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3 FROM THE HELM Not Old, Just Vintage 4 O' SOLE MIO Modernizing '77 Dreamboat 8 LABOR OF LOVE 55-year-old River Explorer 14 WHITE EAGLE II Why Unique Is Better 18 HOUSEBOTING TAKE 2 Getting On The Water (Again) 22 FAMILY TIME TOO '76 SeasMaster 26 SEA YA LATER Custom Built Beatuty 29 FUN COUNTRY STARGAZER What Twain Started In Me 32 RIVER TRIPPIN' Cruising On A '79 Stardust 36 KEYS TO LONGEVITY 55 Years & Four Generations 40 WHAT'S AFOOT? Decking Options 44 HOW TO: Houseboat Roof Repair 46 RE-ENTRY Key To Exterior Graphics 48 SEVERANCE PAY Transforming A 1984 Sumerset 53 Gullywhumper Story Of A 1985 Custom Build 56 DRAW IT, BUILD IT Restoring a '72 Kingscraft 59 GYPSY YACHT American Dream & A '78 Carl Craft 62 FLIP OF A COIN Choosing The 1986 Sumerset 66 REMODEL FEVER Tips For Liveaboards 68 LET'S DO IT Restoring A '73 Nautaline 72 HOUSEBOAT OVERHAUL 1989 Lazy Days Project 74 RESTORING A CLASSIC Tales Of the '72 Stardust 77 TWO DRIFTERS Gibson Owners Following Their Dream 79 HOUSEBOAT PIONEER Trading Up To A '97 Lakeview 82 FOR SAIL (AGAIN) Lakeview Rental Takes On New Life 86 BUYING ON EBAY 1983 C-Yacht Discovered 91 CURB APPEAL 1966 Drift-R-Cruz 95 IS THIS THE LIFE? Home-Away-From-Home 96 THE NELLIE BLY 70 Years Of Family Memories 100 MARINE SURVEYORS What They Know Can Save You! 104 TROUBLED WATERS 1969 Pluckebaum 110 RESTORATION CAROLINA Junkyard To Open Water 114 RESCUED AND RESTORED 50-Foot Gibson 118 WOOD KNOT Tribute To The Young Classic 120 OFF SEASON MAINTENANCE Tips To Rescue Your Weekend 123 RAISING A DAULPHIN 1976 Harbor Master 126 FRUITS OF LABOR Part Of A Dock Family 128 CHANGING THE HIERARCHY Replacing The Throne 132 PAYING ITS OWN WAY 57-Foot Carlcraft 133 BLACK SWAN PROJECT We Can Do This…I Think 136 I HAD TO TRAVEL Quimby's Jerry Troyanek 139 PCR RESTORATIONS Gotcha Covered 140 THE HAPPY HOOKER 1973 Nautaline 144 JOYS OF FREE POWER Advantages To Going Solar 148 BOOMERANG BOATS Story Of Three Vintage Harbor Masters 154 ZWISLER INNOVATION No Generators? Impossible! 158 THOROUGHBRED MAGIG Packing Luxury Into 56 Feet 164 TURING BACK TIME Jackie Henderson To The Rescue 168 THIS IS NO LEMMON 1985 Bluewater 173 NOTES FROM THE STERN The Bone Yard 174 PROP ME UP Fitting The Right Blade 176 THE SHASTA QUEEN Restoring Haggard's Houseboat 182 STARABRATION MAKEOVER? Stardust Gets Sailabration Facelift 186 HOME ON THE WATER Chris Craft Aquahome On the Cover: Raising A Daulphin. Ken Dahl III is truly devoted to his 1976 Harbor Master and that's proven in this classic article that originally ran in Houseboat magazine in 2007. Page 41. Cover photo by Gary Kramer. Cover design by Chris Searle. INSIDE INSIDE 2 Houseboatmagazine.com