Itasca Superyacht | 54m J&K Smit of The Netherlands | Available for sale through Edmiston

Itasca was originally built in 1961 as an ocean-going tug by J&K Smit of the Netherlands. Known as Thames III she was in commercial service until 1979. The conversion to a private yacht was undertaken by new owners, an American family, who renamed her “Itasca“. She is one of three built with only Itasca still in existence.

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[truenorthMikeDuval]

When I was working under my former employer we spent about 3 weeks in Genoa, Italy performing an electronics refit. Great boat and crew at the time. Spring of 2007. Dale was the Captain. Matt was the 1st Mate. I forget their names but a couple Kiwis were engineers. Fond memories of those days

[bradleyroberson]

I used to provide fuel for this yacht while it was in Seattle. An absolutely beautiful conversion. I remember Captain Ybe and the British 1st. Charles.

[jayseaem]

I used to work on ocean going tugs out of Hull in the UK so as soon as i saw the profile of this yacht i new that it was a converted Tug. The ocean going Tug i was on was called the MT ENGLISHMAN.

[tacodias]

I saw it moored in Funchal yesterday and I needed to know more!

Beautiful yacht

[pschurink]

I was a crewmember once! Captain Ybe van de Bosch.

[pschurink]

I was a crewmember under Captain Ybe van den Bosch in 1980/81 !

[markweigel]

😎🇺🇸🏴‍☠️🧜Very Beautiful Little Boat !!!

[Shaggy_shag]

My father used to work on this yacht as an engineer when it was based in Mallorca in around 1983. I enjoyed visiting every day, Back then it had a Dutch captain and i`m wandering if some of the crew members back then still have photo`s of those days. No idea how to find or contact them.

[a_wholegem]

My father in law worked on this boat DEREK CARTWRIGHT DOES ANYONE KNOWS HIM?

[fredjones]

I'd lose the Helo if I owned her. With that much to lose I'd hate to Kobi out.

[nicovantol]

Aangezien vele vissers ermee gestopt zijn, kunnen we dan niet beter zo'n schip verbouwen i.p.v. als schroot maken en verkopen ?
Of is dat een absurd idee en te duur ? Lijkt mij toch best een redelijk goede oplossing !!!