Kind of looks like an O'Day, the insignia on the sail, "h" with a point... Hallmatic?
Photos taken by Frank Aloise
Kind of looks like an O'Day, the insignia on the sail, "h" with a point...
Hallmatic?
Venerable Coast Guard 41 footer. This is the current backbone of the Coast Guard Patrol
craft. It is not the same as the double-ended vessel that is built for roll over but it is
the most common Coast Guard vessel that plies the waters of South Florida. These vessels
are suppose to be replace by a newly designed forty-four foot vessel.
No discussion of local south Florida boats would be complete without large motor yachts.
With the blue stripe you would think that this is a Burger, M/Y Mahogany. Notice the
sat-com antenna just in front of the tender.
Broward Yacht or Broward look-a-like, this type of yacht between ninety and a
hundred-twenty feet are common in the Fort Lauderdale area. They run in the neighborhood
of three to five million dollars. Notice the sat-com domes, two on the mast and another at
the stern. One of these might be a satellite TV antenna. This is obviously an individual
who enjoys being connected.
An Italian Ketch, 120 feet or so on deck. This type of vessel was very common in the
mid-seventies, oil embargo days. They fell out of favor for a number of years. Too much
work, too many crew, no where near the space of their motor-yacht cousins. Now they are
coming into favor once again. The truth is, if you desire to cross oceans with a vessel of
a hundred feet or so, sail is a viable option. Most of the modern 25 knot motor yachts do
not carry enough fuel to get across even the shortest leg of an Atlantic crossing.