BC man is selling the boat from old TV series Gilligan's Island
{{date|August 29, 2006}}
{{Canadian news}}

A man named George Schultz in [[w:Parksville, British Columbia|Parksville, British Columbia]] is selling the boat from old TV series [[w:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]] at the cost of $99,000. The cruiser, originally cost about $290,000 in the 1960s.

"There have been a couple of modifications, so it doesn't look exactly like the original," said Shultz, a boat broker who's selling the 36-foot Wheeler Express Cruiser for fellow Parksdale resident Scotty Taylor. "But it's still the original boat."
<!--[[Image:Boat.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The boat from Gilligan's Island]]-->

Originally, the boat's name was The Blue Jacket. 

"Just for the show, for a stage name, it was called the S.S. Minnow," Shultz said. The name was a reference to [[w:Newton Minnow|Newton Minnow]], once chairman of the [[w:FCC|FCC]].

"He just liked the boat, he wanted to restore it, it was a nice looking boat, a wooden boat, a classic and he likes classic boats," said Shultz. "The hole in the hull was actually the least of the repairs - the interior needed a lot more work". 

Someone later stole the plaque on the boat, but the 46-year-old boat still has the round life preserver with S.S. Minnow emblazoned on it and the skipper's chair.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060828/minnow_060828/20060828?hub=Canada
|title=B.C. man selling Gilligan's original S.S. Minnow
|author=Todd Battis
|pub=CTV
|date=August 28, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/08/28/minnow-sale.html
|title=Gilligan's Minnow no longer lost
|author=
|pub=CBC
|date=August 28, 2006}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74883 Website selling the boat]

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A man named George Schultz in Parksville, British Columbia is selling the boat from old TV series Gilligan's Island at the cost of $99,000. The cruiser, originally cost about $290,000 in the 1960s.

"There have been a couple of modifications, so it doesn't look exactly like the original," said Shultz, a boat broker who's selling the 36-foot Wheeler Express Cruiser for fellow Parksdale resident Scotty Taylor. "But it's still the original boat."


Originally, the boat's name was The Blue Jacket. 

"Just for the show, for a stage name, it was called the S.S. Minnow," Shultz said. The name was a reference to Newton Minnow, once chairman of the FCC.

"He just liked the boat, he wanted to restore it, it was a nice looking boat, a wooden boat, a classic and he likes classic boats," said Shultz. "The hole in the hull was actually the least of the repairs - the interior needed a lot more work". 

Someone later stole the plaque on the boat, but the 46-year-old boat still has the round life preserver with S.S. Minnow emblazoned on it and the skipper's chair.

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