The ELGIN was purchased new by my Grandfather in 1952 at Sears, Trenton NJ. It had been out of our family for 30+ years.The last photo is of the boat after a complete renovation. See ELGIN on stern.īack then it had a rear helm.The next 2 photos were taken after we found the boat in 2006 at a church auction in Maine. Thanks, Rowan.The following 4 photos are all of the same boat.This photo is from 1953 with my dad piloting the boat. If I can figure this out, I have a great story for you – one that is 61 years old spanning 4 generations. I am trying to verify for sure that Sears bought from Wagemaker in the early 50s. So I guess you could say Rowan & I are in the same boat Get it? Here’s what Rowan sent us, which is very cool.Texx – I have a 1952 ELGIN that looks just like a Wagemaker.
As we often do here at Woody Boater, I decided to do some research on the Elgin marque before we published the story, but I had a difficult time determining exactly who built these boats for Sears back in the day. We learned it was originally purchased from Sears, Roebuck & Company in 1956 as a Kit Boat – manufactured by Chris-Craft.Now we have another interesting story of a boat from up in the Northeast – This time it’s in Maine.Back in January we received a comment from fellow Woody Boater Rowan who was trying to learn more about a 1952 ELGIN outboard boat that his grandfather purchased in 1952 from Sears in Trenton, New Jersey. I remember seeing old Harbercraft car top boats at local dealers out in BC and they looked like carbon copies of the old Sears Gamefisher boats so I assume the "new" Harbercraft company was using the same plans, designs, etc.1952 Elgin Outboard Brochure – Courtesy Yesterday we had a fun day learning about Captain Grumpy and his latest wooden boat he found up in New Hampshire. Eventually, the Canadian operation was the only part left going, and that company developed into the Kingfisher line of boats that are still being produced today. I believe Harbercraft was actually the Canadian "arm" of a merger that occurred between them and Jetcraft boats in the US. I'm not sure what happened during the late 80's and early 90's, but at some point after that, the brand name Harbercraft in Canada was associated with heavier gauge welded boats. Between 19, the company produced over 110,000 aluminum boats, many of which are still in use today." Aluminum boat production remained a significant part of the company’s operations until 1987. They eventually diversified into the company’s own line of “HarberCraft” boats which were sold throughout Canada as the exclusive provider under the Sears label. "In the late 1950’s the company utilized the knowledge of aluminum manufacturing to begin building “Feathercraft” aluminum boats for Fleet Aircraft.
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