Antique Outboard members ply the river, locks

Nineteen members of the Puget Sounders chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club gathered at Boyer Marina last weekend.

The club’s local visit was hosted by Sandy and Dave Holtzheimer of Colfax.

Seven of the 1950s era boats departed the marina Saturday morning for an upstream cruise to Wawawai.

The vintage boats had plenty of room to spare as they went through the Lower Granite locks, upper left. The Holtzheimers, upper right, get underway in their 1959 Bell Boy, which was produced in Bellingham.

Mike Bailey of Colfax, lower left, pulls the starter on his 1957 Evinrude motor while Ed Raymond of Bremerton, a retired outboard motor mechanic, coaches from the dock.

Tom Albertine of Shoreline gets a little coaching on his life jacket before climbing aboard his 1953 Lone Star powered by the first Evinrude model to feature an electric start.