M/Y Choptank is a Saint Michaels, Maryland based 1938 Custom Chesapeake Bay Buyboat For Sale By Broker. Responses to inquiries may come from a broker who is representing the owner as a fiduciary. This owner requires financial settlement only. No trades.
Choptank is for sale! She is a 1938 65′ O.W. Payne–designed and built Chesapeake Bay Buyboat. Choptank underwent a major rebuild from 2011 to the present and has been maintained since by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s experienced and knowledgeable local shipwrights. The museum stopped the rebuild at the point where she can be completed as a commercial vessel with a COI or as a pleasure vessel. You could hire the museum to complete the project or complete her elsewhere or by yourself to your final design and specs.
The rebuild included extensive re-planking and a new pilothouse. Her cargo holds were converted into unfinished staterooms so that the final fit-out can be chosen by her new owner.
This is one of those rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to own a historic and unique vessel!
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Specifications
| Name | M/Y Choptank |
| Make | Custom |
| Model | Chesapeake Bay Buyboat |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Monohull Powerboat |
| Builder | Custom |
| Designer | O.W. Payne |
| Construction | Wood |
| Cabins | 3 |
| Heads | 1 |
Dimensions
| Loa | 65ft / 19.81m |
| Beam | 18ft 0in / 5.49m |
| Draft | 5ft 5in / 1.65m |
Tankage
| Fuel Tanks | 250 gallons |
| Water Tanks | 55 gallons |
Performance
| Engines | 410HP Cummins QSL9410MDIKC 2024 |
| Engine Hours | 442 |
| Generator | Cummins Onan MDKDR-1423645 21.5 kW |
Inventory
Vessel Overview
- 1938 65' O.W. Payne designed Chesapeake Bay buyboat
- Major rebuild 2011 to recent by Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum shipwrights
- Rebuild paused at a point allowing completion as a commercial vessel with COI or as a pleasure vessel
- Rebuild work included extensive re-planking, new running gear, new Cummins 410 HP main engine, new Onan 21.5 kW generator, all new wiring, plumbing, seacocks and systems, and a new pilothouse constructed
- Cargo holds converted into unfinished staterooms for final owner fit out
Accommodations
- Partially completed stateroom amidships
- Partially completed stateroom forward
- Crew quarters all the way forward
- Benchseat in galley that can serve as a single berth
- Head and shower located on the main deck aft in the pilothouse
Galley
- 4-burner electric cooktop and oven
- Sharp Carousel microwave oven
- Stainless steel sink
- Stainless steel countertop
- Storage cabinets and drawers
- Wood sole
- Opening wide windows
- Opening skylight
- Benchseat/berth with storage
Pilothouse
- Raised pilothouse helm area
- Side deck access door on each side
- Wood sole
- Benchseat on each side
- Engine room access
- Wood and glass door to aftdeck
- Mastervolt inverter control panel located at pilothouse
- Bass Products electrical panel located at pilothouse
- Tides Marine Smart Seal shaft seal alarm panel at helm
- Dometic reverse cycle air conditioning and heating system
Aftdeck
- Non-skid deck
- Same-level side deck access
- Lazarette access
- Wood and glass door to pilothouse
Electronics
- Garmin Radar
- OceanSat Class A AIS
- Garmin GPSmap 7612 xsv multi-function display
- Garmin autopilot
- Garmin multi-data display
- Simrad RS35 VHF
- Icom Commandmic VHF
- Kelvin-White magnetic compass
- Mercury Cummins VesselView7 engine systems display
Electrical System
- Cummins Onan MDKDR-1423645 21.5 kW generator
- Mastervolt 3500 watt inverter charger
- Mastervolt 40 amp battery charger
- Charles 12 kVA isolation transformer
- Victron Energy Orion-Tr 24/12-20 isolated DC/DC converter
- 8 x Lifeline GPL-4DL AGM batteries
- 50 amp shore power cord
Engine and Mechanical Equipment
- Single Cummins QSL9410MDIKC 410 HP main engine with approximately 442 hours (2024)
- ZF 286A gearbox
- Glendinning electronic engine control
- Vetus steering system
- Tides Marine dripless shaft seal with Smart Seal alarm panel at helm
- Dual Racor 751000MAX fuel filters with vacuum gauge for main engine
- Racor 500 fuel filter for generator
- Dometic 16,000 BTU reverse cycle air conditioning and heating system
- Kuuma stainless steel 11 gallon water heater
- Vacuflush head
Deck Equipment
- Maxwell HWC2500 anchor windlass
- Rocna Vulcan anchor
- Stainless steel anchor roller
- Painted wood decks and rails
- Foredeck storage lockers
Safety and Fire Protection
- Fireboy-Xintex Novec 1230 engine room fire suppression system
- Fire extinguishers
- Rule bilge pumps
- Carlisle and Finch searchlight
- Lifering(s)
Exclusions
- Shipyard tools
Disclaimer
- Vessel details offered in good faith but accuracy and condition not guaranteed
- Buyer should instruct agents or surveyors to validate details desired
- Vessel offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice
- Engine hours are as reported on original listing and should be verified by purchaser or agent
- Buyer responsible to verify hours, warranties, major overhauls and other representations
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