Friday, November 6, 2009

Phase 1

We always dreamed of buying an old boat, gutting it and revamping it to fit our cruising style. In October '07' Keith found this boat. I thought it looked like resurrection from the dead not a restoration project. We dream big!

This steel boat was built in Bay Port, MI in 1958 by Fred Brown. She was originally used as a utility boat to service freighters on the Great Lakes. When we found her, she had been sitting in a boat yard for over 15 years. The plan was to clean her up, then decide whether to go ahead with the project or sell it for scrape metal. We went ahead.