Lupe
08-24-2009, 03:54 PM
Take a look at this boat I found, Grand Turk, Replica Frigate for sale. You can see her at: http://easternyachts.com/grandturk/
I want... will you buy it for me?
The Grand Turk is a fully-rigged ship - complete with twelve smooth-bored cannon - built in Marmaris, Turkey based on the 18th Century, British, Sixth Rate Frigate, HMS Blandford, built in 1741. Naval Architect Ron Holland took the historical lines and created working drawings. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) were involved at all stages of the build program to ensure that, on completion, she would meet the requirements of Class 3 and Class 5 passenger tickets. She was launched in August 1997. Construction is Iroko and Mahogany but, unlike her predecessor, she has twin Kelvin TAS8 (400BHP) main engines , a bow thruster and 4 AC Generators.
She is MCA Coded for World-wide operation and she has certified passenger capacity for 120.
For day sailing charters, she can have a total of 155, including crew and all staff, on board.
For sailing she has a crew of 16 to 28, for delivery trips under engine she is handled by a crew of twelve.
Film credits include: -
Hornblower (TV series), 1998-2003.
Longitude - Granada Productions, A&E, 2000.
Monsieur N, 2003.
To the ends of the Earth - BBC, Tightrope Pictures, 2005.
1,750,000.00 GBP = 2,872,625.00 USD
I want... will you buy it for me?
The Grand Turk is a fully-rigged ship - complete with twelve smooth-bored cannon - built in Marmaris, Turkey based on the 18th Century, British, Sixth Rate Frigate, HMS Blandford, built in 1741. Naval Architect Ron Holland took the historical lines and created working drawings. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) were involved at all stages of the build program to ensure that, on completion, she would meet the requirements of Class 3 and Class 5 passenger tickets. She was launched in August 1997. Construction is Iroko and Mahogany but, unlike her predecessor, she has twin Kelvin TAS8 (400BHP) main engines , a bow thruster and 4 AC Generators.
She is MCA Coded for World-wide operation and she has certified passenger capacity for 120.
For day sailing charters, she can have a total of 155, including crew and all staff, on board.
For sailing she has a crew of 16 to 28, for delivery trips under engine she is handled by a crew of twelve.
Film credits include: -
Hornblower (TV series), 1998-2003.
Longitude - Granada Productions, A&E, 2000.
Monsieur N, 2003.
To the ends of the Earth - BBC, Tightrope Pictures, 2005.
1,750,000.00 GBP = 2,872,625.00 USD