classic yacht Papoose
Classic Yacht Papoose
Gentleman's Motor Cruiser, San Francisco 1930

History
This typical Stephens design twinscrew motor yacht was lauched in San Francisco 1930 as a custom built wooden boat to Californian nobleman Frank M. Ball, by boatbuilder Harold Fish & Company. It is a Raised Deck Express Cruiser style boat of the period with plumb bow and transom stern.
During World War II, from 10/1943 to 04/1945 she was requisitioned by the US War Shipping Administration and used as a Navy Pacific coast shore patrol yacht.
After that period she had several different owners and is now owned by an European collector and the boat is located now in Venice (Venezia, Venedig), Italy.
Indian Woman With Papoose Her present name PAPOOSE means: - Actually, the word “papoose” is Indian, and means an Indian baby. When they refer to their babies, the Indians will say “papoose”.
classic boat Papoose
Literature
The Papoose is listed in the book Welcome Aboard, Inside The World's Great Classic Yachts by Matthew Walker, First Glance Books, 1998, as a member of The Classic Yacht Association
Welcome Aboard Papoose Page 		Welcome Aboard Papoose Book

Ports
Home Port and Flag-Registry: Road Harbour, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean
Last Port: San Francisco Bay
Recent Port: Venice (Venezia) Lagoon, Italy

(righthand side picture: Papoose mast and
Britsh Virgin Islands flag)

 Papoose mast and flags
Moving from San Francisco to Venice (Venezia)
She was moved by Truck to the Container Port Oakland, California, from there by Container Vessel through Panama Canal across Atlantic to Genoa, Italy, from there by Truck to Venice (Venezia), Italy
Major Restore
Almost 15 month major restore in 2008 and 2009 in Venice.
o renew frames, floors and refastening; renew keelbolts and refasten
o remove, repair, clean and paint three tanks and renew and modernize all plumping from tanks to the motors
o lay ca. 30 sqm (330 sqft) new teakdeck
o caulk more than 150 m (500 feet) planks with cotton and modern sealing stuff
o install modern GPS, deepsounder, TV
o install modern Webasto airheating to all 6 rooms
o paint hull and underwater up to 6 layers
o built an overall cover for summer and winter
o renew steadysail and rigg
o and much more ...
first hour in European Water after major restore, here the dock of the repair-boatyard in Venice
Technical Data
hull cedar planks on oak frames
deck and superstructure and cabins solid teak
LOA 14,50 m (47")
Beam 3,68 m (12'1")
depth 1,30 m (4'3")
gross tonnage 23.80 G.R.T
net tonnage 10.86 N.T.
engines twin Chrysler Crown Marine, gasoline
horsepower ca. 120 hp each
engines year built 1950s
engines year rebuilt 2007
tanks, gasoline three, with 1500 liter capacity (400 US gallons)
tanks, fresh water four
battery charger yes, modern automatic 40A
bilge pumps 4 automatic, 30.000 liters/hour (7000 US gallons)
power generator Honda, 220 V
rudders two

Interior
two bathrooms with heads WC, one shower one electric, one manual WC
sleeping room one double, one single bed
saloon one sofa convertible to doublebed
wheelhouse/saloon one sofa
aft deck balkony space for table and 6 chairs
upper deck balkony space for table and 6 chairs
   
hot water engine yes
stove and oven propan gas
microwave yes
refrigerator yes, two
   
Electronic, Navigation  
GPS, color plotter yes
fishfinder, deep sounder yes
VHS DSC radio transm. yes
TV, DVD yes
   
Comments
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