Classic Wooden Boat- Row Boat- Rowing Skiff- Antique Outboard -Antique Boat

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AFTER LONG THOUGHT I HAVE TO LET A FEW THINGS GO FROM MY COLLERCTION.. YEARS OF RENTING STORAGE UNITS TO HOUSE VINTAGE CARS AND BOATS AT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER UNIT EVERY YEAR, DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENCE EVENTUALLY. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOAT FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT I HAVE INTO IT.
CIRCA 1930'S - CEDAR LAPSTRAKE COPPER RIVITED KLINKER BUILT ROW BOAT/ROWING SKIFF..I PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL BOAT FROM A ELDERLY GENTLEMAN, IN HIS 80'S- LIVINGIN PAPASKI NEW YORK YEARS AGO. IT WAS HIS FATHER INLAWS AND SAID HAS BEEN HANGING IN THE BARN ON THE PROPERTY FOR OVER65 YEARS..HE STATED THAT HE NEVER SAW THE BOAT COME OUT OF THE BARN THE ENTIRE TIME..THIS IS WHY IS STILL IN CONDITION..THE BOAT IS 15 FOOT IN LENGTH WITH A NARROW BEAN AND A CANVAS COVERED FORE DECK... I SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS RUBBING THE ORIGINAL FINISH OFF OF THE CEDAR HULL WITH DENATURED ACOHOL, NEVER APPLYING A SCRAPER OF PIECE OF SANDPAPER TO THE WOOD..AFTER I STRIPPED THE OLD FINISH I APPLIED 10 COATS OF VARNISH TO HULL AND TOP TWO PLANKS INSIDE OF BOAT, JUST AS IT WAS DONE PRIOR. BOTTOM PAINT WAS LIGHTLY SANDED AND PAINTED THE SAME GREY COLOR...THIS BOAT IS IN AMAZING CONDITION AND OTHER THAN THE AFT SEAT MISSING, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ORIGINAL TO THE BOAT..I HAVE RUN USED THIS BOAT AT SEVERAL ANTIQUE OUTBOARD MEETS AND HAVE RUN SOME OF MY EARLIEST MOTORS ON THE TRANSOM... THE GENTLEMAN THOUGHT IT MAY BE A HENDERSON BAY SKIFF BUT COULDN'T BE 100% SURE AND ALSO ITS AGE, BOAT COULD POSSIBLE BE EVEN EARLIER THAN THE 1930SINCLUDE WITH THE BOAT IS A BRAND NEW TRAILER, SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WITH BOAT.... at a cost of $1200.00
THIS IS A WONDERFUL ANTIQUE BOAT AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION
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I HAVE ADDED A FEW MORE PICTURES BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS AND INTEREST...THE VERY LAST PHOTO IS THE BOAT WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN NEW YOUR PRIOR TO ANY COSMETIC WORK DONETHE SECOND TO LAST PICTURE SHOWS THE BOAT UPSIDE DOWN AND YOU WILL NOTICE AT THIS POINT I HAVE STARTED TO REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FINISH- WITH AS I STATED DENATURED ALCHOL ONLY, NO SANDING OR SCRAPINGTHE THIRD TO LAST PICTURE SHOWS THE BOAT IN MAYS LANDING NJ AT ONE OF THE LOCAL MEETS WITH A 1915 LOCKWOOD ASH ROWBOAT MOTOR ON TRANSOMAND ALSO TO ANSWER A QUESTION I BELIEVE THE BOAT IS NORTHERN CEDAR, WHICH HAS SOME SIMILARITIES TO SPRUCE AND IS POSSIBLY BUT DUE TO THE COLOR AND HOW LIGHT THE BOAT WEIGHS, I'M STICKING WITH CEDAR