Recently I went to the I25 yardsales in Kentucky and found this 1970s toy cabin cruiser for 50 cents. I purchased it because It was not only a vintage toy boat, but it was close to the scale of model boats used for scenery for O gauge electric train layouts, so after a bit of cleaning and some 3d printed replacement details, it would look lovely in the marina on my train layout.

Being that I am interested in the history of vintage toys, and so I could see the details that were broken off so I could 3d print new ones, I have been attempting to find refrence of what it looked like when new, but to no prevail.

Conjecture of Missing Components.
The missing components are most likely: hand railing around the bow, steering wheel, and an outboard, possibly clockwork.

Stickers.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer that produced this toy boat cut corners or was just plain lazy, and did not use waterproof stickers on the boat, thus they completely disolved away by probably the boat's third time in the water, and all that was left was the sticky backing.

I HATE it when toy manufacturers do this! I mean, it is so logical,

TOY BOATS NEED TO HAVE WATERPROOF STICKERS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE DESIGNED TO SAIL!!!

(Sorry about the rant.)

Now the challenge.
See if you can identify the manufacturer of the boat, and attach a picture of what it looked like when new. Also, if you remember owning one of these, mention that to.

Have fun! Bark!


(Wore mask, sanitized paws after every booth, only touched items I was considering purchasing to check if they were damaged beyond logical repair and for the purchase process, when home, deep cleaned my finds. For instance, the cabin cruiser was cleaned with alcohol wipes, then hydrogen peroxide, then Scrubbing Bubbles. All to keep safe from CD. 19)