 This is a memo from Greg Mohr dated
2/18/2000 addressed to Clark Green regarding the P-510
crash boat and it's status of that date:"Wow! I am in
awe! This is tremendous. We love this boat and are
thrilled to learn more about her and her history. We
would love to assist you in any endeavors relating to
P-510 and her sister ships.
The P-510 during WWII |
The P-510 Today, known as
The Dream Maker |
I can furnish you with information regarding the boat
and her current situation.
She is presently driven by Detroit Diesel 671 engines
(165 hp each) and has probably been "made over" 4 or 5
times since her service as a PRB but there are still
areas of the ship that are the same and she'll always
have the "Soul" of her former self.
The current name of the vessel is "Dream Maker" and
she home ports in Newport Beach, CA serving as a luxury
charter boat for weddings, corporate parties, and
private functions.
After military service she was sold to a Canadian who
re-named her "Magnum Force" and re-fitted her as a
private yacht complete with staterooms, salon, and a
jacuzzi on the bow! Some of the bunks remain but her
days as a private vessel have been put on hold for now
as she is quite popular down here.
She has been used in television shows from time to
time; The Bold and the Beautiful daytime drama featured
her as the royal yacht of an Arab Prince while Pamela
Anderson's VIP portrayed the "Dream Maker" as a great
place for a high seas diamond heist.
Her status as a Canadian-owned vessel would have
prevented her from ever being certified by the U.S.
Coast Guard for charters had it not been for some smart
thinking on the part of her present owner (my
father-in-law) who persuaded the local Congressman to
have her deemed by Congress as "an historical vessel" (a
similar vote was passed by congress regarding the "Wild
Goose," John Wayne's converted mine sweeper - built in
Seattle but sailed under the Canadian flag).
One of the more challenging areas with this boat has
been the vee-drives. Kind of hard to find replacements
for them when they go south. We were able to find an old
pair to rebuild as replacements. Complete re-fabrication
of vee-drives would have been highly costly.
You can see the Dream Maker in her current form at:
http://www.boatcharter.com/DreamMaker.html
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