I'd hate to see 'em as foes. It would be like watching your kids fight, and you can't favor one over the other.
But seriously, Lyman is definitly the big brother to Chris Craft lapstrake hulls known as the Sea Skiff. Paul you'll have to confirm the info. following as it is from my feeble & sometimes pickled memory,LOL. C.C. started building Sea Skiffs in the mid Fifties. Ranging from 18' to 36'. This is where Chris Craft first used a variation of what we now know as 3M 5200. They actually glued up a lapstrake plywood hull with zero fastners and it worked!! The new smaller Sea Skiffs were very competitive with the famous Lymans (built in Sandusky, Ohio). The larger cruisers were built to compete with Owens and Trojan who were also dabbling in lapstrke hulls. Part of the stradegy involved in Chris Crafts' purchase of the Thompson Boat Co. was to learn from and utilize their experience in this type of hull construction.
I attended an ACBS show this past summer. I was looking at a couple of boats moored side by side. My eager and curious land lubber son-in-law noticed that the two 18'ers were all but identical, save the badging. They were both late fifties, both white hull with out the common sheer stripe, and both had yards of beautifully varnished brightwork. I sure wish I could find the camera I used that day. These late fifties open utility style boats are beauties in their own right. They are refered to in the Lyman hobby as barrel back runabout style (maybe just a little overstated description campared with a 1939 CC 19' Custom, huh).
I love 'em all let the judges sort out the rest!
Can't wait for '08 and GOOOOOOO BUCKEYESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best regards to all my forum buddies
Matt, I'll look for you at the show!
CW
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