Yank Marine Ocean Rockets Sunsplash Marina

Yank Marine (Ocean Rockets Inc, Sunsplash Marina LLC), Tuckahoe NJ

Yank Marine was started in 1967 by John C. Yank, Jr.: visit the company at www.yankmarine.com. The yard is on the south bank of the Tuckahoe River, just east of the Highway 50 bridge: see it from the air on Google here. They also have a repair yard on Main Street in Dorchester NJ. Ocean Rockets was started in 1994 by John C. Yank, III: visit the company at www.oceanrockets.com. The company, which is now called Sunsplash Marina, builds high-speed passenger boats, using the Yank Marine yard. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2020-06-01.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	GT	Ft.	Built	Disposition
Built by John Yank
1	516884	Hurry Sundown	Gypsy Breeze Inc.	Fishing Vessel	13	38	1968	NLD
2	520876	Lady Grace	William F Winchester Jr.	Passenger	20	44	1969	Now Mary Kaela
	541081	Pot Luck	Charles R Zepp	Fishing Vessel	17	44	1972	Now Neptune
Built by Yank Boat Works
5	550941	Defiant	John F Ryan	Tug	50	57	1973	Active
6	565008	Doc II	Jacob R Wagner, Sr.	Fishing Vessel	26	46	1975	Active
8	584290	Fish-N-Fool		Fishing Vessel	39	53	1977	Now Sandra Lee
11	582874	Speedy VII	R J Fishing Corp	Passenger	99	70	1977	Later Captree Princess, now Captree Pride
13	588671	Ursula	Homer H Pratt	Passenger	36	50	1977	Later Skylarker, now Alexis Lana
14	591465	Betty W		Passenger	81	61	1978	Now Celtic Quest IV
15	591991	Big Jim		Passenger	99	75	1978	Now Ocean Explorer
16	595082	American Spirit	New Florida Girl Inc	Fishing Vessel	83	74	1978	Active
18	592096	Goforit	Goforit Fishing Corp	Fishing Vessel	34	53	1978	Active
	601518	Yankee Pride II		Passenger	80	60	1978	Now James Joseph II
	603239	Italian Stallion		Fishing Vessel	34	50	1978	Active
	682058	Rainbow Chaser		Recreational	37	52	1978	Active
	603440	Captree Queen II	Shane Aggergaard	Passenger	77	64	1979	Now Ocean Explorer
23	606697	Capt. Al	Marthalee Beneduci	Fishing Vessel	37	50	1979	Active
	617083	Wilfreta Lee	North Atlantic Fishing	Fishing Vessel	193	82	1980	Now Michelle & Marta
28	620273	Lark III	Reel Easy Inc.	Passenger	42	53	1980	Now Lady Courtney Alexa
29	625081	Jib VII	Garris Fisheries	Passenger	78	61	1980	Now Sea Queen VII
31	629528	Capt. Juel II	Stephanie Oliveira	Fishing Vessel	35	50	1980	Now J-Mar II
33	640157	Andrew Mallett	Mallett Launch & Towing	Tender	8	24	1981	Later Cheryl Anne
34	645934	Renegade	Gerard de Toro	Passenger	47	50	1981	Later Lucky Charm, now Capt's Lady
	664155	Eagle	Doubloon Company Store	Passenger	27	51	1983	Now Bones
	681357	Rosie R		Fishing Vessel	37	50	1985	Later Eddy Lee, now Fin Chaser III
38	665669	Baraka	James F Plummer	Recreational	12	36	1982	Now Plumair
39	699777	Morning Star	Lee Montague Hawkins	Passenger	33	52	1986	Active
40	942897	Enterprize	James Crispino	Passenger	86	83	1988	NLD
43	933437	Miss Marley	Ft Myers Fishing Charters	Passenger	34	53	1988	Now Islander
44	931961	Miss Kim	Clarence A. Higbee Jr	Passenger	28	53	1988	Now Miss Fortescue
45	932091	Phyllis Kay III	Lively's Gulf Charters Inc	Passenger	36	53	1988	Now Lively One II
49	960825	Shore Shot	Ocean Pro Inc	Passenger	38	53	1990	Later AJ's Sea Blaster II, now Sea Quest
51	994566	Michael D	Joseph A Difebo	Passenger	34	53	1993	Active
53	994263	Ocean Racer	Carolina Ocean Racers	Passenger	36	57	1993	Now Dolphin Express
54	1021897	Miss Belmar Princess	Atlantis Fishing Fleet	Passenger	97	84	1994	Now Ranger VI
55	1021001	Silver Bullet	Delta Lady, Inc.	Passenger	44	65	1994	Active
