A lifetime of loving wooden boats
Dan Wilson’s fleet
1. Boat type: 15-foot Penn Yan runabout
Built: 1950
Wilson purchased the runabout in 1955.
2. Boat name: David
Boat type: 33-foot captain’s gig
Built: 1933
Wilson owned David in the early 1970s.
3. Boat name: Destiny
Boat type: Chris-Craft 36-foot Sedan
Built: 1950
Owned from 1975-1977.
4. Boat name: Sakonnet
Boat type: 75-foot John Wells motoryacht
Built: 1929
Owned from 1977-1988.
5. Boat name: Sequoia
Boat type: 104-foot Trumpy motoryacht
Built: 1925
Wilson captained this presidential yacht in 1980-81, and then again in 1998.
6. Boat name: Victoria
Boat type: 54-foot Peterson motoryacht
Built: 1937
Owned from 1988-1994.
7. Boat name: Happie
Boat type: 39-foot Warner Flush-deck Cruiser
Built: 1932
Owned from 1994 to present.
8. Boat type: 42-foot Matthews Cabin Cruiser
Built: 1956
Owned from 2008-present.
See related article:
"One man. One love. Eight wooden boats"
This article originally appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Home Waters Section of the June 2009 issue.