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Here are update photos of this boat as I was bringing it home.. it probably had 250 gals of water in it and over another 100 lbs. of wet leaves and debris. I stopped at a car wash on the way home and sprayed it off some and pulled out most of the soaked rotted wood floor..

Can't wait to see it finished and wet. Keep us posted on the updates, we like pictures. :smitty: :beer: :smitty: :beer: Thanks welder will do.. I have a couple others ahead of it in the line up.. but as I have the time and extra materials ( marine Plywood mainly ) I'll be adding it to this boat.. I...

Hello !! great boat !! look up Feathercraft boats on google and go to their website.. its a great site and a great group of people that will help you with anything you need to know about your boat and its restoration !! I believe you have about a 1954 Vagabond !!

That's going to be a sweet little ride, what are ya thinking for power? Thank you welder !! I have a couple period correct motors I could use.. the 1958 "Duraflite" specs for a 15' 66" beam rates it for 30-60 hp. I have a 1957 Evinrude Lark 35 hp. and a 1957/58 Mercury Mark 75 60 hp.

That is in great shape for a 60+ year old boat. It looks like you can have a captain piloting the boat with the crew or cargo in the middle. It has a nice sharply angled bow but a pretty low deadrise. It should stay on plane at a nice low speed. A really good find. Thanks Dave !! I can't find the s...

I went up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last weekend and this followed me back home ! its a 1956 Duracraft boat.. not much info on these boats can be found.. model is probably a Duraflite but dimensions don't match anything on the 1958 and above sales brochures.. there doesn't seem to be litera...

I don't think that's a Lone Star boat.. I have a couple Lone Stars and I've never seen one like that on any of their brochures.. the cruisemaster is similar but much deeper hull and the motor extensions are different ..

Hello, I don't know the manufacture but here are photos of another one that was on eBay.. its obviously made by the same company ! this one was in Texas..

well I picked up another Aluminum boat.. it looks to be a 1957 Lone Star Holiday.. its now covered in snow awaiting spring.. this is another restore project in waiting.. its mostly original, missing seats, but has most of everything else still attached .. here are some pics as found..

You can do a lot of guessing and guessing might get you close but in reality the only way you're going to know what motor to put on that boat is to find out how much she weighs. Then you're going to ask yourself is the fuel tank in her going to be large enough if you put a bigger motor on? What is ...

Just wondering what horsepower motor would be right for my newest boat ?? it has a old 140 on it now is that about right or should it be larger ?? here's a photo I took today looking straight on !! what does it weigh? i can't imagine it is too heavy. how strong is the transom? i don't suppose there...

Just wondering what horsepower motor would be right for my newest boat ?? it has a old 140 on it now is that about right or should it be larger ??
here's a photo I took today looking straight on !!

WOW !! that's awesome !! how long is it ??

Yes I found it abandoned on private land I went and talked to the owner of the property it was an old man he said his son dropped it off there sometime in the early 90s I asked him it was for sale and he said everything's for sale lol so after I made the deal I told him I'd be back the next weekend...

That steel boat has some great lines. yes it does!! it made me stop in my tracks and turn around to go look at it.. it is owned by a old man that has had it many years and told me several stories about having it out on the Great Lakes.. its very solid except for a few holes rusted through the hull....

Krisinak wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:00 am what an excellent thread! i too have a strong attraction to white elephants. can't help myself. the weirder the better.

I agree !! something different that you don't see many of always catches my eye !!

I found this picture online he's got your boat and then he's got a mini boat lol. Unfortunately the motors were roached as well as the drives. I ended up ripping everything out of it fuel tank and all starting off from scratch it's the only way to know that it will be done right. Yes I've seen that...

WOW !! that is cool !! and what a great story and appropriate name !! it must weigh a lot.. did the engines still turn over ?? before I found this last boat I went to look at a 1950s Lone Star cruiser and I ran across this all steel boy. It was tempting but it had a few rust holes in the hull and qu...

You say your new to boating? I think you have a fantastic future in finding and selling unique boats with the two boats that you've shown us. Some people spend their whole lives and find one unique boat. You have TWO you do realize if you add a third it will be called a collection. Thank You !! do ...

Those are both really interesting designs. What are their LOAs? What is the purpose of the dual keels? I would also like to see the interior of the JCC. the Aero Craft JCC is 18.5' long and the other one is 22.5' long.. the dual keels I don't know the purpose ..but it also has two more runners one ...

gandrfab wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:09 am The tumblehome seems extreme. What is the benefit?

I really don't know.. could be looks of the time much like barrel back Feather Crafts of the same period .. I have no real idea as I'm new to the boating world..

Ok you got me What other aluminum boat are you working on? Any pictures of it you can show us? I have a Aero Craft JCC I believe its a 1954 the last year made.. I just brought it home from storing it over the winter at the same marina that I have this boat at now.. the JCC It was hiding about 2 1/2...

I too have a unknown the only information I have is that it was built in 1958 in Navy ship yard No2 All aluminum built like a tank. I've been told it was junk. Get rid of it. Start over, I don't know what you see in it. You saw the boat you thought it was cool and you made it happen. And now you ow...

the pictures resemble a design by George Calkins (of Bartender fame) called the "Clipper" I believe? Not an exact version of the one example of the Calkin's Clipper; but similar. Also looks like the Down East picnic boats you'd see in "Cellulose Boats" magazine? Sorry no help he...

Wow that's one cool boat what are your plans with it. How did you find such a unique boat? Did the guy you buy it from give you any story on where it came from or what it was used for? Thank You ! well for now my only plans were to acquire while I had the chance !! lol.. I may try to get the motor ...