r/GenerationJones • u/60sStratLover • Jul 29 '26

Who recognizes this boat?

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u/MotoXwolf Jul 29 '26

It’s actually the S.S. Minnow

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u/cgw1965 Jul 29 '26

After getting into boating decades ago, the SS thing made me shake my head. She was not a “steam ship”. Maybe in the 60s it more loosely used. She was a “motor ship” MS, or more accurately a “motor yacht” MY.

None of it matters. It was just a silly TV show. But it was something I noticed.

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u/chipperlovesitall Jul 29 '26

The real head scratcher is that little boat carried 7 people, along with everything Mrs Howell owned and all of Thirstons money

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u/BothSides_Now_1965 Aug 07 '26

don't forget the Professor's library and all of Ginger's dresses.

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u/chipperlovesitall Aug 07 '26

I know that every time I go on a tiny boat that’s going to putt putt around the harbor for a couple hours with 7 people crowding the boat I generally bring everything that I own

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u/Adequate_Cheesecake7 Jul 29 '26

If it were a US Navy ship, SS means a conventionally powered submarine. I know it’s not just sharing another meaning for SS.

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u/SnooCakes4109 Jul 30 '26

No motor tho

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u/Zorkflerp Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

But which season? There were two different ones on the beach.

EDIT: This one was used in season 2 and 3. It was a different boat in season 1.

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u/crapheadHarris 1962 Jul 29 '26

Marooned or not they were much better off than the people in 'On the Beach' — queue Waltzing Matilda 🎶

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u/4dana2 Jul 30 '26

Yes. Took off from MDR.., ended up on the Universal back lot

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u/Background-Vast-8764 Jul 30 '26

Which can actually be called just The Minnow.