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Macatawa Bay Boat Works was
hired by Vanity Fair Magazine to provide a classic boat for a photo shoot in
Manhattan.
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The shoot was for the
August 2008 issue "Hollywood's New Wave" highlighting up and coming young
Hollywood stars.
Actors Jay Baruchel and
Kat Dennings were the subjects of this shoot. They sat on the seat
back of the forward seat while we put photographer Mark Seliger in a life
jacket and strapped him to the lift ring on the bow! Macatawa Bay
Boat Works owner, Jonathan Reus was on board at all times for safety and
to help operate the boat (Jay Baruchel had never driven a boat before) and
stayed out of the photos by hiding behind seat back on the floor of the
aft cockpit.
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Above is the shot the made the magazine, page
98.
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The boat that photographer Mark Seliger
selected was a 1946 Chris Craft 17' Deluxe Runabout "Spread Eagle"
owned by Clarke and Glenda Lockart of Spring Lake, Michigan. Macatawa
Bay Boat Works restored the boat for the Lockart's in 2002 and have cared
for the boat since.
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Getting the boat to the heart of Manhattan
was a challenge. MBBW's Jonathan Reus put the boat in
at the only launch ramp in the area which happened to be at the Statue of
Liberty Park. They proceeded five miles across New York Harbor and up
the Hudson passing in front of the Statue and Ellis Island which took about
an hour.
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shoot, we headed back to the ramp at sunset with a beautiful view of Ellis
Island and Manhattan. |
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We battled the wind and the cold
spray off New York's Harbor.
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