Built by Yank Marine
56	1100671	Royal Miss Belmar	Miss Belmar II Fishing	Passenger	96	89	2000	Now Islander
57	1109154	Royal Sunshine	Bill & Joe's Fishery	Fishing Vessel	92	80	2001	Later Royal Express III, now Crystal Coast Lady
58	1095070	Thunder Cat		Passenger	28	51	2000	Active
59	1107042	Prowler V	Charter Fishing Prowler	Passenger	68	65	2001	Active
61	1126269	Orlando Princess	Marine Mammal Tours Inc	Passenger	53	64	2001	Active
62	1125484	Mi-Jo II	Scardigno Charter Fishing	Passenger	51	65	2002	Active
63	1127482	Suzie Girl	Jim Hull Sportsfishing Inc	Passenger	60	65	2002	Active
64	1159884	Sandpiper	Falmouth Water Transport	Passenger	60	64	2004	Later Susan B. Anthony
65	1163486	Atlantis	Ardolino Family LP	Passenger	94	123	2004	Active
66	1132367	Swift Cat	Swift Cat Llc	Passenger	59	72	2003	Now Patriot II
67	1148289	Golden Sunshine	Bill & Joe's Fishery	Fishing Vessel	83	80	2003	Later Royal Express IV, now Catalina Duke
70	1139727	Sailors Choice	Carl M Earhart	Passenger	45	55	2003	Active
71	1142619	Bodacious	Tim Smith	Passenger	45	55	2003	Now Lois Ann
72	1147141	Interport Pilot	Interport Pilots Agency Inc	Pilot Boat	37	50	2003	Active
73	1154813	Fish Finder II	KJJ Inc	Passenger	8	38	2004	Active
75	1164830	Velocity	Stagnaro Trips & Cruises	Passenger	50	56	2004	Active
77	1195943	Golden Sunshine	Bill & Joe's Fishery	Charter Boat	76	91	2007	Now Vineyard Lady
			N.J. Dept of Enviro. Prot'n.	Buoy Tender		70	2007	Active
85	1211823	Sea Dragon	Ocean City Jet Boats	Replica	20	45	2008	Active
89	1254976	Canaveral Princess	Marine Mammal Tours	Tour Boat	92	75	2014	Active
90	1261858	Molly Pitcher	NY Waterway	Ferry	93	106	2015	Active
91	1266040	Betsy Ross	NY Waterway	Ferry	93	106	2016	Active
92	1302324	Franklin D Roosevelt	NY Waterway	Ferry	93	106	2020	Active
93			NY Waterway	Ferry	93	106		Building
94			NY Waterway	Ferry	93	106		Building
100	1284264	Orlando Princess	Marine Mammal Tours	Tour Boat	108	80	2018	Active
101			Barnegat Bay Dredge	Pushboat			2021	Building
Built by Ocean Rockets, Inc.
1	1031362	Ocean Racer	Ocean Adventures LLC	Passenger	47	65	1995	Laid up (Bahamas)
2	1041137	Seadog	Seadog Ventures Inc	Passenger	47	65	1996	Active
3	1054105	Cyclone	G-Roc Enterprises	Passenger	47	65	1997	Active
4	1052819	Seadog II	Seadog Ventures Inc	Passenger	47	65	1997	Active
5	1054595	Rudee Rocket	Rudee Vessel LLC	Passenger	47	65	1997	Active
6	1056642	Wild Goose	UFO Inc.	Passenger	47	65	1997	Active
7	1065327	Seadog III	Seadog Ventures Inc	Passenger	47	65	1998	Active
8	1065395	The Beast	Circle Line Cruises	Passenger	47	65	1998	Now Shark
9	1067221	O C Rocket	Ocean City Rockets	Passenger	33	55	1998	Active
Built by Sunsplash Marina, LLC
10	1138814	Joe's Boardwalk Beast	Summit Aircraft Svces.	Passenger	47	65	2003	Now Seadog VI
11	1147882	Screamer	Ontario Realty Inc.	Passenger	21	44	2003	Active
12	1189517	Honolulu Screamer	Honolulu Screamer Llc	Passenger	28	50	2006	Active
14	1202003	Codzilla	Nolan Associates	Passenger	54	65	2007	Active
15	1210706	Seadog V	Seadog Ventures Inc	Passenger	54	65	2008	Active
16	1210057	Bay Rocket	Blue & Gold Fleet Lp	Passenger	54	65	2008	Active
17	1210817	Boardwalk Beast	Summit Aircraft Services.	Passenger	47	65	2008	Active
18	1232436	Beast	Circle Line Sightseeing	Passenger	54	65	2011	Active
19	1246882	Patriot	Star & Crescent Boats	Passenger	54	65	2013	Active
20-1	1283218	Hurricane	Sea Racer Tours	Passenger	30	55	2018	Active
20-2	1285259	Sea Racer	Sea Racer Tours	Passenger	30	55	2018	Active

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