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1973 Custom Bellamy Excursion
1973 BELLAMY EXCURSION 90’
This Bellamy 90 is a classic, well-constructed boat unlike any other its class with a unique history and one of only two built. It can be used for recreation, as a private live aboard or as a large event space for charter or commercial purposes. It has an excellent floor plan that offers numerous spacious living areas with considerable square footage.
The name ‘Bellamy’ is synonymous with ship builders and maritime tradition going back centuries. Often referred to as a "massive-framed vessel,” it is built to last with and rugged mechanical equipment. The boats cosmetic condition is good with all equipment in good working order. The interior has been updated to convert two of the four bunk rooms into staterooms with modern amenities that changed the vessel from a strictly commercial use to a mixed private or commercial boat which increased the overall value. The most important aspect of any boat, the hull, is made of the finest materials. It was restored to a new state in 2015 with extensive documented improvements that represent a major refit and refurbishment to good industry standards of the entire hull above and below the waterline--an immense feat that raised the value considerably.
The boat is docked on a commercial end-tie slip in Marina del Rey, California in an excellent location near Mother’s Beach with nearby parking and a short dinghy ride away from amazing restaurants,Trader Joe's, and shopping.
Specifications
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- Newly restored top deck, main deck and stern deck offer 3 deck levels and 3600 square feet usable space
- Spacious and comfortable accommodations with 3 state rooms and 2 bunk rooms for at least 22 people
- Large Aft Stateroom with queen bed and built in dressers and 2 closets (285 sq ft) sleeps 2
- Forward Stateroom (50 sq ft) sleeps 2
- Large Interior Salon with projector/TV setup and built-in entertainment center (700 sq ft) sleeps 6
- Forward Bunk Room (115 sq ft) sleeps 12
- Far Forward Bunk Room (95 sq ft ) sleeps 4
- Raised and enclosed Pilot House (120 sq ft) sleeps 4
- Main Deck (410 sq ft with 170 sq ft Bow area)
- Spacious Top Deck (22 foot X 45 foot or 990 sq ft of which 720 sq ft is usable)
- Multi-use Cockpit/Stern Deck (290 sq ft) with bar that doubles as a livewell or sea creature specimen tank
- Galley, with home-sized appliances (185 sq ft)
- Large stand-up Engine Room (235 sq ft)
- 5 restrooms (4 electric toilets + 1 Incinerator head)
- 3 showers
- Stout and high deck railings
- Entire main deck perimeter clad in beautiful Honduran mahogany
- 3 telephones
- 5,600 gallon fuel tank
- 750 gallon water tank
- 4 black water tanks (1 @ 160 gallons +3 tanks @ 40 gallons ea)
- 3 grey water tanks (3 @ 15 gallons ea)
- Philips color-customizable interior/exterior ship-wide lighting system with
- phone app scheduler (44 color-change bulbs)
- PAR 64 LED cockpit work lights (2)
- Twin Screw Caterpillar D343TA 370 hp turbo aftercooled 6-cylinder diesel engines: 9,813 hours on Port engine and 9,738 hours on Starboard engine as of Aug 2024
- Twin Disc MG-514 transmissions.
- 3" stainless steel prop shafts (x2)
- Isuzu 4-cylinder diesel model A-4JG1 w/ Newage 30 kW (2003) w/5257 hours as of Aug 2024
- Isuzu 6-cylinder diesel model A-6BG1 w/ Newage 60 kW (2004) w/2241 hours as of Aug 2024
- Racor fuel filtration system (x6)
- Morse engine controls
- 3000 Watt Xantrex XPC PRO 12V Battery charger/inverter
- La Marche 32V battery charger
- Lewco 12V battery charger
- GE Smartwater 30 gallon hot water heater
- Burcam Fresh water well pump with stainless tank
- Kleen Plus Water filtration system (x2)
- Porter-Cable Industrial air compressor
- 8D flooded marine batteries, 12 Volt, 1700 CA, Jan 2020 (x2)
- Engine starting batteries, 12 Volt (x6) arranged as 3S2P
- Benefits: This engine room has rugged mechanical equipment that offers straightforward maintenance using inexpensive parts
- Generator 1 Isuzu 6-cylinder diesel model A-6BG1 2241 hours (May 2023) with Newage 60 kW (2004) Cooling Raw water via heat exchanger
- Generator 2 Isuzu 4-cylinder diesel model A-4JG1 5257 hours (May 2023) with Newage 30 kW (2003) Cooling Raw water via heat exchanger
- Add’l fuel filtration Racor filtration system (x2)
- Bow and stern thrusters by North American Marine Jet (NAMjet) with Jacuzzi 12WJ jet pump and stainless high-thrust impeller (Rebuilt 1/2020)
- Koop Nautic Sea-Roc Stabilizers
- HIAB Sea Crane on stern: 7,000 lb. Capacity
- Frigidaire full-size stackable washer and dryer
- Rule 2000 Bilge Pumps (8)
- Shore power inlets at port and starboard
- Cockpit specimen/bait tank (livewell) with Dayton .5 HP sea water pump
- Aft bar sink and drinking fountain
- Dickinson Chesapeake heater (not installed)
- Bolt-On Fiberglass Swim Step with ladder
- GE Spectra full-size oven with 4-burner electric cook stove
- Magic Chef full-size refrigerator/freezer
- Montgomery Ward full-size stand-alone freezer
- Rancillio Silvia espresso machine
- Whirlpool microwaveGeneral Electric dishwasher
- Large sink with Kleen Plus water filtration system
- Large walk-in pantry
- Lots of storage beneath counters and sink and above refrigerators
- Webber Spirit-II outdoor gill
- Western Electric wall-mount telephone
- Heads 5
- 12V flush + 1 Incinolet incinerator head
- Showers 3
- Hot water heater GE Smartwater 30 gal Fresh water pump
- Burcam 506547SS well pump with 8 gal stainless pressure tank and 50 PSI service.
