Custom Built By E.C. Breese Triple Cabin

Name: Custom Built By E.C. Breese Triple Cabin
Brand: Not Specified
SKU: 65566
Price: 100.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Price:

$100

Boat location:

LaBelle, Florida, United States

Ships to:

Worldwide

Year:

1939

Make:

Not Specified

Model:

Triple Cabin

Type:

Pilothouse

Hull Material:

Wood

Trailer:

Not Included

Use:

Fresh Water

Engine Type:

Single Inboard

Engine Make:

Detroiit Diesel - Gray Marine

Engine Model:

6-71 Inline

Primary Fuel Type:

Diesel

For Sale By:

Private Seller

Fuel Capacity:

Over 200 Gallons

Hull ID Number:

Length:

44.0 feet

Beam:

12.0 feet

Raiting:

Condition:

Used

Seller Notes:

This boat is a "project" or a "live-aboard". She is floating, the engine runs well and she steers/cruises well.

Description:

Florabelle was custom built in the Windsor Canada area and was titled and launched in 1939 by E.C. Breese. Mr Breese was a founding father of the Windsor Yacht Club and was its 3rd Commodore, the year he launched Florabelle. Mr. Breese was married to the sister of Elizabeth Arden the cosmetic giant and the story is that she was built for Ms. Arden. There are photos of some of her first cruises on the rivers and lakes around Detroit/Windsor.

She is built on a white oak frame and is sheathed in planks of cypress. She is 44 ft long and has a beam of 12 ft. She draws about 2.5 feet. The original power plant was replaced by a Detroit Diesel-gray marine 6-71 inline 6 cylinder engine in 1945. She has three cabins, 1 complete head and another with a sink and shower. She has a fresh water tank that holds about 100 gallons. The fuel tanks hold 250 gallons and the black water tank is 40 Gallons.

She has power assisted steering, a galley with sink and a water heater, an alcohol two burner stove, a small refrigerator and air conditioner that operates on shore power. There are currently three bunks with foam mattresses, teak furniture in the main cabin and a dinghy built by the same gentleman in 1929.

The hull from water line down was fiber-glassed around 2000. She has been floating and cruising in freshwater along the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida for over 20 years. The engine runs well, she handles well.

The current owner had plans to completely restore her. Unforeseen health issues have halted these plans and he is seeking someone to save this old girl. It is not a small project but she can be abeauty again.

She is located just outside LaBelle, Florida. She is floating in fresh water about a half mile from a marina that can load her onto a trailer for you for cross country transport or she is about 3 miles from a boat yard that permits do-it-yourself work. She is about 90 miles from Stewart on the east coast and about 40 miles from Ft Myers. Lots of options within short cruising distance.