Sermons Boat Yard ~ Shipbuilding History

Sermons Boat Yard

Tarpon Springs FL

Most recent update: March 24, 2016.

Sermons Boat Yard was started in about 1961 by C. E. Sermons. It closed in 1988 but was briefly resuscitated in the 1990s. The yard was at 591 Island Avenue North. See the area from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
9	288798	Vagabond	Gary W. Roberts	trawler	11	36	1962	inactive
	290721	Dixie Belle	A P Bell Fish Co	trawler	24	43	1963
	292977	Captree Star	Richard Lapierre	passenger	37	59	1963	later Lady Meghan Ryan
	297705	Michael T.	Mark Koch	trawler	21	40	1965
	504671	Botany Bay	David R. Golding	passenger	38	54	1966
	506855	100 Proof	William F. Burk	passenger	29	43	1967
	513192	Vessel of Honor	Wilson L. Truma	trawler	27	40	1967	later Lady Elizabeth
	513993	Kathryn J	Leroy Whorton	trawler	99	66	1968	inactive
	514415	Intrepid Venture	Knutson Towboat Co	towing vessel	99	70	1967	later Kamaehu, Centennial
14	515584	Undersea Hunter	Perry Oceanographics	research	148	77	1968	(Israel)
29	519989	Bayou Butthead	Orion Marine Const	towing vessel	11	29	1969
				trawler	123	74	1969	later Palm Accord, lost
	528283	Setubal		trawler	123	74	1970	later Palm Bounty, Julie D, Bon Chance, Santa Ana (Guatemala)
32	528293	Capt Joe	Four Joes Towing Co	towing vessel	60	50	1970	later Christina
	536388	Shango II		motor yacht	250	92	1971	later Cuando, Serendipity, Hot Issue, Annabelle II, Showboat II, Askari (St. Vincent)
	541683	Liberty III	Dean Hardwoods	recreational	75	57	1971	later Runaway, Restless T
4-77	588273	Baymaster	Vessel Dog Hunter LLC	trawler	11	33	1977	later Hustler, Dog Hunter
5-77	588551	Network	Kiet Thanh Le	trawler	11	34	1977
	588908	Desiderata	Vince C. Connor	trawler	9	31	1977	later Net Result
11	591702	Elena Dawn	Joseph A. Smith	trawler	10	34	1978	later Misty Morning
	595937	Scorpio	Bruce Bohlin	trawler	11	33	1978
40	606499	Bunny Maid	Marvin's Boat Repairs LLC	trawler	16	34	1979	later Miss Kayla, Miss Mo
	609624	Jackpot	John D. Kuchma	passenger	27	41	1979	later Daybreak III
51	611579	Dog House	Loughridge Brothers	trawler	11	34	1979	later Maranatha
	614260	Phyllis Marie	Arthur S. Cannon	trawler	10	33	1979	later Kelly Too
	617350	Mary Frances	Russell Brisson	trawler	24	41	1979	later Noname, Fair Wind III
	622929	Sharon Leigh	F/V Dreamcatcher Inc	trawler	21	50	1980	later Nan Baldwin
	623117	C. Jack	Snooper Fleet Inc	trawler	29	41	1980
1-25	625461	Explorer	Teresa Thompson	passenger	14	33	1980	later Miss Kitty
10-46	626378	Laura J	Caleb Lins Inc	trawler	26	41	1980	later Sharon Leigh
1-27	626509	Ramona	James A. Folsom	trawler	11	33	1980	later K-Lynn, Bandito
14-46	626651	Gala Marie	Roman Wloch	trawler	27	43	1980	later High Hopes II, Warlock
1-97	636053	Lady Linda	Bruce Pittman	trawler	10	34	1979	later Donna B, Sugar Britches
	684679	Elena C	Florida Brine Shrimp Inc	trawler	11	33	1979	later Bottom Timer
	924287	Zulma	Manuel Perez	trawler	23	37	1979
1-52	647534	Sarah B	Miguel Llanes	trawler	32	47	1981	later Deborah Lee, Sea Dancer
1-88	641017	Dorothy W	Robert L. Foster	trawler	14	33	1981	later Ole Dude & Duchess
1-89	642573	Donna Jean	Diane Turner	trawler	11	34	1981
1-96	645659	Tom Cat II	Mark Bryant	passenger	16	35	1982
1-42	663342	Norvik III	The M/V Falcon LLC	trawler	24	42	1983	later Falcon
4-42	664528	Donna Leigh	Carey Griffith	trawler	22	42	1983
5-42	671430	Shadowfax	Bivalve Packing Co Inc	trawler	19	42	1984	later Little Growler
9-42	674462	Silver Star	Heriberto Ruiz	trawler	17	42	1984	later Molly Marie
	677230	Raw Dawg	Yogi Dawg Inc	trawler	17	42	1984
10-42	689158	Vengeance	Keith Guindon	passenger	21	42	1984	later Chelsea Ann, Kathleen M
12-42	670092	Sharon Jean	Craig Anderson	trawler	20	42	1984
17-42	677613	Bustin Loose	Katie's Seafood Charter	trawler	17	42	1984
92-13	970827	Restless Too	Last Word Engineering	trawler	15	36	1984
9-36	681877	Reel Bare	Charles Harden	trawler	15	32	1985	later Snook
6-28	683356	Capricorn	Leslie M. Jeffery	recreational	6	29	1985	later Sugar
29-14	694426	Sleepless Knight	Everett S. Rice	recreational	8	29	1985
65	903722	Miss Moorings	Steven Hair	passenger	10	36	1986	later Uncludy Day, Ye Ole Pirate
	909978	Coyote	James O. Davis	trawler	13	42	1987	later Bayou Belle
	934161	Merzania	Bill Diamandis	trawler	11	37	1988	later Miss Kayla
5-90	965470	Miss Julie Lynn	William G. Caples	trawler	14	40	1990	later Lauren Lynn
1-13	1034664	Sea Quest	Carlos M. Moreira	trawler	13	32	1993	later Horseplay
	1032211	Bette-G	State of North Carolina	research	13	32	1995
	1193690	Red Tide	Rick D. Freeland	passenger	8	29	1995
91	1040480	Bad Attitude	M. Ryan Bliss	trawler	12	32	1996
	1117261	Cangrejo	Anthony T. Leon	trawler	11	32	2001