Blissboat
Guru
For those with an appetite for projects, how about a 1946 ex-U.S. Navy harbor tug? It's up for auction on the federal government's GSA website, with no reserve. (I have no affiliation). Located in the water at the USDOT facility in Benicia, CA. As of this morning, there are two bidders with the current high bid standing at $1361.00.
https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/291824
Specs: 100' by 28', with a draft of 9'7", and displacement of 260 long tons. The main engine is an MDG 26, produced by Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co. (I'm guessing parts for Volvo marine diesels might be easier to source)! The photos appear to show some kind of Detroit diesel as the generator engine.
The current bidders are likely planning to drag it off to scrap, but as a project boat, it would certainly keep someone off the streets and out of trouble for a while. Thankfully it's on the other coast, else I'd have to at least go look at it. Old tugs speak to me in my boat dreams.
https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/291824
Specs: 100' by 28', with a draft of 9'7", and displacement of 260 long tons. The main engine is an MDG 26, produced by Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co. (I'm guessing parts for Volvo marine diesels might be easier to source)! The photos appear to show some kind of Detroit diesel as the generator engine.
The current bidders are likely planning to drag it off to scrap, but as a project boat, it would certainly keep someone off the streets and out of trouble for a while. Thankfully it's on the other coast, else I'd have to at least go look at it. Old tugs speak to me in my boat dreams.