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I know I have to many projects but I couldn’t let this one go. It is a 1938 Perrine Sailing Sneakbox the boat is 15ft long and 6ft wide. Should be an easy project except the rotted center board. But I will be removing that and making this into a full Gunning box. Last picture is a 1940s add for...

I love finding old sneakbox sails this is over 100 years old all hand sewn canvas “Army Duck” it is a winter sprit rig. To tell if it’s a winter sail rig the mast, boom and sprit will be smaller this rig here is a 6ft mast and 6ft boom and at one time a 8ft sprit pole and 50sqft of sail. While...

My 1970 Al Tonnesen Sailing and Gunning sneakbox. Al was the last old time barnegat baymen he learned to build sneakboxs from Rube Corliss and you can see Rubes influence in Al’s boats. They are great open water sneakbox built for diver gunning. It 12ft 4in long and 58 inches wide and strong...

“Doc & The Rube- Perfect Together” By Bob Keeney Jr This Sneakbox is one of the most significant sneakboxs of Barnegat bay gunning history it was built by “Uncle” Rube Corlies of Manahawkin and was ordered and built for Roger “Doc” Cramer of Manahawkin at the end of the 1934 gunning season...

CaptBobKeeney submitted a new resource: 1974 Carl Adams Gunning Garvey - Carl Adams 10ft gunning Garvey Read more about this resource...

CaptBobKeeney submitted a new resource: 1918/1974 20ft Perrine inboard Sneakbox - Inboard sneakbox Read more about this resource...

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...

Here is another pond box from my collection of South Jersey gunning boats. This is a 1950 Cape May County Ditch/ Pond box. It is 7ft 6” long & 35 inches wide. It is made out of 1/2 inch cedar sides and transom and 1/8 cedar bottom planks and 1/4 deck planks. What makes it a Cape may county box...

This is one of my favorite pond box’s it is a 1960 Van Sant out of Atlantic City NJ. Van Sant was known for their beautiful feather edge sneakboxs but built pond box’s as well. This one is 8ft long 44 inches wide the sides and transom are 5/8 cedar and the topside and hull are 1/4 in marine...

Hello Group just wanted to introduce myself my names Bob Keeney and I am a New Jersey waterfowl historian and sneakbox builder/restoration & show one of the 14 historical gunning box’s that I use. This is a 1955 Harland Price of Parkertown NJ Inboard/Sailing Sneakbox. Harland Built 7 of these...