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PIER PRESSURE Yacht for Sale 94' Inace | 1990 | $499,000 Anacortes, WA
Motivated private seller. After 25 years of enjoying Pier Pressure, age and recent back surgery dictate that my boating days are coming to an end.
Seeking an appropriate buyer who can make use of a well-fitted adventure yacht on a commercial-grade hull.
I invite anyone with an interest to register with seller to keep advised of progress of sale.
Note: If I do not get a reasonable offer by Fall of 2026, I plan to offer an auction style sale, where the price declines $10,000 per week for the boat as is where is, so any inspections must be completed before locking in a contract. If you wish to be notified, please register with seller.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me: SamuelHWilson@yahoo.com
OVERVIEW:
94ft aluminum motor yacht with 3 ensuite staterooms.
Originally built as a crew boat servicing oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana, she was converted to a motor yacht in 1990 by Inace Shipbuilders of Brazil https://www.inace.com.br/en/ After decade of building ships for the Brazilian military, Inace expanded into pleasure yachts in the late 1980s. Their first three pleasure yachts were conversions of existing hulls. This boat was their third and final conversion before they moved to all-new construction. Their explorer yachts are well-recognized, in fact Billy Joel had a 95 footer named Audacious.
The original crew boat was 88ft. A swim platform was added in the late 1990s to add about 6 ft to her length. The documentation shows 88ft, so she’s “88ft” at the boatyard, but “94ft” at the yacht club!
The original boat was designed as a typical oil rig boat, with a flat open deck covering the aft half of the boat. If desired, this boat could easily be returned to original commercial pedigree, by removing the salon and flybridge decks, to provide approximately 30ft x 17ft of open deck to carry two 20ft shipping containers, etc. It used to look something like this:
https://share.google/xneyNBAYDELzvSNZSBut, I assume most people are interested in Pier Pressure as the delightful, sturdy, safe and comfortable motor yacht as she currently is fitted.
Walking onto the stern swim platform and up three steps, the aft cockpit area is covered, used as for alfresco dining and the main entry. The aft bulwark is open about 8ft wide, with the intention of carrying a 6x6 amphibious vehicle. There is a removable rail, of course, for safety. The davit (explained later) could easily lift 2000# onto this lower aft deck.
Moving forward, there are full walk-around passages on each side, leading to fore deck with a 5ft x 5ft three-person hot tub, the hydraulic anchor windlass, etc. (Before installing the hot tub, I stored two personal watercraft in this area, but I never used them. There remains the 4” heavy pipe stem for a davit, if one desired to return to such configuration. Dual access to the chain storage locker containing 300ft of all-chain rode.
Back to stern of the boat, the main entry to the salon is from the covered aft deck. The set of double-opening hurricane glass doors have: a combination lock, deadbolt and hurricane latches. Here one enters an entry area, about 5ft in length, with a day head situated to starboard.
Continuing forward, one small step up, the salon is roomy, currently fitted with a dual-recliner sofa and a separate recliner on the port side and wine rack, TV console and an additional side chair to starboard.
Further forward, another small step up, is the dining room with a 60” diameter inlaid round dining table with 4 chairs. (Additional chairs are stored in the old crew quarters.)
Forward of the dining room is the raised pilot house. There is a companion way to starboard with washer and vented dryer, leading to the 3 pilot house steps and furthermore, to the galley, old crew quarters and old captain’s quarters. To port of the raised pilothouse is the stairway down to the staterooms.
Forward of the raised pilot house is, first, the spacious galley. Refrigerator/Freezer with ice maker, induction 4-burner cooktop, electric oven, dishwasher, double stainless sink with drainboard and stone countertops all installed in 2023. Lots of cabinetry. Forward of the galley is cramped double-twin crew room that had a very small full bathroom (used for storage). Forward and below the galley (under the hot tub) is the old Captain’s quarters that also had private bathroom which all was removed when bow thruster was installed and now used for lots of storage (could easily be returned to a captain’s quarters).
The pilot house has a commanding view. All Furuno NavNet3D navigation system, as detailed below. Two equally-sized helm seats for extremely comfortable long-range trips.
