“I was particularly interested in a clinker-built boat, one small enough for an outboard,” Taggart recalls. So that’s where Jonathan Taggart and Anne Witty started some 10 years ago when they began looking for a salvageable Lyman runabout for use in their waters of Georgetown, Maine. And, as is the case with the 1950s cars of big fender fins, hood scoops, and lots of American-made steel, Lymans are still worth having for both their iconic status and for what they can still do in the environment for which they were designed. Moreover, because they were all so common, nobody paid much attention to any of them, and-with the Lymans as one exception-nobody is much interested in bringing them back into modern use.įortunately, though, some people do care about the classic lines and good basic construction of the Lyman Boat Works’ line of powerboats, which included everything from small, zippy runabouts to family cruisers up to 35′ or so. Tastes and styles changed, and that was pretty much that. Thousands of consumer products were sold, used, admired, and then, eventually, cast aside. Some of the most widely-known Thompson models at present include: 17 Thompson, 1877, Carrara 225, Fisherman and Fisherman 260.Much like Nesbitt sodas and Odell Hair Trainer products, Lyman powerboats were everywhere in the 1950s. Given their classic, crowd-pleasing status as a popular, established boat brand, used Thompson boats in good condition often make practical candidates for boat repowering projects. Overall these available boats have an exceptionally shallow draft and average beam, qualities that make them a great option for a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. Thompson is popular for their Antique and Classic, Cuddy Cabin, Bowrider, Cruisers and Express Cruiser among other classes and models. The boats available here currently from this builder come with inboard/outboard, inboard and outboard propulsion systems, available in gas, electric and other fuel systems. These vessels are usually used for traditional boating endeavors including a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. Of the boats listed, Thompson offers familiar boat hull types and designs including. Higher performance models now listed have motors up to 300 horsepower, while more economic more functional models may have as modest as 85 horsepower engines (although the average motor size is 280 HP). Thompson boats for sale on Boat Trader are offered at an assortment of prices, valued from $1,499 on the moderate end all the way up to $28,475 for the most luxurious yachts. The oldest model listed is a classic boat built in 1960 and the newest model year of 2000. Boat Trader currently has 11 Thompson boats for sale, including 1 new vessels and 10 used boats listed by both individual owners and professional yacht brokers and boat dealerships mainly in United States. Thompson is a boat builder in the marine industry that offers boats for sale spanning different sizes on Boat Trader, with the smallest current boat listed at 15 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 34 feet, and an average length of 24.99 feet.
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