Peterson Coaster Schooner for sale in Savannah Georgia

[Wild Dingo]

A while back someone pointed me to this vessel info available at Lady Ben Classic Wooden Boats (http://www.ladyben.com/SearchResultsFull.asp?VesselID=708)

Which now has photos!! :cool:

After some contact with the owner Clark Voss... who is a great fella by the way... I asked if anyone wouldnt mind having a looksee at her on my behalf... several offered and 2 went...

I had constant contact with the designers son Bill Peterson during this time and emailed him the link to a new imagestation album I set up... he expressed some conserns about her which matched conserns expressed by Dave Fleming who I also contacted...

Now the photos are all in... and I offer the album here so that anyone closer than I am who is interested can see her...

I had contact with many people regarding this boat during the last few weeks

Thanks go to:

Art and Minor... for all your help photos and information and support
Dave Fleming... for advice given
Bill Peterson... for advice given
Ed Harrow... for advice given
Rick van der Velde... from AWS Customs {Australia} for information and advice given.
Roger Morris... for his encouragement
Stormy Mayo... for his support
Steve Bauer... for his support
Jeff "Skuthorp"... for his support even while trying to get in some ski-ing!! :D

And mates if Ive missed anyone... thanks!!

It seems the cost for getting her down here are a bit confused... quotes have ranged from $50 - 80000USD... and a recent email from Rick van der Velde states that to get an approximate cost one bases the costs on the length x beam x depth from keel to deck... x $100 {approx} per sq mtr... this for Tilton works out at around $18,000AUD... so something is not matching! :rolleyes:

To this figure one must add the costs of cradle fitting and transport... also possible road transport plus whatever other costs involved with importing and customs...

So we feel that we will be taking a deep breathe until we get a bit firmer type of estimate of costs... There is a massive difference between 50 -$80,000USD to $18,000AUD!! conversion goes UP not down from AUD to USD!... :(

One must admit though that Tilton would be an ideal restore for someone in the States or Canada rather than downunder... or as in the case of Stormy Mayo who is now at a point where some of her parts {masts booms etc} could be of use she may be a good buy to complete a build...

We will wait and see... if and its a big IF... she can be gotten for under $20,000US {her price of $25,000US is negotionable} and then gotten down here for around $30,000AUD then she is a big possibility... but only AFTER a total survey!... she is almost 30 years old and has been sitting for over 2 years in the murky waters of Savannah Georgia with no maintenance!... A survey is in her case a definant MUST!

Anyway the album is here...
Z Northrop Tilton Peterson Schooner Album (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291513901)

Anyone interested???... Will someone PLEASE talk me out of this???!!!

Take it easy
Shane

[ 08-20-2002, 06:02 AM: Message edited by: Wild Dingo ]

[JimJ]

Wild Dingo

At least go over and have a look and while you are there check out Savannah. Spent 3 months there in 1990 and just explored. Amazing history.

We were warned not to go to the Irish pub on the waterfront as the locals might think that we were English and we may not like the result!

But the city and the surrounds is full of the type of history we Aussies just read about.
When I saw "Forrest Gump" I yell out to SWMBO that I had sat on that seat shown in the opening sequence of the movie.

[Alan D. Hyde]

She looks promising. A diamond in the rough.

Unless there is a major hidden problem, this seems like a good project for someone with lots of time and a little money...

IF that person can find a place to berth her and haul her cheaply.

Alan

[htom]

Talk you out of it? I'll wager you've heard this already, but, "Survey" by someone who knows how to survey wooden boats. Two years (or more) of rainwater leaking through her decks, leading to rot here, there, and everywhere that the seller hasn't noticed. You don't want to have the problems with your house with your boat, too!

Well, that was a wasted paragraph. Not enough heads for eight?

She looks like your dreamship, get her inspected, work out the details, put the hoons to work. I don't think she's quite big enough to house all of you comfortably while you rebuild the house, but you could build a bunch of Cartopers or Pooducks for bedrooms, one per each, reuse the molds, too.

[Adam C]

I had a look at one of these passing through Dana Point a couple months ago. She is the Liffee P. Baker. I thought she was stunning.

Do it at any cost. You'll never regret it.

[ahp]

I suggested to Shane that he and his mates get the necessary work done on her to make her seaworthy here in the States, then some Forumites with lots of time sail her to Western Australia. No takers?

[A. Mason]

I'd have to agree with getting a thorough survey first. Then look at getting her seaworthy in the States. A number of Al's clients who had their boats built overseas, invited all their friends to schedule their vacations to coincide with bringing the new boat back to her home port.

In the case of a Kiwi-built boat, family friends bought their own airfare to various destinations in the South Pacific, spent a week or two sailing the boat up, then flew home again. It took almost a year to get the boat to San Francisco, but everyone had a memorable vacation out of the arrangement. All the owners paid for was the food their guests ate while onboard. Something to think about. - Anita

[Norske3]

Find someone with a two man crew in the States who can supervise getting the ship seaworthy and wants to sail the Pacific to see Aussy land...they pay for their own supplies...get to sail the boat free...deliver the boat to you..fly home...WIN WIN..its been done before.... smile.gif

[Dave Fleming]

This is how a Coaster should look. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/pceab0e906adb3c457cc4aca206515ecb/fd600afd.jpg

[Alan D. Hyde]

Nice, Dave.

Here's a photo of the vessel in question:

http://www.ladyben.com/boats/831_708_sm_01.jpg

Alan