This rare boat marks the end of the production wooden boat era. the last wooden hulls were built in the early 1960’s when the l-36 became the predecessor for the very successful cal-40 series of racing/cruising sailboats.. Re: the grebes of the 50's and 60's originally posted by don kusterer visited chicago this week, and the first boat i worked on from start to finish, lady grebe formerly a spec 47, rushmere, now lady grebe, available for charter from one of chicago's classic boating families 3rd generation.. I bought this 1950's 11ft wooden boat off a farm in moss vale and restored her over a few weeks, pulling it apart and resealing the whole thing as it leaked like a mofo.. Vintage-fiberglass-boats images - frompo - 1 Hydroplane boat plans - sport ra...