As for the #39, I do know they have about 150K or 160K of the some 1 million needed to get it to run. Frankly, after 30 some-odd years of trying to raise money and the fact that after about 5 years they've only gotten this far, I don't expect it to ever be running. I most certainly hope I'm wrong.
Being I spend my holidays, summers, etc in the Hamptons, I've been to the Riverhead Museum many, many times. I remember a "whole" 39 on display in Riverhead. My personal opinion is if they can't raise the money to get it running, bring it home, put it back together, make it look good and be done with it. I'd like to see a "whole" 39 again, not a truck-less tender in Riverhead, a Boiler in Pennsylvania, etc.
As I've said before, I hope and pray, that before I die, I get to see the 39 and/or 35 thunder through Eastern Long Island out to Greenport or Montauk. Unfortunately, I'm not getting my hopes up. I'll be happy with a complete, cosmetically restored version.
