Evansville, IN Day 5

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Total Miles Traveled 7044

Day 374

 We saw a unique boat come in to the marina yesterday, not a looper, just a couple of guys cruising down the river system to Mobile Alabama.  The boat is a Chinese Junk, built in Hong Kong and shipped to Guaymas, Mexico on May 15, 1974.  The boat weighs 24,000 pounds, measuring 36 feet long by 13 feet wide. 

It was in the movie “Lucky Lady” starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minelli, and Burt Reynolds.  It was sunk twice in the course of making the movie and once in a storm in San Carlos Bay.  It took four years to restore the boat.  The upper portion is the original teak:  the hull is yakal wood covered with marine mahogany and fiberglass.  It has a Detroit diesel MT-353 engine and an 8 KW diesel generator.

This must be the portrait of the Lucky Lady located on the engine room hatch door.