LouAnne Caldwell said that he can spend a whole day polishing Love & Luck from bow to stern. “It’s an ongoing process of maintenance,” Caldwell said. The most difficult part of maintaining the 1937 boat is keeping water spots off the mahogany finish. Chris Craft, the company originated in 1861, moved in the early 1980s to Sarasota, and gained even more fame when one of the fiberglass boats was featured on Miami Vice. Clair River that flows from Lake Huron toward Detroit. The boat was crafted in Algonac, Mich., off the St. They don’t run the boat in salt water because of the havoc it would wreak on the original engine, and typically take it to their lake home in Georgia. Thirty minutes in, he saw Love & Luck, and within three hours of arriving at the show, he’d bought it. Kent Caldwell said he was leaving for a show with a friend a decade ago when LouAnne called out to ask whether he was going to buy a boat. They are excited to see it and could have out on the water in the next week.Ī 29-foot Hugh Saint built for Rumrunners restaurant in the Cape will be on the water. The ’85 22-foot fiberglass Donzi Classic the Caldwells bought to celebrate their anniversary in August is wrapping up its refurbishment and will be at the show. “There is not another show like this in Southwest Florida.”įeatured boats include a Gar Wood 25-foot triple cockpit, several Hugh Saint custom boats built in Cape Coral, 16 Glasspar fiberglass models from the ’50s and ’60s, Jersey speed skiffs, Aristocrafts, and a 1942 Thompson Runabout. “Ultimately the goal is to put us on the map and have people come out and see the events,” said Kevin Rooney, event manager for Pinchers and Big C Events. The Marina at Edison Ford will have the boats on display in the parking lot, while the Edison and Ford Winter Estates will play host to trailered vessels on the Coconut Grove Lawn. It is one of the 48 classic and antique boats confirmed for the first Antique and Classic Boat Show on Saturday and Sunday, including wooden and fiberglass boats, said Kent Caldwell, a show organizer and member of the Sunnyland Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. The 1937 Chris Craft Deluxe Runabout Love & Luck, with its gleaming lacquered mahogany hull, polished copper exhaust pipe, honeycomb stern light and rich russet leather seats, is the pride of owners Kent and LouAnne Caldwell of Fort Myers.
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