The walk-in Engine room is located mid-ship. “Call today to book your private viewing of this “little ship!” A gorgeous well built yacht is now waiting for the next adventure. Some notable events regarding Pioneer, while in Hawaii, she has been in a few movies with Harrison Ford and also Robert Wagner. Pioneer had a full time captain for 27+ years working for the 1st and 3rd owners The current owners have operated the vessel without crew since purchasing the boat, often spending weeks at anchor in extreme comfort while living onboard before going in for supplies.

For the last 19 years Pioneer has been based in the PNW with annual trips north to and as far as Alaska. Pioneer has had 4 owners and was based in Southern California and Hawaii during her first 33 years. non-stop from Southern California to Hawaii, Mexico and now cruising the coastal waters of British Columbia up to Alaska Over her very active history Pioneer has completed many ocean passages, including dozens of long distance non-stop coastal passages (e.g. The mechanics of the design were chosen to perfectly match the heavy-duty hull with redundancies everywhere. Her elegant choices of wood throughout the vessel, create a warm cozy living space. Her interior configuration has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 6 people in 3 staterooms including a full-beam master suite on the lower deck aft. It begins with a fiberglass hull that is 6″ thick, 70’ WL (73’ LOA), 20 1/2’ beam, 6 1/2’ draft, full displacement that comes in at 91 net tons/130 gross tons. Some say unusually overbuilt for the early days of long distant cruising boats and too expensive to be built in todays competitive market. She is a one-of-a-kind and built to order. The significant results from George’s design was an advanced build that focused on luxurious comfort, seaworthiness, stream lined beauty and a large hull designed extremely strong meeting operating economy while gliding through the water. The design was developed by GEORGE MOORE, a naval architect from SanDiego who spent time with the world class Kettenburg Company.

Pioneer was built in 1966-67 in Chula Vista, CA as a customized offshore yacht to meet the highest industrial and military standards of that time. An outstanding 1967 73’Custom-Built Long-Distance, Ocean Crossing, Flush Deck Cruiser, well known as a “little ship”, is now on the market!

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