Legend is this boat hauled all the materials to build Starkey's Point. It's a 25-foot Grumman pontoon, new in the '80s, with a 45-horse four-stroke Honda outboard. It has no benches, no sun shade, no radio. We love it.
The boat as we first saw it, suspended for the winter in a Cranberry Lake boathouse. We now have the boat winterized and shrink-wrapped by Bill at Cranberry Lake Dry Dock and Marine Services.
Joe W., who witnessed much of the process of building the camp, told me that at the height of work Hugh even took the guardrails off. The boat could have been seen 25 years ago barging timbers down the lake, so weighed down that the deck was nearly underwater.
Hemlock 6x6s for boathouse cribbing from Steve F.'s sawmill.
Another man's treasure? June 2012, shortly after our purchase of the camp, on the way to the transfer station.
Timbers for repair projects.
Taking on another load of materials for the camp...
...and unloading on the other end. Seems like an endless cycle.
Here's to another 30 years of trusty service.
Someday all this will be yours!
