Here's a new boat for you Timeover51, just have to find it and get aboard! Probably has both anchors!Timerover51 wrote:Greetings all, I have been spending the past couple of days helping my son load his shipping container for his move to California to start his new job, so I have been otherwise occupied. I will start getting back on here on Monday.
Looks like she had her anchors at her decommisssing, so it wasn't the CG that cut them off.Guest wrote:Decommissioning
That is a very good question, to which no one seems to know the answer too. The individual that bought it claims that the Coast Guard cut them off, which is more than a bit ludicrous. At last report, the primary stock holder in the company that purchased the ship is, or was, in jail in Utah, and his present whereabouts are unknown. The legal situation is more than a bit messy, and it keeps getting messier. There is an outstanding towing bill for the tow from Ketchikan to Anacortes, Washington of $80K as well as the dockage fees. There may be others out there with claims on the ship as well. Approximately 15 tons of spare parts that were included in the sale have disappeared as well, part of which were very salable copper wire.Guest wrote:Where did the anchors go?
The Mississippi s only dredged to 9 foot. The specs on the Acushnet says it draufts 14 foot. When your draft exceeds your depth, you are aground!!Timerover51 wrote:The problem is not just air draft. The guaranteed depth of the Cal-Sag Canal is 9 feet. She will draw considerably more than that. So it is up and around. If nothing else, the scenery should be terrific at times.William Lafferty wrote:Because none of the bridges over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is today operable for opening. The maximum air draft is 17 feet. Maximum air draft using the combined Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag is 19.1 feet. These figures are dependent, of course, upon current water levels.Why not bring the boat up the Mississippi through Chicago? That would cut your travel time, and fuel bill in half
I do not think that it will take 120,000 to 125,000 gallons of fuel to get her to Lake Michigan. As for using it, I have uses for it here, and also in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, and possibly on the North Coast of Alaska. I do not have uses for it in Washington State waters. Having spent time at Fort Lewis outside of Seattle, I have no desire to live in an area where it rains at least 365 days a year, although I would probably exclude the southeast Alaskan Panhandle from that.Guest 7 wrote:You could spend $500K in fuel to bring the Acushnet to Lake Michigan. Or buy a nice home in Anacortes and use it there.
The problem is not just air draft. The guaranteed depth of the Cal-Sag Canal is 9 feet. She will draw considerably more than that. So it is up and around. If nothing else, the scenery should be terrific at times.William Lafferty wrote:Because none of the bridges over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is today operable for opening. The maximum air draft is 17 feet. Maximum air draft using the combined Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag is 19.1 feet. These figures are dependent, of course, upon current water levels.Why not bring the boat up the Mississippi through Chicago? That would cut your travel time, and fuel bill in half
They paid $600K plus for the ship. Dockage fees right now are about $40K. She also needs two 5,000 pounds anchors and some chain, with that running about a Dollar a pound. Also needs navigation set up.Guest wrote:What dos it cost to dock a ship that size, in docking fees? Why would giving the boat up for unpaid fees be a good deal when they paid 209K for the boat? What do you think it cost the MUnson I believe to sit at the Murphy fuel dock all winter?Timerover51 wrote:I got off the phone a little while ago with the shipyard in Anacortes, Washington where the former Coast Guard cutter Acushnet is presently docked. The purchasers have abandoned the ship and the dockyard is in the process of seizing if for unpaid dock fees. Some of you might remember that I was looking at getting the Bramble for use on the lakes and South Pacific. I have still been looking for a ship. If I can get her, she will be homeported on Lake Michigan, probably Milwaukee. I do need to get her here. This is a bit of very short notice.
Anyone out there interested in a trip from Seattle to Milwaukee, courtesy of the Panama Canal and Seaway as part of a crew? She is Diesel-electric, with the same engines, based on a conversation with Brent Michaels, as the Mackinaw.
Brent Michaels worked up a 40 day estimate, with fuel consumption about or under a 1,000 gallons a day. The power plant is very similar to the Mackinaw and the 180s. A 180 at cruising speed was about 600 to a 1,000 gallons per day. She presently has about 25,000 to 30,000 gallons of fuel onboard.davidfrank wrote:The Acushnet has a draft of around 14 feet which may be a trifle deep for the Mississippi. Seattle to Chicago via the Panama Canal is 8300 miles which would take 35 days at an "economical" speed of 10 knots. Add in a few days for preparations and Panama Canal delays resulting in a 40 day trip. Holding over 95,000 gallons of fuel the Acushnet could make the trip without refueling. Use only two of the four main engines and cruise along at 10 knots you might get fuel consumption down to 2,000 gallons per day of high sulfur IFO180, meaning $5000-$6000 in fuel use per day. The result is a 40 day trip using $250K of fuel (if everything goes perfectly).
Because none of the bridges over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is today operable for opening. The maximum air draft is 17 feet. Maximum air draft using the combined Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag is 19.1 feet. These figures are dependent, of course, upon current water levels.Why not bring the boat up the Mississippi through Chicago? That would cut your travel time, and fuel bill in half