Nice Capri! I have a buddy that has one of those. I haven't been to the Hessel show in years either. I don't have a clue what it's like now. Wood boats seem to be losing steam with the younger crowd.
Actually a 1951 16' Riviera, they didn't make too many of these litttle ones. Unfortunately I think you are right about the younger crowd. This is what it looked like when I got it, and the wife and I out on Lake Geneva, very early 2000s.
Yeah, it seems the youngsters appreciate the wood boats and think they're cool, but they're smart enough not to buy one. The amount of work is pretty insane. As you all well know...
Damn this thread has made me late for the fire meeting! I don't have any photos to share now but can relate some stories. My grand parents always had boats on the Coosa river & up at Guntersville Alabama. When I came along they had a black & white Colonial w/ a Hercules engine, an icebox, an alcohol stove and a built in 78 rpm record player! Later when grand daddy got bucks up he traded up to a 53' teak & mahogany Chris Craft. Two 430 Lincoln engines. I remember my aunt almost having a stroke when it took $70 worth of gasoline to fill it up in 1963! Boat was docked at Go Day Marina across the river to the north on Guntersville Lake. Several of the retired boat owners & us would take these boats up river in the summer, go thru the locks & wind up at a place called Loret Villa above Chattanooga TN where we would dock for a few days then start home. The restaurant had a dance floor they would have live bands in there! And up & down the river were places to dock & eat Bar B Q & Shoot Firecrackers & had live bands & dance fllors! Was a different world back then before everthing got *&^$@!# up, it's hard to explain to the younger generation if you didn't live it & those old boats were a BIG part of my life back then. I have a big box that my grand parents left me & back then they put all their photos on Slides. Let me see if I can get some digitized, yall would get a kick outta the trip back in time we could take!
I'd be tempted to leave it. You can flatten it out some but you'll never buff that gloss back into it.
Any Chris Craft guys on here? I found these today and they are marked with a metal plate #2531. I was wondering if anyone knew which Chris Craft boat they might of been on and year. They are really well chromed over either brass or bronze, heavy too. Almost 6” tall. Thanks
They're deck vents, likely off something big... Could probably be a few different models. Like a Connie, cavalier, sea skiff, etc. I'd say they're the older side of things... I'd guess prewar? That's all guessing tho.... Educated guessing.
Thanks, I’ve been searching and found some for sale but no info. Always loved those old wooden boats and was just curious when they were made. We saw a bunch of them on the St Lawrence when we were there on vacation. I sent a few emails out to museums and boat clubs.
Here's some (very similar anyway) on a 1940 cruiser. I saw some as well on a 1947 express cruiser, but I'd imagine post-war they were running through old parts still and using whatever was laying around when they could. My first cc I ever owned was titled a 1958, but research showed it was actually built in 1954, and just hung around the factory, and they didn't title it till 58. Strange things were happening in boat manufacturing back then, lol, and every boat was a little bit different.
I think you nailed it. Very cool, I looked for quite a while with no success. It’s always nice to know what you have. Thanks
No not yet There were lots of builders apparently and I can't find anything on the boat here is an old add but it is probably not that brand
Cool boat and yeah we used Epifanes on a few boats and had some delaminating issues as we sand in between coats. We do wait for it to cure as recommended by them in the instructions as well as the rep. I recommend awlwood varnish with a roll and tip method of application. Follow the instructions per your weather and humidity conditions for sanding and we sand 800, 1500,2500,5000 and buff using 3m three stage compounds and applicators pads. Our mahogany boats we built using the awlwood roll and tip method
Had hot rods all my life, but have always loved this boat. Has Chrysler hemi and wood looks to be “full of holes” in the wooden boat—no identification?? Any guesses to brand and year??
Those little hydros are cool! Kind of like the Jersey skiffs, or the offshore boats, fun to watch, but, for guys that like to pee blood!
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