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Our monthly CoPA Schmooze (photography meeting) was aboard a boat, last night. It was The Solomon Juneau. This boat was built in 1903, and raised from the lake 33 years ago, by its present owner. He's a member of our group, so he invited us aboard for a picnic. It was a good photographic opportunity, as well.
This is Mark, the owner.
I didn't ask him what work he had done on it after raising it, or how long it had been down there, but I'm guessing the metal and glass are original, and nothing else. So he almost built it from scratch. He's getting old (he says), and it's too much work for him to take it out, anymore. He used to take it out on the lake. I remember seeing it in Port Washington, once.
I didn't get any pictures of the outside of the boat, but you can see various photos of it here (click over to images, or read some articles).
It was originally a fishing boat, so none of this decoration would have been original.
The boat had a lot of stuff on it. On the topdeck, there was a table and chair made of driftwood. It had the flag woven in it, that you saw in the earlier photo.
It's named for the founder of Milwaukee. Apparently, he had a boat built, but he used green wood. Bad idea. His boat sank. So Mark named it in honor of Juneau and his nautical folly.
The Vista King coming under the Clybourn St. bridge. Mark's family knows the family that runs these sightseeing cruises, and they have a deal. They let him tie off his antique boat at their dock, and he helps them with their boats.
When I got back to my car, these kids were practicing their act nearby.
This is Mark, the owner.
I didn't ask him what work he had done on it after raising it, or how long it had been down there, but I'm guessing the metal and glass are original, and nothing else. So he almost built it from scratch. He's getting old (he says), and it's too much work for him to take it out, anymore. He used to take it out on the lake. I remember seeing it in Port Washington, once.
I didn't get any pictures of the outside of the boat, but you can see various photos of it here (click over to images, or read some articles).
It was originally a fishing boat, so none of this decoration would have been original.
The boat had a lot of stuff on it. On the topdeck, there was a table and chair made of driftwood. It had the flag woven in it, that you saw in the earlier photo.
It's named for the founder of Milwaukee. Apparently, he had a boat built, but he used green wood. Bad idea. His boat sank. So Mark named it in honor of Juneau and his nautical folly.
The Vista King coming under the Clybourn St. bridge. Mark's family knows the family that runs these sightseeing cruises, and they have a deal. They let him tie off his antique boat at their dock, and he helps them with their boats.
When I got back to my car, these kids were practicing their act nearby.
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Date: 2013-08-15 01:53 pm (UTC)From:And do those kid parents know they're playing with fire!
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Date: 2013-08-15 03:02 pm (UTC)From:http://www.harveyhadland.com/rosterk.htm
KEVINBREN . 254619 Built by Milwaukee Shipbuilding Co. in 1947 for George J. Kohlbeck, Milwaukee, the 55 ft. x 15 ft. all steel vessel was equipped with a Caterpillar Model D17000 diesel. By 1951 the boat was owned by Frank Miller, Milwaukee, and converted to trawliing for alewife. Still later the boat was used for diving and underwater recovery.. It is presently still at Milwaukee, converted to a tug yacht, and has been renamed SOLOMON JUNEAU, and is owned by Mark Gubin.
It had your name on the original boat.
:)
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Date: 2013-08-15 11:19 pm (UTC)From:Oh, I see...the age and where he got it?
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