Design 621 Commuter Yacht Dauntless
This beautiful commuter yacht was designed for Laurance S. Rockefeller who used it to commute to work between Tarrytown and Manhattan in the mid 40s. The boat has a length overall of 66 and was powered by twin Packard PT-Boat engines generating 1,350 hp each which translated to a top speed of 40 knots. Not a bad way to get to work.
The boat was fairly luxurious. Heres an artist rendering of the interior. I suppose we have come a long way in the 60+ years since Dauntless was designed in our graphical capabilities.
Rendering of Main SalonHeres the bad news. This falls under the heading "When bad things happen to good boats". Heres a shot of the boat taken recently down in the Caribbean islands.
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This is an 80 year old timber boa and it is lucky to be floating still. A lot of money and effort to maintain a vessel this size
Not timber, this yacht was state of the art in it's day, was aluminum. I knew the owner, my folks were on her in Newport at the '83 America's Cup. Sadly, this boat has since been cut up for scrap.
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