Courtesy of Bob Ress
CLARK MILLS is a 42′ tugboat-inspired cruising boat built in 1972.
Bob Ress has owned and meticulously cared for this boat for most of her 54 years, but now he’s aged out and wants to give her away. “I’m looking to donate [the boat] to someone who will keep it, use it, maintain it, and not sell it,” he writes. “The main timbers are fabricated of [salvaged] first-growth longleaf pine...and the hull is planked with mahogany.... The deck, wheelhouse, engine house, and bulwarks are ’glassed....” She has a 36″ × 28″ propeller and a very large rudder, making her what Bob considers exceptionally maneuverable. Her cruising speed is noted as 7.25 knots at 1,075 rpm, and she has 600 gallons of fuel capacity. “The boat has been kept in a covered shed most of her life and is in very good shape relative to its age,” Bob reports.