TX Chapter members at Keels and Wheels
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Several members participated in the 17th Annual Keels and Wheels Concours car and boat Show featuring antique and classic autos and boats. Di Johnson helped greet the boaters and prepare the docks for boat spacing and tie-up. John Platou again set up the Kids Build a Boat event featuring kids teaching other kids to construct an 8′ pram and giving it away after a ticket drawing to one of the lucky youthful builders.
Adam Finn brought his newly restored 1958 Rexcraft (15Ft) powered by a 1959 Johnson 35 HP. The Rexcraft is a riveted aluminum boat hand built in Houston, TX. The boat was designed with big fins like the styling of the automobiles in the late 1950’s. This outstanding rig turned a lot of heads with Adam’s expert blue and white paint job and attention to detail.
Chip Rathbun returned this year with his beautifully restored1942 Century 15 ½’ Imperial Sportsman, made in Algonac, MI and powered by 1954 Johnson 25 HP, which Chip also restored. The boat was awarded Best in Class for Antique Outboards.Chip Rathbun wins Best of Class – Antique Outboards.
This is a very rare boat as it was under construction by Century just before the outbreak of WWII and was allowed to be completed before the factory was directed to build military watercraft for the war effort.
Jerry Lindamood brought his hand-built 15′ 8″ boat based on the Glenn-L Malahini design plan. It has white oak frames with the inner hull of 1/4″ marine grade plywood then laminated with 3/16″ African Mahogany planking and fastened with silicone bronze screws. It has glass cloth on the bottom with three coats of epoxy over the entire boat, then clear coated with automotive eurathane. Jerry has 2000 hours so far in building this beauty mainly from 2008 – 2010 but it is still a work in progress. The big Merc is a ’79 115 hp, but the decals are from 1970. That’s what his first big Merc was, so he took a little nostalgic license on that. The two boats Jerry has built were in memory of his father. His dad and his brother built plywood boats commercially back in the fifties.. They were called Lindy Boats, so Jerry kept the orginal logo for his boats. The Lindy factory burned in ’57. Jerry’s dad built a few more after that for friends, but that really was the end of Lindy Boats…until Jerry retired 9 years ago. Great job! Jerry was awarded Best in Class for Contemporary Outboards.
