Gilligan's Island' boat up for sale

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[Sub-Driver]

'Gilligan's Island' boat up for sale

PARKSVILLE, British Columbia, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The S.S. Minnow, which gained notoriety for its role on U.S. TV's "Gilligan's Island," is being sold by a Canadian boat broker for just under $100,000.

The New York Post said George Schultz is selling the 37-foot boat for $99,000 in British Columbia for its owner Scotty Taylor, who is parting with the large piece of TV memorabilia due to his increased age.

Originally built in 1960, the wooden Wheeler Express Cruiser was visible in the popular TV comedy's opening credits starting in 1964 and Taylor, its third owner, has added over $200,000 worth of refurbishments since its TV debut, the Post said.

"It's a nice boat," said Schultz of the famous vessel. "A lot of money went into this boat."

[Richard Kimball]

They kind of gloss over it in the article, but apparently the only connection between the boat and Gilligan's Island is that when they filmed the opening credits, it was the ship sailing out of the harbor. It was probably filmed for a total of 2-3 seconds, and replayed every week.

Little bit of trivia. The original black and white opening to the show was filmed on the weekend John Kennedy was assassinated. If you look closely, you can see the American flag at half-mast in the background. They were sailing out of Pearl Harbor.

[leilani]

More trivia (via IMDB): The ship's name, S. S. Minnow, was not named for the fish but rather for Newton Minow, head of the FCC in 1961. Minow was the one who called television "America's vast wasteland".

[tet68]

Maybe I was thinking of the "Deluxe Tour"?

[Rocko]

It doesn't look like that anymore. It fell completely apart after Gilligan and the Professor painted the whole thing with that island-based glue

[leilani]

How about this one to add to your fleet? I know, I know, it's not a Hinckley. But you could get it delivered out to Maine & they could make it a Hinckley!

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Which one is it? The boat changed between the first and second seasons.

[Revel]

It is minow # 3 of 4.
Here is a link to some info about this: Link

[fnord]

http://www.gilligansisle.com/stairway.html

the theme song sung to Stairway to Heaven

[fkabuckeyesrule]

$99,000!!!! Only if I get Mary Ann with that. LOL!

[the invisib1e hand]

ginger and maryann.

but mostly ginger.

[fuzzthatwuz]

"Ray Nagin is looking to go on a 3 hour cruise if Ernesto makes a left turn."

...while singing, "going back to Houston, Houston, Houston!"

[Ready4Freddy]

Hey leilani!! LOL, oh boy, a wooden boat... and gas powered, to boot... Wheeler Shipyards built a lot of boats at their yard in Whitestone, NY (East River on Long Island, near Little Neck), many of them saw service in WWII at D-Day. Coast Guard used thm to patrol the NY area during, for years after, the war.

I would love to have an old wooden Chris Chraft runabout for errands on Traverse Bay, but they sure are a lot of work. I know a guy who lives near Jacksonville, FL (an long-time squeeze of mine pilots his plane for him), he's actually up the St Johns River a few miles from town. The St Johns has a huge fleet of wooden Chris Crafts, Huckabys, etc that have been restored to mint condition for travel to & from town. Serious bucks involved in keeping a wooden boat.

[Mr. Brightside]

Ginger or Mary Ann?

I think Mary Ann wins without a doubt. And I saw her a few years back and she still looks great.

Ginger, on the other hand, looks REALLY bad.

[Ready4Freddy]

Check this out:

The 3 boats in the foreground are 50's-60's Chris Chrafts, the distinctive tumblehome on the stern quarters is a dead giveaway.

[CFC__VRWC]

How much of it could be left after the Professor scavenged it and the transistor radio to build the nuclear reactor, the desal plant, the particle accelerator and the MRI machine?

[MelonFarmerJ]

Perhaps they could use a microwave tower

[Enterprise]

With the tower they can log on to E-Bay and someone somewhere in the world will snap it up.

[Texas Eagle]

I already know where this thread will ultimately lead so here goes.

Mary Ann.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"They were sailing out of Pearl Harbor."

Do you have a citation? I always knew it was Newport Harbor in Southern California, but it's been years since I've seen the opening credits so can't say for sure. It would make a whole lot more sense for a SoCal locale, given Hollywood's proximity.

[leilani]

Ooh. Gorgeous.I think you should go for it (a Chris-craft, I mean) I've had the pleasure of riding in a totally restored Chris-Craft runabout. Just stunning, but like you said about the maintenance, I always felt terrifically guilty making the owner get it wet taking me out. Lots of fiberglass repros around, but..eh. My friend's Chris-Craft is the reason I have been lusting for a Tofinou or Tadorne for so long -I am mechanically challenged, so anything I buy for myself has to be small, wind-powered & low-maintenance glass. ;-(