- Owner
- George Plamondon
- Home
Town - Chicago, IL
- Boat
Builder - ChrisCraft
- Boat
Model - Runabout
- Boat
Lenght -
17'
- Boat
Year - 1937
- Boat
Hull - Wood
- Boat
Name - What Fun
- Engine
- K Hercules, 85HP, 6 Cyl.
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- Additional
Information -
Purhased in 1973 for $1 (plus legal fees!), the What
Fun has usually lived up to its name! Fully restored, 2000-2008.
The WHAT FUN is a 1937 17’ Chris Craft custom runabout,
acquired September 23, 1973 for $1 (and attorney’s fees
of $10). At that time, I began the initial restoration but despite
these efforts, the boat continued to sink. It was left in storage
for more than 25 years, until the turn of this century -- when
the fix-up really began. An uphill battle, but I’m gaining
on it! The vessel’s name comes from
another project of mine -- a 1969 BMW motorcycle with a side-car
ride that I restored. While I was riding the bike on the Gold
Coast of Chicago, a female onlooker commented, “What fun.”
I couldn’t have agreed more, and thought her words might
also apply to my boat.
The name can be taken two ways: when it’s running, “What
Fun!”; when not running, “What Fun?”
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