Comments on: The Rumored 3rd Thayer IV.. The Barn Find Of The Decade! http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/ Classic Boat News and Information Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2735 Anonymous Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:45:55 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2735 If you post the same thing 2 or 3 times is does not seem more truthful to me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2728 Anonymous Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:11:36 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2728 Oh Matt! What a hornets nest you have stirred up this time. But, all of the clues are there. The pictures taken at just the right angle, the diagram, the stories, it's perfect! You are a master!
WoodyGal

]]> By: Frank Miklos http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2708 Frank Miklos Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:11:35 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2708 Back when the Thayer IV was on EBAY I said to myself that it was not the main boat… Due to little things the main one was the deck vent…
I wondered which one of the four boats it was… (I have known that there were 4 since 1992. That is when I worked on "Striking Distance" with Pat Curtin…) At that time he told me that there were 4 boats bought for the movie but only 3 were used in the movie…
First Unit…
The second unit boat…
And the Crash Boat….

I figured that the boat on ebay was the second Unit boat… it had a different steering wheel and did not have the odd vent on the front deck… Then I thought someone may have rebuilt the crash boat which also had the other steering wheel… I forgot about it until I talked to both Matt and Pat a few weeks ago…

They told me they found the Main boats from the movie The Chris Craft U22 and The 1963 Century Raven ("Mail Boat"). They invited me to meet them to see the boats…

I talked to my wife and she said go… 9+ hr trip…

We actually drove to Long Island the day before to pick up a Century. We took that back to a friend’s house in Wilks Barre PA… On Thursday we drove from Wilks Barre to the location of the boats… My brother Bob and I Met up with Matt, Jim Scott, Pat Curtin and the owners of the boats.. We walked across the street to the barn… There the Century Raven sat under shrink wrap… but we went inside the barn to see the Chris Craft… Thayer IV… Everything on this boat matched the main movie boat… Starting with the goofy vent on the front deck, steering wheel, the Iva lite handle, the cover snap location and line of the snaps. They all matched the movie boat… Also the Mail boat is there with the name and everything else matched the boat from the movie…
I am convinced that these two boats I saw last week are the main boats from the movie…

The ebay boat looks to be the second unit boat….

Both boats were used in the movie…

]]> By: Frank Miklos http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2716 Frank Miklos Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:07:18 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2716 Back when the Thayer IV was on EBAY I said to myself that it was not the main boat… Due to little things the main one was the deck vent…
I wondered which one of the four boats it was… (I have known that there were 4 since 1992. That is when I worked on "Striking Distance" with Pat Curtin…) At that time he told me that there were 4 boats bought for the movie but only 3 were used in the movie…
First Unit…
The second unit boat…
And the Crash Boat….

I figured that the boat on ebay was the second Unit boat… it had a different steering wheel and did not have the odd vent on the front deck… Then I thought someone may have rebuilt the crash boat which also had the other steering wheel… I forgot about it until I talked to both Matt("Woody Boater") and Pat a few weeks ago…

They told me they found the 1st Unit boats from the movie The 1950 Chris Craft U22 and The 1963 Century Raven 19' ("Mail Boat"). They invited me to meet them to see the boats…

I talked to my wife and she said go it sounds like fun… 9+ hr trip…

We actually drove to Long Island the day before to pick up a Century Arabian. We took that back to a friend’s house in Wilks Barre PA… On Thursday we drove from Wilks Barre to the location of the boats… My brother Bob and I Met up with Matt, Jim Scott, Pat Curtin and the owners of the boats.. We walked across the street to the barn… There the Century Raven sat under shrink wrap… but we went inside the barn to see the Chris Craft… Thayer IV… Everything on this boat matched the main movie boat… Starting with the goofy vent on the front deck, steering wheel, the Iva lite handle, the cover snap location and line of the snaps. They all matched the movie boat… Also the Mail boat is there with the name and everything else matched the boat from the movie…
I am convinced that these two boats I saw last week are the main boats from the movie…

In my opinion ebay boat looks to be the second unit boat…. ("full throttle reverse shot") maybe others…

Both boats were used in the movie…

The funny thing aboat all of this is that I thought all of the "Chris Craft world" knew that Three boats were used in the movie…

I had a fun day got to Meet Mat and Jim… Got to see Pat Curtin for the first time since the "Stiking Distance" Premier in 1993. And I got to go through the two main boats from "On Golden Pond"…

Thanks Matt and Pat.

]]> By: WoodyBoater http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2715 WoodyBoater Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:50:33 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2715 HA, that's it.I liked your use of creative cursing.. I will be using that in emails from now on..

]]> By: traceybarrymore http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2714 traceybarrymore Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:47:50 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2714 sorry..got carried away….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2713 Anonymous Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:47:30 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2713 Is Woody Boater Really who he says he is??? Has anyone ever seen his hull number? All people with wood boats are on some level suspect. I blame the illness.

]]> By: WoodyBoater http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2712 WoodyBoater Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:41:37 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2712 Well, there you have it, we get to end the days comments on a high note.. Not sure of the curse word here. Sorry to all of you regarding that.. I will moderate out any more from this. So please be creative in your use of the english language.. And of course I dont give a crap about spelling..

]]> By: traceybarrymore http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2711 traceybarrymore Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:38:18 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2711 WELL…Isnt this all great…We have alot of anonymous people…Sounds Like THE OWNER OF THE 1802….ADDED MUSCLE,…the friend attorney, and someone else who doesnt like the truth or the suprise….. There needs to bee an open Forum for all interested partys and involved..Be more constructive..Its a God Damn Boat Who F**kin cares to this extent…Get all the FACTS

]]> By: Tom King http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2710 Tom King Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:49:47 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2710 Matt, kudos for your dedication and perseverance in researching this.

]]> By: Texx http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2709 Texx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:34:46 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2709 Was it true that Chelsea had a thing for the Mailman in the Century?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.woodyboater.com/barn-finds/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2717 Anonymous Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:21:43 +0000 http://paulwind.com/woodyboater/the-rumored-3rd-thayer-iv-the-barn-find-of-the-decade/#comment-2717 I'm soooo confused…but I DO know that Chelsea did a backflip!!!

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