On Golden Pond

CSI investigation of the
On Golden Pond Boats

We went through the movie scene by scene and cut by cut to determine which Chris Craft U22s were used in each scene or cut... Our results were the same as "Woody Boater"... Below you can see a still from each cut in the movie...

I was ask to come along to see the On Golden Pond Boats by "Woody Boater” Matt Smith to identify and document the Century Raven from the movie... We also went over the Thayer IV and photographed it, inside and out. Since there were three U 22 Chris Crafts used in the movie I decided to go through the movie to identify scenes with each boat... Below is what I found!

Hull #U-22-1460 is the boat in most of the scenes... The next with most film time is U-22-xxxx aka the crash boat... Then boat # U-22-1802 had the least amount of film time. Later on this page you will see scene by scene proof with each boat... There are a few scenes that I cannot determine for sure the boat I will also not that...

U-22-1460

Photos of the transom of 1460 in the 1980s and in 2010... Note the snap location and the plank line through the Thayer IV name... A perfect match....

Screne shot from movie of main picture boat... Note unique snap line... Now look at the next photo...

Photo of 1460 in the fall of 2010... The snap location is a perfect match... This is like a finger print... And along with everything else is the best identifying feature of this boat being the main photo boat... Snaps location also match on the port side...

1460 had features unique to it... The extra aftermarket vent on front deck to cover hole where the spot light was... The black ivalite spotlight handle on dash... The Chrysler three spoke steering wheel... Other features that identify 1460 are snap line down the side of the boat... Three plank transom.... Bilge pump hole just in front of Chris Craft name on Starboard side...

U-22-1802

1802 did not have the after market vent on front deck, it also did not have the black knob on dash... It had a two spoke steering wheel, witha horn ring, not the Chrysler 3 spoke... Its bilge pump outlet is on the Port side in front of the Chris Craft name... Also 1802 has 4 transom planks....

U-22-xxxx the Crash boat

The Crash boat had an exra vent on front deck but it was a Chris Craft type... It had the two spoke steering wheel like 1802, but it had no horn ring.. the crash boat had 3 transom planks..

The Mail Boat a 1963 Century Raven 19 HIN RN6376

The Mail boat was in several scenes... There is no dispute which scenes it was in so we are not going cut by cut on this boat....

Scene by scene cuts of the Chris Craft U 22s.

First cut with boats

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck...

Second cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... spot light control... Three spoke wheel...

Third and fourth cut..

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel...

Fifth cut..

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... spot light control...

Sixth cut..

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... three spoke steering wheel...

Seventh cut..

We can't tell what boat this is...

I can't see if there is a bilge pump hole in front of the Chris Craft name... Most likely this is 1460 but it could be 1802.

Eighth, Nineth and Tenth cuts..

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... three spoke steering wheel...

Twelveth cut..

This boat is 1460--- You can just make out the bilge pump outlet on the Starboard side just in front of the Chris Craft Name....

Thirteenth - Sixteenth cut..

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... spot light control... Three spoke wheel...

Seventeenth through twentieth cut..

All appear to be taken together 19 and 20 are 1460 for sure1460.... 18 and 19 you can't see enough but most likely 1460.

Twenty-first cut

Not enough detail in this cut... Could be either 1460 or 1802...

Twenty-second cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel... Note the snap line varations... the next photo will show the matching snap line and pump outlet

Photo taken of 1460 fall 2010... Snaps match 22nd cut snap line. No two boats have snaps exactly in the same place... These match...

Twenty-third cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel... Snap line also matches 2010 photo...

Twenty-fourth cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel... you can just make out the bilge pump outlet...

Twenty-fifth cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Spot light control on dash...

Twenty-Sixth cut

This boat is 1460--- Snap line also matches 2010 photo... also has the spot light control on dash...

Twenty-seventh cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel... Snap line also matches 2010 photo... bilge pump outlet on starboard...

Twenty-eighth cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... Three spoke wheel... spotlight control...

Twenty-nineth cut

Not enough detail in this cut... Could be either 1460 or 1802...

Thirtieth cut

This boat is 1460--- Three spoke wheel...

Thirty-first - thirty-fourth cuts

This boat is 1460--- Three spoke wheel... aftermarket deck vent... all of the views of the kid running the boat are 1460.

Thirty-fifth - thirty-nineth cuts

All are 1460--- Three spoke wheel... aftermarket deck vent... all of the views of the kid running the boat are 1460. Note the movie's editor chose to flop the film in some of these shots.... Sometimes the boy and steering wheel are on the right and sometimes on the left...

Fortieth cut

Not enough detail in this cut... Could be either 1460 or 1802...

Forty-first cut

This boat is 1460--- you can just make out the bilge pump outlet on the starboard side...

Forty-second cut

This boat is 1460--- three spoke steering wheel...

Forty-third cut

This boat is 1460--- it has the aftermarket vent on the deck... spotlight control... ..

Forty-fourth cut

This boat is 1460--- three spoke wheel and you can just see the bilge pump outlet \

Forty-fifth cut

Not enough detail in this cut... Could be either 1460 or 1802... but most likely 1460

Forty-sixth cut

This boat is 1460--- three spoke wheel and you can just see the bilge pump outlet and the deck vent.

Forty-seventh cut

Not enough detail in this cut... Could be either 1460 or 1802... but most likely 1460

Forty-eighth and Forty Nineth cut

This boat is 1460--- three spoke wheel and you can just see the bilge pump outlet and the deck vent.

Fiftith cut

Could be either 1460 or 1802...

Fifty-first through fifty-third cut.

1460--- Three spoke wheel deck vent, and starboard bilge outlet...

Fifty-fourth through fifty-sixth cut.

1460--- Three spoke wheel deck vent, and starboard bilge outlet...

Fifty-seventh cut.

1460--- Matching snap line...

Fifty-eighth cut.

1460--- Three spoke steering wheel and deck vent...

Fiftiy-nineth and sixtith cut

Could be either 1460 or 1802... most likely 1460...

Sixty-First cut.

1460--- deck vent...

Sixty-second cut.

1460--- scuff on hull side of identified boat on 27th cut.....

Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth cuts.

1460--- Three spoke chrysler steering wheel and deck vent

Sixty-fifth cut.

1802--- Two spoke steering wheel with horn ring.... Only view that is thought to be the 1802 boat...

1802--- Dash shots of 1802- One when on ebay with original steering wheel..

1802--- Dash shots of 1802- During the most receicent restoration with the new 1460 type Chrysler steering wheel.

Sixty-sixth cut.

Could be either 1460 or 1802... most likely 1460...

Sixty-seventh cut.

Crash boat...

Sixty-eighth cut.

1460--- Three spoke chrysler steering wheel and deck vent

Sixty-ninth cut.

crash boat, note the build up on the back floor...

Seventith cut.

crash boat

Seventy first cut.

1460--- Three spoke chrysler steering wheel and deck vent

Seventy first cut.

crash boat

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