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Your welcome the chapelle Garvey are similar to the original sailing garveys!

Mark built 3 of them and he built them just off of knowledge of boat building and the garvey style. The Swain point sailing garvey your speaking of is off of the original 1712 Garvey design by Garvis Pharo of West Creek NJ which is mix of a english punt and the Lenni Lenape dug out scow.

Rick if i had the extra money at the moment i would but here here are some photos of the Mark Ford it is a 10ft gunning/sailing garvey built of Jersey cedar hull and sides and plywood deck

Yes it is!

Rm Anderson if you would like i can email you the History of the barnegat bay sneakbox that i wrote for Stockton university i would just need your email.

Jode, the two Van Sants the 1934 was my great grandfather that he bought new directly from George Van Sants Boat yard in Atlantic City. The 1946 one i bought from Bill Simonson who was the second owner of the boat and he said that was the year it was built. The third is a just a 1960 Van Sant...

I would have to say there are a few people that can build a sneakbox for a gunner. But professional sneakbox builders that build a all cedar sneakbox Bob Fricke Sr was the last builder in the south jersey area. Dave clack still builds them out of fiberglass in Road Island. I believe there are...

Just looking through notes ive made a list of all the sneakboxs i own or owned and posting the list and if anyone wants to see photos of them or discuss them i would love to talk about the different types. Sneakboxs ive owned and or still own Star indicates still owned in my collection...

Rich i wish i had the extra cash id buy it i have room to save and preserve it

The original owner bought it to preserve the history of a all original sam hunt sneakbox unfortunately passed away a few years back then family sold it to the second owner who i know well and he sold it to the gentleman that is selling it now.

Rich this is all original Sam Hunt i personally know this boat and have seen it. its never been glassed or in the water the only thing that has been done to it is a fresh coat of paint it is a amazing sneakbox !

Rick, In the barnegat bay area i would say the outboard became prevalent after ww2 but most sneakbox builders built for sailing but most never sailed them most rowed them and towed them. They would use the centerboard trunk with at larger dagger board to stick in the mud to hold boat steady...