Check out this tinny

#1

This is one badass plate boat: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1940-US- ... otohosting

on a side note: Les, I was looking through the forum trying to figure out where to post this and could not find a "General Boat Discussion" Category.

#2

Jim, I would say , Boat Show 08 or sitting on the dock.

Dang , 81 footer , WOW.

#3

So is this beast a platey or a tinny :lol:

Daddy'O · #4

yachtjim wrote:So is this beast a platey or a tinny :lol:

:shock: I'm going with platey! :D

Wayne

#5

I've spoken with these guys!

I thought that they were mistaken as they were advertising PT-8 as a 1938 aluminum "PT" boat.

Well,I knew from my research on aluminum boats that the last 4 "PT" boats built (809, 810, 811, 812) were all aluminum but they were all built in the late 40's and early 50's:

Aluminum PT 812 - the last!

These last 4 were built after WWII and some even saw service in Vietnam so the idea of a pre WWII aluminum PT boat seemed absurd - the technology wasn't there (or so I thought!)

PT-8 was an experimental aluminum PT boat built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1938 and was riveted (thus screwing up the whole platey/tinnie category!).

Good find, Jim!

#6

What the hell is this platey - tinney BS I'm seeing all over this board? Inside joke?