I didn't know we had this section, after stumbling onto Spuda's thread, I was looking and love this kind of stuff. Love the boat, love the story about the Synagogues and love the story about the log books. My dad used to be into slot cars and trains when he was younger, nothing huge, just small tracks and kits he'd build himself.. I'd still like to get ahold of a couple of his old cars and rebuild them for him... Anyway, thanks for the beautiful stories... I gotta ask, how do you display the boat now? It looks like something that would be in the white house or Smithsonian under a glass case or something like that. Too cool.