The wreck is in Tonga 50-90 ft underwater, 135ft long, timber ,copper sheathed and totally virgin!..so whats in it..not sure, but hope to find out over the next three years with a team of others..so ICE may be up for sale or may be part of the action. A bigger boat would be better?? so if interested let me know!

All the details at www.mcintyre50ms.com

Is this the ultimate Duck?? depends on what you are looking for..it is certainly very special!

Thanks...Don

Hi There Sitting Moose..hey part of the fun is the dream...I am doing it every day of my life so enjoy!! and I would love to see a pic of the Popsicle stick duck "Iceicle" when you launch her!! hope she is red too!!!

Maybe I am biased but yes I agree...ICE has all the right features and the longer I spend onboard the more I realise she is irreplacable...they say every boat is for sale and never the truer word was said but I am in No hurray...she serves us well and the only thing that will ever see her go to another skipper is because my dreams are biger than my bank account..so I can't afford to own multiple boats at the same time like I used to!!!''

ENJOY!!...your ship sounds just Fine!!!! and Dandy!!

...bein' stuck in a med-bed 'till I waste into nothingness as th' docs(not "docks")gripe about sugar-levels bein' all wack...hmmm, maybe I should buy a D-Duck fuel-polishing system for my 'engines' fluid-system...
E nnyways, for som-m-m-me time now(years) I've been Googlin' 'n' Yahooin' 'n' Bingin'n'etcetera-up just about every trawler, tug, luxe-motor, pilot-boat, work-boat, inter-island boat, cargo-boat, charter-cruiser, U.S.[+ others']Coast Guard(s)/Navy(ies) patrol/cutter/interceptors 'n' just about every & any other new/used & wotnot vessels made by the Hand O' Man & God m' Father(adopted)...then converted into passage-makers and/or go anywhere boats(ships?)...from nearly every yacht fabricator from America to Zanzibar to the guy-in-his-garage(my arena)...tho' I have a-yearn'n fer Bearing(they are um, lovely)...trawlers
...sadly, they ain't Ducks...and th' Duck... well, just cannot be beat! Back to perusing...
Then...I saw Ice! Of all yacht-ty ships upon the oceans...including a few converted N.Y. harbour tugs...Ice is the boat of boats. I simply cannot I-net any compare of equality...sigh...If I had th' $$ and health...Ice would be me Lady O' th' Sea...10 day's ahead o' yesterday!
So. I'm gonna build my interpretation of her outta popsickle stix! ...just got t' have m' love'n wife get 'em & th' glue 'n' stuff -from the craft shop...
Mr. Buehler, thou art a genius designer of inimitable, top-level ships.

Well ICE is on the road now so still for sale but not available for delivery till Dec 2011 in Auckland New Zealand...still have eyes on a bigger boat for future fun??..in Palau right now getting the boat..."BETTER THAN NEW" condition...Don