goldendesign Posted November 12, 2013 Share #1 Posted November 12, 2013 Pictures of the boats I had during my childhood and early adulthood. Growing up in Michigan on lake St. Clair I had an obsessively detailed father who would buy old wooden boats in the fall and we would spend all winter in the dry dock, sanding, cleaning, staining, varnishing, and polishing until it won shows in the spring. We would use it for a season or two then sell it to buy another project. I was using google to search out images that best match my childhood. I need to grab the ole tub of photos at my folks next time I am up there and find the originals. First we named "Falling Star" 1955 (pictured is a 51) Christ Craft Super Deluxe. 28' of smooth splendor on the water. Next was a 1961 Crist Craft Sea Skiff 21' of fun run about had an old ford V6 that we could never get to run right with the stock carb. Named "Stelle" The final of the woodies we did was the doozy. Took two dry dock seasons to make it shine but we won several woody boat shows in the late nineties with her. We called "Helio Centric" A 1956 37' Christ Craft Commander I would even say ours was prettier than this. The bullnose in ours had polished stainless recessed "headlamps" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted November 12, 2013 My first project boat I bought myself was a 1969 Silverline Aqua Deville Much like this one but I still had the original caddy steering wheel and the original inline 6 thunderbolt ignition Mercury 100hp outboard Love at first sight for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted November 12, 2013 Probably the happiest time in my life was winters at Don Ault Boatworks on the Clinton river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted November 12, 2013 Share #4 Posted November 12, 2013 I'm not a boat person, but that last one is really pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted November 12, 2013 Share #5 Posted November 12, 2013 I love old wooden boats, but I never want to own one. Got a friend that has one of these. He spends more time working on it and cleaning it then he does running it. Just way to high maintance for me at this time. So I'll stick with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted November 12, 2013 Share #6 Posted November 12, 2013 We had an older ski Centurian. We used to fill the fat sacks and ride. it was a spendy hobby. Even more than bking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted November 12, 2013 Share #7 Posted November 12, 2013 That Chris Craft is pretty! That would almost make me want to have a boat, if I thought it would be useful in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted November 12, 2013 Share #8 Posted November 12, 2013 my kind of boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted November 12, 2013 Share #9 Posted November 12, 2013 I just watched a video about StanCraft boats. Still building wooden boats with a modern twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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