History
This typical Stephens design twinscrew oldtimer 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 Coastal-Patrol-Yacht (PYc).
After that period she had several different owners and is now owned by
an European collector and the boat is now located in Venice (Venezia,
Venedig), Italy (Italia, Italien).
Papoose sailing in Venice Lagoon, Video
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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”. |
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Literature
The Papoose is recorded 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
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Ports
Home Port and Flag-Registry: Road Harbour, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands, Caribbean
Last Port: San Francisco Bay
Recent Port: Venice (Venezia, Venedig) Lagoon, Italy
(on the right: Papoose mast with
Britsh Virgin Islands flag and Italian courtesy flag) |
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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
(on the right: loading Container Vessel in San Francisco) |
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Major Restore
Almost 15 month major restore in 2008 and 2009 in Venice (Venezia, Venedig), Italy.
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 300 m (900 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, 6.41 (six cylinder; 4.1 litre) |
| 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 |
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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 |
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| hot water engine |
yes |
| stove and oven |
propan gas |
| microwave |
yes |
| refrigerator |
yes, two |
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| Electronic, Navigation |
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| GPS, color plotter |
yes |
| fishfinder, deep sounder |
yes |
| VHS DSC radio transm. |
yes |
| TV, DVD |
yes |
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| Picture Show |
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