Ok I don't own it

I really like the greeenhouse effect. If I were still chasin', this would be the tool of choice.

 

I must agree.

 

It's gorgeous.

Not my thing, but gorgeous none the less!

 

now tell me its not your thing Cthippo

 

It's really not. If I had such a boat it would sit at the dock (or more likely on its trailer) and not get used. No question they're beautiful, but the question remains...

What the hell would I do with it if I had one?

I wouldn't dare run it up on a beach, you can't sleep on it or haul anything with it, and it's too small for me to comfortable take out to the islands.

 

cthippo
You could haul a couple of girls in bikinis ... either in the boat or behind on a ski....

 

"What the hell would I do with it if I had one?"

...well i have a very good suggestion, something that will make you proud every day, and you will feel warm and fuzzy knowing that it has gone to a good home....give it to me.

 

some of them are not that small

Minett Mahogany motor launch, 35', 1929, reproduction (1989), powered by a Chrysler, 440 c.i. V8. 7 ' beam. Top speed 50 m.p.h. All fittings handcrafted stainless steel. A magnificent vessel. $300,000.



I've got prints for something real similar in both a 29',36', and 40' configuration
I'm thinking I'd like to build the 29 or the 36 cause both have a beem of less than 8' and will go down the road behind my truck without to much trouble.

Its just a mater of altering the sheer line and adding a lightweight canopy and I'd by off day tripping my way up the inside passage. Granted I'd be going at hull speed so as not to miss any of the sites. Course there's notoriously a lot of junk in the water up there so slower is better anyway.

Something tells me you'd find a use for it

cheers
B

 

I've always wondered why they built them the way they did with the two or three separate cockpits. I'm guessing it wasn't so you could make out in the back seat.

 

I think they were originally designed to simply run someone out to there yacht and not actually as pleasure boats. Eventually they raced them but in the beginning they were actually work boats in some sense of the term.

cheers
B

 

I think they were very popular as rumrunners during Prohibiton Days.

"Given the short distance across the river it was commonplace to see Canadians rowing to the American shores and back several times a day. By the following week you would see the same people with a brand new outboard motor on their boats and after several more weeks, you would see them in brand new mahogany runabouts that cost in excess of two years annual income for the average wage earner."

from:
http://www.lavidaocean.com/the-rum-runners/

 

They were a physical requirement in the early days of power craft, as a 20 HP engine might weight 1,500 pounds and this couldn't live in an open skiff, without the sides wanting to curl inboard and collapse on itself from the weight. The athwart stiffness need, lead to forward and aft crew compartments.

Later, as the gas power plants took over and became more refined and reliable, commuters where developed and the folks that could afford a commute to work on a boat, didn't necessarily want to talk with the lowly 'ol skipper, so double and triple cockpits were drawn up. The automotive examples of the same era had similar arrangements, separating the "help" from the "principles".

Material and power plant advances in the 20's and 30's relieved much of the need for divided up interiors, but the styling stayed in fashion, though with more frequency open cockpit skiffs, utilities and small cuddy cruisers with open cockpits were becoming much more popular. The continued advancement accelerated considerably during WW II and a huge market shift occur ed after the war.

Previously, the upper middle class might have considered a small day boat, but after the war, again with the advent of materials and substantial power plant weight reductions, larger more accommodating "cabin cruisers" where being developed and much cheaper. The utility skiffs, launches and cabin cruisers of the late 40's and onward, no longer needed the athwart stiffness of a mid deck and the whole boat could be made open, maybe with a small fore deck and a fairly light weight, high output engine amidships, dragging a shaft and gear. This became the standard for a few decades, until outboards shook off their ill reputation in the late 60's. You must remember at this time owning an outboard meant you were "out, aboard" your boat, trying to start the damn thing. This took quite a while to shake out in the market, though old timers today still carry a little kicker on the transom "just in case", which was often in the late 40's through the 60's.

 

A truly classic, beautiful boat. Very nice!

 

i took this picture from the member named 8 knots.
that will be a good start for you boston.

 

looks big
but I like it

I have another hoop to jump through before the city will give me the bus license I'm after but once I've got that under control and a few jobs under my belt I think its high time I start something trailer able behind my truck. Like that 29' I mentioned earlier or maybe the 35 as long as the beam is under 8 ish I'm good to go.