OldDan1943
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- American Tug 34 #116 2008
True.
Then, you take her home. LOL
True.
ALL boats rot. Any implication that a Tolly is better built than this gorgeous Monk, built in 1942 and still proudly afloat, is naive.
9200 posts on TF and still thin-skinned?
Nomad Willy There’s a wide range of quality in old wood boats. Materials like white oak frames and yellow cedar double planked well bedded and fastened w monel screws by one of the highly acclaimed builders like Jenson or Vic Frank will rival the durability of a FG boat. Perhaps well exceed the average glass boat. Hull stripping and replacing a balsa cored decks or cabins is almost common but unheard of for wood boats. .[/QUOTE said:I ran into Jensen at the Fisheries swap meet last week, they brought a few sample items but said they were getting rid of everything, had lots of wood to sell. They probably took my reactions the wrong way, cause I suddenly had almost nothing to say.
The continued loss of so many amazing boat yards is just depressing for me.
Art wrote;
“Well, my friend - What I am trying to explain to you - is that- I know - from experience:”
Well my friend I hate to say this but it’s no guarantee that w all your experience that you drew the right (correct) conclusions from your experience. IMO I THINK YOU DID but there’s a lot of variables.
There’s a wide range of quality in old wood boats. Materials like white oak frames and yellow cedar double planked well bedded and fastened w monel screws by one of the highly acclaimed builders like Jenson or Vic Frank will rival the durability of a FG boat. Perhaps well exceed the average glass boat. Hull stripping and replacing a balsa cored decks or cabins is almost common but unheard of for wood boats.
You may advise “don’t even think of buying a wood boat” but the boat in question may be a gem like the one described above, in Bristol condition and well cared for.
Lots of variables but of course in general you’re right.
And if you’re as old as I am how long a boat will last is not a good question as the boat would have an excellent chance of well outlasting the owner.
Saw this one on Nashville CL and BT. (not mine)
1956 EJVINDS 20 FT CABIN CRUISER-
https://nashville.craigslist.org/boa/d/calvert-city-rare-boat-ejvinds-20-ft/6866607178.html
https://www.boattrader.com/listing/1956-custom-ejinds-103538454/
I’ve seen several or more boats like this .. mostly in BC Canada. Love the type but prolly very rolly. May seem more like a real boat in a different color. The red gives her a toy boat essence .. IMO.
Saw this one on Nashville CL and BT. (not mine)
1956 EJVINDS 20 FT CABIN CRUISER-
https://nashville.craigslist.org/boa/d/calvert-city-rare-boat-ejvinds-20-ft/6866607178.html
https://www.boattrader.com/listing/1956-custom-ejinds-103538454/
There’s one on the hard here in Kitimat. Was owned by an old timer that had a cabin in Kildala Arm who passed away, and someone who worked at the marina bought from his family. Stout little boat.
Saw this one on Nashville CL and BT. (not mine)
1956 EJVINDS 20 FT CABIN CRUISER-
https://nashville.craigslist.org/boa/d/calvert-city-rare-boat-ejvinds-20-ft/6866607178.html
https://www.boattrader.com/listing/1956-custom-ejinds-103538454/
My 48 is soft chined, one of the features I adore, though most Tollycraft are hard chined. Monk engineered the soft chine on the 48 and lofted most of the hull forms that I’m aware of.
Murray,
Would that boat be blue and white?
Looks the goods.
Any more info?
I was told an interesting story about the 48 Tolly last year by one of the fellows I was talking to about a 48. He said that the 48 was based on a Monk design here in BC called the Gulf Commander. Apparently Tolly liked the hull so they used the hull form in the Tollycraft design. He was not sure about whether the mold was used by Tollycraft or if they built their own mold based on the design, but apparently he had seen correspondence between the manufacturer of the Gulf Commander hull and the Tollycraft folks.
Interesting bit of West Coast history.
Almost 10 years ago, Hollywood8118 posted this ad for a friend to sell a 2003 Kristen Yachts 50' Pilothouse named Aruna for $725K. The ad is archived and there is no mention of the boat being sold.
http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s69/steel-passagemaker-sale-1475.html#post1475
Today, the same boat, still named Aruna showed up on Yachtworld for $580K. It appears to be a very nice boat from the pics posted on YW. What I found most interesting is at least some of the pics (and I suspect all of them) are the same pics Hollywood posted 10 years ago. Maybe the broker plans to update them at a future time or maybe the boat doesn't so great anymore.
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/2003/kristen-yachts-50-pilothouse-trawler-3533775/?refSource=standard%20listing
This old lady needs to find an assisted living facility w deep pockets.
Saw her on the way south in Ketchikan.
This one's been showing for a while on CL in SF.
One reason I provide is the openness/simplicity of engine room... not to mention sheer brute force design of hull and superstructure.
Could be outfitted into nice live aboard / global cruiser??
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/boa/d/south-san-francisco-boat/6869823131.html