Fay & Bowen Boats Review and Specs

Year: 1911  
Manufacturer: Hall’s Boat Corporation
Price: US$39,500  

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You’ll love playing around on this sweet boat with her wicker chairs and single-cylinder motor.    Very few of this classic model exists today. This boat remains in very nice shape, with a sound structure and no rot. All hardware is present – including the awning brackets – and in good shape. The finish has been recently renewed.    “Chinook” has won ACBS awards as recently as 2006. This hull is in near-original condition. She has been re-powered by an appropriate engine, a great little one-lung that runs well, and is ready to launch.   Several bottom seams have been refastened, caulked, and payed; bottom repainted; topsides re-coated; engine repaired, cleaned and painted; new fuel tank.   Construction: Carvel planked, cypress on bent white oak frames, copper riveted. Seams caulked with cotton and payed with polyurethane marine sealant. Oak sheerstrake, covering boards, and coaming. Laid mahogany decks on oak beams. Laid cedar sole. Mahogany ceiling, and oak bulkheads and joinery. Finish: White topsides, green bottom. Sheer strake, rubrails, deck, coaming, ceiling, bulkheads and interior joinery all varnished. Interior of hull and cockpit sole painted gray.  Upholstery: Wooden benches, varnished light color, wicker chairs.  Hardware: Brass – Excellent condition.  Gear: Charming and comfortable wicker chairs with cushions, stern pole with flag. Trailer: Custom Bunk – good condition.   Open launches like Chinook were common in the early 20th century, before the advent of the runabout. These early boats took design cues from famous speedboats and military vessels of the day. With the modest horsepower available for small boats then, early powerboat designers were very sensitive to the efficiency of their hulls. Sharp bows cut through the water, and light construction eased the load on the motor. The torpedo stern was developed to allow a round-bottom boat to develop a very flat run with hard bilges. This countered the stern’s tendency to squat at speed, and prevented a power-sapping, rolling stern wave from forming. Above the waterline, the torpedo stern shape reduced windage, but more importantly kept the weight of the boat and crew off of the stern area, allowing the boat to ride at a level trim. Also, stylistically, it harkened to the fastest vessels of the day, such as Herreshoff’s famous Now Then, and Herbert J. Leighton’s Adios. Chinook’s high coaming at the stern end of the cockpit was to prevent the water that washed up that stern when backing from spilling into the boat.

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Fuel  Hull Material  Engine Make  Length Overall  Number of Engines

Gas/Petrol Wood Albin Single Cylinder Engine # 4/2 Typ O 11k NR9332 22 ft 1

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