Dreaming about…

As the days are getting shorter and darker, we find ourselves dreaming about summer and boat shows. So we pulled some images of a few interesting boats from recent shows to help us get by. They are boats you look at while walking the docks, and you go back to again, and then again. The more you gaze across the show in their direction, the more you picture yourself in the driver’s seat of these boats. They are fun and cool! You can can imagine cruising past the busy town dock or the restaurant deck in the height of summer and waving to all the folks watching you glide (or roar) past. You and your boat are the coolest ones out there!

Here is to dreaming…

Meet Miss Comet! She’s a 1949 26-foot Custom Racer. Built by Monty O’Shea. Miss Comet is powered by 1949 Chrysler Hemi Dual V8s with 700HP. Thousand Islands ACBS Chapter members Michael and Barbara Cregg are Miss Comet‘s owners…but we’ll let you pretend right now that you are…can you picture it?! Can you hear the Hemis?

Now meet Black Beauty! She’s a 1947 “706” GarWood runabout. Black Beauty was first purchased at the New York Boat Show in 1948 and was the only all black runabout among the 84 of this model built by GarWood. Today, Black Beauty is powered by a 2020 Marine Power Sportpac 4 cyl, 140HP, and is owned by Marty and Cathy Gardner. Again, you know they get all the looks when they are cruising their local waters of the Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York, but today you can sit at the helm… at least in your mind.

Heaven On a Sunday…yes it is! One of only 59 built in 1963 this Century utility was one of the few built with the optional gullwing top. Orange was the feature color for the Sabre in 1963, which was also the only year with a central console and bucket seats. Heaven On a Sunday is powered with a 1963 Gray Marine V8C 238 8cyl 238HP engine. If you take her for a ride in your mind, make sure you dress appropriately.. in orange, just like her current owner Ray McDowell.