Okay, I'll admit that this isn't technically a bike, but I tow it to the bay behind a vintage bike, and it is definitely C&V. I bought this off Craigslist a few weeks ago.



That's what it looked like when I got it home. We took it out on the bay a short while later, and found (a) it's a lot of fun and (b) it leaks pretty bad and (c) it's not that much fun when it's full of water.

So I'm working on fixing it up before the next sailing season. And the funny thing is, I'm feeling this strange urge to restore it, not modernize it at all... isn't that what you'd expect? Lots of guys upgrade the tiller to a more modern design, for example... and I can't face that. Much rather keep it original. Serial number suggests it was made early in 1962. Fitting, that it's from the Kennedy era... since the Kennedys had one.


Now I've determined that the original paint was white with a yellow non-slip patch on the deck (what appears grey in the photo above), and I want to repaint it yellow.