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Episode Eight

Vintage Vessels is all about the restoration of classic boats, from vintage wooden runabouts to antique canoes. From engine maintenance to hull repairs, to boathouse construction, this series will feature everything related to owning and operating classic wooden watercraft, and will go on location to marinas, marine museums, collector events and shows, and restoration shops.

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Episode Eight

Vintage Vessels Episode 108 | 27m 44s | CC

The Antique Boat Museum in Clayton New York is featured and we tour the 1903 La Duchesse, a gilded age two-story houseboat built for 19th century hotelier George C. Boldt. Vintage Vessels tours the Boldt Yacht house and its collection of classic vessels. Then we visit the Paul Blackley Boat company in Gravenhurst Ontario where they are restoring Henry Ford’s 1924 race boat, Evangeline.

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