A little update on the old Shepherd: The short planking from the helm station and forward are definitely the result of a coarse repair a long time ago. Short pieces of roughly cut planking has been inserted in the middle of the forwardmost original planking. Since this is the same on both sides of t...

I am. I'm too young and naïve not to be. And my grandmother used to say: "Lediggang er roden til alt ondt" - directly translated to "Inoccupancy is the root of all evil". Basically the Danish way of saying that "the devil makes work for idle hands". The shepherdboats.com was one of the first pages I...

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM1hnsP95oCquj_lxWNjtwbH-DzScALvUWg_EilEcY0ov5fkPBtLzwg9PvdIr80PQ?key=Ty1rdExWOHVlTWVFVTNncTBzckVtck1mOW14Mmpn I think you should be able to see the pictures here. Otherwise please let me know. I any of you would like me to take pictures showing other parts of th...

Hello! My endeavors into the wooden boat world recently took a turn down (or up?) a lesser traveled road. I have acquired a few Chris Crafts over the last 6 months that I am planning on restoring. But then - by chance - I was offered to buy a very elegant looking 17' Shepherd. My curiosity got he be...

Thank you very much for that information!

Although it wasn't what I wanted to hear, it's still good to now finally have some clarification on the origin of the engines. Thank you again!

- Laurits

Well I'll be... Thank you very much for the good description on where to find the number and also the picture (I had to log in 3-4 times before I could see it) Can't believe I didn't see that sooner. It was all covered in old filth. It say's QXD5M 2814161. I'll ask the Museum right away. If it turns...

Just a little extra question... I have now received the Research Package from the Mariners Museum. It's really interesting to se the old hull card and to read through the old material. One thing puzzled me about the hull card though. On the hull card is written - in hand - the following: "ITEM #1-BU...

Seems to have some troubles uploading pictures.

Let's see if it works this time

Thank you very much for clarifying the different terms/suffixes. That was very informative. Also the link to the book - I might as well get that myself. Also the Hagerty link was really helpful - thanks again. As for the engine#'s and the hull#, I'm still a bit puzzled. The previous owner was - as I...

Thank you for your reply! The "Conrad Book" you mentioned, is it by any chance this one? https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Craft-Essential-Jerry-Conrad/dp/0917376536/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=#customerReviews If anybody have any suggestions on what books to read in order to get a bit more...

Hello, The other day I wrote a long text with a lot of questions and thoughts regarding my 1956 CC Runabout. Unfortunately, the website timed out before I got to the end of my long monologue, and everything was deleted. Oh my. Today, I'm going to give it another shot - hoping this time to be more sw...