TOPIC: Free boat in SA TX

sanantonio.craigslist.org/bod/3364775399.html

TallTexan,

I'll call the boat place in the AM & see what the deal is.

Any idea what the cruiserette is?????

yours, satx

Aww Crap, just alittle too far away for me.Looks like it could be made into a nice little cruiser. Skip.

skipthescrounger,

Do you have any idea as to what it is?=For once, it's CLOSE to me.

yours, satx

To ALL,

Got the info on the boat:
GLASSPAR 176 Seafair Sedan
TX Registration num: TX5284WD
SN: 17PC4061
CL length: 17.5 ft
title says: 1966 manufacture
TX title num: 940560872

yours, satx

Satx, I don't think it is a Glaspar. Checked in the book and there is nothing like it in the glaspar line. It is good that it has a title ,just for the wrong boat from the looks of it. I have seen that cabin layout for the windows before but I just can't remember on what boat. CRS setting in. I am gonna look around abit more to see if I can come up with something on this boat. Skip.

Skip,

I looked in the library and couldn't find anything that looked like it either.
Sounds good. - I was rather hoping that it might be TX-made & what we wild Texicans call: Small & Independent Boatbuilders.
(I've identified over FIFTY such firms, some of which built ONE boat.)

About HALF of the independents here built strictly TO ORDER & some of those were REALLY nifty. = for example Joe T. Gonzalez in 1957 built a 23' copy of a classic mahoghany runabout in glass, for a Houston socialite, which had PINK/BLACK leather upholstery.
(NOPE not for sale, as her daughter still uses it.)

yours, satx

Same as in canada, there were over 100 boat builders there and they are mostly all gone now. I kinda like the look of that boat as being i am looking for a small cruiser to replace my stolen one. Being close to 1000 miles away don't really help much.Skip.

Well I filed it as a mystery boat. As is usually the case, I found an ID when looking to identify a different boat.

I believe it's an Orlando Clipper, maybe the 1960 19' Cruiser model?; the following two photos are from the Craigslist ad, the third and fourth photos from my files:






And here is one for sale, apparently, in Peru:
kotear.clasificados.pe/aviso/13205-vendo-lancha-orlando-clipper

Yep looks like you nailed it there Andy. I thought that the side molding looked familer. So this may well be a boat worth saveing as I dought there are many of them left. Skip.