On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:17:59 -0700, -rick- wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:35:04 -0400, A Boater wrote:

Saw this on ebay...it's a couple of feet larger than what you recall,
but the style is typical.

http://tinyurl.com/59pqwx

Here's another site:

http://www.kruitzkraft.com/mb1025.html

Interesting, but different. The one I saw was basically a shell.

--Vic

Friends used to race something like these on the Detroit
river near Grosse Ile in the '60's.

http://www.dngoodchild.com/5820.htm

That's pretty close, and maybe it's what I saw.
Seemed it was open and tiller steered, but it was a long time ago.

--Vic