Why wood? It’s been awhile since I asked that . . . I suppose I should ask why so many wooden runabouts and cruisers suddenly swarmed in the St. Clair, but it was enjoyable. But here is the event, and if you want to get into a wooden boat, as maybe I do, here’s a ticket.
Jeffery Dave is a Higgins . . . maybe early 1960s?
Miss Minneapolis IV.
Bette Noir heads into the Black River…
Names as I can read them . . . Tiger Lily,
Cracker Jack and Cracker Jack (?),
just a beautiful classic,
and Nigel’s Launch. Can anyone identify the manufacturer?
Don’t tell Nigel . . .
Let’s end it here with a SeaSkiff named The Old Lady.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who would be happy to attend this boat show.
Lots more of everything to come . . .
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September 20, 2018 at 11:19 am
Daniel James Meeter
Ik hou van houten boten.
September 20, 2018 at 11:21 am
Anonymous
and Nigel’s Launch. Can anyone identify the manufacturer?…Its a Matthews Sedan…Built in Port Clinton Ohio
September 20, 2018 at 12:19 pm
Lee Rust
Nigel’s Launch looks like a Marblehead, a line of custom wooden boats built in Biddeford, Maine throughout the 1950’s. The “M” on the pennant is a telling clue, but that one definitely has the sleek lobster boat look that was so characteristic of their designs.
When I was a very little kid, my family vacationed every year on the coast of southern Maine and my Dad wanted one of those boats in the worst way. He even went so far as to request a demonstration cruise, so sometime in the summer of 1956 we all drove over to the boatyard to take a short ride down the Saco River in a Marblehead yacht. Even after 60+ years, it’s a distinct memory. I recall that these boats were built largely of mahogany.
September 21, 2018 at 9:43 am
mageb
…and varnish. Beautiful varnish.
September 21, 2018 at 9:50 am
David Howard
Beautiful boats!