Three more steps up from the pilot house to the expansive flybridge with covered and fully equipped helm station (including joystick controls and virtual/sky dynamic-positioning anchoring system) with bench for two on the port side and a companion seat on the starboard side. (Starboard-side controls were removed during recent paint, as they were deemed unnecessary, but still hidden below.) Aft of this covered navigation area is a huge open deck, the reason some of friends call my boat an aircraft carrier! I can carry my 16ft pontoon boat in this area, but currently it has two outdoor sofa/chair sets and a round dining table for 4.
More aft on the flybridge is the davit/crane/radar mast. 16ft high and equipped with a 3000lb winch, rotating 360 degrees and angled from horizontal to vertical, this mast holds the radar, all-around and anchor lights on top.
At the stern of the flybridge is a custom built 11ft aluminum tender with 20hp Mercury outboard.
Staterooms are below deck. The forward and aft staterooms are virtually identical in size and function, both having a queen bed, storage, and private bathrooms. In between, is a double-twin stateroom with storage and its own bathroom. Each stateroom has its own heat/A/C control.
The engine room is below the salon and accessed via the starboard exterior passageway (with an emergency escape hatch from the fuel room). There are two large removable hatches under the salon floor, used in 2008 when the engines were replaced. Full height, walk around engine room makes it easy to reach everything, this engine room is delightful place to work, and even air conditioned! Caterpillar C-9 engines installed in 2008 with 1750 hours on them. ZF transmissions with trolling feature. 3 generators: 30kw installed 2024 with 500 hrs and with a hydraulic pump, 15kw installed 2020 with 750 hrs, and 5kw “night generator” installed in 2000 but rarely used anymore with the advent of the whole-ship 20kw Victron inverter with 20kwhrs of battery storage. Oversized American Bow Thruster 370 stabilizers with “stabilization at rest” feature, providing stabilization even when the boat is not moving forward. Hydraulics: Stabilizers, 16” bow thruster and anchor windlass. Two hydraulic pumps: one on 30kw genset and another on port engine, so the stabilizers can be used underway without the 30kw genset running and also as a back-up, if the main pump on the 30kw genset ever failed.
Aft of the engine room, below the aft alfresco deck, is the fuel room with 5000 gallons of storage in four tanks: 400 gallon day tanks and 2100 main tanks. Filter system in line with transfer pump to ensure only clean fuel reaches the day tanks. (Never have had a problem with fuel filters clogging.) Twin large Racor filters on each engine, plus the engines have their own Cat fuel filters. Rudder gear is in this Fuel Room along with electrical shore power inlet (twin 50a/240v on each side, although I have never used more than one 50amp cord in the 25years I’ve owner the boat.)
Specifications:
Length: Registered as 88ft but also had permanent 6ft swim platform added, for 94ft overall.
Width: 21ft+/-
Draft: 5.3 - 6ft, depending on fuel load.
Air Draft: 23ft +/- with radar mast down and Flybridge bimini to in place. (I removed the bimin top to clear the 20ft bridge south of Chicago.)
Speed: Max about 12.5kn but normally cruise around 9kn.
Tankage: Diesel: 5000 gallons total. Range about 4000nm at 8kn.
Fresh Water: 1000 gallons, under aft stateroom
Grey Water: 400 gallons, under mid stateroom
Black Water: Two 400 gallons, under forward stateroom
Stability Study onboard.
Propulsion: Twin Caterpillar C-9 engines (566 Hp each) with ZF 305 transmissions, 3” s/s shafts and 36” props, all installed 2008. Electronic ZF engine controls, both traditional and joystick, in pilot house and flybridge (with a third set hidden away that was removed during recent paint).
Electrical: 100 amp, 120/240 single phase. Twin 50amp shore power cords on each side of the stern in rainproof cabinets.
Three generators: 30kw 500hrs, 15kw 750 hrs, and 5kw lots of hours.
Whole-ship system: two Victron 10kw inverters and 20kwhrs of Epoch batteries.
Anything and everything on the boat can run on the inverters, but probably not all the air conditioning at once!
Air Conditioning/Heating: Eight individual, self-contained marine air conditioners, totaling about 8 tons (96,000 Btu/hr), including the engine room. One central raw water pump.