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Friday, July 20. 2007

1926 Elco

This 62' 1926 Elco yacht is powered by twin diesels and, to my mind, is one handsome craft. Regular readers know that I am fond of the Elco tradition, partly because my Gramps owned the Elco dealership for New England. This one is for sale.

 

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My grandfather may well have bought his own Elco (don't know the length), "The Lucky Kid," from your grandfather. I never went to sea in her, but we have old home movies -- now on disk -- of her plying the waters around Annisquam on Cape Ann.
#1 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2007-07-20 06:17 (Reply)
Wonderful boats, with an interesting history.

My Gramp's last Elco was impounded by the govt, shipped to England for the Dunkirk evacuation, and was, not surprisingly, ever returned.
#1.1 BD on 2007-07-20 06:47 (Reply)
Fortune has not smiled on me to actually have boarded an Elco, but to have it fall under my eye is a beautiful thing.

It makes me wonder why more boat builders do not emulate the style,grace,beauty, and timelessness of charm these craft possess.

or down South

"Hell , I'd take them damn deisels out, put me a couple ah 427's add me a big 'ol bait well, a couple a coolers fur beer and we'd tear some bass, I means ass. I'd done put me a mess o lawn chairs on that rouf two!*

*The previous paragraph was written entirely as parody, does not reflect the feelings of the author or the refined culture of the Great Southern Cities and countryside.
#2 Habu on 2007-07-20 07:01 (Reply)
Elco? I lived in Elco, Pennsylvania, when I was a boy. It's adjacent to Roscoe, where I live now, and to Allenport and, I think, Long Branch. I think about 350 people live there. I understand the name to have been derived from "Ella" and "Cora", the first names of two women prominent in the town when it was incorporated. And, I am not making up any of this.
#3 ELC (Link) on 2007-07-21 13:07 (Reply)

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