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Originally Posted by Descant
I drove the Winni's for a couple of summers. We had two in the water and a third in storage. I think I recall correctly that the sign the roof said "8 boats, no waiting" when I was a youngster.
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I'm jealous, .... and they probably paid you to do this. You should have worked for free.
I have seen different info on how many boats they had, but your comment about 8 boats maybe makes this true as well. Maybe 8 boats at the water ready to take on passengers and 4 boats in for repairs and maintenance. It must have been a site to see back then if there was group of them all together.
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Originally Posted by Diver1111
Here is what Jack Irwin told me:
We had a total of 12 Miss Winnis. I have one restored. There are two more on Winnipesaukee. One is a rebuilt and the other is a patched up boat that I gave to a friend and I was surprised he was able to get it to float. The one that was rebuilt is the one that blew up in Weirs Bay about 1945. Twenty years ago a guy brought it up. It had burned to the waterline before it sank. A guy with a lot of money had it rebuilt. It must have cost $150K. The motor was taken out by another guy. It was totally rusted out. It was an A120 250HP Chris-Craft. A new motor was put in the rebuilt.
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