Went to the UP for the weekend to use the our family's "railroad" to pull up the family "yacht."

Here's our "railroad"







Getting it lined up:



Here we go:









Plenty of time to power wash on the way up.





In for the winter.

IMPRESSIVE!
Thanks for sharing, Steve.

clever little hinged corner windows in the boathouse door opening

Necessary "engineering retrofit"

As we first built the doors we realized the roof soffits were a problem, hence the notches!

Not bad for a 38 ft wooden boat built in 1927...

The attention an old Barth needs is surpassed only by a vintage wooden boat (or maybe a young wife ;^)

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steve this is good proof that if possible anythig under cover stays in better shape longer,primary avoiding uv rays,wind,rain,sometimes hail.A barther gave me a good tip on rodents- mothballs,it really works.It worked overtime as when i first put them in i had many tiny dead bugs on my counter.wally34ft monarch van-isle

Steve

Your Dad's my hero. Our trawler is a 1968 and I thought that was old. What do you use as a tugger to pull it out with. I took a boat to a haul out family run yard in Puerto Rico many years ago and their marine railway had a 4 cylinder Model a Ford engine and trans as their tugger. It worked great and pulled out the 53 Sport Fisherman without any problem. The ride back down the railway at launch time was another story.

ED.

We have a cable hoist from an old boat yard. Giant cast iron gears 3 inches wide on an iron A frame, driven by a chain from a model A transmission, which is driven by a 3/4 hp 20:1 reduction reversible electric motor. Hell for stout, really slow. It takes about an hour to pull the boat. (After launch we pull the empty cart in 3rd gear and it only takes a few minutes)

Just curious, but what powers the ship?

Hummmm, at what point does a boat become a ship?

Boat was originally powered by a flathead inline 6 gasoline engine. Not sure what make.

Due to carelessness and a fuel leak, the boat caught fire at the dock in the late 40's. Burned off much of the rear cabin roof but they saved the boat.

Some locals bought it at auction, put a roof on it and installed a well used war surplus GM 371 diesel, which remained until 1974. Dad bought the boat in 1964 in rough shape. We replaced the engine with a new 371 in 74 now has about 2500 hrs on it.

Rated at 85 hp, we cruise 1750 rpm about 9.5 mph, about 3.8 gal/hr Carries 225 gallons, range is adequate, even in big Lake Superior.

Hmm, a boat can be carried along side or on top of a ship... is a ship a vessel large enough to carry a boat? good question.

A boathouse palace fit for the Lady of the Lake.
But what about that poor little Barth shivering in the cold winter winds?

Great to see someone preserving a wood boat of that age.
Great for a sunset cruse.

That is one beautiful yacht you got there, love wooden boats. One hell of a storage facility, mighty fine engineering on the rail system.

My dad and his buddy built a wooden boat it was a 1960 Chris Craft kit boat. My brother and his buddy sunk the boat in the St Joe River motor and all. It was funny at the time still laugh about it to this day, on the flip side we cry that the boat wasn't preserved and kept.

I'm curious about the name Lady Matthews, wife, mistress, goddess?

Matthews boat company Port Clinton, Ohio built boats from around 1900 to 1973. The boat was more of a lady in the old days, more bright work, open cabin and varnish all over. When we got the boat in 1964 it was very rough. Decided to make it solid and good again, not worry about the varnished look. (It would still be unfinished if we'd tried a true restoration, after all it was burned once and sunk once, too!)

I think she is one Classy Lady.

Just like you, Mary.
Jim