Uniflite Custom Patrol Vessel
Length · 26’0″
Year · 1980
Construction · GRP
Underwater profile · Planing
Sleeping berths · 1
Engine · 2 x gasoline 260hp, MerCruiser 305 — carbureted not MPI (1980)
Lying · Seattle, WA USA — Shown by Appointment
Uniflite Custom Patrol Vessel
Rare and Special Vessel
For Sale by Waterline Boats / Boatshed Seattle
https://waterlineboats.com/
https://seattle.boatshed.com/
Broker’s Comments:
This is certainly a rare and special boat. Built by Uniflite from the drawings for a Navy Personnel Boat it was built as a custom order for a Sheriff’s Department River Patrol Boat. Heavily constructed, the boat resembles a tow boat and in fact has a robust bollard system used for just that. Today it still resembles the patrol boat it used to be.
While it no longer displays its sheriff’s badge it does still sport a blue light above the companionway door, a siren on the cabin top and has an appearance that causes anglers to check their fishing gear when this boat cruises by.
It has rebuilt engines and the seller reports that the boat is mechanically sound. The boat is painted but could benefit from a new paint job and some general restoration.
The boat, named CHIEF CASSINO after the legendary leader of the Multnomah tribes of the Wapato Valley at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition was purchased as one of three river patrol boats from Uniflite. This boat has a large number 3 painted on the cabin door, sides and roof.
Documents aboard appear to indicate the boat was de-commissioned from the sheriff’s department on or around May of 2006. It was acquired by the Bellingham International Maritime Museum, but financial concerns eventually motivated the museum to sell it to a private party in 2014.