Bill, You know your boats! I've been a life long boater from CT and still, at 68, haunt old yards and lofts, as well as being a member of the Seaport. Maine tops CT for one-off designs, but we had some great builders, like Seth Persson, A.J. Finkleday, Pugsley to name a few. There were several marine engines, gas and steam, built in CT. Everyone knows Palmer, but Noank Foundry made castings for no less than six early gas engine makers.
I have pawed through the glass negatives in the Rosenfeld building for more than a few hours. That interest started with my dad, but I found and an original, sign Morris Rosenfeld, dated July, 1912, in an auction barn one night. The auctioneer announce there wouldn't be an auction, so If anyone wanted anything, bring it up and he'd price it. I showed him the photo, and his reply was, "Five bucks for the frame, and you get the picture free" I gave him 5 bucks, took the photo out of the frame and left the frame there. The photo has a note on the back "Larchmont Race Week, Larchmont New York, Juy, 1912" It's, so far, the only image of the only three Herreshoff K boats ever built.
I've had, and still have, antique wooden boats, my best being the oneI let get away after 30 years; and original 32' fantail steam launch. Bill Ruger talked me out of it.
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