It's finally done! After one year to the day, Bear 11 saw her maiden voyage on Memorial Day 2009, on beautiful Burntside Lake near Ely. Both '57 Evinrudes ran up well and the boat performed wonderfully on the water.

Some of you know by now that there were many special coincidences surround it's restoration...and she is the first chapter in my new book that I'm writing. The book is entitled, "What's in your boat house?", a book about amazing nautical archeology..If any of you have an amazing story to tell, I would love to hear about it.

Please contact me at [email protected] or call me at 218-365-2555. Thank you!