Vintage Vessels

In dry dock, the RMS Segwun, the oldest Royal Mail steam ship in the world, undergoes its 5-year inspection and maintenance. We tour the boat and look at the work that is being performed to maintain this vintage vessel.

Vintage Vessels visits one of the last surviving supply ships that worked on the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario, the Peerless II. Captain Randy takes us on a tour of the boat, outlining its history and showcases the work that was done to restore her.

The Antique Boat Museum in Clayton New York is featured and we tour the 1903 La Duchesse, a gilded age two-story houseboat built for 19th century hotelier George C. Boldt. Vintage Vessels tours the Boldt Yacht house and its collection of classic vessels. Then we visit the Paul Blackley Boat company in Gravenhurst Ontario where they are restoring Henry Ford’s 1924 race boat, Evangeline.

Vintage Vessels visits the Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Center in Gravenhurst Ontario. We are given a tour of their collection of boats and look at the electrification of the Wanda II, a yacht owned by the Eaton family.

We feature the boat collection of Bill Ringo who introduces us to the work Peter Breen Antique & Classic Boat company has performed. Each boat is taken out on the water and consist of a gentleman’s racer, a Ditchburn launch and a 1890 Dan Kidney.

Vintage Vessels visits the Antique Boat Museum classic boat show in Clayton, New York where we meet up with owners of classic crafts, like a 1928 Chris Smith & Sons, a 1928 Baby Gar runabout, a 1947 race boat, Miss Comet. We tour the show and watch a boatwright as he builds a skiff.

Rick McGraw showcases his collection of vintage vessels restored and build by Peter Breen Antique & Classic Boat. One of the boats featured is a 1916 Gold Cup winning race boat, the Heldena II. We learn the history of this award-winning boat and see the work that was done to restore her and keep her on the water.

Vintage Vessels joins one of Peter Breen’s clients as they go to the Vintage Boat Show in Gravenhurst Ontario in his 1939 gentleman’s racer by Greavette. At the show we meet up and see classic vessels like a 1925 Neptune, a 1949 Shepherd, a 1935 triple cockpit Seabird.

Peter Breen showcases his collection of boats in his cottage showroom and takes them out on the water. Boats featured range from a 2019 boat based on the designs by John Hacker to a restoration of a 1911 Mullins, a 1929 Peterborough Launch to a gentleman’s racer with a hull based off Ditchburn’s 1920 race boat.

Vintage Vessels visits a classic boat show in Port Carling Ontario where we meet up with owners of some classic boats, like a 1902 Lozier Launch, a 1927 Minette-Shields, a 1956 Shepherd Runabout. Then we visit the Peter Breen Antique & Classic Boat company where Peter and his son Jeffery show us around their shop.