The Lady Clipper and the Mansfield
The Tacoma-built Lady Clipper runabout and crusier boat and their Mansfield cousins were also made at the time the Sandes were building their Ace. The runabouts also had a dual cockpit design which, with its rear steering, was fairly popular at the time. Contact
Ed if you have any pictures or other information on these great boats.
Jim Cooper's Lady Clipper
1959 Mercury Mark 55AE
Tom Meeker's Lady Clipper. Provenance Established!
Jim Giesy found this web page via an article about the Sande Ace in the Woody Boater site. Was he ever surprised when he opened this page and saw the Lady Clipper cruiser that he helped build and bought new in 1955! He was sure it was his because of the plaid cover that he installed, the port hole window that he put in the cabin door and the red Johnson that he installed. Now belonging to Tom Meeker, this boat is a testimony to all those who take fantastic care of their classic wooden boats. Click here for more of Jim's story.
The famous red Johnson!
Steve Tweit's Two Mansfields
Steve must be the "King of Mansfields" because he has two of them! Here is his 1955 Mansfield "Customline" cabin boat on Lake Tapps in Washington.
Steve's Mansfield runabout has a 1962 Merc 450 (with an older lower unit). It can really zip as shown in pictures below and in a movie taken at Lake Tapps!
