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There is an incident between them sometime in 1953.  Again, the story goes like this, the 486 is a terrible party fishing boat because it has too much freeboard for fishing off New Jersey.  Stocker is approached with an opportunity to run a charter that is not fishing, just bird watching (or similar).  Sinn becomes aware that Stocker is taking people on a charter and feels their agreement is in breech since Stocker would not take people on sightseeing trips.  Apparently, it is a pretty big deal.  The two were at odds for many many years.  Stocker, not going to let anyone tell him what he could or could not do decides to convert the 486 boat to a sightseeing cruiser.  The Sightseer is born and sails as a sightseeing boat from that day forward until 2001.

PT-486 as the "Sightseer" 1954:
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Sightseer 1960's with "Doo Wop" creatures added:
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One of Stockers employees of many years, Chuck Schumann, buys the boat and business from Stocker in 1978.  I started working on the boat in June 1979.  I had the great pleasure of working with Chuck and getting to know Otto Stocker.

Me working on deck my first summer out of high school 1979:
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Sightseer 1980 - Me standing at the gate port forward with the blue jacket on:
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More on the 486 later. this thread is about the 557.

Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486[EndQuote]

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