July 27, 2015 Day 37 New
York Summer 2015
Clayton
City Docks
Clayton,
NY
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This Thompson was being restored and brought back memories
to Bill - his family owned one when he was a teenager |
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| Classic Lyman |
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| An Elco |
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| All about speed in this building! |
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| She is from Virginia! |
The
Antique Boat Museum opened at 0900 and we arrived shortly afterwards to be able
to spend the whole morning there. We
first took a guided tour of La Duchesse,
the 106 ft. elegant house boat originally owned by George Boldt (of Waldorf
Astoria fame), next by Edward Noble (of the Life Saver Candy fame), and finally
by Andrew Mc Nally (of Rand McNally fame). It was first built in 1903, with six
staterooms, a sizeable galley and dining room, servants’ quarters, a large
master stateroom, a large salon, and sundeck on the upper level. It now belongs
to the museum and was a pleasure to visit.
We
toured all the buildings of the museum, including the Morgan Building that
houses the speed and hydroplane boats; the Dodge Memorial Launch Building,
filled with runabouts and cruisers; the Small Craft Building filled with
various types of canoes; the Noble Historic Stone Building, where boats are
being restored; the McNally Yacht House with its in-water fleet, and the main
Haxall Building, where we watched a movie and saw a few exhibits. It was a
fascinating look at classic boats and the people behind them. This weekend
marks the 51st Annual Boat Show and Auction!
When
we returned to our boat for lunch we spotted another Gold Looper boat, Quimby on our dock. They are on their
way to Canada to do the Triangle Loop in a few days. We last saw them in Ft. Myers!
After
lunch we walked back downtown, visited a few shops, including the cheese shop
which sells the Original Thousand Island Dressing. The dressing was created
here in Clayton by Mrs. Sophia LaLonde in the early 1900’s and became famous!
Then back to the boat for a rest.
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| Lots of mahogany |
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| Time to relax tonight! |
We
had pizza on board for dinner and relaxed for the evening. We have friends (Happy Clamz and Seven Tenths) arriving tomorrow.
