Purchase completed, Seaton 50

[2savage]

Over the past month I have been negotiating the purchase of the Seaton 50 currently named Combahee. I am now the new owner; the vessel is to be renamed "SAVAGE", which is the name of the boats I have owned over the past 25 years.

SAVAGE will remain on the St Johns river at the Ortega River marina until the spring, where she will come north and cruise from the Chesapeake to the Canadian border (and maybe beyond).

This particular Seaton is well known to many and has seen ice on her travels. I will do my best to continue the traditions and see myself as caretaker rather than owner.

The survey having given a clean bill of health has indicated that current machinery and hull are ready for the next 20 years. Question is, am I?

 

[Comodave]

Congrats on your new boat. Can we see some photos?

 

[rgano]

I do believe in your attitude!

 

[KnotYet]

I was curious about that listing. It doesn't really say what year the boat was built.
It looks well maintained in the photos, though. Could you tell us what year it is?

Congrats on the purchase!

 

[mvweebles]

Older listing on Dennison. She's 1969 steel with a single 6-71. Sutton built as many Seaton designs were. Beebe would approve (and likely did as a contemporary of Seaton)

https://www.denisonyachtsales.com/yacht-listings/50-Seaton-Rph-1969-Beaufort-South-Carolina/6278731

 

[KnotYet]

Older listing on Dennison. She's 1969 steel with a single 6-71. Sutton built as many Seaton designs were. Beebe would approve (and likely did as a contemporary of Seaton)

https://www.denisonyachtsales.com/yacht-listings/50-Seaton-Rph-1969-Beaufort-South-Carolina/6278731

Great, thanks for the info.

 

[O C Diver]

Congratulations on the new boat!

As luck would have it, I'll be arriving next door (Marina at Ortega tomorrow. Having dinner with friends and then off on Monday.

Ted

 

[Nomad Willy]

3.65 hp per ton

Sounds about right

Love Seaton designs

 

[Peter B]

Over the past month I have been negotiating the purchase of the Seaton 50 currently named Combahee. I am now the new owner; the vessel is to be renamed "SAVAGE", which is the name of the boats I have owned over the past 25 years.

SAVAGE will remain on the St Johns river at the Ortega River marina until the spring, where she will come north and cruise from the Chesapeake to the Canadian border (and maybe beyond).

This particular Seaton is well known to many and has seen ice on her travels. I will do my best to continue the traditions and see myself as caretaker rather than owner.

The survey having given a clean bill of health has indicated that current machinery and hull are ready for the next 20 years. Question is, am I?

Congratulations. Lovely vessel...in another life...sigh...

 

[Moonfish]

Nice!

 

[2savage]

O C Diver, sorry I'll miss you. I flew back to NYC yesterday and will not be back until the 12th to move the boat from Green Cove Marina. Then I'll be around until the 22nd.

The boat 'year' is somewhat confusing. Yes, it was originally built in 1969 but is now often referred to as 1991 due to it being gutted and totally rebuilt. The photo album covering the rebuild is impressive and comprehensive. There are still a few upgrades needed (as ever) but mostly small stuff.

 

[High Wire]

Beautiful, congratulations!

 

[Carl Martin]

Very cool!

 

[JOHN CLAYMAN]

Congratulations! Should you need any help, please feel free to reach out to us. If you are passing through Newport, we can also advise about cruising Newfoundland and beyond where we have considerable experience.
John Clayman
President
Seaton Yachts

 

[DCDC]

We were aboard Combahee the last time she was for sale in 2016. She was in great condition and we seriously considering purchase when the price dropped and someone (presumably your PO) snapped her up.

Enjoy your new boat, your adventures and safe travels.

 

[2savage]

So I'm a part time liveaboard now. About 50/50 between here and New York. I have some probate responsibilities up north and a kitchen renovation project too. That said, the Seaton, now named SAVAGE needs some upgrades. The AIS VHF is on back order, the autopilot controller and head unit need updates and I also want to upgrade the radar. I'm at the Ortega River Marina near Jacksonville and have recommendations for several competent marine electronics specialists who can help.

A question though; if I wanted to update the radar do I have to replace the drive mechanism that the array arm is attached to or can I get away with just a new array arm? It's a Furuno system with 48 mile 'range'.

 

[rgano]

I seriously doubt you can mix and match components within a unit like a radar mounting with any manufacturer. Ask Furuno tech - they have been great over the last six years helping me with my 20-year old Furuno suite.

What do you expect to gain from a 48-mile radar on a pleasure vessel where its antenna will likely not be 20 feet above the water? If there is not serious amount of terrain or manmade objects in the direction you are looking, such a radar might be useful for looking at approaching thunderheads. Before I had LORAN C and way before GPS, I could have used such a beast to fix my position off the SOCAL coast using inland mountain tops or the tippy top of Catalina (maybe 20-plus miles), but once GPS arrived, that potential use evaporated.

I have a 24-mile capable radar because it came with the boat, but besides checking the movement of thunderheads I have usually spotted visually in the 20-mile range (and which at even 16 MPH I can usually not outrun), it is usually tuned up for 3-mile range or less as I run the bays here in low viz. I would put it on a 10-mile range at most if I were to run across the Gulf of Mexico as I used to do with my trawler.

 

[AquaDestiny]

Beautiful vessel! Congratulations!

 

[Adopo]

Congrats! I was on that boat at the Beaufort Marina in the 90s where I kept a 1969 Hatteras 36 SF hull number 10. From what I remember, the owner was a really nice gentleman who was in the steel wire business. The name was Combahee, the name of a local SC river named for the first native Indians in that area.

I wonder if the gentleman or his estate owned her when you purchased? I'm guessing he would be in his 80s now. Loved it then, love it now. What a great boat. A real little ship.

Yes you are more than ready! Will you be using the steadying sails? I noted it had no stabilizers ergo the sails. Very well laid out and clean. How was the paint and the metal? Where will home port be?

 

[2savage]

I'll be adding a stabilizer rig with paravanes in the future. Electronics come first though. I will not head north without a functioning autopilot.

 

[2savage]

I seriously doubt you can mix and match components within a unit like a radar mounting with any manufacturer.

What do you expect to gain from a 48-mile radar on a pleasure vessel where its antenna will likely not be 20 feet above the water?

As to your first point, I would be adding a Furuno array arm to a Furuno motor drive unit. This has a chance at compatability. Otherwise, I agree.

Then the 48 mile radar, well, it came with the boat. I have a bridge height of 32 feet and the radar array is around 27 feet high. This should help with distance. However, my understanding is that its more about the power of the unit rather than the distance it could pick up a target.