Fish Catcher Jim
Senior Member
he needs a bigger boat for all his toys.
HOLLYWOOD
Hey Hollwood,
Then he would just have to get more toys !!!!
he needs a bigger boat for all his toys.
HOLLYWOOD
That looks to be a Crosby tug. A number were made and finished in different ways.
This is an example from BC on Yachtworld 1979 CROSBY YACHTS Tug Power Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com:
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Hey Hollwood,
Then he would just have to get more toys !!!!
But if he got a LOT bigger boat he could hide them..
It sort of looks like the result of a redneck winning the lottery..
( No offense meant to the rednecks) oh what was I thinking.. a real redneck cannot read anyway.
HOLLYWOOD
.....he had to buy the company when it went broke in the process of building his boat. Who has that kind of money!?!? )))))
This boat may have already been posted but I find it very interesting to say the least. I mean this guys got it covered in all ways.
1. Helicopter by air
2. Larger boat (tender) by water
3. V.W golf for land.
The picture does not show it but in the pdf I have it shows the VW sitting under the platform that the boat is sitting on. Here is a quote from the page I got my second picture from.
(((Notice the helicopter on the back deck! We talked to the owner and he told us that he had the boat built in New Zealand – took 3 years and he had to buy the company when it went broke in the process of building his boat. Who has that kind of money!?!? )))))
I can answer that question......they guy who can put a helicopter and boat and car on his trawler...thats who !!!
Sure glad there is not a druellllling
Jim
That's Teddi Bear, they owned my boat going back 2 owners and are largely responsible for the re-building of it. Teddi Bear made the cover shot on PassageMaker magazine sometime in 2007 or 08. I have a copy at home but can't remember exactly when it was.
Gee, Matt and Marin, I feel a little.......silly.I liked it so much, I was going to put one on mine.
Interesting painted like a child's toy
Ah Ha!! You've revealed the obvious... Our boats are like child's toys!!!![]()
That's why they are dear to our hearts and we guys like to play with them so often.![]()
"... They had it barged up the river and then rolled across to more or less where it sits now. That's where it was when I joined the company, a totally weathered, gray, swaybacked derelict.
Marin, Please clarify--is that a description of the barn or a self-portrait?
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I'm glad some are out there keeping track of interesting history. Thanks for sharing!
Here is Bill Boeing's first yacht, the 96' Taconite, which Ed Heath was building in the red barn when he became serioulsy overextended financially. This prompted Boeing to buy the shipyard in 1910 for $1 plus the debt, so he could get his yacht finished.
The Heath shipyard continued to operate under that name, and it was here that Boeing and his friend, US Navy engineer Conrad Westervelt, decided to build a couple of airplanes (floatplanes) to Conrad's design. The planes were finished and flown in 1916.
Boeing's second, much larger yacht, also named Taconite, was built in Vancouver, BC by Boeing of Canada and launched in 1930. The Taconite (II) still exists, and the last time we saw her about three years ago she's in gorgeous condition. It is privately owned by a fellow in Vancouver. I took the second photo of the Taconite (II) in Maple Bay.
The BoeingCompany did not call that vessel Impromptu. Under Boeing it was called Daedalus, a name suggested by then-CEO T. Wilson's secretary. The yacht was designed by Philip Rhodes in 1966 for Augie Busch, then CEO of Annheuser Busch. Her original name was the A and Eagle, which is the official name of the Annheuser Busch logo. Boeing acquired her from Annheuser Busch in the 1970s.
Some years ago I was hired by the captain of the Daedalus to write, together with the yacht's chef, a big coffee table cookbook that would be presented to corporate guests of Boeing's. The Daedelus was not for use by the company's executives but was a marketing tool used by the company with its airline customers. Airbus had its world-renown executive dining room in Toulouse, which I was a guest in once, and there was good reason for its reputation. We had the Daedalus.
I wrote the half of the book that's about the boat, her design, construction, history, how she was used, first by Augie and then by Boeing, how the vessel evolved under Boeing's ownership, and what life was like onboard for the guests and crew. The chef created the cookbook part and the publisher hired the best food stylist and food photographer in Seattle for the illustrations.
The end result is an absolutely gorgeous book. I was given one copy, which my wife, who gave the idea of the book's layout to the chef, totally treasures. Daedalus cookies, which the chef showed her how to make, are to die for.
As a result of this project, there is little about this vessel I don't know up until the point Boeing sold her. I've been out on her several times and spent one evening cruise in the galley watching the chef and his assistant prepare an amazing salmon dinner.
Boeing sold the Daedalus a few years back for a couple of reasons. One, her purposely-built-thin steel hull was starting to pinhole and the vessel needed about 3 million dollars worth of hull replating and other repairs. Two, the Daedalus had been built by Abbeking & Rasmussen in Germany. Given the way Boeing was using her, and how they wanted this use to evolve, we were skating on increasingly thin ice with regards to the Jones Act.
And three, at 120 feet, the Daedalus was becoming too small for the way she was increasingly being used.
So she was sold to somebody in Vancouver, BC who as I understood it was going to completely overhaul her, including replating the hull. I lost track of her at that point.
Boeing replaced her with a 150-foot vessel built here in Seattle by Delta. Relatively new when Boeing bought her, the new vessel is bigger, and having been built in the US the potential problems with the Jones Act all went away. Also re-named Daedelus, the new vessel uses the same Lake Union pier the original Daedalus used to use.
I've not been aboard her although she's passed us a few times in the Gulf Islands. While I'm sure she's very nice, the new Daedalus looks like the typical Euro Yacht. The original Daedalus was a true class act. I hope she's doing well.