Dot's Yot
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Hi everyone! Just found this forum after re-acquiring a boat that has been in my family since it was built in 1976. In the late 1960s, my grandparents bought a cabin in a little hamlet called Heeney, on the shores of Green Mountain Reservoir near Silverthorne, Colorado. It's a quirky little place, made up of about 100 small cabins, and was famous in the 70s and 80s for the Heeney Tick Festival, which included a parade, the crowning of the Tick Queen, and the occasional drowning of a drunk person trying to swim across the lake.
My grandfather purchased this boat from Corbin Marine in Englewood, Colorado in 1976, and it was named after my grandma Dorothy... Dot's Yot. My parents inherited the cabin (and boat) in the 90s, and I've been the caretaker of both ever since. Unfortunately, we had to sell the cabin about 5 years ago, though my grandfather had a gentleman's agreement with a neighbor who had a garage, and the boat remained in that garage up until last week.
I had always intended on towing the boat home and fixing it up, but hadn't even checked on it in 3 or 4 years. I drove up recently to make sure it was still there, and to my surprise, saw it parked in a neighbor's yard with a for sale sign on it! *gasp* Apparently the gentleman's agreement my grandfather had with the neighbor expired when they both passed away, and the grandchildren of the neighbor who inherited their cabin didn't even know who the boat belonged to, and assumed it was abandoned. Luckily when I called the number on the sign, the "seller" picked up and was more than happy to return it to the original owner.
The trailer was registered in 1976 when the boat was towed from Englewood to the cabin, but hadn't left Heeney in 42 years. I didn't bother to re-register the trailer before I drove it 60 miles to my house, and just hoped the State Patrol would have a sense of humor that my plates were a wee bit expired (42 years expired). Got lucky though, and wasn't pulled over!
My grandfather purchased this boat from Corbin Marine in Englewood, Colorado in 1976, and it was named after my grandma Dorothy... Dot's Yot. My parents inherited the cabin (and boat) in the 90s, and I've been the caretaker of both ever since. Unfortunately, we had to sell the cabin about 5 years ago, though my grandfather had a gentleman's agreement with a neighbor who had a garage, and the boat remained in that garage up until last week.
I had always intended on towing the boat home and fixing it up, but hadn't even checked on it in 3 or 4 years. I drove up recently to make sure it was still there, and to my surprise, saw it parked in a neighbor's yard with a for sale sign on it! *gasp* Apparently the gentleman's agreement my grandfather had with the neighbor expired when they both passed away, and the grandchildren of the neighbor who inherited their cabin didn't even know who the boat belonged to, and assumed it was abandoned. Luckily when I called the number on the sign, the "seller" picked up and was more than happy to return it to the original owner.
The trailer was registered in 1976 when the boat was towed from Englewood to the cabin, but hadn't left Heeney in 42 years. I didn't bother to re-register the trailer before I drove it 60 miles to my house, and just hoped the State Patrol would have a sense of humor that my plates were a wee bit expired (42 years expired). Got lucky though, and wasn't pulled over!