2013 Classic Inboard Power – 50 years or older

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Osprey

#651 – Osprey Charters/Donnie Buhrmaster, Mt. Pleasant, SC

  • Boat Type: Passenger vessel – Osprey
  • Year Built: 1960
  • Year Restored: every fall when we haul out
  • Builders: Gillikin
  • Material: Honduran mahaogany, white oak, and juniper
  • Measurements: 61′ x 17′
  • Display: water

Alan Hills

#652 – Alan Hills/Leif Eriksson, New Bern, NC

  • Boat Type: Lapstrake Sea Skiff – Li’l Rascal
  • Year Built: 1957
  • Year Restored: preserved
  • Builders: Chris Craft
  • Material: Fir, plywood, mahogany
  • Measurements: 18′ x 6′
  • Display: water

#653 – John Tinney, Wilmington, NC

  • Boat Type: Core sounder – Karen
  • Year Built: 1943
  • Year Restored: 1995
  • Builder: Ed Willis
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 43′
  • Display: water

Ted Parish

#654 – Ted Parish, Georgetown, MD
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat – Nellie Crockett
  • Year Built: 1925
  • Year Restored: ongoing
  • Builder: Charles Dana
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 67′
  • Display: water

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#655 – Adrea Helfrich-owner/ Eric Norman-Captain, Hilton Head Island, SC
Category Winner, People’s Choice Winner

  • Boat- Type: Elco 50 – Rebel
  • Year Built: 1928
  • Year Restored: ongoing
  • Builder: Elco
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 50′ x 13′
  • Display: water

Starboard

#656 – Jerry Pope, Wilmington, NC
Special Award

  • Boat- Type: Elco – Ruby
  • Year Built: 1930
  • Year Restored: 2013
  • Builder: Elco
  • Material: wood (hull is sheathed)
  • Measurements: 27′ x 9’4″
  • Display: water

#657 – Chris Spach, Mt. Pleasant, SC

  • Boat Type: Fly Bridge Cabin Cruiser – Miss Caroline
  • Year Built: 1952
  • Year Restored: 1998 to present
  • Builder: Rose Brothers, Harkers Island, NC
  • Material: juniper on southern yellow pine frames
  • Measurements: 32′ x 9.5′
  • Display: water

Peace & Plenty

#658 – Mitch Parker, Ocean City, MD
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Deluxe Sedan Cruiser – Peace & Plenty
  • Year Built: 1950
  • Year Restored: every year
  • Builder: Chris Craft
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 33′ x 11′
  • Display: water

Tyson Hanslik

#659 – Tyson Hanslik, Wilmington, NC

  • Boat Type: Cabin Cruiser – Pequod II
  • Year Built: 1948
  • Year Restored: ongoing
  • Builder: Matthews
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 40′ x 12′
  • Display: water

#660 – Thomas Parker, Jr., Millington, MD

  • Boat Type: Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat – Thomas J
  • Year Built: 1951
  • Year Restored: 2005
  • Builder: J.S. Jenkins
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 51′ x 17′

Chris Bech

#661 – Chris Bech, Georgetown, SC

  • Boat Type: Racing Runabout – Rockin’ Robin
  • Year Built: 1951
  • Year Restored: 1992
  • Builder: Chris-Craft
  • Material: wood, mahogany
  • Measurements: 19′ x 6′
  • Display: water

#662 – Christopher & Lindsey Stang, Charleston, SC

  • Boat Type: Lyman Utility – Adele
  • Year Built: 1959
  • Year Restored: 2000
  • Builder: Lyman
  • Material: plywood hull, mahogany deck
  • Measurements: 23′ x 8
  • Display: water

Jim Varner

#663 – Jim Varner, Charleston, SC

  • Boat Type: special runabout – Love Me Tender
  • Year Built: 1950
  • Year Restored: 1993
  • Builder: Chris Craft
  • Material: mahogany
  • Measurements: 17′ x 5’6″
  • Display: land

#664 – Thomas Penney, Conway, SC

  • Boat Type: Runabout – Southern Gal
  • Year Built: 1955
  • Year Restored: ongoing
  • Builder: Chris-Craft
  • Material: wood, mahogany
  • Measurements: 26′ x 7.5′
  • Display: water

#665 – Susan & Hank Tiller, Georgetown, SC

  • Boat Type: Lobster boat – Cost+
  • Year Built: 1963
  • Year Restored: 2005
  • Builder: Bunker & Ellis
  • Material: wood
  • Measurements: 34′ x 10’3″
  • Display: water

John Williams

#666 – John & Benny Williams, Versailles, KY
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Stepped Hydroplane – Mercury Maid
  • Year Built: 1932
  • Year Restored: 1995
  • Builder: Ventnor
  • Material: mahogany
  • Measurements: 16′
  • Display: water

#667 – Tommy Graham, McClellanville, SC

  • Boat Type: sedan – Sara
  • Year Built: 1934
  • Year Restored: 2006 -2010 by owner
  • Builder: Chris-Craft
  • Material: wood, mahogany
  • Measurements: 18′ x 5’7″
  • Display: land

Douglas Wright

#668 – Douglas Wright, Charleston, SC

  • Boat Type: 1959 Bristol Fisherman – Anne
  • Year Built: 1958
  • Year Restored: 2011-2013
  • Builder: Bristol Boat Corp of Maine
  • Material: mahogany
  • Measurements: 21′ x 6′
  • Display: land

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