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My friends Cortland

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:26 am
by thegammas
So of course I have picutres of my '62 Sea Lancer pasted to my office walls. A friend of mine whom I've worked with for decades came in one day and said "Wow, my dad had a boat just like that". Naturally I pressed for pictures, hull # info from some old registration, and "where is it now?".

The other day she came in and showed me these pictures! I beleive it to be a Cortland Custom Sea Lancer with the standard seats vs. flip like mine. When i asked if she rememberd where he got the boat, it was indeed from a dealer in New York.

August 1965
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Though she has not seen the boat in decades, there is a remote chance that boat is still in the family at a brothers place - hopefully buried in a garage, perfectly set on blocks supporting the transome and keel, with no motor mounted, and nothing piled inside. Odds on that?

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:17 am
by LancerBoy
Very cool! Small world is it not?

Andreas

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:57 am
by thegammas
Yes indeed it is....I'd have been thrilled if this custom had the flip seats like mine. I've never been able to find a picture of what the driver seat looked like (couldnt find one in the catalogs either). Was it too was a flip or some other configuration?

I am condering changing over to the "Standard" config....

I dont suppose Andreas that you have seen such a picture in all those vintage shots you have???

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:11 am
by LancerBoy
I have virtually nothing for the Cortland boats, especially after the split with Peshtigo in 1959.

I only have the brochures. The same stuff that is on the CD.

Sorry.

Andreas