Eye candy for the Classic wooden boat enthusiast

Bob Reitmeyer

Bob Reitmeyer

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These boats were all custom built by my Great Grandfather Carl Adams from the early 1900's, thru Prohibition, WWI and until about 1970 first in Atlantic City NJ and later in Port Republic NJ. During WWII he built rescue boats for the Navy in Maryland. All were wood construction, one, the Nelly, was almost entirely of Mahogany. I love the history of the old boats which is why I feel it is so important for folks like Steven Sanford and Jode Hillman for finding and rescuing wooden boats. I hope you enjoy them as much as do!

Bob
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These are great. My maternal grandfather was a boater on lake Michigan, and my mother gave me some pictures of the 4 he owned. I am going to scan them and put them here, I think you'll enjoy the photos.
 
Good morning, Bob~


Eye candy, indeed! Great vessels all. I guess I'd have to pick Redhead, though. The plumb stem and the plumb windshield speak to me. (But someone else would have to maintain all that varnish....)


I know nothing about this old cabin boat - next to my Dad's GSB Scooter ( https://stevenjaysanford.com/great-south-bay-scooter/ ) - but the scene is the marina (we just called it "the docks") I first knew as a kid. The area was called Timber Grove (immediately adjacent to Timber Point Country Club) and close by what is now the Suffolk County Marine PD HQ. The dock master was Danny Verity - of the fabled family of Great South Bay baymen.



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I was born in 1953 and so grew up around wooden boats. When someone got a 'glass boat, it was a novelty and exciting. We - or at least I - had no idea we were witnessing the demise of a wonderful world.


All the best,


SJS

 
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