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Looking for information on Thorfinn Class Cruisers   Message List  
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Re: Looking for information on Thorfinn Class Cruisers

Agni,
I checked the US Coast Guard registry
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html
and searched for "Berserkr." Nothing. There are three ships
registered as "Berserker" but none match the dimensions of a
Thorfinn. I cannot search the database by owner name.

Registration with the US Coast Guard is NOT mandatory, and boats under a certain
length (30 feet? Somewhere around there) cannot be registered. So the USCG
database is not the definitive list of boats in the US.

Sorry I couldn't help more. I enjoy a good mystery.
Bill, Long Micro Pugnacious

--- In bolger@yahoogroups.com, "agnias@..." <agnias@...> wrote:
>
> In the seventies Bolger designed a 47-52 feet class cruiser that he
> called "Thorfinn <http://agnias.googlepages.com/thorfinn> " for an
> Icelandic company. There were 2 boats built and I am looking for their
> current whereabouts. My late father had the idea to build the boats,
> and was in charge of the project.
>
> The first boat was built in Iceland in 1973 and was named "Berserkr".
> It got damaged when being unloaded from a ship in Norfolk, VA. 1976 it
> was finally repaired and sailed to Miami where it was sold in 1978.
> 1993 it was last spotted in Southern Florida at a police impound lot.
>
> The second boat was built in Holland in 1974-75 and sold to a Canadian,
> Robert Hartog, which kept it on the great lakes. Approximately 2 years
> ago (2006-2007) it was sold to a new owner. I do not know the name of
> the new owner.
>
> I would be interested to know where the boats are located today, if they
> are still running, and any current pictures of them.
>
> Agni Asgeirsson.
>





Fri Jul 3, 2009 12:31 pm

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In the seventies Bolger designed a 47-52 feet class cruiser that he called "Thorfinn <http://agnias.googlepages.com/thorfinn> " for an Icelandic company....
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Agni, I checked the US Coast Guard registry http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html and searched for "Berserkr." Nothing. There are...
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Jul 3, 2009
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Boats under 5 net tons can't be "documented." For some uses boats must be documented, but for pleasure boats it's optional, but often encouraged by lenders....
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Jul 4, 2009
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Thank you for the tips. Unfortunately I do not know the given name of either of the boats. The first one was 47 feet long, but the second one 52 feet long. I...
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