1999 Jim smith Sport fisherman in Charleston, SC

SELLER DESCRIPTION

HOUDINI is a 71' JIM SMITH Custom Long Range International Travel, Fully Redundant Fishing Machine featuring three extra large luxurious staterooms, each with a private head and roomy, stand-up showers. The Galley is up with a huge salon featuring a custom teak interior. For a large custom sportfishing vessel, she behaves at the dock, or after a fish, like a Ferrari. In fact, she was originally built for a NASCAR celebrity who brought an engineering team with him... this is perhaps the finest thought out, well engineered custom boat ever built. Redundant systems like two chilled Air Systems, Dual Water Maker, exceptional stowage, exceptional speed, performance and range that rival even the best custom boats built today. She reeks with the WOW factor from stern to stern and has always been meticulously maintained and constantly upgraded including her most recent $400,000 visit to Bayliss Boat Works.She is...one of a kind, South Florida "PEDIGREE" Custom Boat and ready to go anywhere...and provide a much higher level of comfort and travel ability for the most demanding Owner and Crews!Please call Jim Greene at 251-747-0468 or email Jim at jimgreene@gulftel.com

Accomodations:
Entering through NEWMATIC air controlled sliding door into the salon and your first impression is GIANT! The salon overhead is an impressive NINTY INCHES TALL...it's massive in every way! All MATCHED GRAIN Solid High Gloss Teak interior with a great layout. Forward to port is the Galley and Breakfast Bar with three brass and leather stools. The Gourmet Galley features built in stainless steel full upright refrigerator with separate freezer below hidden in the galley by matched grain teak paneling. Top of the line appliances including MIELE four burner glass cook top stove, a MIELE dishwasher, a GE Convection Oven, built in coffee maker and toaster oven. Furthest outboard is a double wide sink. Everything in the galley has a home...custom built in holders for all of the pots and pans, silverware, china plates, glasses, coffee cups...everything neatly stowed and nothing rattles when underway. There is stowage everywhere, custom spice pantry,a custom flip up "whiskey sipper" glass and carafes for half gallons of the finest to serve your guests. THE OFFICEThis is a perfectly dedicated, well appointed office area for a traveling boat. It allows one to keep up with the ships records and you can even slide in a little business on the side. It has fax and computer hook ups that are hard wired into the two SAT phones, as well as the PBX lines. Plus...there is a 56K Satellite transmission with compression software! Plenty of drawers and filing cabinets, reading lamps and a very comfortable "chairman of the board" lounge chair. There is a beautiful Teak and Holley deck in the galley and office area that continues down the steps and below forward.THE SALONTwo luxurious, thick leather sofas are found to port, each with enough stowage below for everything...plus a custom Teak table with marble top and remote controlled hydraulic system that raises/lowers the table for the perfect height for dining or entertaining. Opposite and aft is a custom top loading Ice Bin with Stainless Insert fed by an ESKIMO shaved ice machine that makes 600 pounds of ice a day! Directly forward are two matching designer leather recliners with a marble top end table, with drawer stowage. Furthest forward is the ENTERTAINMENT CENTER featuring a 42" FUJITSU PLASMA TV hardwired to two separate DSS boxes. The audio end features MARANTZ DVD Player, a SONY 200 disk mega stowage Player, a MITSUBISHI VCR and a YAMAHA Receiver with built in Surround Sound and Sub Woofer system. Behind the flat screen TV, which hinges out, opens up another huge amount of stowage....impressive!

Electonics and Navigational Gear:
NORTHSTAR 6100I W/SIRIUS WEATHER (2008)FURUNO 585 COLOR SOUNDER (2008)ROBERTSON AP2O AOUTO PILOT (2008)NORTHSTAR 951X GPS PLOTTERNORTHSTAR 961X GPS/PLOTTER W/962 SOFTWARESTEVENS SEA 322 SIDEBAND RADIOICOM VHF RADIO W/REMOTE MIKE & OVERHEAD SPEAKERSTEVENS SEA VHF RADIO W/REMOTE MIKE & SPEAKERTWO U.S. CELL PHONESKVH TRAC PHONE SAT PHONE IMMARSATSEATEL WAVE CALL SAT PHONE GLOBAL STARFURUNO MX500 WEATHER DATAACR POWER CONTROL SEARCH LIGHT

Deck and Hull Equipment:
Teak Toe RailsIDEAL WindlassRemovable Polished Stainless Bow PulpitAnchor Locker w/two built in FORTRESS anchorsFresh water washdown in anchor lockerFlush Mount Davit for bowFlush mount removable cradle for bow (was set up for 17' EGRET flats boat, not included)Two Blue underwater lightsTwo SANDS four blade propsTwo spare five blade propsRemovable polished stainless steel bow pulpitAnchor Locker on Bow has Freshwater

Additional Equipment:
"Houdini" has just gone through a $400,000.00 upgrade at BAYLISS BOAT WORKS completed March 2008, including full refrigerated mezzanine, teak deck, covering boards, paint, electronics and much more. She shows beautiful and is an incredible "large feeling" tournament boat. To build this boat today would be $5 million plus and a three year wait.