On 5/5/2004 10:07 AM, Harry Krause wrote:

basskisser wrote:

Harry Krause wrote in message ...

I had a wonderful time as a kid with 12-14' Penn Yans and Wolverines
powered by 15/18 hp evinrudes, on the connecticut side of the sound.

Spent the first years of my life close to Penn Yan, NY., where the boats are made.


Ahh. My father gave me two Penn Yans to use during two successive
summers. I loved the boats. Both had hulls of wood strips covered with
some sort of canvas. The decks, seats and interiors were varnished wood.
Round chines, soft ride, really pretty, classic-looking little boats. He
was a Penn Yan dealer for many years, but dropped the boats in the late
1950s. Kept selling the canoes, though.

My family has a 8' 1942 Penn Yan on the stern of our Chris. Wonderful
rowing dingy.

Unfortunately, the guy in the slip across from ours stalled while
reversing, forgot to put her in neutral before restarting, lost control
(guess what brand of boat...), and smacked directly into our Penn Yan.
The dingy took the brunt of the hit (cracked the keel and broke a bunch
of ribs) and saved the Chris' transom.

Check out the "crunched" series at
http://home.comcast.net/~galmgren/chris-craft/

We're hoping that we can find someone to salvage it, since it's doubtful
we could find a replacement for a decent price.

--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows