Abaco dinghy?

[John C. Davis]

Can anyone tell me what make or type boat this is? Abaco dinghy maybe? It's 13ft long, 4ft 6in wide. ;)

Well, I was going to attach 5 or 6 photos each photo was under a 100KB and the forum still would not except them. Anything much under a 100 KB each is to small to tell anything about anyways. Oh well so much for that.

[Thorne]

First - don't attach photos. Most web forums don't allow it, and space
limitations are the main reason why.

Second - Instead of attaching them to a thread, post the pics on the web
somewhere. You have a free website area with any paid ISP's email account,
or use www.picturetrail.com or other free hosting service. Once posted on
the web, right-click the image to copy the URL (web address). Always test
first by pasting the image URL into the window of a web browser and see if
the image displays.

Remember, the IMAGE URL will end in .jpg, not .htm or html. URLs ending in .htm are the page that the image is at, not the image location itself. If the image URL ends in other code, try deleting everything after the "xxxxxx.jpg" part of the URL to get it to display on web forums.

Third - once posted on the web, try this procedure while logged in to this
Forum:

1. Click the "User CP" link in the browser window in the top left of the
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3. In the "Misc Options" at the bottom of the next page, select "Enhanced
Interface" from the pulldown list.
4. Once this interface has been selected, in any "Reply" window you can
click the "insert photo" icon --> a little yellow square icon with the stamp
in the upper right corner, the mountains in the lower center.
5. Once the little dialog box titled "Please enter the URL of your image"
comes up, paste the URL of the photo in the field.

If unsure of the procedure, test first by pasting the image URL into the
window of a web browser.

[John C. Davis]

First - don't attach photos. Most web forums don't allow it, and space limitations are the main reason why.

Thorne,

Thank you for the reply but I do not agree with your statement above. I am a member of many websites and a webmaster myself and a member of at least 4 or 5 forums and they all encourage photo attachments over links. Why? Because links normally end up broken for one reason or another then your thread and photo base becomes useless. Posted photos & info will be there as long as the site is up and the webmaster doesn't delete them. Most forums allow at least 100 kb per photo. Some will limit over all photo storage for non paying registered members.

Here is a link to photos of my boat. ;)

http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/4/108212.html

[rbgarr]

Can anyone tell me what make or type boat this is? Abaco dinghy maybe? It's 13ft long, 4ft 6in wide. ;)


The shape and construction are so much like an Abaco dinghy's that I'd say you've got one there. Where are you and where did you find her, if we may ask?

[erster]

Right there in Florida you can contact these people to start. FWIW, if you are speaking about the true Abaco Dinghy, this guy is a direct decendant of the family from the Bahamas.

http://www.fgcscf.org/

http://www.tsca.net/FGCTSCA/images/schedule/P7151240.JPG

[Tom Lathrop]

Erster, That looks like Roger's Abaco Dinghy at Cortez.

[John C. Davis]

Erster,

I found the boat through a classified ad here in Florida. The gentlemen I got the boat from had purchased a house with a big barn from a elderly man. Inside the barn was the boat. He had planed to restore the boat but never did. He had the elderly gentleman's phone number so I called him and he told me that him and a friend found the sunk boat in Rainylake in Minnesota only about 8ft or so deep water. The boat was raised from the bottom of the lake. Then a jig was made to keep the boat from warping as they dried it out. The boat was then restored. The rudder was replaced and added the drive and engine. After restoration the boat was used to fish, scuba dive & snorkel somewhere down around Miami Florida. I wished I new how old the boat is. I know it's at least 20 to 25 years old because thats the combined time that the two gentleman owned it. I plan on calling the gentleman again to ask a few more questions. Also would like to see more photos of this type boat. Do you know of anyone that has photos and/or blue prints?

[rbgarr]

Plans may be available from the Rockland Apprenticeshop of a boat they took the lines from. There is a bit of info about them in American Small Sailing Craft by Howard Chapelle and an article about the dinghy builder Winer Malone with photos in an issue of Woodenboat Magazine (search back issues through the home page). Each of the last two is available from Woodenboat.

[erster]

http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/4/108412.jpg
Hum, a one lunger.... I can link your photos to this thread by copying the properties and pasting them in the post by clicking on the middle square. I know of no real plans, but I do know that there has been some work done by the Cortez Museum group. That area was connected with the folks that traveled in the fishing industry from the Bahamas. If the boat that you have is indeed one, there are distinguishing charateristics which can further identify it by those fellows which is within a few hours drive from you. It maybe worth a trip.
Tom, there are several down there, I think four the last time I was there. FWIW too John, the spring show is April 18-20 and I bet if this boat is one, the folks would enjoy you sharing it during that time no matter what the condition is, since the story is quite a tale within itself. . Even if its not, its worth a trip with it and time is well spent in the trip, since its basically a show on the water enjoying many different hulls.

[John C. Davis]

I want to thank everyone for their advice and help. Erster, I went to the website you listed and e-mailed Roger Allen. I also called him and he seems fairly positive that my boat is a true Abaco dinghy probably made back in the 50's or 60's. He told me that they are in the middle of restoring three of the Abaco dinghys at the museum now and are expecting 6 or 8 restored Abaco's at their upcoming show in April. Roger answered the questions I had about the boat and also invited me to come over and look at the boats they are restoring and also bring my boat over and they would help with any question I might have. ;)

Rbgarr, Me & the Abaco dinghy live in the little town of St. Cloud, Florida 30 miles or so east of Disney World and 30 miles northeast of Orlando Florida.