- Fresh Water filtration Kleen Plus Whole House (x2)
- Washer/dryer Frigidaire Full Size Stackable
- Internet AT&T Wireless Internet Rural Plan with 30mbps high-speed WIFI and telephone service for three telephones.
- Heater Dickinson Chesapeake heater (not installed)
- Air conditioner Frigidaire Gallery 12,000 btu
- Air compressor Craftsman Industrial
- Audio Bose indoor/outdoor sound system
- Vintage Pioneer turntable, 12 speakers and Bluetooth
- Raytheon R21X 24-mile Radar
- Raytheon V-900 Color Echo Depthsounder Fathometer
- Robertson Simrad AP-35 Autopilot
- Ritchie HF-72 Powerdamp Compass
- Apelco VXL-5150 VHF/weather marine radio
- ICOM IC-M100 VHF/weather marine radio
- Standard Horizon VLH-3000 PA hailer with ten speakers located throughout the ship.
- SeaStar Teleflex H-41s Hynautic steering with three stations and Morse cable controls.
- Western Electric wall-mount telephone
- Dell OptiPlex 7010 ship computer
- Bilge pump system with activity event logger (expandable to give reports, alarms, and high-water alerts via email and text message)
- Mahogany chart cart table
- VHF Radios ICOM IC-M100 VHF/weather
- Apelco VXL-5150 VHF/weather
- Intercom Standard Horizon VLH-3000 hailer, 4 PA horns
- EPIRB: Pains Wessex McMurdo Fastfind 406 (current)
- Diesel Fuel 5,655 gal (in six 942 gal tanks with common crossover fuel pipe)
- Fresh water 750 gal (in six 125 gal tanks plumbed in parallel)
- Grey water 3 @ 10 gal each
- Black water 160 gal steel main tank + 3 steel tanks @ ~40 gal each
- Vessel High-Voltage Power 220VAC, 110VAC
- Shore High-Voltage Power Inlet port and starboard
- Vessel Low-Voltage Power 32VDC, 12VDC
- Netgear Nighthauk Wi-Fi Router
- Wi-Fi Range Extender for lower-deck Internet access
- Telephone Service (the boat has its own telephone number)
- AT&T hotspot Wi-Fi router ZTE MF-279 with high-speed Internet plus POTS telephone service (AT&T rural plan)
- Keep an eye on your vessel and surroundings via 4-channel security camera system with local and cloud storage
- Interior/exterior Philips color-customizable
- ship-wide Wi-Fi lighting with 44 color-change bulbs
- Cockpit work lights 110VAC, 40 watt PAR 64 LED (x2)
- Emergency lights 8 @ 32 VDC
- Plath Electric anchor windlass
- 600 ft of 3/8 anchor chain, 200 ft of 1-inch mooring line
- Danforth 100 lb anchor, Fortress FX-125 100 lb anchor, Danforth 50 lb anchor (x2)
- Dockline Tideminders (32)
- Fishing trawl nets (x2)
- Transom winches (hydraulic and electric) (x2)
- 2 engine-driven bilge pumps at 62 gal per minute with hard pipe manifold to 5 compartments
- 157 Life Jackets
- Fire Pump with 5 HP, 220 Volt Baldor motor
- 2 Main Deck Fire Stations with 55 and 25 foot hose segments (powered by fire pump or thruster jet pump)
- 13 NFPA approved dry chemical fire extinguishers located throughout ship
- 8 Life Rings
- 8 Jim Buoy Life Float Rafts (total capacity 159 person)
- Distress Flare Gun (2026 exp)
- 22 Photoelectric smoke/carbon monoxide detectors (2028 expiration)
- 4 110 Volt emergency "drop in" bilge pumps staged throughout the ship.
