Wooden boats in the 50's
Many of the small runabouts were actually boats built from plans or kits ordered from Sears Roebuck. My father built one and in the early 60's I built a 14' from plywood. I later fiberglass the hull.
One of my neighbor built a hydroplane from plywood. It was heavy but man it was fast for its size!
I can remember kayak kits using stretched canvas for the hull.
Most popular wood boats in their days were Penn-Yan and Pembroke boats. The Pembroke boats were made in NH and the Penn-Yan were made in a 'dry town' in the Finger Lakes area of NY.
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