Thursday, June 20, 2013

The beginning


Sorry about not posting for three weeks.  We've both been sick with a nasty respiratory virus this month, and Glen's been trying to get the hull done between rainy days.  As promised, I'm getting back to the restoration history.

So back in 2006, while wandering the Astoria marinas and yards for the fun of it, Glen spied, along a row of boats, a distinctive looking bow.  He knew right away it was a motor lifeboat, because of their unique bronze bullnose feature.  Walking down the row, this is what he saw:






At the time, it was owned by a couple name Johnson, and it was for sale.  Glen talked about it as a "wish I could" kind of pipe dream.  We hemmed and hawed, and just about the time we thought we could really come up with the money, we found out Hoyle had bought the boat.

Many things are meant to be.  We got to know Hoyle, and his research was later to be extremely helpful and motivating in getting started on the restoration.   By the next year, Hoyle had decided that he couldn't do a restoration project himself, due to family and work obligations, and he sold it to us.


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