She’s been over at Mariners Harbor Yacht Club (Staten Island) for at least two years now. She started life in 1953 as Mars for Boston Towboat. Dimensions, then as now, are 96′ x 25′. In 2000 (?), Mars was sold and a conversion began to make her an expedition yacht, owned by the online job search site monster.com, hence the name Sea Monster. Here‘s a description of work done, and a number of dollars spent. Any guesses on that dollar amount? The answer is in the link two sentences back.
It’s way outside my budget, but I like the look. And I’d imagine for folks who don’t think twice about several million dollars for a yacht, this would make a great tender. Anyone seen photos of the actual interior and machinery?
Photo and rumination, WVD.
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November 28, 2020 at 12:21 pm
Arthur C Hamilton
It sat on the hard at Promet in Providence for a number of years.
November 28, 2020 at 5:49 pm
Jim Gallant
Thanks for this post, Will – I’ve been wondering what happened to the old Mars for the past couple of years now. I knew about the “Monster” conversion plans from a few years back, but I heard the project went into limbo and she sat around awaiting her ultimate fate. She could have been sent to the breakers for all I knew, as I saw no further information online about her. The only interior photographs I’ve seen were of her bare bones interior as it looked about the time the original rebuild was suspended. She was a common sight around my home waters of Boston Harbor as a working ship mover when I was growing up; so if I were to say, win the Powerball lottery one of these days… I would be quite tempted to make an offer on her and bring her back to Boston as my “waterborne address” on which to spend my “Golden Years”!
November 28, 2020 at 6:00 pm
tugster
Here’s to hoping you win Powerball then, Jim. Somewhere I did see those interior pics. My guess is that when it sold, they were taken down.
November 30, 2020 at 4:08 pm
Paul B
There was a popular rumor that the changes made were not run by an architect, and as a result, she was uninsurable as being too unstable. Who can say if this is so?
November 30, 2020 at 10:18 pm
tugster
That sounds credible. I’d love to know if it’s true.