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"...San
Francisco North Bay (Red
Rock, Richmond Bridge) at the Bow... Point Richmond to the right... One
of my Favorite tacks late afternoon. Breeze straight from the Golden
Gate bridge and Ocean. Great sail until the lee side of Angle Island,
then the wind can just poop out..." Stephen (March, 2014)
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My name is SEA QUEST
I've lived
a quiet life in Southern Cal until the late 90s when I was brought up
to San Francisco. I'm an American Marine 1961 1 3/8" teak
build, hull 7 . I've grace the cover of Bay and Delta
magazine July '98 sporting my original colors black hull and white
sheer.
Her
mast broke an hour after the picture was taken during the
98 Masters mariners regatta. This prompted her sale and
purchase by Stephen.
I
found Sea Quest in the Oakland estuary no mast, no vanish, and looking
like she needed attention. Having been able to go aboard her
I fell in love. I could see her beauty. After a long conversation with
her past owner a deal was made and I took her away to her new
life. I changed her color to help ease her hull seams and re reef the
whole deck to keep her dry and then had a new mast built – a one piece
design not two which allowed water to seep into the mast itself. And
made many repairs to restore her to her unaltered look, well has close
as I could. Oh yea and a ton of varnish!
Her
rigging is has very simple, I single hand her most of the time and
would trust her in any conditions. I live aboard her. She's my home my
love. Sea Quest is a regular at the Master Mariners wooden
boat show in Tiberon and has won awards and come in second in
the gaff division Master Mariners Regatta.
If
you were a past owner of Sea Quest and have any pictures or stories,
please send them to me or the web site. Also I would love to get the
original builders plate which I've be told the family who first bought
the boat still has. Many thanks to Bill for getting the site going!
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...And thank you Stephen for being the primary catalyst to the creation
of this site!
The webmaster made the
acquaintance of Stephen Carlson when he received an email saying, "I'm
trying to locate William R. Carr. I own a Sea Witch in San Francisco Ca
and would love to talk to him... I actually know Hugh's
(great) grandson and Charlie Davies' son Brad, but none have found a
set of plans complete. I sail her (Sea Quest), in San Francisco bay and
coast though I haven't cruised her yet. I live on her, she makes a
great home... Well ask away any
questions. I'm loaded with answers. I
love these boats!"
And out of that meeting with another Sea Witch
enthusiast – one who actually owns and lives aboard one – and with all
the great information and photos he soon provided – came the idea for
this web site. Stephen was the catalyst. For one thing, finding that he
was trying to locate a set of Sea Witch plans too, I realized I wasn't
the only one searching for them, and that they would be even more
difficult to find than I had imagined. It occurred to me that perhaps a
Sea Witch web site could eventually scare some up – and it has! See: Sea Witch Plans.
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Stephen and Sea Quest participated in this year's Master Mariner Race
placing third in that event.
First year I raced she got second. The second race
we place 5th, due to a bad start. The third year we came in
third missing second place by a tenth of a second. This year
we placed third .....a very wet and windy race at the end... For me,
its all about the fun. June 24 is the big wooden boat here in Tiberon,
getting here ready for that. Last year I won best owner maintain boat.
Stephen
http://www.mastermariners.org/2012-Regatta-Finish-FINAL.pdf
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SEA QUEST PHOTOS
(Click
on Thumbnails for Larger View)
SOME SEA QUEST VITAL STATISTICS
Displacement:
26,068 lb. (13 tons)
Ballast: 5500 Lbs.
Inside ballast: (lead ingots
app. 85 lb. each), total 1500 lb.
Main engine: Ford industrial
220, about 60 hp
(with) a Borg Warner transmission.
Fuel tank: About 90 gal under
the cockpit.
Generator: Hydraulic
PTO attached to the front of the engine runs a 5500 kw generator.
Batteries: Four of the five 4-d batteries are in
the bilge area across the keel, and the fifth battery is under the
quarter berth.
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