When Sea Coast towed a barge through the boro the other day, Tony A snapped the next two photos and shared them with me. And I’m very grateful he did.
You recognize the cargo on this deck barge? That’s Kings Point in the background.
And from Norman Brouwer, here are some closer up shots he took in New London CT.
The boat dates from 1925, it’s on its way to French & Webb to be restored, and . . .
. . . see the real seal . . . that used to be the presidential yacht. There’s some interesting info about the boat in the link in the previous sentence. It was the “floating White House” of a simpler time, and even POTUS 39 regrets having sold it out of the government as an attempt to downsize US executive regality.
Many thanks to Tony and Norman for use of their photos.
For some other Mathis-built boats previously appearing on this blog, click here.
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October 19, 2019 at 7:38 pm
Jim Gallant
SEQUOIA!!!!! This makes my weekend!!!
Over the past few years my anxiety had grown into a state of ever increasing foreboding whenever I came across the occasional new internet page detailing her ongoing deterioration as she languished on the hard, mostly exposed to the elements, while her ultimate fate was trapped in a perpetual conundrum of legal limbo. Finally…..SEQUOIA LIVES!!!!
It’s almost enough to allow me to forgive that former Governor of Georgia for striking her from the rolls of Presidential Service…..(almost……) 🙂
Here’s to the “Second Life” of the SEQUOIA!