Help Save Pursuit: The Last Surviving ‘M-Boat’ and Bay Area Icon
Call to action! A local group of wooden boat enthusiasts and supporters is seeking new owner(s) with vision and funding to save PURSUIT, the last surviving ‘M-Boat.’ PURSUIT is an 82-ft racing yacht designed in 1927, launched 1929 as AVATAR by Abeking Rasmussen, Germany.
Former PURSUIT crew members and a collaboration of wooden boat sailors from the SF Bay are seeking investors and interested parties to assist with saving the vessel, now parked on a trailer and in jeopardy of being scrapped due to liens placed on the vessel and other legal actions. More detailed information will be provided to all qualified inquiries.
“Let’s get the word out! Help us find someone who can save this historical and much loved classic. ”
As recently as June, the group of local supporters had established a tentative arrangement to haul PURSUIT for renovation and reconstruction of this famous icon of the Sausalito waterfront (1960-2015). PURSUIT is well known having raced in many MMBA regattas and sailed on the SF Bay for over 50 years by the charismatic Ron MacAnnan.
The managing shipwright, available work crew, a local yard and former crew members are actively collaborating to find a way forward to save the boat. The vessel now needs a new owner(s) with vision and funding.
You can learn more about PURSUIT’s history from this Life on the Water video trailer about Ron MacAnnan/PURSUIT:
https://vimeopro.com/user32154112/life-on-the-water/video/107214409
For more information contact: Randall von Wedel rvonwedel@gmail.com +1 510-233-0102
