Can you ID this design? Skipper Boat?

[dmede]

A colleague of mine at work brought in a few old pics of a boat his grandfather built in the mid to late 1940’s. He called the design a Skipper Boat and used it on Saranac Lake in NY. It’s a smallish skiff, looks around 12’-14’ or so. It has flat bow like a garvey with a rather distinctive barrel shaped deck over the front half of the boat. Interesting design. I was wondering if anybody here is familiar with this design or is it a possible one-off?

Thanks,
Dave
http://static.flickr.com/113/255874943_ac1cf8f4ff_o.jpg

[donald branscom]

[QUOTE=dmede]A colleague of mine at work brought in a few old pics of a boat his grandfather built in the mid to late 1940’s. He called the design a Skipper Boat and used it on Saranac Lake in NY. It’s a smallish skiff, looks around 12’-14’ or so. It has flat bow like a garvey with a rather distinctive barrel shaped deck over the front half of the boat. Interesting design. I was wondering if anybody here is familiar with this design or is it a possible one-off?

Thanks,
Dave
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Its a Saranac Lake supper gravy boat? Ha Ha Ha

You take it out after supper. i don't really know.

[JimConlin]

Illicit spawn of a Hickman Sea Sled?

[Steve Paskey]

I'd bet the guy's boat was built from plans in an old magazine. Several sources for that stuff online, including reprints from DN Goodchild.

Hard to say if it's the same boat given the different angles of the photos, but look here:

http://www.dngoodchild.com/divide_for_power_boats.htm

And scroll down under "outboard utilities and fishing skiffs" for a design called SEA GLIDER.

[paladin]

and it appears he has a damn nice "kicker".....