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I found my first boat which was of course a Glasspar, about 12 years ago. I had many other hobbies at the time but little did I know they would all take a back seat to boating in the near future. My garage was loaded with boxes of military collectibles, antique cameras, vintage this and vintage that, basically all sorts of stuff that really did me no good on a daily basis. As I started getting more and more interested in Glasspar boats and boating in general, I found that I did n... Read more...

My family and were heading home from our vacation up the coast of California and decided go through Sacramento and head down the 99 to Bakersfield. Mojave is just over the Tehachapi Mountains from Bakersfield so my wife likes to frequent this area. The Sacramento area has many canals and river areas that are a part of the Sacramento Delta that all seem to lead to the ocean. This entire area is quite popular with boaters. I decided to hit my favorite boat wrecking yard, Shipwreck Marin... Read more...

del Mar spotted in Monterey! It's interesting to see how people use their classic boats. I usually expect people with vintage Glasspar boats to appreciate the classic design and want to get together with other people who appreciate the same. Every once in a while, I run across a boat where the owner doesn't care about all that. They just want to use the boat... Read more...

I used to wonder how long it took some people to do a restoration of a Glasspar boat. It seems that the true diehard owners will do a complete floor and transom rebuild. This fact in mind, I assumed it would take about a year to rebuild a specific boat. That was just averaging of course, my first Glasspar was a 1961 del Mar and it took me just a couple of months to get in water ready. That included replacing most of the floo... Read more...