- 4 Main Transverse Watertight Bulkheads (MTWBs)
Engine Room CO2 fixed fire suppression system with automatic release via heat sensors on engine room ceiling and manual remote release at engine room door. - Ship-wide security system with cloud and local storage
Built in Supply, North Carolina in 1973. Between 1978 and 1979, the boat voyaged from Florida to Montego Bay and passed through the Panama Canal enroute to the West Coast of America. Between 1983 and 2012 it served as an ocean-learning vessel in Long Beach, California where it provided an estimated 100,000 students with opportunities to conduct ocean science along the California coast. The aft decks celebrated the discovery of many new species. Maintained an active Coast Guard Inspected Vessel (COI) status from 1988 to 2013. The Cousteau family chartered it for use off the Catalina coast to test underwater communications gear.
- Comprehensive hull bottom restoration: sand blasted, new stabilizers, new rudders, new rudder shoes, new keel metal, plank replacements, calked, 3 coats bottom paint (May 2014-Jan 2015)
- Thruster jet pump rebuild (Jan 2020)
- Resurfaced/re-glassed/painted Pilot House roof (2021)
- Resurfaced/re-glassed/painted aft (life float) roof (2021)
- Painted Pilot House and top deck exterior (2021)
- Renewed and re-rigged all life floats per Coast Guard regulations (2021)
- Sea crane service and hydraulic ram re-chromed (2021)
- Hynautic Helm/steering rebuild (Feb 2021)
- Generators service (2021)
- Port side main deck pillar replaced (2022)
- Painted top deck interior perimeter bulwarks (2022)
- Restored/painted top deck dry stack (2022)
- Replaced fiberglass insulation above Aft Salon (2022)
- Resurfaced/re-glassed/painted top deck (2022)
- Starboard hull restoration: 200 feet new planking, new rub strip, painted starboard hull from waterline up to the main deck (Oct 2022-April 2023)
- Main engine (P&S) complete service (April 2023)
- Main engine (Starboard) water pump replacement (2023)
- Main engine (Port) turbo cooler shield repair (2023)
- Designed and installed custom bilge pump system with datalogger that logs pump events, sends alerts and alarms (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 85% of vessel exterior painted (2021 - 2023)
- Repaired/re-fastened starboard main deck line cleats (2023)
- Painted main deck perimeter bulwarks (2023)
- Resurfaced and painted the entire main deck (2023)
- Resurfaced/re-glassed/painted Cockpit deck (2023)
- Painted bow section of house (2023)
- Painted port and starboard window frames (2023)
- Painted starboard water line “boot” stripe (2023)
- Salon head rebuilds (2021, 2023)
- Restored livewell bait tank (2023)
- Added contemporary LED lighting system with 44 separately-addressable color-change bulbs capable of adjusting color and brightness for ship exterior or in any room. Great for events. (2022, 2023)
- New Sunbrella covers aft bar, life floats, engine stack (2023, 2024)
- Fire pump rebuild (2024)
- Restored bow mural (TBD 2024)
- Vessel Owner’s Manual: A comprehensive and excellent resource for owners, captains, crew, contractors or anyone who serves any role.
- The Vessel Owner's Manual describes the boat’s history, systems, equipment, operations, emergency procedures and maintenance procedures such as, how to fill it with fuel, how to fill the water tank, change the anodes, maintain the bilge pumps, and just enough information to service the equipment or perform any task.
- 15 California coastal sea charts
- Complete 2D architects drawings
- 3D drawings and Lidar scan renderings useful for event planning or future modifications
- Cost of Ownership Spreadsheet (an itemization of monthly and annual ownership costs)
- Quickstart Guide For New Captains
- Tips for Owners
- Crew Training Guide
- Vessel Administration System
- Incident and maintenance tracking system (ship task list)
- Maintenance Task List
- Task List Instructions
- Ship Internal Website
- Ship External Website
- Boat Washer’s checklist
- House Cleaner's checklist
- Diver's checklist with sections on how to clean the bottom and replace zincs
- Varnish checklist
- Life Float Deployment Procedure
- Emergency Patch Panel Instructions
- Do’s and Don’ts on Boats
- Liability Waiver
- Anode Placement And Servicing Diagram
- Bilge Pump Placement And Servicing Diagram
- Bilge Pump Datalogger Software
- Sea Valve Diagram
- Manuals for equipment
- Marina del Rey Slip Availability Report
- Coast Guard stability reports
- Four most recent surveys
- Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection for 25 years
- Receipts folder with last 10 years of expenditures
- Documented expenditures spreadsheet
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.