Here's a cool boat that hauled out next door a few days ago. Age of Russia is a familiar sight in Richardson's Bay, where it is usually anchored, well offshore, due to its thirteen plus foot draft.
1992 ACC cruising conversion
Richardson Bay, Sausalito
The port of hail is "Leningrad, USSR", which could confuse someone as neither Leningrad or the USSR still exist. The short history of the vessel is that nascent St. Petersburg yacht club built it in hopes of competing in the 1992 America's Cup, shipping it to San Diego in one of those giant Antonov cargo planes in 1991. Well, the Soviet Union collapsed, they never had the money, and in spite of an injection of cash from an American sponsor (Stolichnaya "Russian" Vodka), the boat was never assembled and languished in San Diego for many years. Another group then trucked it up to Vancouver, BC where, after doing some work, it was abandoned again.
Proud owner
Tyone (above) then bought it, built the cabin, installed an engine, etc. He's put up a website about the boat and his experience owning it. Apparently, people often coming zooming up alongside and yell at him in Russian, which Tyone does not speak. Before he messes with the keel, he should probably learn enough to say, "It's my Dad's boat...I don't speak Russian!".
I can see there is a great temptation to buying an old race boat and converting it to cruising, but...it's a temptation that (IMHO) should be resisted.
Over 13' of draft
A gigantic, steel mermaid fin
Well, that's just a bitter, jealous, old man ranting. Because whatever Tyone's doing, he's doing something right 'cause he's got a cute GF...although, maybe she's just a painter at Bay Ship.
BS&Y painter in protective clothing
Zdravstvuĭte, tovarishch! YA iz Sankt-Peterburga. YA hochu piva. Mogu li ya kosnutʹsya vashyeĭ zhenoĭ?
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Most of the shipbuilding work are used Aluminium Scaffolding In chennai with mobile access. Its easily movable and not look old.
I sailed on her in Comix Bay BC Canada. Unforgettable.
I am glad to see that the boat I painted in 1991 is still alive ... it was an incredible and fantastic adventure, in 4 months from 0 draw and build such a boat, in the last days of the USSR, and send it by military transport An-124 to Coronado Air Base, in San Diego.
Personally, I developed the hull and drive of the steering wheel of this boat, Kiel, steering wheel and sail arms were developed by Shalunov
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