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Welcome to the
Home Page!
A web
site for those who know and love the Sande Ace runabout
built on the shores of Hood Canal near Belfair,
Washington from 1956 to 1962.
If you own a Sande Ace
or have any information about this boat, please call or e-mail.
Old or new photos of these boats in any condition would
be especially appreciated.
Ed Waali -- (360) 275-5684 or (406) 251-5410 -- edwaali@gmail.com or
edward.waali@umontana.edu
Ned Hamlin -- (208) 726-4991 -- ned@nedhamlin.com
One More
Bob Parks has been working on the restoration of his second Sande Ace. Here is a picture of the Ace as received last January. Come back to see his progress but frankly, this web site moves a bit more slowly during Summer.
Hats
Who would have thought that Sande Ace fans would order a total of 53 baseball caps? Of course, some of us will have several. I especially like the black ones which are well-suited for those special formal occasions in Montana. Here they are before distribution.
Sande Ace Rendezvous 2009
Click for more 2009 pictures.
Early August saw the fifth Sande Ace Rendezvous on Hood Canal....where else?? There were:
- Six Aces in the water,
- Two Aces in the backyard illustrating both ends of the restoration spectrum,
- A great Hood Canal double cockpit runabout we've seen before,
- A special 1948 cedar strip Sande boat with a classic 1-cylinder inboard engine.
Bob Parks made the gathering even more special by giving out period-correct outboard racing trophies. The new nameplates read "Sande Ace Rendezvous 2009!"
Click here or on the above photo to see the boats and the trophies!
Click the photos below to see what happened in earlier years.
 2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
Thanks to the Sande Ace fans who keep this meter rolling.
Some might look at the number and say "Wow, it's jumped." That's because a counter malfunction zeroed the count every once in a while. The total missed counts was 4500 so that number has been added. Honest, there is no "thumb on the scale."
Just in case someone searches the Internet for "Sandy Ace,"
this sentence might help them find this page.
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