by William Lafferty » April 9, 2025, 9:57 am
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod never was such officially. Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, Rhode Island, launched Rebel 28 December 1957 for the Kinzie Brothers Steamer Line, Fort Myers, Florida. With the completion of the Sanibel Causeway in 1963 it was sold to Casco Bay Lines, Portland, Maine, running between Portland and Long Island. Charles Conrad bought it in 1993 to run between Ludington and Buttersville but the City of Ludington refused it permission to dock at Ferry Street. Conrad brought it to his home town, Holland, and it masqueraded as Wynken, Blynken, and Nod for cruises on Lake Macatawa. After being laid up at Ludington Rebel was sold to Daufuskie Island Properties LLC, Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1997 for use moving freight between Hilton Head and Daufuskie Island, renamed Daufuskie Freight I. The vessel's inspection certificate was surrendered 22 May 2007 and dropped from documentation 31 December 2009. It may still be sitting on the island, though I doubt it. It's design was based upon that of Neuman's Corsair, built by Blount two years earlier. I'd have to look into the other ferries.
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[i]Wynken, Blynken, and Nod[/I] never was such officially. Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, Rhode Island, launched Rebel 28 December 1957 for the Kinzie Brothers Steamer Line, Fort Myers, Florida. With the completion of the Sanibel Causeway in 1963 it was sold to Casco Bay Lines, Portland, Maine, running between Portland and Long Island. Charles Conrad bought it in 1993 to run between Ludington and Buttersville but the City of Ludington refused it permission to dock at Ferry Street. Conrad brought it to his home town, Holland, and it masqueraded as [i]Wynken, Blynken, and Nod[/I] for cruises on Lake Macatawa. After being laid up at Ludington [I]Rebel[/I] was sold to Daufuskie Island Properties LLC, Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1997 for use moving freight between Hilton Head and Daufuskie Island, renamed [I]Daufuskie Freight I[/I]. The vessel's inspection certificate was surrendered 22 May 2007 and dropped from documentation 31 December 2009. It may still be sitting on the island, though I doubt it. It's design was based upon that of Neuman's [I]Corsair[/I], built by Blount two years earlier. I'd have to look into the other ferries.