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[StartQuote] Sometime in the early seventies, the Sinn's took the 109 (728) south to Florida. PT-109 ride (Boat is the ex PT-728) sailing along the New Jersey shore in Wildwood, NJ
Ex-Pt-728 sailing as PT-109 circa 1965
George and Ronnie Sinn on the ex-Pt-728 sailing as PT-109 circa 1969
By 1974, they had another Big Flamingo and the P-444/Big Flamingo became the new PT-109 ride. Ex-P-444 as "Big Flamingo"
ex-P-444 sailing as PT-109 circa 1974
It was a much bigger boat than the 728, longer and more freeboard. It was pretty quick, but not as fast as when they used the 728. Plus, with the higher freeboard and better canvas railing protection, fewer people were getting soaked![:-laughing-:] Now, having the wind in your face and the salt spray washing over is real cool about midsummer. But, in late spring and early summer, the water temp in the mid-atlantic at the Jersey shore runs 75-80 degrees. That might sound warm, but with a strong breeze and boat traveling into the wind at 28 knots average speed and you get downright chilled to the bone. The evening trips were at 7 PM and out on the ocean by 8 PM. That night air and cold water would freeze people and make them quite uncomfortable. The P-444 sails as the 109 for a few years until about 1978. The Sinn's then convert the boat to the party fishing vessel "Buccaneer". Ex-P-444 as "Buccaneer " circa 1978
Later on the Buccaneer is sold and goes North to become the "Peconic Star II" which it still is today. Ex-P-444 sailing as "Peconic Star II"
Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486[EndQuote]
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