Do you long to find the original literature for your classic Chris-Craft? Maybe you'd like to find a factory photo of a particular turn-of-the-century boat or information that will help you with restoration work on a vintage boat. Or perhaps you just get a charge out of perusing old boating magazines from an earlier time: Motor Boating, Yachting, Motor Boat, Rudder and the like.

Whatever you're looking for in the way of old boating literature, Vintage Marine Sales Literature (VMSL) is a good place to start. Owned by Mahogany Bay and located in Bristol, Maine, VSML specializes in hard-to-find original catalogs, magazines and sales brochures for over 500 brands of wooden boats, fiberglass boats, metal boats, motor boats, canoes, rowboats, inboard engines outboard motors and marine gear produced between the 1890s and the 1980s. You'll recognize names such as Century, Chris-Craft, Evinrude, Gar Wood, Gator, Hatteras, Johnson, Kermath, Lyman, Mercury, Michigan Wheel, Penn Yan, Perko, Richardson, Scripps, Thompson and more.

Check out VMSL's online listing of brochures or fill out a request form for a specific product or manufacturer. VMSL will let you know what they have and/or will keep your request on file until they find what you need.

– Linda Hoff