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high temperatures were better suited for spending time inside on my own sofa (Macy’s, wood with black leather, circa 2005). What can I say? There’s something about boats that get to me, and I think to most people on some level. Big or small, sail or power (although I do favor my sailboat to a motorboat) boats conjure up a sense of freedom, adventure and ro- mance. Pirates, explorers, captains and bootleggers plied their craft on the water in vessels as unique as their purposes. When they were done, they took naps on couches. The boats on display that left many an admirer imagining themselves wearing a white yachtsman’s cap like Tony Curtis in Some like it Hot, and ferrying Marilyn Mon- roe around, belong to the Philadelphia Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat So-
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ciety, and were being exhib- ited thanks to a joint collabo- ration between the members of the society, the Indepen- dence Seaport Museum and the Delaware River Water- front Corporation. “The Antique and Classic Boat Society is a natural fit with the Seaport Museum,” said John Brady, Interim CEO of the Independence Seaport Museum. “The society col- lects, restores and displays a broad range of vintage pow- erboats. We examine the his- tory of the Delaware River and region, which has a rich boatbuilding tradition of its own. Bringing the two orga- nizations together gives us the opportunity to showcase beautiful boats in the con- text of the history that made them possible. The museum will continue to feature more programming like this.” “This is the first show we’ve had here at the Indepen- dence Seaport Museum,” said Brian Gagnon, President of the Philadelphia Chapter
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of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. “We have nine- ty members in the area, and have had shows for decades in places like Tuckerton and Point Pleasant in New Jersey, Wrightsville in Pennsylvania and St. Michael’s in Mary- land. It’s great to finally have a show that’s located central- ly for our members.” So what, in the eyes of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, is considered an an- tique boat? “Historically, the boats in our organization our wood, and are motorboats,” said Ga- gnon. “They’re made from the early nineteen hundreds up to the nineteen seven- ties when, for the most part, wooden boat production stopped.” Most of the boats at the Inde- pendence Seaport Museum were manufactured between the 1920’s and 1960’s by leg- endary wooden boat builders Chris Craft, Gar Wood, Cen- tury, Matthews and Ventnor. There was no charge to view the classic boats and talk to their owners, who were hap- py to answer questions and tell stories about cruising the area’s waterways in their nautical Americana.
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Of course, to be a member of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is a different matter, best summed up by member Al Mastales, who was show- ing off his classic 1938 Chris Craft. “Well, fees are like seventy- five bucks a year, so they aren’t nuthin,’” said Mas- tales. “But the boats…I’ll put it this way. The name of my boat is The Answer. So what’s the question? ‘What I’m spending your inheritance on!” To learn more about the Philadel- phia Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, including becoming a member and upcom- ing shows, visit
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