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Classic Craft: Lady Di
Our love affair with Pacemaker Motor Yachts began when friends of ours owned a 58-foot Pacemaker. As we traveled with them, shared dinners in their dining room, enjoyed coffee in the upper salon, stayed in one of their four guest staterooms and admired all the teak parquet flooring, we became smitten with this style and make of boat.
Then, one day, a 1979 66-foot Pacemaker Motor Yacht came on the market. The boat had been chartered in its earlier years. The gentleman we eventually purchased it from lived in Michigan and was a master woodworker who had begun to restore the boat. A chart cabinet and two end tables he made remain on the boat today.
When we took ownership, the boat was very dated. We were determined not to change the integrity of this beautiful boat as we became stewards at working to bring this boat back to its former glory. Year after year, she received updates to include new upholstery, drapes and curtains, new wallpaper and carpeting, refinished wood flooring and a wide-screen TV, to name a few. We love to cook and entertain, and have what we believe to be a small but state-of-the-art galley. Our dining room can accommodate up to six guests with additional seating of four at the dinette in the galley — an amenity you don’t see in boats of this size today.
She has been a labor of love and we feel she deserves to be called a Lady.
— Roy and Diane, Sturgeon Bay, WI
