Interesting find...
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:32 pm
Was driving up the boat last week thru Monroeville, Ohio and discovered three old boats for sale. I have driven past there a hundred times, over the years and never noticed them before. At first I thought one was a Big M, so I stopped in to take a look. The owner, or should I say benefactor, was an older lady that was cleaning out her late husband's collection of old cars, parts, marine accessories. He had just recently passed, so the lady and her two sons were clearing out the warehouse where it was all stored. The formal, squared off lines of the first boat had me thinking Marinette, but was actually a 70's model Inland Seas Steel Clipper. Nice boat, but it was already sold. The other two were also Steel Clippers, both almost identical, a 33' and a 34'. These two were of a much older vintage. The lady wasn't sure of the years, but they both appear to be somewhere in the 1958-1962 era. The 33' appeared to be in good shape and intact except the lady said she had her engines and transmissions removed. She had no swim deck, so I couldn't climb up and board her. The 34' on the other hand had a deck, with flip down ladder, the lady said go ahead and take a look. This one too was for the most part intact, including all the upper wooden decks, cockpit floor, interior woodwork, cabinetry, chrome, railings, etc... But here was the cherry on top ! She still had her original Gray Marine Buick "Wildcat" 401 "Nailhead" V-8's that appeared to be untouched. Not sure if any of you out there know of some hard core Steel Clipper fans, guys with as much passion for these steel boats, as we are about our aluminum ones. I'm afraid if no one wants them they will probably get scrapped (sad because the hulls looked to be pretty corrosion free). If I only had time and money to burn... I have the lady's contact if any of you know someone that would be interested. Here is some links to photo's of what these boats look like (not pictures of the actual boats for sale)
http://www.inlandseas.com/2696/1.jpg
http://boatersed.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=104229
https://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/16041
http://www.inlandseas.com/2696/1.jpg
http://boatersed.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=104229
https://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/16041