More Volty Pics---Classic "Woody Boats" in action

[12voltman59]

Today I covered an annual gathering of old time, classic wooden boats that takes place each summer on my lake----kinda damn strange for the weather--instead of being what it normally is for this event----hot and humid--it was cool and breezy---weather more like late September or early October---and not good weather for that time really---this may turn out to be one of those summers that wasn't--so much for global warming I guess!!

After the boats were on display most of the day---I had the chance to get underway in the boat first pictured---a reproduction of a Hacker Craft woodie--one of the great wooden boats that came from the Adirondacks of New York state---this one was built in the late 80s and is a totally modern boat in terms of its running gear and all--but it is still made of mahogany and with fittings and such true to the era of the boat it was meant to copy--but with one difference--a really kick ass engine---a 454 big block GM engine putting out about 350 bhp or so--she moved nice--and was nice and stable in the crappy wind driven sloppy chop created by brisk winds out of the top end of the compass!!

The rest of the photos are of some of the other boats that took part in the show:

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[Realist]

Those old boats are beautiful! Great photography, too!

I live on a lake and our neighbor used to have a glistening Cris-Craft. The decks were polished and the hull was a work of art. When he fired up that big old Grey Marine engine, everyone on the lake knew it! There's nothing built today that looks as good in the water.

Just like cars of days gone by, you could see one from a mile away and know exactly what it was! Who can tell what anything is, at a distance. today?

[FalconAngel]

Those are all Chris Craft inboards. My dad had one just like the one in the second pic when I was a kid.

Beautiful Those were made in the days when craftsmanship mattered as much as anything.

[sailin]

Thanks for the pictures. Love the woodies. I have been looking at plans online to build one myself. As a boater, lake rat and a carpenter I find the woodies fascinating

[Realist]

I noticed that the second boat has the steering wheel on the left, like a car...where it's more customary for boats to have the wheel on the right. I thought maybe the negative had been reversed, because of the reversed letters on the flag, but the license number's OK. I was just seeing the reverse of the flag.

[12voltman59]

The Dart has its steering wheel on the right--as does the Burnin' Wood--many of those old boats had the steering wheel on the right--Burnin' Wood's throttle is unique too----instead of being a lever--it is like that of an old airplane----it is a knob that you twist to increase or decrease engine speed.

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[curious married m]

Volty,
That last pic has the wheel on the left. Not sure which boat it is. But I am not a very nautical person , but I believe traditionally, boats have the steering wheel on the right as it is customary to pass right side to right side as the Lights on the bow indicate. Green lights pass right to right.:2cents:
CMM

[Realist]

I do know one thing, they didn't have 454 Chevy engines in 'em, back then! However, I'll bet that sucker will fly!

My ex's cousin had a '58 Chris Craft 30 footer on the Ohio River. It had two 283 Chevy engines in it...one turned CCW and the other one turned CW, if you knew what you were doing, you could make it crab up to the dock, sideways.
It was slick, but it required a lot of work to keep it that way.