Ditmar 1957 Boats Review and Specs

Year: 1957  
Manufacturer: Flying Cloud Yachts
Price: US$199,000  

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Aquatica is a great vintage wooden power boat, perfect for use as a commercial or pleasure boat.  She was a successful charter dive boat in the Los Angeles / Long Beach area for many years, and was featured in a story on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Aquatica was built by Dittmar & Donaldson, who were known for high quality commercial vessels and pleasure yachts in Costa Mesa, California, in 1957.  According to the surveyor she is “built like an Icebreaker”. This impressive vessel has been undergoing a continuing 2-plus year restoration.   The John Deere diesel engines were installed brand new in 2007 and have about 1200 hours on them. They are rated at 375 HP each.  Its MER generator was installed new with the engines. At the same time the hull was completely refastened and the shafts and rudders were reworked.  The boat has new AC/DC breaker panels and wiring, new bonding, new batteries, new steering system, new Proline paint, new running and indoor lights, new glass, new water heater, new toilets, sinks and showers, new polished aluminum dash and steering wheel, and a new Fleetwood sliding glass door.   The current owner purchased “Aquatica” because he is a big fan of industrial design, and had seen nothing else like it.  It has a very powerful, streamlined look because of its wide beam (18 feet) and its pilothouse structure, which has 12 foot ceilings inside.  We suspect that its naval architect was the famous William Garden, but have not been able to document that.  It has a look reminiscent of the great American streamlined trains, the G.M Futurliner bus, and some of the nautical design work done by designers like Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Dorwin Teague, Brooks Stevens, Harley Earl and others. She has been renamed “Streamliner” to better reflect her unique design. As its restoration is finished up over the next few months, it will remain open inside and thus be easily able to be configured by its next owner as a commercial fishing, dive, or charter boat or Pleasure Yacht. She would also be good as a film or television prop boat and/or a platform for filming or set work.   Streamliner just came out of a haul out April 2011, where it received new Pro-line bottom paint,  new rudder bearings, new stainless steel rudder shaft bearing housings, a truing and polishing of it’s 28 inch props, a new transducer, and engine turbocharger rebuilds, among other work.   All decks have been refurbished and painted. July/August 2011. Streamliner is showing beautifully and must be seen to be appreciated.

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Fuel  Hull Material  Beam  Draft Board/Drive Up  Engine Make  Engine Model  Engine Year  Length Overall  Engine Hours  Number of Engines

Diesel Wood 18 ft 5 in 4 ft John Deere 6081 M3 2007 65 ft 1200 2

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