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A Snipe named Honey, and the birth of a new center for the maritime history of Pinellas County Florida

Posted by Michael on Dec 3, 2014 in Blog, McKay Creek Boat Shop | 0 comments

It seemed like a simple thing, Gene Fleming was looking for a home for Honey (the 1947 Snipe built by Clark Mills and sailed to the 1951 National Championship by Francis Seavy) and wanted to donate it to Heritage Village. The Village, Pinellas County’s 21-acre living history museum, already had the Clark Mills designed and built Sun Cat and early Optimist pram in storage because they had no place to display the boats. The obvious solution was to build a boat shop in the Village to display the boats and the maritime history of Pinellas County, Florida. After a few years of planning and fund raising we have the 1440 sq. ft. McKay Creek Boat Shop under construction in the heart of the Village where it joins 28 other historic structures. The building is now through the rough framing stage and is ready for exterior siding and interior finish work. The project is being funded by donations to the Pinellas County Historical Society and built by volunteers. We are still in need of funds to complete the construction and exhibitions. If you would like to help, please follow the links at the bottom of the page. Sponsors...

life boat conversion to day cruiser

Posted by Michael on Dec 3, 2014 in Blog, Older Project | 0 comments

This Project was done for the Bon Appetit Restaurant in Dunedin FL, while I was working at Clearwater Bay Marine Ways in the early 80’s. Was re-powered with a Westerbeke diesel, and CG approved for passengers to be used for sunset cruises. The unconfirmed rumor was that the boat was from the Normandie, it does look like the correct style, it had been store in a barn in Bushnell Fl for a number of years, and brought to Clearwater by Don Heiser the General Manager of the boat...

Ciclon 1942 Sparkman and Stevens

Posted by Michael on Dec 3, 2014 in Older Project | 0 comments

Ciclon is a 52’ Sparkman and Stevens design built in Cuba 1942, a beautiful vessel built to the highest standards. The work was done in 1988, at Viking Boatworks in St Petersburg, FL More information at: http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/2011/03/design-379-ciclon.html additional comments also at: http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/2010/11/criollo-design-792.html

Mahogany Sofa for Duchess

Posted by Michael on Dec 3, 2014 in Gallery | 0 comments

Duchess is a 50′ ELCO, This is a sofa style bench built out of African Mahogany. It is built to match the curve of the transom and the crown of the deck., with storage under the seat panels. ...