dauntless

warren · 09-15-2005, 03:55 PM

does anybody know about this beautiful old restored wooden boat. it looks like it 34 feet and was used for a passenger ferry. what lines, wow! the name is dauntless. thanks warren

ApS · 09-15-2005, 08:40 PM

I can add a little.

It's got two 350CID Ford engines, it sounds like a gas-turbine engine when at WOT (wide-open-throttle), is docked for more months than the usual summer season at the south tip of Tuftonboro Neck, and appears to ride very smoothly.

The turbine sound is likely due to a gearbox, and that sound is unmistakable. It's missing little in the speed department, too.

Yes, the lines are dated, but it oozes "cool".

"Bill", the owner, nearly ran my kayak over backing another wood boat -- "Dolphin" -- to reposition it on the trailer at a ramp awhile back.

I asked him at the time if he owned "Dauntless", and he replied "I am Dauntless". Not pressing the issue, and curious about the strange mechanical sounds, I asked what it had for engine power. (The Ford 350's).

It usually takes short -- but fast -- rides just prior to sundown.

The owner's last name is a familiar one to most, and you may have stayed at his many hotels -- of a world-wide chain.

SIKSUKR · 09-16-2005, 09:14 AM

It can't be Paris Hilton's father so it must be a Marriot?

warren · 09-16-2005, 09:34 PM

thanks for the info, i hope some of the pics come out. i was standing at the docks shooting down inside the cabin. do you know what make the boat is i didnt see a model or name anywhere. thanks again, warren

Sunset Bob · 09-18-2005, 07:14 PM

The Dauntless was seen in Wolfboro Friday afternoon. See my photos in photo post.

ApS · 10-01-2005, 08:51 AM

I just learned last night that the owner used to gas up with 100-octane aircraft fuel at the Lakes Region Airpark Seaplane dock. Then he got his own supply in a boathouse.

(For a while, anyway...then KA-BOOM! Spent some weeks in a Boston burn unit, but it could have been fatal had he not been blasted into the lake).

Frank · 10-02-2005, 06:38 PM

At the 2003 Meredith Boat Show, "Dauntless" won an award:

CLASS AWARDS:
...
J: REPRODUCTION, PROTOTYPE, MODIFIED
FIRST PLACE:

...

A 2003 GEC/Old Time Boat Company, Commuter, Registration #64, “Dauntless”, owned by J.W. Marriott, Jr.

09-15-2005, 03:55 PM	#1
warren Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: dunbarton Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	dauntless does anybody know about this beautiful old restored wooden boat. it looks like it 34 feet and was used for a passenger ferry. what lines, wow! the name is dauntless. thanks warren

09-15-2005, 08:40 PM	#2
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,084 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	No interior details, but... I can add a little. It's got two 350CID Ford engines, it sounds like a gas-turbine engine when at WOT (wide-open-throttle), is docked for more months than the usual summer season at the south tip of Tuftonboro Neck, and appears to ride very smoothly. The turbine sound is likely due to a gearbox, and that sound is unmistakable. It's missing little in the speed department, too. Yes, the lines are dated, but it oozes "cool". "Bill", the owner, nearly ran my kayak over backing another wood boat -- "Dolphin" -- to reposition it on the trailer at a ramp awhile back. I asked him at the time if he owned "Dauntless", and he replied "I am Dauntless". Not pressing the issue, and curious about the strange mechanical sounds, I asked what it had for engine power. (The Ford 350's). It usually takes short -- but fast -- rides just prior to sundown. The owner's last name is a familiar one to most, and you may have stayed at his many hotels -- of a world-wide chain.

09-16-2005, 09:14 AM	#3
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	It can't be Paris Hilton's father so it must be a Marriot? __________________ SIKSUKR

09-16-2005, 09:34 PM	#4
warren Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: dunbarton Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	dauntlessness thanks for the info, i hope some of the pics come out. i was standing at the docks shooting down inside the cabin. do you know what make the boat is i didnt see a model or name anywhere. thanks again, warren

09-18-2005, 07:14 PM	#5
Sunset Bob Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,701 Thanks: 115 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	Dauntless The Dauntless was seen in Wolfboro Friday afternoon. See my photos in photo post. Last edited by webmaster; 09-18-2005 at 10:19 PM. Reason: inserted pictures from PhotoPost

10-01-2005, 08:51 AM	#6
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,084 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	I just learned last night that the owner used to gas up with 100-octane aircraft fuel at the Lakes Region Airpark Seaplane dock. Then he got his own supply in a boathouse. (For a while, anyway...then KA-BOOM! Spent some weeks in a Boston burn unit, but it could have been fatal had he not been blasted into the lake).

10-02-2005, 06:38 PM	#7
Frank Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	At the 2003 Meredith Boat Show, "Dauntless" won an award: CLASS AWARDS: ... J: REPRODUCTION, PROTOTYPE, MODIFIED FIRST PLACE: ... A 2003 GEC/Old Time Boat Company, Commuter, Registration #64, “Dauntless”, owned by J.W. Marriott, Jr.