The Barbara Jean is anchored in the Milwaukee Harbor. Anyone know who the owners are? It's quite a boat.
Barbara Jean is a Feadship, commissioned by the former owner of Lady Columbo. She maintains the distinguishable lines of Feadship's that have come before her. She's similiar in many respects to another Feadship, Rasselas. Here's some quick specs on Barbara Jean... LOA.......................... 185'3" Beam....................... 32'2" Construction............ steel hull with aluminum superstructure Fuel Capacity........... 27,740 gal. Water Capacity........ 6,340 gal. Engines................... 2/1,500-hp CAT 3512B diesels Builder..................... Feadship/De Vries Here's a pic from Feadship...
The owner is a wealthy businessman who made his money from a couple of interesting inventions that you use almost every day. He also has a beautiful new sportfish here in Ft. Lauderdale.
Actually he is Originally a Detroit business man who moved to Ft Lauderdale. His fortune was made as a supplier in Automotive Air Conditioning components to major automotive companies. He sold his company 10 years ago and built this Feadship from a portion of his money earned from the sale of his company. It was named after his wife who had the nick name of Lady Columbo because she would always catch him when he did something without telling her. Hence the reason for the name of his previous yacht. He also owned Columbo yacht company and built 3 of the 80+ ft high speed yachts, one of which was purchased by his best friend Dave Thomas when he was still alive. (Wendys fame)
