Many people don't realize that I moved to my cabin after living aboard an old classic yacht.  I worked at the BOEING CO concurrently with owning this old boat, (1984-89).  I left Boeing May 16, 1989 and my boat sank two weeks later!  It sank on May 29, 1989.  I usually refer to it as "I moved from a boat that sank to land that floods!  lol"      On this page I have some pictures that were sent to me from a guy that owned it the longest.  His name is HW "Mac" McCurdy.  The M/V "Moby-Dick" was a 63' boat designed by Ted Geary and built in 1914 at a shipyard on the Duwamish owned by Ed Heath.  The old shipyard was eventually sold to Bill Boeing, an airplane builder.  It was painted red and and called the Red Barn that became Plant I.  It was eventually moved to the Museum of Flight near near Plant II in Seattle.  "Mac" was very helpful and supportive of my intentions fo restore the Moby-Dick.  He sent me a packet of 5 X 7 sliver nitrate negatives of the Moby-Dick. 

"On this page you can see some of the photos he had taken just before it was taken by the military for war use.
You can expand each image to see a larger view and a caption.

1 & 2)  At sea,  This photos may still be on the wall at the Seattle Yacht Club, that's where I first saw this photo at it's mooring at the Seattle Yacht Club

3 & 4)  The motoryacht "Blue-Peter" also owned by Horace McCurdy

About the Images

These pictures were scanned from 5" X 7" silver nitrate negatives on celluloid sheets.  They were saved as high-res TIFF files and then converted to jpegs for this site.  The camera used was a Hasseblad.  if you look closely you can see the photographer in one of the photos.  

More Info on  "MAC" McCurdy

 Mr McCurdy was the President of Puget Sound Dredging and Drydocks.   He owned the "Moby-Dick the longest and was also the owner of another Pacific Northest yacht. The M/V "Blue-Peter"