







CLASSIC WORKBOAT VANGUARD – A WATERFRONT APARTMENT FOR $2.50
First up that isn’t a typo in the headline – todays woody is for sale and the current bid is $2.50 and the reserve has been met……….
Two option here, buy her as a live aboard or as a project to end up with a very fine workboat conversion.
What we know about VANGUARD –
• Built in 1947 by Lidgard’s
• 50’ in length with either double or triple skinned hull
• Powered by a GM V8.
• Was in survey up to May 2025.
• Located currently in Pelorus Sound.
(thanks Ian McDonald for the tme heads up)
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