Enter the 60's: The Story of Boat #2

In the early 60's my grandfather built his second boat.  We have once again simply dubbed it "Boat #2".  It too was built in his basement on Willis Street in Oil City, PA.  When the hull was completed, a wall had to be knocked down to get it out of the basement.  Whenever the discussion of this boat came up, there was confusion as to exactly "what" plan had been used.  My grandfather seemed to think that he simply stretched out the plans from Boat #1 but was never certain.  I happen to think that it is the Glen-L "Nimrod" plan.  I know the boat was 15 or 16 feet long.  I have spent a lot of time looking over the pictures I have of Boat #2 and there are many attributes that fit the Glen-L "Nimrod" lines.

The boat was completed in 1961.  It was originally powered by a 1961 Evinrude 40 hp "Lark III".  Within a year or two it was re-powered by a 1961 Evinrude 75 hp "Startflite III".  This was the first of my grandfathers boats to sport the blue stripe that would be seen on the rest of the boats he would build.  It appears as if this strip was probably derived from the Thompson boats of that time, as many friends of the family drove Thompsons in those days.  The shape of the windshield and the shape of the blue stripe seem to both be directly "borrowed" from many Thompson models of the day.

Once again, come the mid 1960's it was time to sell this one and build a bigger one.  This boat along with the trailer were once again traded to Weigle Brothers Marine to help outfit the next boat.  This boat....as they say...was too never seen again.