St Johns, FL River

Awesome Dave...just can't get enough. Thanks.

john

The Godfather wrote: I have attended 3 events now and I loved them all. I just wish, I had a boat to bring!! But I am working on that issue.

dave...I think you could pick up this Mustang cheap, it has a 273 in it , its a nice boat, give me a call 321-231-6041....

Thats the boat that Reids buddy with the red altel skier bought last year, but he told me at the river that he would get rid of it, its just sitting in his shop in St cloud fl..

Jbear, this is Rick's company.
http://www.prosweepcentralflorida.com/ I met him 3-4 yrs ago, thru CCFan of course, after finding out he had the CC and house in Astor. He's a class act, even if he didn't have his CC(s) out that day.

As Jmurph already confirmed, that St Johns promo video was great. Thanks Storm34/Chris. I guess the gators aren't that much of a threat after all.

Also, I found it somewhat neat that at least 5 of the boats shown amongst the great picts here, have also attended a reunion 1400+/- miles away in Green Lake.     

Mark posted that last year when it was for sale. There was a lot of interest then. I hope you can work it out!http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8881&PN=1&TPN=4

The Godfather wrote: And I just showed the photo to my wife.

Dave,
Your going about this all backwards... First you BUY it, Then you SHOW your wife!!

I wanna see the Mustang at Green Lake this summer!


BTW, everyones pics are all great... keep 'em coming!

Thats a great looking boat. if noone else takes it I might have to make the drive from IA to FL to pick her up!

I spoke with the owner and trying to make a deal.

But, still working on it.

Thank you, will do..

Jared,
Would you please take a picture of the bow flag staff on PC-63? I've been looking for one but I don't have a good reference picture. If it is easier, you could send it via email.

Thanks,
Steve

*Question from p/allen *What and who is the wooden boat in the last pic*****

my boat is a 1954 correct craft 18' commuter deluxe utilty manufactured by correct craft, also known as the pine castle boat & construction company.it was purchased directly from correct when they had a facility on orange blossom trail in orlando, fl in june, 1954 by my father, w.h. sellers of starr lake, lake wales , fl. the boat was manufatured in may, 1954. i have been taking care of the boat since 1968. in the early 1980's, i started up the correct craft antique boat club and was very involved with ralph, w.o., and walt, which was a pleasure. i also set up the archives at the factory. it is great to see people involved with the older boats and i would love to see more. recently it appears a 1949 17'2" dart has been reidentified. i have my own archive and early serial numbers of graymarine engines and years of manufacture. will be looking a another early boat soon. st. johns was a lot of fun for the family and i look forward meeting more of you in the future. oh, by the way , my intention is to pass the boat down to probably my son.

bud sellers
bud@cmenow.com
winter garden,florida

Thanks Will . That is a great story and great looking boat . I wish that I was able to come up with a good shape older boat . At present I have a 59 Atom that needs a motor installed an also a bunch of wood work besides .
Happy boating.

Welcome Will. That boat of yours got to have the nicest lines of any old Correct Craft I've seen. It's a beautiful boat. Sounds like you're going to be a great addition to the site!

79nautique wrote: I wonder if Will knows about Allens project as well. Will sounds like the right person for Both (Billy and Allen) go to for what questions about orginallity for their projects, granted Billy's looks close to untouched and all there just some TLC, not sure on Allen's though it's been a few days since we've seen anything on it, other than He should now have a correct helm for it now unless it got left at Hooters.

Chris, I did meet Bud in Fl and his boat is beautiful. It appears, as Pete suggested, that the hull of my hurricane and his commuter are identical with the exception of the way the stern on mine angles off. Made me even more anxious to get started. As for updates, there's nothing new to show although I've spent the last few month rounding up the few items that were missing with Pete's guidance of course. The helm was a major find and it just dropped in our laps. I hope to start with the restoration over the summer and fulltime on the hull this winter, I am confident this will be several years of work but worth every minute.

Bud,

It was great to meet you and your wife in Orlando. What a great story.

See you soon.

Mike