The Regina is a 43.5’ refrigerated troller (heavily-built cedar over oak), built by Earl Heltsley at Tacoma Boat in 1944, and currently docked in Morro Bay, California. Photo was taken July 2009 at Gravelle’s Boatyard in Moss Landing.

California salmon permit Detroit 471 engine (valve job, new injectors, etc. 2006) 3-1 Capitol hydraulic gearbox (spare also available) 150-amp alternator 950-gallon fuel capacity (engine room tanks replaced around 1990; stern tanks replaced and ribs underneath sistered 1998) Split 24/12 gallon Grecian hydraulics All aluminum & stainless rigging (Jerry Risley Fabrication, Atascadero) Stainless anchor winch with 50+ fathoms anchor gear Stainless shafts and rudder (new 1999) Stainless exhaust cowling (new 2007) Lifting boom with hydraulic winch (new 2007) 32-28 four-blade Federal prop Walters keel cooler crab pump and hydraulic engine room pump Comnav 1001 autopilot and Marol hydraulic steering, with two stations and dodger (new 2005) Furuno 36-mile radar (new 2007) Furuno color meter Furuno GPS

Sea temperature gauge Thrane & Thrane VMS (new 2008) Yaesu single-sideband with automatic tuner Shakespeare “Big Stick” VHF antenna EPIRB (new hydrostatic release, 2009) USCG-approved life raft (repacked 2008) Current USCG-required flares (0-50 miles) Watch alarm Halon fire system in engine room Hart Interface inverter 5F20 Carrier compressor (R-22) with Vickers hydraulic motor and coil refrigeration in hold; with included brine tank, consistently achieves required albacore core temperature (7+ ton hold) Aluminum RSW salmon tank, holds over 3,500 pounds Kolstrand four-spool salmon gurdies, stainless hayrack, stainless lead holders On-deck bait freezer Galley “up” – propane stove/oven, 110-volt refrigerator, sink with filtered fresh water Vee-berth in foc’s’le

Contact Tom Stickel at (805) 801-2664 or Barbara Stickel at (805) 801-2663 for more information.

Regina’s Story:  The Queen of Morro Bay