The Boat


After looking at The African Queen, filthy and beat-up as it was, for more than a hour, I’d love to see a picture of a new or restored model.

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But would a pristine African Queen have as much character?

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No, but I couldn’t help imagining what it must have looked like if well maintained or new. That boat had a lot of deferred maintenance.

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'deferred maintenance'

I like that expression! 😂

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I saw the boat itself somewhere in the Florida Keys.
It was on a big trailer, and being hauled around to display in different places.
I have a picture of it somewhere.
Great movie.

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No kidding? Can you post a link to the boat? I'd love to see it.

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Sorry, I don't have the pic online, but I bet you could maybe google it. I doubt they made much revenue on it, and it could have gotten destroyed in a hurricane since ... this was a long time ago.

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