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DOA · Pony Mullet Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 55

Back in the early 80's my father had a 21' aluminum flats boat made in Rockport by an old boat maker named Roselle or Runnel.. something like that.
It had a T-top or K-top that you could stand on and scout for fish..
He had a 225 Merc black max on the back and that thing would fly on the water.

I loved that boat, and now that my father is on the way out I've thought of finding it and bringing it home. It was sold in Corpus Christi around 1983/84.
Its a long shot but if anyone has a line on a boat by this maker I'd appreciate it!

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Wow I hope you find it or one like it!
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Rxfire · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:54 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a job for The Old Boat Detectives!

Rxfire · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:05 am Post subject:

A search of a couple of databases did not turn up any brands that matched your names.

I only was able to browse thru page 15 of this database (but I did look at all that started with a three-letter designation R**):

https://boathistoryreport.com/directory/manufacturers/

At the bottom of this page is a pop-up menu of 1,841 boat brand names:

https://www.nadaguides.com/Boats/Manufacturers

Note: Some of our Texas brands are not listed (El Pescador, Diablo, others?)

Again, nothing that matched.

Where is Mike Haffman when you need him? He might remember. I heard that he retired to Rockport, a couple of years before Harvey hit.

bulldog1935 · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:28 am Post subject:

I remember one of the boats he described sitting in a used boat lot (defunct gas station) on the south end of Rockport back in the 90s,
and I tried some google searching "used Rockport aluminum boat" images but couldn't find anything quite like it.

BayFly · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:59 am Post subject:

The metal boat described by the OP resembles one Walter Fondren had in Port O'Conner in the early 80s. However, I can be no help in identifying the manufacturer.

Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1113

Didn't Ron Hoover back in the day dabble in building aluminum boats? Maybe ask some of their older guys.