Manasquan Inlet 1938

[hartattack]

https://youtu.be/5kZPgHWuuQg Four and half minutes of :eek::eek::eek:

[Taxman]

very cool

i got seasick just watching

[Foul Hook]

Pretty cool. Men were men back in those days of boating.

[CadiShackFishing]

Larry, very cool. Around that time period my wife's grandfather had built and operated a party boat out of Pt. Pleasant.

[Fisherman120]

September 1938... I'm going to guess off my head that the Long Island/New England hurricane was nearby? I believe that was about a Category 3 when it made landfall in East Long Island...

[loosescrews]

It must have been some really good fishing for all those boats to go out in that. What a mess.

[joerosa1]

Thought I saw a sponsor charter out there ......(report the following day "It was sporty but everyone went home with some fish")

[AndyS]

Been there done that. Owned a 19ft Grady outta Squan, never hit the rocks tho :D

[SaltLife1980]

Really cool video. Like my dad said that is the time period when my great grandfather ran a charter boat outta there. Must have been wild.

[dakota560]

Ocean in the background doesn't look that bad! Mouth must have been extremely shoaled up, like Shark River on the south side. Still see so many boats in bad conditions trying to negotiate inlets and too often without success. Something for anyone viewing this thread to remember, in a strong northeaster an inlet can and most likely will be flat calm on incoming tide but when it turns it'll be your worst nightmare. Don't be stupid, mouths of inlets are nothing to fool around with. Even if the ocean isn't rough as it appears in this case, a big NE ground swell with a west wind and outgoing tide will stack things and make it treacherous.

[Capt. Debbie]

They also ran with sh*t horsepower puny engines. Damn commercial steam ships could barely break double digit speeds.

Try running an inlet or in a storm with an engine that can move your boat at 11 knots flat out.



Ocean in the background doesn't look that bad! Mouth must have been extremely shoaled up, like Shark River on the south side. Still see so many boats in bad conditions trying to negotiate inlets and too often without success. Something for anyone viewing this thread to remember, in a strong northeaster an inlet can and most likely will be flat calm on incoming tide but when it turns it'll be your worst nightmare. Don't be stupid, mouths of inlets are nothing to fool around with. Even if the ocean isn't rough as it appears in this case, a big NE ground swell with a west wind and outgoing tide will stack things and make it treacherous.

[blindalfred]

Thought I saw a sponsor charter out there ......(report the following day "It was sporty but everyone went home with some fish")

Funny. Another sponsor came to my mind who would have described the conditions as "a little lumpy".

[dfish28]

I was looking for some of the retarted longboarders surfing the swell. I guess some were smarter back then...

[SaltLife1980]

They also ran with sh*t horsepower puny engines. Damn commercial steam ships could barely break double digit speeds.

Try running an inlet or in a storm with an engine that can move your boat at 11 knots flat out.

My great grandfathers cabin cruiser was powered by a 1929 Stutz engine. 8 cylinder gas engine. Believe it was a straight 8, 32 valve, DOHC. For anyone who doesnt know Stutz was a car company back in the day. Before he sold the boat he had install a marine engine though.

[frugalfisherman]

My great grandfathers cabin cruiser was powered by a 1929 Stutz engine. 8 cylinder gas engine. Believe it was a straight 8, 32 valve, DOHC. For anyone who doesnt know Stutz was a car company back in the day. Before he sold the boat he had install a marine engine though.

Still got the old motor? Probably get quite a few grand for it today.

[SaltLife1980]

Still got the old motor? Probably get quite a few grand for it today.

No i wish!! Wish we still have the old wooden cabin cruiser all together. All i got now is a few pictures and the wooden sign he used to have hanging in front where he docked.