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defever 44, refit 50%done, $50,000

my watch I never wore a watch during my working years, but after selling my business and retiring early, I exercised my bucket list item of a Rolex. I settled on a Submariner. My wife said if I was going to spend the money for a Rolex, I had to wear it, (I had just planned on leaving it for...

slip We found that purchasing a "sailboat access" waterfront lot in south gulf cove subdivision in Port Charlotte ($50-60,000, $2-300 per month if you need financing) and having 50' of pilings installed with 50 amp power turned out to be cheaper than slip rental for long term storage. You then...

I believe you are correct. I misspoke about the Grand Alaskans by Oviatt Marine There are some others that look similar, but I can't remember all of them without checking my research. I was trying to make the point, that there are a number of manufactures that realized Arthur's designs were...

DeFever If you look at the history of the Defever designs, the first commercial success was with West coast tuna fishing boats. The first design that Arthur DeFever did for the boats built in the orient was for Grand Banks. It was called the Alaskan. It was a wooden boat, and when Grand...

DeFever The boat you are describing would not be considered a 'Defever". It is a design most likely done by Art's son in law, and would be considered a Sharp design. At one point they both worked in Art's office together, but the son-in-law went his own way after a couple of years, because...

If you look at the history of the COLREGS you will see previous regulations stated that the sidelights needed to cover only 90° from dead ahead. When they updated the regulations they changed that to the current angle of 112° from dead ahead, or 22.5 degrees abaft of the beam. This is why the...