In 1953 my dad went half with his aunt in a cottage on a chain of lakes in northern Wisconsin. In 1954 aunt Gerty bought a 1953 Alumacraft model E, 12 footer. In 1957 my dad bought a 1955 Fleetwin (seized). Two weeks soaking the cylinders and we were under power on the water. In 1959 he let me solo. I was eight. That motor is now part of my collection since 2000.
