All About Boats

Our latest camping trip in Gulliver to the Thousand Islands was all about boats and boating. The St. Lawrence Seaway is such a fantastic place to see it all, but this time I won't bore you with photos of ships.😉… not that we didn't we did see any, we did, including some that passed each other on reciprocal courses in very tight parts of the channel. We were mainly in the area for the Antique Boat Show and Auction in Clayton, but many of the same boats were out plying the river, along with unusual sightings such as these...

This is the biggest yacht we have ever seen at the Alexandria Bay docks, about 90 feet in length.

We were heading in to check out the covered marina at Bonnie Castle Resort when we got the chance to see our first Flyboard in person. Powered by the PWC, the man on the board was even doing the porpoising in and out of the water, just like a dolphin. When he dove into the water, he drenched the PWC riders. I bet Dave is going to want one after witnessing this!

In Clayton we saw the gorgeous Trumpy yacht Washingtonian.

The boat show was hot but fun...

We enjoyed watching the junior judges...

We both love boats (and cars!) with fins and 'wings'.

And I love pink! This 1958 Century Roan is owned by the granddaughter of a family who has been showing boats at Clayton for 50 years. 

Dave wanted to bid on this boat and put it in our backyard with a dock and fake water. Even though its name was Virginia (his mother's name), I was a spoilsport this time and wouldn't let him get a bidder's number.😏 It ended up selling for $15,000, but needed work especially on the wood hull, although the inside was pretty nice. Best of luck to the new owner.

We also had the opportunity to visit the Antique Boat Museum's warehouse in Clayton. The Doebler Storage Facility is rarely open to the public except during one day at the boat show. It contains all sorts of watercraft, engines and everything imaginable that has been donated to the museum that is not on display.

Boats:

Seagull was owned by Mr. Doebler who donated the funds to build this facility:

Skinny!

Engines and outboards galore:

This is a jet outboard. Notice the buckles that hold the cowling together:

We would love this one for OUR collection:

When we have such good experiences at these events, it makes us anxious and ready for it to happen all over again next year!