1918/1976 Perrine Inboard Sneakbox

[CaptBobKeeney]

My 1918/1974 20ft perrine inboard sneakbox originally owned by Bonnet Gunning Club in Manahawkin NJ, then given to long time guide Lop Ridgway who used it until he stopped guiding gunning in 1970 at the age of 80. Lop then gifted it to Wally Chapman of Causeway Marina in Manahawkin were Lop kept the box. Wally made a full fiberglass hull off of the original sneakbox and finished the boat in 1976 and gunning it for two years. Wally gifted me the box in 2022 and is in line for a full restoration. The boat is 20ft long and 7ft wide she is a tunnel drive inboard with a keel cooler and dry exhaust. These boats were popular with local gunning clubs in Barnegat and Tuckerton Bay and in the 1940s the US Coast Guard Station 119 out of Tuckerton had a 24ft sneakbox. Pictures are of present day she needs a new floor, motor, transmission, and glass work to fix and replace the existing decoy racks. Other pictures are of the boat throughout the years dating back to 1938

 

[jode hillman]

That's a good one Bob. So the keel cooler acted as the radiator for the inboard ?

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

That's a good one Bob. So the keel cooler acted as the radiator for the inboard ?

Hey Jode, yes the keel cooler pumps the antifreeze from the motor through the cooler underwater which then goes back into the motor to cool it. So as long as their is water at the keel the motor will never over heat

 

[Geoff Pike]

I'm assuming the large pipe coming out of the motor cover is for the drive? Is it a transmission with forward and reverse? Or engage/disengage? I would love to see more pictures when the motor cover is off.

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

I'm assuming the large pipe coming out of the motor cover is for the drive? Is it a transmission with forward and reverse? Or engage/disengage? I would love to see more pictures when the motor cover is off.

Geoff, The pipe is connected to the transmission for forward neutral and reverse

 

[Geoff Pike]

Got it! Thank you,

 

[greg setter]

So Bob, this was the gunning club that was on Cedar Bonnet?

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

So Bob, this was the gunning club that was on Cedar Bonnet?

Yes the original club was there up until the 1970. The location now is the bonnet island estate wedding venue