Work is now underway! Project Logs Updated 7 February 2010

This site is about the 1964 Allied Seabreeze yawl hull #16 pictured above, previously named Perelandra but now awaiting her proper christening under a new name. In 2004, I bought the boat for salvage value nearly two years after she was ravaged by a gasoline explosion and fire in the engine room.  The hull was damaged in the stern quarters, but most of the fire-related damage was from smoke and water.  Clearly, there was a lot of work to be done, but I saw challenge and opportunity, not destruction. Click here for more information about the fire and damage to the boat. >>> We bought this boat as a long-term reconstruction project, and never defined the timeframe beyond a loose 5-10 year deadline.  However, shortly after making the decision to purchase the boat, my wife and I threw a wrench into the works:  we purchased some acreage, and spent the next two years building a new shop and home on the property. This project and move, which hadn't even been under consideration when we decided to purchase the boat, consumed our resources and time from 2005 through late 2009, and the Seabreeze project unfortunately suffered and we continually postponed the job.  Although the boat was indoors for more than a year after the new shop was built, the house construction and a growing business prevented me from getting any work done on the boat, complicated further by the financial burden of the new house and shop project.  Eventually, I decided that she needed to move outdoors until the time truly came to get to work, and she sat outdoors (covered) for over 2 years, starting in June 2007.

In October 2009, I decided that at long last, the time had come to begin the project.  5 years after buying the boat, I moved the boat indoors and made preparations to get underway.  With no delusions about the extent or cost of the job ahead, I looked forward to beginning.  Click here to begin the project. >>>