LIVING HISTORY
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TREASURE COAST BOATING
views of the St. Lucie River, inlet and ocean. Irving Bonbright,
a New York stockbroker and founding member of the Sunrise
Inn, lived to offshore fish. He frequented the Stuart wharf,
where handline fishermen, like Addison Whiticar, unloaded
their daily catch.
The two talked and struck up a friendship. Every season,
Bonbright practically begged Captain Add to take him deepsea
fishing. He refused because there wasn’t enough room on
his boat. After four years, persistence eventually paid off for
Bonbright, and Curt’s father agreed to take him offshore.
“Dad allowed Bonbright to fish one rod and reel from the
center of the boat, warning Bonbright that he would not enjoy
the trip,” Curt wrote in his Whiticar Waterway Tales. “With
Bonbright in the center of the stern, Dad could still handline
fish the two spreader lines and sell all of the fish, plus Bonbright
offered him a large amount of cash to have the privilege
of fishing with Dad. Bonbright went, and even though
he had to stand up all day and was covered with blood and
slime, he had the time of his life.”
Their fishing expedition was such a hit that Bonbright
financed a larger boat for Captain Add. It had a broader stern
and room for two removable fishing chairs in the cockpit. The
vessel, built by Todd Backus, was equipped so he could still
commercial fish. The purchase of The Little Jack changed the
course of the Whiticar family’s history.
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