desire unusual sport boat.
2006-10-14 22:56:15 · 7 answers · asked by John M 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
WWII PT boats were made of wood so I imagine that of those that survived the war most pretty quickly fell into a state of disrepair and were scrapped.
I guess one or two are preserved in museums and so forth.
Personally I find the idea of using such an historic craft as an "unusual sport craft" rather distasteful. I would very much like to think that your choice of words was just a little off-key and that your intention would be to preserve and restore such a boat to an authentic working condition, which would still give you all the pleasure of owning such a craft whilst preserving an important piece of history and paying tribute to the many brave men who fought and died in PT boats, not least a future President of the USA.
2006-10-14 22:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think sailing a PT boat as a sport boat would be disrespectful in any way. The boat was just a tool, one of many that was used to win WW2. Some are in museums as shines to the war and those who died bravely, but that doesn't make all PT's holy.
But that said a PT boat would not make a viable sport boat for a casual day on the lake. They are 80 feet long, they have 3 Packard V12 engines that run on AVGAS and naturally are very thirsty. You would need at least a crew of 3 just to operate it an engine man, throttle man, and a driver (the boats didn't have much automation). And last but not least the boat is made of wood, which makes it very needy of your time. It's a full time job caring for such a vessel, and is the reason most boats today are made from fiberglass.
2006-10-15 06:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by hyman_g_rickover 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.battleshipcove.org is the home page of the museum in Fall River Mass with the USS Massachusetts and the national PT Boat Museum. and I know the link thru the PT boat people will lead you to plans for the same.....there are none of the original boats left, for they were built of mahogany ( usually NOT plywood) and not meant to last more than a few years.......and yes, the originals had 3 or more 12 cylinder 100 octane gas engines burning about 100 gallons an hour, so they aren't cheap to run....
hunt around and see if you can get the video "They Were Expendable"..expendable, as in use up and throw away.....about 4 PTs fleeing Manila in 1942 with General MacArthur aboard and the whole Japanese Nay after them...1500 miles thru uncharted tropical islands.....hiding in mangrove swamps by day, running at night .....hairy, heroic and absolutely true
2006-10-16 08:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an old Chris Craft, the Teak and Mohagony and all the brightwork makes a for a good resto project. A PT Boat had an Allison Motor, parts are no longer made for those. But a Chris Craft had a Marine V-8,S-6. They plane well, and look SWEET!
2006-10-16 10:19:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plans for these boats are available from PT boat websites. I know this because the PT-109 on display in Quincy mass. was built using the original plans in 1960's. The website is PT boat squadron or PT sailors asso. something like that.
2006-10-16 07:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i don,t know if its for sale but i saw one2 years ago in delaware
2006-10-15 14:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by RC Hudson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what don't you understand about the word 'plywood'?
2006-10-14 23:19:59 · answer #7 · answered by kendra bryn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