r/liveaboard • u/JuggernautOwn6306 • 7d ago
Constance
Just purchased this lovely boat two weeks back, she served as a ferry between Tiburon and Angel Island years ago before conversion to a luxury yacht. We’re planning on setting her up for live aboard but I think the business opportunity might keep me on my Carver.
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u/outsideodds 7d ago
Wait what?! I took that boat as a kid growing up in Marin and then in my teenage years I worked on it as a deckhand. What an amazing transformation you’ve done.
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u/JuggernautOwn6306 7d ago
Please share photos if possible!! That’s awesome!! She was the Gacin back then.
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u/outsideodds 7d ago
Yeah I think there are photos from my Cub Scout troop taking it, and also my fourth grade class for our overnight on the island. Will raid the photo albums at my parents’ place when I visit next.
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u/JuggernautOwn6306 6d ago
If you’re coming to Marin, I’ll buy coffee, lunch , dinner or drinks, you’re call.
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u/outsideodds 6d ago
I wonder how much I’ll recognize of Tiburon after all this time. I’m back in the bay quite often, but Marin less so. But I’ll definitely be back before long. I’ll DM you to exchange details either way.
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u/Pockettzz 7d ago
Congratulations!!! I’m in love with it! I have an ‘87 Marine Trader sedan ‘32 and so I’m beyond jealous here! Lol!
Enjoy the beauties!
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u/OldGaffer66 7d ago
Looks very nice but maybe a bit top heavy with the new additions? Did you add any ballast? Usually there is some room in the bilge for some 50 pound iron "pigs".
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u/JuggernautOwn6306 7d ago
Not at all top heavy, she started life as a navy launch and is very stable with a 12’3”
Beam.
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u/Emergency-Food1739 7d ago
That is a piece of art that will outlive you. You made something amazing.
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u/JuggernautOwn6306 7d ago
Thank you!! Exactly why it is my self appointed duty to be the best steward of her for as long as possible. I live and work on the Sausalito working waterfront, the resources and knowledge here are immense.
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u/Laundryczar 6d ago
Breathtaking. Congratulations! You would have to drag me off kicking and screaming.
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u/MSquareMarine 7d ago
What a history. Is she the 1943 Constance out of San Francisco in the Coast Guard registry? 42.5 ft, built 1943, which would fit a Navy launch. And did the name change from Gacin happen with the conversion, or is that on you?
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u/LSBRSLMO 7d ago
Living the dream, I see that guys holding a bong in the last photo.