originally owned and

designed boats called "Californian Yachts" back in the 1970s. The

company produced a trawler type boat to compete with Grand Banks and

other trawlers that were made in Asia. The first ones he designed and

built received high grades in boating reviews and put him on the map.



For whatever reason (probably financial) he sold Californian Yachts in

the mid 1980s to Wellcraft who, in turn, sold it to Carver. They

acquired the name only and did not build any of the original designs.



In the late 1980s after a non-compete associated with the sale expired,

Marshall started production of the Navigator line. They are very

similar to the original Californian Yachts in many respects.



Then, in 1998 Marshall purchased the Californian name back. He is now

building both Navigators and a new line of Californian Yachts, both

trawler types and cruising sedans. I like this one, although I'd

probably go for one of his trawler types instead. This one is 50'

and is called the Veneti. Very modern but traditional, clean lines.

The master stateroom is great .. bed, couch, desk. Check out the fuel

efficiency specs. Not too shabby for 50' boat capable of cruising at 21

knots. Only thing I am not crazy about is that it uses Zeus drives.



http://www.navigatoryachts.com/models/50veneti/

Rich, that's a really interesting review. Thanks!