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Some more eye candy today . . . Portofino . . . Italian made?
Miss St. Lawrence is a beauty.
Is there an echo in the blog software maybe . . . ?
Elusive is a Hacker beauty based on a 1920s design, I believe.
Another Italian bella passes us, or maybe it’s the same one traveling at speeds not permitted in the lagoon.
Legend is a beauty. There’s a definite echo. Let me say “exquisite.”
To avoid the echo, I’ll call Rumrunner just plain elegant!
I hope you’ve had your fix of post-summer summer refined craft. All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Behold a 90-year-young boat!
Drool if you like. Click here for more info on the classic Elco cruisettes.
Click here for the specifics on KaRat!
Here’s another . . .
but
all I can say about Flox of Montreal is that she is la tres belle Flox of Montreal.
Ditto this beauty.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
This post follows on a similar one based on St. Clair River traffic . . here.
Would the captain below qualify as a “back seat” driver?
He with his attractive runabout was taking part in this event . . .
Wood like this truly makes attractive vessels.
Zipper is a beaut,
as is Glacier Girl. Look closely at her stern . . . I should have taken more pics after she passed.
G4 below is 1993 built Riot, a 25′ Clarion boat powered by a 585 hp Mercruiser.
She’s a beauty at speed or slower . . .
Pardon Me has the claim to being the world’s largest mahogany runabout, consuming 100 gallons/hour, and she’s spawned another . . .
Pardon Me Too is Hacker built, 1956.
that even golden retrievers approve of.
I’m redundant and say . . . no boats are prettier than wooden ones, whether they’re varnished like Karen Ann below or
painted….
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I took this foto in August 2010, here with my back to Anthony’s Nose. Any guesses about the vintage of this chubby people mover?
Here’s a foto I took yesterday in Greenport of
this Morehead, NC veteran of WW1!!!
At the same locstion, I took this foto. Anyone know what manufacturer this beauty is, frontal and
stern view.
And from inside the post-Sandy rebuilt Scrimshaw restaurant, I’d love to know what vessel
this figurehead once graced.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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