Crusoe is a 1937 twenty four foot Greavette . Here she is on a cold October day in 1999 on her way into the shop for restoration . Although she was in the water and running before coming in The bottom was in serious trouble , the decks had several extra holes from the addition of 1960 's style hardware , and the sides were down to about three eighths of an inch thick from previous refinishing attempts with a disc grinder . In this shot she doesn't look too bad . " Nice from far , but far from nice . "