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OJ
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Initially Posted - 01/02/2014 :  18:33:27  Show Profile
What do you do when there are small craft warnings off Conch Key on Christmas day? Look around for old boat remains!

Note propeller and gudgeon


This appears to be a single cylinder diesel


Approximately 12' long

1989 C25 TR/WK, #5822
1973 McVay Minuet 19
1975 Jester 12
1981 C25 SR/SK, #2428
1981 C22 SR/SK,
Tanzer 16
Sunfish

"There is nothing, absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." Kenneth Grahame
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/02/2014 :  18:57:30  Show Profile
1906 hydroplane racer?
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 01/02/2014 :  23:08:55  Show Profile
A planter. (...a really cool one.)
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 01/03/2014 :  06:01:13  Show Profile
It’s clearly a coconut catcher…….

Usually when we are in the Keys and there are small craft warnings, we add to the collection of used booze bottles.....
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 01/03/2014 :  06:17:02  Show Profile
WOW-what a fun project to restore. (for someone else)

My guess is a fishing net tender.
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Tomas Kruska
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Response Posted - 01/03/2014 :  08:03:14  Show Profile  Visit Tomas Kruska's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Davy J</i>
<br />It’s clearly a coconut catcher…….<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/03/2014 :  10:06:40  Show Profile
Old tiller steered lifeboat retrofitted with an engine.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 01/03/2014 :  11:14:14  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by OJ</i>
<br />What do you do when there are small craft warnings off Conch Key on Christmas day?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Uh, charter a larger craft?
Edited by - TakeFive on 01/03/2014 11:14:59
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