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Old 06-25-2010, 02:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ben8668
In December 1977 Stephens Brothers Boat Builders in Stockton,CA launched a magnificent 90' aluminum fantail motoryacht named "J-Mar" for the famously wealthy Fleischmann family. She was featured in many of the boating magazines at that time. I encountered her during one of my annual cruises to Nantucket Boat Basin in the early "80's, and by then she had been sold and renamed Jackabil. It was love at first site, but not until now could I ever afford her....but she's nowhere to be found. I believe that her most recent name was Columbine. Does anyone know her whereabouts?
The Fleischman who owned that Stephens is unrelated to the Fleischmann family of yeast fame (and fortune).
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