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The Helm
For sale: Please contact Peter Nordlie at moc.loa|eildronp#moc.loa|eildronp or 804-449-2382. Asking $194,000. More photos of Last Call are available here.
| Owner | Bought | Sold | Boat's Name | Home Port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Peter Nordlie | July 2002 | Last Call | Port Haywood, VA | |
| Garry and Carol Domnisse | Feb 2000 | July 2002 | Yellow Rose | Annapolis, MD |
| John M. Evans | May 1998 | Feb 2000 | Sea Hobby | Hilton Head, SC |
| 1995? | May 1998 | Invictus | Stuart, FL | |
| 1995? | Poppy | Juno Beach, FL |
About the Owners Past and Present
Peter Nordlie Is a Ph.D. in social psychology and was president of Human Sciences Research, Inc. based in Fairfax, VA. He is a lifelong sailor. In the mid 60's Peter bought a strip planked Dickerson 35 ketch which he used to cruise the Chesapeake. In the mid 70's he bought a Cheoy Lee Clipper 36 Ketch in Baltimore, MD and retained the named Sovereign of the Seas. He sailed her from Maine to the Bahamas and then in 1989, after five years of preparation, headed across the 'pond' for Norway. Two days out of Cape May, NJ a powerful weather system descended on them bringing unrelenting westerly winds and 12' seas. Ten days into the storm Sovereign was lost 400 miles east of Bermuda. This same storm sunk three other sailboats on the identical course but ahead of Peter; on two of these all hands were lost. Read the whole story here. It took two years but by 1991 Peter was determined to get back on the water. By coincidence he came across a listing for a Lord Nelson 41 sailboat located in Marathon, FL. He bought Fair Wind and brought her back to the Chesapeake. Planning for the second Atlantic crossing commenced almost immediately. In 1994 he successfully crossed with stops in Bermuda, the Azores, Ireland, and Scotland. In 1995 Peter met his sailing goal of going back to Norway, the home of his grandfather who'd immigrated into the United States--it was a real 'roots' tour. In June 1996 Peter followed the Viking route home: Iceland, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and finally the Chesapeake Bay. After his good experience with the Lord Nelson sailboat there was only one power boat for him. He's cruised Last Call from Maine to Sarasota. In March 2005, while in her Horn Harbor, VA slip, fire on a neighboring boat badly damaged Last Call's dinghy deck. A $135,000 restoration by Zimmerman Marine brought this phoenix back from the ashes. In 2007, he took her on an 1800 mile loop trip from the Chesapeake up the Hudson, out the Erie and Oswego Canals, across L. Ontario, the Rideau Canal to Ottawa, down the Ottawa R. and St. Laurence to the canal leading into L. Champlain, and from there via canal to the Hudson and back home.
Garry and Carol Domnisse Traveled far and wide on Yellow Rose, read their story.
John Evans "I purchased her in May 1998. She was tied up alongside a residence at the entry end of SE Star Island Way, Hobe Sound, Florida. In 1985 I purchased Munson Manufacturing, a builder of all welded aluminum work boats in Edmonds, Washington. It was around this time that I saw my first LNVT on Lake Union in Seattle. I wonder if it was the same one Garry Domnisse saw in the 80’s? I am now 74 years old and have no boat. Sea Hobby (hull # 47) was my last. During a wonderful life I have sailed powered and sport fished from Maine through the Bahamas to Key West and up the west coast of Florida to Tampa Bay. I also spent 10 years building boats and boating in the NW. While I owned “Sea Hobby” I did extensive renewal work on fiberglass and various systems. I added a custom built HVAC system and sound insulated the engine room." — 17 January 2009
Layout
- "L" shaped salon settee
- Galley to port
- Pilot house has single engine-room floor-hatch to port
- Stateroom has single seat with vanity to starboard
- Head to port between stateroom and pilot house
- Shower to stb between stateroom and pilot house
Mechanical and Engine Detail
- Cummins 4BT3.9M turbocharged diesel engine
- Replaced iron fuel tanks with aluminum ones (see Tuggers, Winter 2007 & Spring 2008)
- Lectra-Scan Sanitation device and Raritan electric head, holding tank
- Steam whistle
- Hydraulic steering
- Bow thruster — Max Power
- Windlass, Maxwell-Nilson
Electrical
- Northern Lights 8kW Genset
- New electrical panels
- 120A Balmar and smart charger
- Freedom 10 inverter/charger —1000 watt, 50 amp
- Batteries, 8D- gasmat - 2 in house bank, 1 engine
- 50 amp shore power cord, splitter and adapters
- Ocean Breeze air conditioning and heating
- Galvanic isolator
- Searchlight, floodlight, remote controlled
- Alpenglow overhead lights (10)
- Hot water heater
- Oil change system — Reverso
Galley
- Frigiboat refrigerator (38" X 16" X 34")
- Force 10 propane stove, oven, broiler, 4-burner
- Microwave
Electronics
- Garmin chart plotter 2010
- Autohelm 6000 autopilot w/remote
- Raymarine 24 mile radar
- Link 10 battery monitors
- Depth sounder & knotmeter — Datamarine
- Cell phone amplifier — Powermax
- VHF Icom M59, plus handheld Horizon
- Stereo, CD, tape player,AM,FM receiver —Jensen
- Propane protection system
- Fireboy automatic engine room fire extinguisher
Deck
- Anchors. Main anchor, Danforth secured in bow hawsepipe on 200" 5/16" chain(new 2009), four spare anchors & rodes
- Deck boxes — 2
- Davit winch — 115Volts
- Dinghy, 8' 6" Avon rigid bottom
- Outboard - Nissan 6 HP
