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HARBOR KING LEFT: The Harbor King was in
Built in 1958 by Colberg Boat Works, the steel-hulled Harbor their ships whenever possible. “Steel is incredibly durable,” many ways the “flagship” boat of
the Red and White Fleet for many
King was a part of the company almost continuously up until says Captain Alan Cull, who has been with the Fleet for over years, often chosen for special events
2014, when the larger-capacity Zalophus was introduced. The ten years. While modern boats are often manufactured with such as being custom-painted for
King was built nearly identically to the Queen and Princess, aluminum hulls, the Fleet’s older, steel-hulled boats actually the celebration of the United States’
but was never jumboized. While sixty years may seem like a last much longer than their newer counterparts. “Aluminum bicentennial in 1976 (top right).
long time to remain in operation, it is par for the course for is much lighter and easier to work with . . . but aluminum
the Fleet, which believes in repairing—rather than replacing— doesn’t last as long as steel,” adds Cull. OPPOSITE: The Harbor King
leads a procession of the Red and
White Fleet “royal family”: the
Harbor King, Harbor Queen, and
the Harbor Princess (the Harbor
Prince, later to be renamed the
Royal Prince, is not pictured). The
Harbor King was not included with
the Red and White Fleet when Tom
Escher acquired it in 1997, but he
purchased it soon afterward to reunite
the “royal family.”
HARBOR KING
Year Built: 1958
Built by: Colberg Boat Works
in Stockton, CA; designed by
Norgaard
Capacity: est. 250
Length: 62 feet
Engine/HP: c-18 Cat/800 hp
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