Fay & Bowen Boats Review and Specs

Year: 1912  
Manufacturer: Hall’s Boat Corporation
Price: US$30,000  

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Excellent example of a Fay & Bowen launch. New decks and coamings in 2005. Hull and ceilings are original. Partial bulkhead aft of engine box with helm station. Definitely a collectible boat. Hull #476.   Considered by some to be the pinnacle of classic boat styling, Fay & Bowens have a distinctive, refined shape with classic brass fittings. Operating as the Fay & Bowen Engine Company out of Geneva, NY in 1904 (this, after first starting as manufacturers of bicycle parts in 1895), Walter Fay and Ernest Bowen built an extensive dealer network to sell their engines and boats. In fact, the largest Fay & Bowen dealership in the United States was run by Walter Harris at his boatyard where Hall’s Boat Corp. sits today. The company built only around 900 boats up until its demise, a few months before the stock market crash of 1929. Hull numbers can usually be found stamped on the engine compartment hatch, beneath the seats, and on the hull. Fay & Bowen built beautiful launches, both of open and long-deck, auto-boat configurations, and often with strongly radiused transoms as well as torpedo sterns. They also built a few round bottomed triple cockpit runabouts, a 40-foot cruiser, a 24-foot cruiser with sleeping quarters, and a stunningly beautiful 30-foot Raised Deck Runabout. This boat, designed by naval architect Morris Whitaker, had distinctive golden arrows running along the hull – gold leaf being a $200 option. Very few original Fay & Bowen engines are around today and even fewer remain in their original boats. Because of their beautiful lines and their impressive feel on the water, Fay & Bowen boats today are highly sought after.

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Fuel  Hull Material  Engine Make  Length Overall  Number of Engines

Gas/Petrol Wood 1950 Grey Marine 18HP 25 ft 1

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