THE EXACT REPLICA OF Ernest Hemingway’s 1934 38′ SPORT FISHING BOAT “PILAR” $395,000 OFFERS ARE ENCOURAGED!!
Boat name: "PILAR"
Year: 2015
Located in RI, United States
Hull Material: Composite
DIMENSIONS
LOA: 38 ft 0 in
Beam: 12 ft 9 in
LWL: 34 ft 0 in
Length on Deck: 36 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 3 ft 0 in
Displacement: 17000 lbs Full Load
Bridge Clearance: 10 ft 9 in
Headroom: 6 ft 3 in
Engine/fuel Type: Twin diesel
Fresh Water Tanks: 30 Plastic (2 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: 97 Stainless steel (2 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: 25 Plastic
Number of single berths: 4
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 1
Seating Capacity: 12
ENGINES AND MECHANICAL
EVERYTHING NEW!
Twin Yanmar 4JH4TE -75 HP each diesel
Cruising speed: 10 kts (12 mpf) @6 gph
Top speed: 12 knots (15mph)
Engine hours: NEW
Dual 120 amp alternators
Dual Racor fuel filters
Engine room blower
Stainless 10 gal. hot water heater engine and 110vt
4 group 31 marine batteries 120 amp each
3 bilge pumps
8000 btu reverse cycle heat and air conditioner
Dual station Seastar hydraulic steering
Two 5052 alloy fuel tanks 200 gals.
Two plastic water tanks 60 gals.
Pressure water system with new plumbing
3 blade propeller
ELECTRONICS/ELECTRIC
ALL NEW!
Raymarine A65 radar and chart plotter
Icom VHF with PA system
Rudder angle indicator
Cockpit speakers
Gps remote for laptop
Xantrex 1800 watt inverter
Xantrex 50 amp battery charger
Electric 12 vt/ 110vt breaker panel with all new wiring
All LED lighting throughout
Livorsi panel gauges
Electric horn
Searchlight
3 windshield wipers and washers
Compass
CD player
Depthsounder
ACCOMMODATIONS
FORWARD CABIN
- Two wide single berths
- Two berth end cabinets
- Folding pipe berths
- Dresser
- Two hanging lockers
- Drawers under berths
- Two overhead hatches
- Bronze opening port lights
- LED reading lights and overhead lights
- Reverse cycle air/heat
- Privacy door
- 110 vt receptacle
GALLEY
- Corian counter top
- Deep s/s sink with pressure hot/cold FW
- Upright refrigerator/freezer with new 12 vt compressor
- Microwave (runs underway off inverter)
- Dish and food lockers
- Propane 2 burner stove
- Utensil drawer
- Opening bronze port light
- 110 vt receptacle
WHEEL HOUSE
- Full lower helm station with new Livorsi gauges
- New Seastar hydraulic steering
- Dual Morse throttle and shift
- Custom swivel seat
- Four bench seats (seats 12)
- Cockpit shower
HEAD
- Enclosed head with Corian counter top
- Stainless sink
- Stall shower with overboard discharge pump
- Electric toilet with 25 gal holding tank and macerator discharge
- Opening bronze port light
- Led overhead lights
- 110 vt receptacle
****THE OWNERS THOUGHTS****
"The whole project started one sunny day with my wife on stools at Schooner's Bar in Key West four years ago. I realized that there were no small harbor tour boats capable of giving passengers a tour of the island that has a rich and interesting history. Because Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West, he has become a is a big tourist attraction there. To date there have been many books written and movies produced about the man, some movies still in the works. A smaller Wheeler replica (32') was converted to look like Pilar for a movie and there is a boat out of the water in an Islamorada clothing store that resembles Pilar which is a huge attraction.There is obviously a great fascination with the man and his boat and soI thought it would be an "interesting" idea to create a replica of Pilar to be used as a historical harbor tour boat."
Did you consider building Pilar from scratch?
"I knew that building a wood replica from scratch would cost well over a million dollars and out of my price range. But 5 months later I suddenly realized that I owned a 1960 38' wood boat that I had restored years before, sold, and then bought back from the owner who could no longer keep it. It wasn't worth much in its present condition, but after taking a few measurements, to my surprise I realized that the length, beam and draft were very very close to Hemingway's Pilar."
Where did you get the lines and details required to build a replica?
"I had a long and informative conversation with the grandson of Wes Wheeler who designed and built the original Pilar for Hemingway and a Shannon owner who was able to get into Cuba on a special visa and photographed every detail and measure the cabin to scale. I had more than enough information to start my replica Pilar project."
Your "Pilar" looks amazingly close to the original "Pilar." What did you have to do to make the transformation from one boat to another?
" I had to cut away just about all of the original boat's plywood cabin structure and build up a new solid mahogany cabin, raise the sheer to create a step up, build a false stem or bow and graft it onto the boat's bow, remove the cockpit sole/floor, install laminated frames in the aft sections, replace the fuel tanks, replace the electrical system, replace all of the plumbing, pumps, exhaust hoses, install new twin helm steering system with autopilot, build new window frames, install new deck hardware, fabricate Hemingway's unique pipe "flying bridge" with steering along with an additional long list of work including air conditioning in the cabin and a new stall shower and toilet."
What about the underbody, and did you consider the boring worm issue in the tropics?
" The underwater condition of the hull was in remarkably great condition. The former owner spent a great deal of money over the years on the bottom. I didn't really have to do much to the bottom planks but I had a major concern about boring worms. I developed a system that I used successfully on two other wood boats. It's very expensive, but effective solution. First we coat the entire bottom of the boat with a special flexible adhesive compound. Then a layer of 1/8" cedar is diagonally set in the compound and stapled with plastic staples. Another layer of cedar is epoxied and stapled in the opposite direction. Finally, two layers of 6 oz. cloth is epoxied over the entire bottom for abrasion resistance. Over a period of years, the high cost of the bottom covering will be recaptured by reduced maintenance costs."
****OFFERS ARE ENCOURAGED****
CONTACT:
Glenn Schroeder
Barnegat Bay Yacht Brokerage
609-312-8263
THE"CLASSICS" ARE WHAT WE SELL!!
Thank you, Glenn Schroeder
Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice..
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