This boat has been sitting in someonels front yard mostly untouched for over 20 years down the road from my girlfriendls uncle's place. I got bored and thought i'd go look at it from the road. Hard top has long since fallen down. I'd guess the hull to be steel since it's showing rust but not rot. Think it's a '50's Roamer? Itls weird that its in the middle of Michigan and far from any big water. It's over 30'. I'm pretty certain it will never see water again but surprised it hasnt been scrapped. I'm curious to knock and ask if there's a story behind the poor thing. I dont think boats have feelings but still a sad sight to see.

Eric, how true. In order to belong to the classic boat and restoration club you must be an optimist. Cup is always half full. However this poor Roamer has had a rough time. I'm sure there is a story there somewhere. Fun to know someone bought it new one day and made their family real happy. I am sure there were lots of good times aboard too.

regards,

Paul

There may be a story behind why it's still there. It obviously hasn't received much attention and in its current state and being in a rural area it seems like someone would have scrapped it (or someone else would have offered to). It may be a situation where the land owners let someone else leave it there but they disappeared and they can't legally get rid of it.

I remember reading a sad story to of how a Shelby GT350 has been sitting in the same spot in someone's front yard since their son (the owner) left for Vietnam and was killed in action.

Still odd that it ended up in St. Johns/Laingsburg