Originally Posted by spartonboat1
Sorry, I don't have the mfg details. Boat I crewed on was the Natoya, one of 4 or 5 in the DeFoe Cruisemaster line. A sister-ship was the Chanticleer owned by Ralph Envinrude and his wife singer Francis Langford; she just passed last year, he many years earlier. She was up in the North Channel for many years.
The original Chanticleer is up on the hard out East somewhere (saw pic on a web site, not looking good) if not cut up, while the Natoya is now a reef near FL, so I'm told. James Bond movie Thunderball has a 5 second shot of the Natoya "off-shore" all painted in white. Original owner was James "Jim/Unkie" DuCharme of Grosse Pointe, MI, esp. Windmill Point, and she was moored at the "Little Club", i.e. the Grosse Pointe club in the 60's. Run north to Hessel, MI in the summers to carry various parties to Lk MI, Huron, and Superior. Two Gray Marine powered 16' launches.
The Defoe web site, mentions the Cruisemasters and a shot of one of the other sisters, the Savitar. All I know at this time.
Check out the Defoe web...many cool Navy ships build over the years!