| Brief History of 
					Thayer IV in the film Golden Pond in 1981 
					The Thayer IV was the 
					name of the boat used in the 1981 film On Golden Pond. There 
					were 3 Thayer IV's purchased for the filming of the movie, 
					including 1 replica used for a crash scene. One was a 1950 
					Chris-Craft Sportsman (U22-1460), bought by a family in 1982 
					from marine coordinator Pat Curtin as the main picture boat 
					and the U.S Mail boat Mariah a Century Raven, used in the 
					movie. The other boat, also a Chris-Craft Sportsman 
					(U22-1802), was sold in 1983 by the marine coordinator for 
					the movie, Mr. Pat Curtin, as the boat which Henry Fonda and 
					Katharine Hepburn used for their excursions on Golden Pond. 
					At that same time, the buyer of U22-1802 also purchased the 
					replica used in the crash scene. Although the Chris-Craft 
					Sportsman was the main boat used in the movie, the script 
					called for the Thayer IV, a mail boat, a canoe, and a 
					replica of the Thayer IV. These were provided by Patrick 
					Curtin of Eastern Classics, a boatyard in Laconia, New 
					Hampshire, specializing in the restoration of mahogany speed 
					boats. Following World War II, the Sportsman model 
					reappeared as a direct descendant of its 1937 predecessors. 
					The popular model stayed in the Chris Craft line up until 
					1960. The use of a 1950 Sportsman model as the Thayer IV in 
					On Golden Pond did much to generate interest in antique and 
					classic boats. |