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A [[minnow]] is a very small bait fish, but the TV boat was actually named for [[Newton Minow]],<ref name=SantaClaraLawReview>{{cite web |
A [[minnow]] is a very small bait fish, but the TV boat was actually named for [[Newton Minow]],<ref name=SantaClaraLawReview>{{cite web |
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|author=Robert M. Jarvis |
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|title=Legal Tales from Gilligan's Island |
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|publication=Santa Clara Law Review |
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|volume=39 |
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|year=1998 |
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|publisher=Santa Clara Law Review & Jamail Center for Legal Research |
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| History | |
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| Maiden voyage | 1964 |
| Fate | Shipwrecked in South Pacific after 3 hour tour |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Installed power | 230 hp each |
| Propulsion | Detroit Deisels |
| Speed | 12 knots cruise, max 14 knots |
| Capacity | 5 passengers |
| Crew | 2 |
The S. S. Minnow was a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island.
"The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed."
The ship ran aground on the shore of "an uncharted desert isle" (in the south Pacific Ocean), setting the stage for one of the most successful situation comedies of all time.
Origin of its name
A minnow is a very small bait fish, but the TV boat was actually named for Newton Minow,[1][2] who Gilligan's Island executive producer Sherwood Schwartz believed "ruined television". Minow was chairman of the FCC in 1961, and is noted for a speech in which he called television America's "vast wasteland". The inclusion of the ship prefix S.S. in the name indicates it was powered by steam.
S. S. Minnow II
The S. S. Minnow II was a successor boat purchased by the Skipper from insurance money for the first in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Rescue From Gilligan's Island. At the end of that movie, the cast and boat are wrecked on the same island, as shown by Gilligan's discovery of a plank with "Minnow I" on it; how they knew to call the first vessel "I" before there was a second is not explained.
Minnow III
The Minnow III is the plane built by the Professor in the made-for-TV movie The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, the sequel to Rescue From Gilligan's Island. It does not have the prefix "S. S.", as it is not a steamboat.
S.S. Minnow Today
The S.S. Minnow, also previously known as the 'Bluejacket' now resides at Schooner Cove Marina on the east side of Vancouver Island, in Nanoose Bay B.C. After undergoing a major restoration the new owner plans to do charters and sight seeing tours with it.[3] It is equipped with an old life preserver with "S.S. Minnow" on it and other show items.[4]
References
- ^ Robert M. Jarvis (1998). "Legal Tales from Gilligan's Island". Santa Clara Law Review & Jamail Center for Legal Research. pp. 185–205. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|publication=ignored (help) - ^ Associated Press, "Nostalgic Ride", Express (Washington, D.C.), Sep. 16, 2008, p. 21.
- ^ "Gilligan's SS Minnow to offer 3-hour Vancouver Island tours". CBC News. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Associated Press, "Nostalgic Ride", Express (Washington, D.C.), Sep. 16, 2008, p. 21.