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About This Yacht

Choptank is for sale! She is a 1938 65' O.W. Payne designed and built Chesapeake Bay Buyboat. Choptank underwent a major rebuild from 2011 to recent and has been maintained since by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's experienced and knowledgeable local shipwrights. The museum stopped the rebuild at the point where she can be completed as a commercial vessel with a COI or as a pleasure vessel. You could hire the museum to complete the project or complete her elsewhere or by yourself to your final design and specs.

The rebuild included extensive re-planking, new running gear, new Cummins 410 HP main engine, new Onan 21.5 kW generator, all new wiring, plumbing, seacocks and systems and a new pilothouse constructed. Her cargo holds were converted into unfinished staterooms, so that the final fit out can be chosen by her new owner.

This is one of those rare once in a lifetime opportunities to own a historic and unique vessel!

Aspire Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Curtis Stokes & Associates. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel

Specification

The Numbers

Length overall
65'
Year
1938
Builder
Custom
Model
Chesapeake Bay Buyboat
Beam
18'
Draft (max)
5' 5"
Cabins
3
Heads
1
Maximum speed
9 Knots
Cruise speed
7 Knots
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel capacity
250 Gallons (946.35 Liters)
Fresh water
55 Gallons (208.2 Liters)
Hull material
Wood
Hull type
Power
Condition
Used

Aspire Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Curtis Stokes & Associates. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel.