I'm a newbie to the 'real boat' world, but have spent lots of time out on the water in the little tinny.<br /><br />My friend and I did a lot of sailing around with the tinnies, more than most people would believe...and I kept saying I wanted a comfortable boat, with a back on the seat and a steering wheel.<br />My wife was tired of me spending all day Sunday with my left arm krinked around behind me...from spending 8 hours on the boat Saturday with my hand on the tiller.<br />I found a cost-effective (cheap) boat parked in a field with grass growing up around it. (no, really!) Shelled out $1250.00 canadian, and came home with a Comet Traveler, circa 1963(ish) and a 1975 Evinrude 20hp outboard.<br />I had no clue as to the age of the boat when I brought it home, and assumed it was late 70's..(boat-dumb)<br />Anyways, poking around and reading forums, I find that it's a classic. 
<br /> http://www.fiberglassics.com/arktrav/index.html <br />The logo's identical to the Arkansas Traveler logo, and they had a plant in Peterborough Ontario. I'd guess mine came from there.<br /><br />What I'm looking for, is someone who's keen on the classics, and might be able to shed some more light on my boat. I went through the brochures and suck at the link above, bit I can't find one that looks exactly like mine.<br />Pics of mine here - http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/ascarter/Boat/Index.html (My camera gives the hull a yellow tinge, but it's actually nice and pretty )<br />Does anyone remember such a beast? <br />The boat cleaned up real nice, and over the last month I've been giving it the TLC that it's been deprived of for the last 30 or so years.<br />It would really mean a lot to me if anyone had some info on the 'Traveler Boat Company'..or pics of similar boats.....anything at all.<br />I'd love to find out more about where it came from, exactly what year it is...all that good stuff.<br />For the record, the kids love the boat....and we're really enjoying it. Gives us an excuse to spend time together as a family ;-) AND, I haven't forgotten the plug once! (Broke a shear pin, lost the outer half of the prop, broke a recoil spring...but never forgot the plug)<br />It was an experiment...get something basic and cheap, then if we find that we enjoy boating as much as I hope we will, we'll go bigger and better in a few years.<br /><br />So...please...anyone with any info or pics, or stories...I'm open to whatever I can get.<br /><br />And lastly, have a look at the bow light in the pics...where the heck can I get a green lens for THAT? The light works, but the green lens is missing. I could buy a new bow light, but would rather keep the original. It just looks..right.<br /><br />If you post here, could you also email the reply to me? Again, I'm looking for anything...other Traveler owners, whatever..<br />fishguy@NOSPAMnbnet.nb.ca (remove the obvious to email me) <br />Thanks! And happy boating.
<br /> http://www.fiberglassics.com/arktrav/index.html <br />The logo's identical to the Arkansas Traveler logo, and they had a plant in Peterborough Ontario. I'd guess mine came from there.<br /><br />What I'm looking for, is someone who's keen on the classics, and might be able to shed some more light on my boat. I went through the brochures and suck at the link above, bit I can't find one that looks exactly like mine.<br />Pics of mine here - http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/ascarter/Boat/Index.html (My camera gives the hull a yellow tinge, but it's actually nice and pretty )<br />Does anyone remember such a beast? <br />The boat cleaned up real nice, and over the last month I've been giving it the TLC that it's been deprived of for the last 30 or so years.<br />It would really mean a lot to me if anyone had some info on the 'Traveler Boat Company'..or pics of similar boats.....anything at all.<br />I'd love to find out more about where it came from, exactly what year it is...all that good stuff.<br />For the record, the kids love the boat....and we're really enjoying it. Gives us an excuse to spend time together as a family ;-) AND, I haven't forgotten the plug once! (Broke a shear pin, lost the outer half of the prop, broke a recoil spring...but never forgot the plug)<br />It was an experiment...get something basic and cheap, then if we find that we enjoy boating as much as I hope we will, we'll go bigger and better in a few years.<br /><br />So...please...anyone with any info or pics, or stories...I'm open to whatever I can get.<br /><br />And lastly, have a look at the bow light in the pics...where the heck can I get a green lens for THAT? The light works, but the green lens is missing. I could buy a new bow light, but would rather keep the original. It just looks..right.<br /><br />If you post here, could you also email the reply to me? Again, I'm looking for anything...other Traveler owners, whatever..<br />fishguy@NOSPAMnbnet.nb.ca (remove the obvious to email me) <br />Thanks! And happy boating.