1947 Sam Grant Sneakbox

CaptBobKeeney

CaptBobKeeney

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Just picked this beautiful sneakbox up for minor repair this is a 1947 Sam Grant of Forked River it was built for Bob Conti of Conti Causeway Ford of Manahawkin. Bob used it at his Gunning club he belonged to Marshelder Gunning Club. This sneakbox is built for rough water for open bay it is 12ft 4in long, 4ft 8 inches wide and with a 16 inch cockpit depth. The boat is built of white cedar and oak ribs and has a full harping.
To say I have a sneakbox problem is a understatement with this sneakbox it is the 30th sneakbox I have saved for my collection or sell to keep them alive
 

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To say I have a sneakbox problem is a understatement

I remember, I'm not sure who it was, but some kind of rock star way back when being asked if he had a drinking problem. The reply was, "I drink, get drunk, fall down, no problem". You have a good problem. Nice looking boat.
 
Keep saving them and posting photographs. I enjoy the details of how builders approached problems differently. I think that is first time I have seen decoy racks used to hold up the oar locks.

Since most maritime museums don't collect or consider working craft it is great that someone is doing it.

Rick Lathrop
 
Capt Rich Geminski said:
Sweet boat, wish more museums would display boats and how they were used...
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When John Brady was head of Independence Seaport in Philadelphia he concentrated on workboats. After he left the museum, Independence Seaport disposed of all the small craft in their collection. Chesapeake Maritime Museum has a few boats but they are not part of any display. The Ward Museum used to have a sneakbox when you entered the museum but the Ward shut down at the current location. I think the decoy museum at Havre De Grace had one on display. Tuckerton does.

Rick
 
Richard Lathrop said:
When John Brady was head of Independence Seaport in Philadelphia he concentrated on workboats. After he left the museum, Independence Seaport disposed of all the small craft in their collection. Chesapeake Maritime Museum has a few boats but they are not part of any display. The Ward Museum used to have a sneakbox when you entered the museum but the Ward shut down at the current location. I think the decoy museum at Havre De Grace had one on display. Tuckerton does.

Rick
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Rick~

What sad news! I have yet to get to the Seaport in Philadelphia (I've been to the others you mentioned) - but it was their gunning boats that drew me. As with the Ward Museum, I never thought I'd live long enough to learn that museums are no longer "forever" places.

Years ago The Museums at Stony Brook (on Long Island) decided to sever the connection between its outstanding decoy collection (most shorebirds of any collection) and the world of hunting. I have wondered about the professional ethics of such museum leadership - and their tenuous commitment/obligation to history, facts and education. Of course, we now live in a world where "curate" means just picking anything off the interwebs then offering it for sale.... Education? experience? expertise ?...no longer needed!

Nevertheless - all the best!

SJS
 
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