This site is about the 1964 Allied Seabreeze yawl hull #16 pictured above, previously named Perelandra but now awaiting her proper christening under a new name.

In 2004, I bought the boat for salvage value nearly two years after she was ravaged by a gasoline explosion and fire in the engine room.  The hull was somewhat damaged in the stern quarters, but most of the fire-related damage was from smoke and water.  Clearly, there was a lot of work to be done, but I saw challenge and opportunity, not destruction.

Click here for more information about the fire and resultant devastation. >>>

We bought this boat as a long-term reconstruction project, and never defined the timeframe beyond a loose 5-10 year deadline.  However, shortly after making the decision to purchase the boat, my wife and I threw a wrench into the works:  we purchased some acreage, and spent the next two years building a new shop and home on the property.

This project and move, which hadn't even been under consideration when we decided to purchase the boat, consumed our resources and time from 2005 through the present day, and the Seabreeze project has unfortunately suffered and been shoved to the back burner for now.  Although the boat was indoors for more than a year after the new shop was built, the house construction and a growing business prevented me from getting any work done on the boat, complicated further by the financial burden of the new house and shop project.  Eventually, I decided that she needed to move outdoors until the time truly came to get to work.

The time will come. For now, she's stored under cover and outdoors, awaiting her turn.  The project is not forgotten--simply postponed in the greater scheme.