[Yacht News]

LOL @ the last caption Tom!

Side note...thanks for all the lovely pics Carl and Tom!

[Ken Bracewell]

Originally Posted by CaptTom

M/Y Diane

One of a pair of 6-cylindar Detroit Diesels that gets Diane to a 13-know cruise.
This yacht must also be a dream to work on as there's plenty of room around the systems for access. And if you can't get at a system, cut a hole in the side as she is made of steel.

I'll bet that you didn't get Maldwin into the engine room for a look
Thanks for posting the photos! This is the first year that I've missed in a while so I've been waiting anxiously to see some photos, since I spoke with your host yesterday.

[maldwin]

Originally Posted by YachtForums

Maldwin can probably shed more light on this refit, but in my eyes it was about the best I've ever seen, like it was transported forward in time from 1960-something (1969 I think!); as new as the day it was delivered to its original owner.

She is CHIEFTAIN, a 36 ft 1959 Rybovich, refit by Mike Rybovich for a country singer who has restored many classics to perfection. The other Rybovich is LEGEND, which is the oldest Rybovich extant as hull number 1 is no longer afloat.
Best,
Maldwin

[SeaEric]

Great photos, great work guys! I have never been to Vintage Weekend. I really must get there. Perhaps next year there may be in attendance a newly acquired 46' Whiticar?

[CaptTom]

Originally Posted by SeaEric

Great photos, great work guys! I have never been to Vintage Weekend. I really must get there. Perhaps next year there may be in attendance a newly acquired 46' Whiticar?

I see a YF gathering on a Whiticar in the future. Hmmmm!

We may actually plan to participate for two days next year. We didn't even get to the airport to get close and personal with the vintage birds. We had to admire them from afar ('cause they were up there, and we were down here).

[CaptTom]

Continuing with the event, here's M/Y Bubbaloo, a 1969 Huckins. She has always been corporate owned: originally by Brown and Root which was bought out by Halliburton. She's all of her 80', with twin 16v71 Detroits and max speed of 19 knots.
Unfortunately I did not get a lot of images of her as I was busy exploring her inards.

[CaptTom]

M/Y Bubbaloo

Her salon is airy and comfortable, just like home.

[CaptTom]

M/Y Bubbaloo

The forward stateroom has four bunks, great for kids, terrible for snorers (no comments, Carl).

[CaptTom]

M/Y Bubbaloo

That bow is about half the length of the yacht, so it is a long walk to the fore stateroom. Real bulkhead doors give it a bit of a ship feel, but she's all class underneath.
You'll make a hullabaloo over Bubbaloo.

[CaptTom]

Included in the show but not stopping for a closer look (we were on our way to lunch, so filling our stomachs was more of a priority than filling a YF thread), was the Century cruiser "On The Marks", with signature T-Tops.

[CaptTom]

Check out that dash, it looks straight from an automobile. Any connection?

[RER]

Great pictures. To still have with us these treasures from a bygone era is truly special.

When I was a kid we had a new 1966 26' Century Raven. The interior had an abundance of the same orange vinyl. I had the brochure with photos of all the Century models... I remember thinking the styling on the runabouts was out of this world. The effect on me today is the same.

More and more often I find myself thinking back, about how things used to be. Maybe I'm getting as old as I seem to my kids.

[carelm]

Originally Posted by PropBet

A few [choice] words come to mind with regards to the above pictures boats.
Timeless, classic, elegant, and most certainly beautiful.

Thanks Carl and Tom.

I would add grace and charm as well. The pictures are great, and add my thanks to Carl and Tom.

[CaptTom]

As for a few more land cruisers, here a Rolls Royce sporting copper tubing for the cooling system and a multi-trumpet horn.

[CaptTom]

I'm old, but not this old, and I missed the name/year on the info sheet. Anyone?