I just received a letter from the guy who bought the boat. The guy picked the boat up last September. He is from Missouri and I thought I'd herd the last from him. It was a chatty letter with a by-the-way note at the end. On his way back home he was involved in a multi-car accident. His car went in a ditch, rolled over and smashed the boat that was riding on the top. He is ok.
He didn't send any pictures.
A sad end to a beautiful 1963 Fletcher Cates.
This blog is about the restoration of a 1963 Fletcher Cates Moth boat. The boat was made in Haddenfield NJ. By Blair Fletcher. Blair Owed Fletcher Marine and made many boats for the Moth fleets of Southern NJ. I sailed against these boats with a Cates design by Carl Patterson. I built my Cates at Pattersons' shop around the same time this boat was under construction. This picture was taken September 1965. It's me in my Patterson Cates.
