Very interesting and what a find! I would have never even suspected it was still around. It's gorgeous inside. The gentleman takes excellent care of it.
The old wooden boats... 'Nothing like 'em! Owens, Matthews, Egg harbor, Chris-Craft... I was dinky 1959 17ft Thompson runabout growing up among all these beautiful giants. I actually KNEW a guy who owned an old Wheeler; WAY older than the Minnow. They weren't very common. I also occasionally saw Guy Lombardo screaming across the bay on Long Island in his "Tempo II..." I believe it was a Chris-Craft... All varnished, stem to stern... Boats were ART back then... Kids these days... They have no idea...
In a slightly related story I found Roy Rogers Trigger along with Bullet the Dog in the lobby of the John Wayne Museum in the Fort Worth Stockyards which was where it landed after 2 museums closed and then RFD TV had them for a while.
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Very interesting and what a find!
I would have never even suspected it was still around.
It's gorgeous inside. The gentleman takes excellent care of it.
I see where Dawn Wells went for a ride on it many years after the show -- still as cute as ever.
I never understood why they had so much luggage with them for a 3 hour tour, but okay.
The old wooden boats... 'Nothing like 'em! Owens, Matthews, Egg harbor, Chris-Craft... I was dinky 1959 17ft Thompson runabout growing up among all these beautiful giants. I actually KNEW a guy who owned an old Wheeler; WAY older than the Minnow. They weren't very common. I also occasionally saw Guy Lombardo screaming across the bay on Long Island in his "Tempo II..." I believe it was a Chris-Craft... All varnished, stem to stern... Boats were ART back then... Kids these days... They have no idea...
Beautiful and VERY well cared for!
Epically cool!
I don't know much about boats, but I recognize craftsmanship and well-cared-for machines when I see 'em.
In a slightly related story I found Roy Rogers Trigger along with Bullet the Dog in the lobby of the John Wayne Museum in the Fort Worth Stockyards which was where it landed after 2 museums closed and then RFD TV had them for a while.
Wheeler also built Ernest Hemingway’s 38-foot fishing boat “Pilar” in the 1930’s. True craftsmanship.
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