He was 69 & died in July of '69...I'll have to look in other stuff to find the name.
He & his brother had party boats that they'd take folks into the gulf to fish...sometimes going all the way to Galveston, TX.
As far as I know (and was told by my Daddy), he built this at the shipyard in Newport, FL, which was on the east side of the bridge (the 1st...
This was the last boat he built & he passed away in 1969.
That's the bridge in Newport...98, in Florida. My Daddy said it was taken just as he'd left the shipyard. I'm still in the planning phase but I...
Daddy said is was a schooner & most all of Grandaddy's boats had a wheelhouse.
Thank you so much for your reply!! Those are his original drawings, sketches for the boat (those brown spots are from where he cut his hand & it...
I know these might be hard to see & I do apologize. The first one is of my Grandaddy's boat; the second one is the "supports" (I don't remember...
Hello...I want to try to build a model of the last boat my Grandaddy built & I have the plans he drew up. He and his brother had a fishing...