![]() 05/21/2015 at 03:54 • Filed to: boatlopnik, boat, 50s | ![]() | ![]() |
I will not be your guide, because I know next to nothing about boats.*
Except when you do the dinghy, left is right and right is left.
*for more boat-related information and guidance, head over to
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, Im sure there are nice and helpful people there.
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Anyway, I just saw this video, featuring a ride-along not in a car, but on a boat.
It is a 1959 South Seas Samoan and it looks spectacular .
So apparently in the late 50s boat makers were following car-styling trends, adding fins, headlights, rooflines and other design elements on these (speed)boats. This stuff looks amazing.
I mean look at this shit!
From my brief googling session I discovered many many different boats, some of which I will share here, and as far as I understand these are mostly fiberglass, and a lot of them seem to have Mercury, Neptune and Chrysler (outboard) engines, which may or may not be linked to their land-boat namesakes. More on the semantics and specifically Cadillac boats
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So lets take a look at some of them:
Love this white and black one. It is a Cadillac Sea Lark...
HOLY FINS, BATMAN!
Now look at these sweet ads, if fucking kinja will let me upload them...
I have this romantic image in my head - boating slowly on a calm sea late in the afternoon, with orange sunshine on your head, a cold cocktail with a cool name in your hand and a nice blanket under your bottom.
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P.S. Boatlopnik guys, please excuse my poor vocabulary and boating knowledge.
I just wanted to share these boats with car people who might not have given any attention to boats before. It worked for me.
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lol it looks like a ladypart.
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...with seating for up to six?
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Depends on the lady.