#7878--THE GUENTHER GARVEY
by J.R. Nowling
Old-timers along New Jersey's south shore are likely to tell you the little outboard garveys that prowl their shallow waters in all seasons of the year were named for a Frenchman called Gervais--but the younger genereration insists that Bob Guenther, a young masonry contractor at Beach Haven, rates most of the credit for the garveys popularity. Actually, the garveyis styled somewhat along the lines of the Barnegat sneakbox, favored by clammers and duck hunters for generations. Probably the most significant difference is underwater: the sneakbox has a rounded bottom, the garvey is flat side to side while curving very gently front to back.
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