Bringing Our 64-Year-Owned Family Boat Home - Alumacraft Queen Merrie Episode 1

Well, it's been along time coming, and I've had videos stocked on on this boat since last year. I've been wanting to start working on them for some time now, and have never put the priority to it. After several late (or all) nights, and working on day Saturday on this thing I finally peiced together the first video series on my 1960 Alumacraft Queen Merrie. This boat has provided my family years of fishing fun at our cabin near Lac Suel, Canada and the time finally came where she needed to come home. This video covers us getting her back into the states and me bringing her to my place in Kentucky for my family to enjoy now.

All of the 8mm footage was taken from my great grandfather's stash, of which I have hours upon hours digitized. This video was a great way to share some of that. Hope you guys enjoy, leave a comment! Sincerely, Brock, CEO of Retro Grade 😂

#boatlife #fishing #alumacraft

Chapters:
0:00 Opening and Introduction, Bringing Queen Merrie Home from Canada
2:15 Hooking the Queen Merrie Up At Wilcox Garage
4:37 Journey Home Begins, History of Canada Cabin
5:21 First Pitstop at Dollar General and New Purchase Pickup
8:55 Trailer Review, History of Design and Construction
10:01 Trip Update and Detour through Mason, Ohio
12:01 Trip Finish and Video Conclusion


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