TOPIC: Boat Show 1949

Found this site today while looking up Lonestar and Texasmaid
boats while visiting kids in Dallas. Many good memories.
At the 1949 St Louis Boat show at Keil my Dad - Ed Herold
displayed Scott-Atwater motors and some boats and Cushman
motor scooters. I remember people laughing at the gear shift F-N-R on the small outboard motors as unnecessary. I believe the boat was a Nor-Craft fiberglass - so new that people were skeptical of its strength so Dad would hit the deck with a cork ball bat to
prove its durability.
Question - in 1965 we ran a 14' fiberglass catamaran boat
with a small beam with an 80hp Merc that would hit 50mph.
Any idea who the boat mfr was?
I loved the 60hp Scott engine but in 1959 we switched to
Mercury. I have a 16' BeeCraft 1976 with a 1977 Merc 115.

Welcome aboard Al, glad to have you join us. Thanks for sharing those great memories of the boat, motor, and scooter stuff with us. (I had a two speed Cushman when I was a kid, thought I was hot stuff !)

re: catamaran - Maybe a Power Cat, or one of the Custom Craft models? Lots of great pics in the Glassic Library, (see the button up in the tool bar here). www.fiberglassics.com/library/Main_Page

Would love to see some pics of your BeeCraft when you get a chance.

Welcome aboard and I also enjoyed your post. I hope to hear more from you. I have a small Scott outboard. I need an impeller for it to run on the boat.

Nor-Craft boats were made by Northwest Plastics, Inc. of St. Paul, MN. Their first fiberglass boats were made about 1954. They eventually built a boat factory at Marine-On-St. Croix, MN along the St. Croix River. It burnt to the ground 26 Feb. 1956. Not sure if they ever got back int boat manufacturing. The company made other plastic items and continues in business to this day as Norwesco, Inc. with headquarters about 10 miles from me at St. Bonifacius, MN.

Lee Wangstad has published an article or two on Nor-Craft boats. I think one is online at www.acbs-bslol.com

Also, the Library right here on this site has some information: www.fiberglassics.com/library/Nor-Craft

Andreas

here is my 62 custom craft devil ray,is it like this?its the next boat im hoping to restore.
its 13 foot 3 inches and rated for 100 hp.

AlHerold,

WELCOME to the home of confirmed BOATaholics.= We're glad you came.

yours, satx