It takes a particular owner to fall in love with a classic yacht. Alex C. Clarke of Denison Yacht Sales is hoping for a match made in heaven for Exact, a half-century-old Feadship. Exact is no ordinary listing for him: She was commissioned by his great great grandfather, Joseph Burr Bartram. She’s also in need of a restoration, partially completed, but with a team ready to take over.
Currently known as City,the canoe-sterned Exact measures 86 feet (26.21 meters). Bartram christened her after a bark built for his family in the 19th century. Exact served as the committee boat for the America’s Cup race the year she was delivered. “We have had boats for racing, for cruising, and for fishing,” he told Yachting magazine in 1965, “and this time, frankly, we wanted a boat for comfortable spectating at the America’s Cup trials and other races that would also be a good cruising boat. This meant she should be comfortable to live aboard for long periods, have good visibility from anywhere on deck, be a good sea boat, and be easy to handle and maneuver.” Bartram himself even took the wheel on a number of occasions, despite having a captain.
Subsequent owners enjoyed 22 years of regular cruising aboard, rechristening the yacht Anoatok. A number of other names have graced her transom over the decades, too, and the Feadship was seen up and down the East Coast, along the Gulf Coast, and in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, while a refit started on Exact more than three years ago at Bradford Marine’s Bahamian facility, work stopped. That’s why Clarke is seeking a buyer.
He’s already lined up LoTronics, a Netherlands-based engineering company that works with the Feadship Heritage Fleet, for the refit. LoTronics had inspected the 20-foot-beam (6.1-meter-beam) boat on behalf of an interested client. Clarke believes Feadship itself might be able to collaborate with LoTronics. Regardless, Exact needs about one-third of her steel hull bottom re-plated, with the bow requiring major reframing, too. The photo below was taken recently. Furthermore, the deck needs replacing, with water leakage having taken place in the dining area and crew’s quarters. Even with these issues, some of which other classic yachts share, Clarke says that Exact has been found to be mechanically sound.
Before transporting Exact to The Netherlands, some of the work will need to be completed at Bradford’s facility. This will ensure she can be refloated properly for transport. That transport, with a company Clarke has already contacted, should cost €120,000. The hull rebuild is estimated at €500,000, with the total rebuild cost between €3 and €4 million.
For more information and photos of Exact directly from Clarke, contact Denison Yacht Sales or fill out our contact form.
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