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Steve, Al learned to build by Rube Corlies and in the picture that was built by Al himself I attached a Rube Corlies oarlock for a better photo for you to save it is made with oak with bronze dowels and a counter sunk bolt through the middle so it doesn’t split in a hard row

Had this topic when i was talking to a good friend the last true baymen of Barnegat Bay Al Tonnesen in 2021. Al Started gunning with his dad and uncle at 10 years old at his uncle shack on dinner point then took his first guiding job at 14 years old for Happy Days Gunning Club. That started a 77...

Thanks im glad i have it too its a beautiful box!

Thank you it should be a easy restoration!

Yea people were alot smaller back then ha!

Just picked up this beautiful Van Sant sneakbox. From looking it up and down im figuring it is a 1940s. This box was found on the meadows in Atlantic City area and brought to Grants boatworks Forked River was fiberglassed and repaired. In 1974 and was Bought by Dan Britton in 1975 who gunned it...

If you send a few pictures of the boat i can tell you the builder and if there is a serial number for the boat