Retired Fireboat for sale — "Guardian"

This page exists because every so often a piece of industrial history becomes available. Not as a museum artifact but as a living, working asset.

Meet the Guardian Fireboat, an iconic midcentury fireboat with real provenance, real capability, and real upside.

If you appreciate overbuilt machinery, public-facing history, as an asset that will turn heads (and spreadsheets), you're in the right place.

This isn't just a boat

Most boats are expenses. This one is a platform. A floating stage with

• instant visual authority
• institutional credibility
• multiple parallel revenue streams

It is the kind of asset that pays for itself if positioned correctly.

Current revenue streams

Fireworks platform operations. The Guardian Fireboat is used as a floating fireworks launch platform in partnership with Fireworks America, with bookings throughout the year.

• Purpose built stability and deck capacity.
• Proven operational safety record.
• Regular scheduled deployments.

This is not speculative, it is ongoing, contracted and repeatable. This revenue stream alone can justify ownership.

Corporate and institutional appearances. Corporate sponsors engage the vessel for its appearance, presence, and symbolic value on occasions when there is a large on-short audience. Notable engagements in the San Francisco Bay include

• San Francisco Fleet Week (air show plus waterfront programming)
• San Francisco Fleet Week Parade of Ships
• San Francisco Giants home games at McCovey Cove
• Opening Day on the Bay - Blessing of the Fleet and Decorated Boat Parade
• Rolex Big Boat Series
• Master Mariners Regatta
• numerous holiday lighted boat parades
• Fourth of July waterfront fireworks

Purpose.Fireworks platform operations

Purpose.Fireworks platform operations

Purpose.Fireworks platform operations

This vessel is operated with full awareness of Jones Act restrictions.

Talk about the mechanical systems — main engines, fire pumps, generators. What's been rebuilt, what's original, what the maintenance schedule looks like.

Final thoughts — why you're selling, what kind of buyer would be the right fit, any existing event contracts or relationships that could transfer.