Pompei Motor Cruiser Ballasted restored hidden GEM

Built by the Pompei brothers for their own use as a scallop boat in the late 1960, s This is one of 3 built in this design

VESSEL COMPLETELY REBUILT

This vessel can be inspected in PAYNESVILLE Victoria

35 ft LOA x 13 ft Beam x 3 ft 6 inch draft..... Vessel weight = 7 ton [ approx] Ballast weight = 2 ton with fabricated /cast internally so as not to move with in the boat
Planked in inch and a half New Zealand Kauri. Copper roved
Hull taken back to bare, internal and external for the restoration.
New Alfab windows fitted.
New Raymarine Autopilot fitted
Fished the Bass Straight islands and beyond in the 1970, s
Genuine 8 Knot cruise @ 1500 RPM
120 HP 6 CYL ford done 4900 hours[ very good condition]
Converted by the Pompei brothers in 1983 when the new Ford Marine engine was fitted

This restoration was a two and a half year project, carried out by PAYNESVILLE, S best shipwrights /boat builders.
The cost to date is well north of $250,000.00 But it has been done CORRECTLY.

All of the hard and COSTLY but important work has been done. Thanks to the craftsmen on the job, this hull will now be good for another 50 years. This is now a tight and dry hull with modern epoxy decks.

Throughout the restoration i have been proud to involved, and have inspected and been consulted through out the process.

Don't be fooled by the 35 ft. This is definitely a Bass Strait capable and ballasted vessel..

A Comment on the stern if i may.... This is definitely not a conventional double ender. An experienced eye will see that the beam is carried well aft, and tucks around nicely into a canoe body. This would have been needed to pull the scallop rake with plenty of buoyancy aft. This boat wont SQUAT in a following sea.

Add to that, how many 35 ft displacement boats do 8 Knots. This one does thanks to good design and Pompei, s
design experience in not dragging water behind the hull. Check out the wake in the photo of the boat running at speed.

The Vic is currently a day boat in the Gippsland lakes, but what a good time to put your stamp on the boat at this stage. This craft is very easily used and economical to run and own thanks to the good work already done.

This would make an ideal couples or single handed vessel. Yes it needs completion, but what a ripper it would be as a lifestyle vessel.

Plastic boat, owners please enjoy the photos and maybe smile at the boat tragic that parted with a quarter of a million and kept the PAYNESVILLE economy alive through Covid, but if you don't wish to be seen in a GRP moulded boat then this is definitely worth a phone call and a closer look. Hand built boats that are in restored condition are definitely in demand.

The VIC can no longer be considered an old timber boat