LaPointe's Classic Boat & Motor
- ABOUT US -
40 Years of Sales and Service
Mitch buys and sells classic mahogany boats like Chris Craft, Hacker Craft, Garwood and Century. He has been traveling the US for about 40 years picking up and delivering boats, but we are now semi-retired, and he has cut back on his travel.
We now work with a delivery service to deliver your boat to anywhere in the continental U.S. 
Pick up the phone and give us a call about any boat you like on the boats for sale page. And remember, if you buy a boat from LaPointes Classic Boats, you get Mitch's personal cell number, so you can reach him with questions.
How We Got Started in the Classic Wooden Boat Business
It was about 1980 when Mitch bought his first woody, a 16 ft Chris-Craft Deluxe Runabout for $100 from his father. His dad had acquired the boat years earlier from a man who just wanted to sell after it sank. Mitch restored that first boat in the garage, working on it just about every day. When it was done, he heard about the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS), and attended his first meeting.
Most people in the boat club seemed to have more than one wooden boat, and Mitch started to get in that same mindset. Someone offered him a 22' Sportsman for $100. Someone else gave him a restorable boat for free. He acquired every boat that was offered to him and it didn't take long before he realized that he had too many boats. That's when he went into sell mode. But as soon as one boat was off to a new happy home, another would take its place in our driveway. Soon we had a truck, spare trailers and a storage facility.
Our Focus Today
We try to educate our potential customers so they can make the right decisions for their particular situation. The best way to do that is with a quick phone conversation with Mitch or Kathy. We generally answer the phone from about 10:30 central time until 7:00 pm.
How to Sell a Boat to a State Trooper
The above picture shows Mitch with a Chris-Craft Capri loaded in the bed of his customized GMC Topkick, and two more boats on his 40 ft trailer. He was hauling three boats like this one time when he called in a report about a really bad driver. The dispatcher sent a highway patrol to stop the guy. When Mitch caught up to them, he pulled over and talked to the officer briefly, Vaughn Ebbighausen. Then he continued down the road, but soon his phone rang, it was Vaugn calling back. Mitch assumed that he was in violation of something with three boats behind him, but Vaughn just wanted to ask, "Are those boats for sale?" A couple weeks later he bought one and joined the ACBS.
OFFICE:
LaPointe's Classic Boats LLC
Mitch LaPointe
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
PHONE: 952-471-3300
(Mon - Fri 10 am - 6 pm CST)