On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 08:22:56 +0000, Justin C
wrote:

In article , Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:08:13 +0000, Justin C
wrote:

She looks like a fast boat, tall mast, and I bet she heels somewhat. Any
help identifying her will be gratefully received.

There is nothing in the USCG dabase with that name and hailing port.
I did find this one however which sounds like it might be close to
your description:

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=617263

The hailing port of Huntington, NY is about 50 miles from Dering
Harbor.

As you and Bruce spotted, yes I stuck a 'u' in the word harbor (so
difficult not to!). That link is most likely correct, beam 9.8 ft, she's
very narrow for her length (52.5ft). The USCG site says "ship builder:
unknown". That's disappointing.

Interestingly, putting the previous owners name into Google, as I'm
typing, his name is auto-completed! (Now, he gets kudos for that!).
Wikipedia has never heard of him, though... and, of course I don't even
know if it's the same one.

OK, previous owner, Douglas Tausik lives, or has lived in NY, another
web-site that links from that name says he works in Brooklyn. That
narrows it down (possibly). Another Google search hit was to
importgenius.com which appears to detail the import/export activity of
people or companies, and that says that in 2006 he imported a Nordhavn
62 (though they spell it with an E - see, it's not just us Brits who put
letters where others don't expect them!), and it gives an address for
him - I sound like a stalker!

I think it quite possible that the sculptor Douglas Tausik (as opposed
to any other Douglas Tausik) *was* the previous owner of Lotus (formerly
Bellkite). That still doesn't tell me what it is, maybe I should just go
and hang around the yacht club and listen for American accents!

Thank you for you help. Maybe some of the above info will ring a bell
with someone somewhere.

Justin.

If the local marina you mention is anything like the ones over here
they have a complete description of the owner/captain; phone numbers,
e-mail, etc. See whether they would pass a message on to the owners
for you - (you can imply that you want to buy the boat and the Marina
bloke will probably see to it that the owner gets back to you :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)