PC#73,
SHOWBOAT
I was a past owner of
Showboat #73. I bought it in about 1973 from a man who lived in Arizona. I
was 17 years old at the time and I spent quite a bit of time getting the
boat restored for sailing around Newport Bay. The info I had on the boat
was that it was built in 1947 or 1948 for a boat show held in 1948. Hence
the name Showboat. The boat was unique from what I understand in that the
entire cockpit was built with teak and her spar was one piece of spruce. I
moved to Hawaii and in 1978 sold it to someone in Los Alamitos. I have
attached two pictures of it sailing in Newport about 1975. I have a lot of
fond memories of being a senior in high school, and though without a car,
taking my dates sailing. Aloha! Mark
Robinson
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