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Southern California's First West Coast Charter Boat
Though island diving, particularly at Catalina, was essentially fruitless unless you owned your own boat, most breath-hold divers (usually spearfishermen) during this era enjoyed excellent shore diving at coastal coves such as those in Palos Verdes, Laguna Beach and La Jolla in San Diego. However, "island mania" entered the picture in 1951 after the introduction of Maray, the first bonafide dive charter boat on the West Coast.
Mart Toggweiler, who worked as a civilian contracted ship builder at the Naval shipyard in Long Beach, built and operated the Maray. During his employment with the Navy, auctions to dispose of military scrap were periodically held. Toggweiler, a gifted ship builder, saw an opportunity to make his own pleasure boat when Navy auctioneers sold surplus landing craft in 1947. He eventually purchased one for $750 and had it hauled to a rented lot in Signal Hill, California where he would rebuild it. Because his acquisition was not yet suitable for civilian use, it took Mart three years to convert the vessel into a usable pleasure craft. He called his newly refurbished, 41 foot boat, Maray.
Originally, Toggweiler had no intention of using Maray for diving charters; however, a group of treasure divers from the Los Angeles Neptune Diving Club eventually contacted him in 1950. The group wanted to charter his boat to salvage silver from a sunken vessel called Colombia in Magdalena Bay. Unsure if he could oblige their request, Toggweiler and the group decided to take a test charter to Catalina to ensure a trip of this nature was possible. The salvage expedition never panned out, but, by example, Toggweiler quickly discovered that running paid charters to Catalina would help offset his boat expenses and docking fees..............
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| 1252 |
Spinsers: John Dunn & Mary MacGennis | Sandes, Margaret (I10889)
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| 1253 |
Spnsors: Edward Barren & Ellen Elwooagh | Barry, Johanna (I12106)
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| 1254 |
Sponors were Mat Hanly and Ann Kennedy | Meany, Matthew (I157)
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| 1255 |
Sponser: Arthur Rogers and Nancy Rooney | Gallagher, Amelia (I10418)
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| 1256 |
sponser: Philip Sheridan | Sandes, Patrick (I10885)
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| 1257 |
Sponser: Rosa Kearney | McFague, Ann (I7123)
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| 1258 |
sponsers were Maurice Aherne and Abina Rohan | Ahern, Timothy (I2259)
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| 1259 |
sponsers were : Patrick Cowley & Elizabeth Kearney | Grace, Hanna (I787)
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| 1260 |
sponsers were Connell & Abigail Walsh | Connell, Catherine (I10831)
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| 1261 |
sponsers were Cornelius Buckley and Margaret O'Shea | Buckley, Timothy (I8966)
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| 1262 |
sponsers were Edward & Catherine Herbert | Sandes, Bridget (I721)
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| 1263 |
sponsers were James Herbert and Rose Sands | Sandes, Esther (I8582)
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| 1264 |
sponsers were John Connell & Catherine Creedan | Connell, Ellen (I10830)
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| 1265 |
sponsers were John Leahy and Ellen Barry | Ahern, Thomas J. (I175)
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| 1266 |
sponsers were Maurice Ahern and Bridget Daly | Ahern, Norah A. (I2260)
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| 1267 |
sponsers were Michael McGovern and Anne Norris | McLaughlin, Michael (I720)
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| 1268 |
sponsers were Michael Murphy & Bridget Cronin | Connell, Margaret (I10832)
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| 1269 |
sponsers were Owen Egan and Mary McCarthy | Buckley, Jeremiah (I8974)
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| 1270 |
sponsers were Patrick Buckley & Elizabeth Hegarty | Connell, John (I10833)
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| 1271 |
sponsers were Peter Sands and Bidget Herbert | Sandes, Mary (I10412)
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| 1272 |
sponsers were Timothy McCarthy and Ellen Conners | Buckley, Katherine (I765)
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| 1273 |
Sponsers: Daniel Grace & Kate Kearney | Grace, Daniel John (I3974)
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| 1274 |
Sponsers: Hugh Sands & Margaret Walsh | Sandes, Catherine (I10890)
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| 1275 |
sponsers: Hugh Sandys & Margaret Read | Sandes, Mary (I10888)
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| 1276 |
Sponsers: Hugh Walsh & Bridget Robinson | Sandes, Patrick (I4795)
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| 1277 |
Sponsers: James Bar;ey & Ann Kearney | McFague, John (I11278)
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| 1278 |
sponsers: James Coucy & Johanna Carroll | DeCourcey, John (I10663)
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| 1279 |
Sponsers: John O'Toole & Bridget Walsh | Walsh, Patrick (I12492)
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| 1280 |
Sponsers: Owen Ingolsby & Rose Smythe | Sandes, Hugh (I10892)
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| 1281 |
Sponsers: Peter Walsh & Mary Gough | Sandes, Mary (I10887)
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| 1282 |
Sponsers: Peter Walsh & Rose Purcely | Sandes, Peter (I10891)
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| 1283 |
Sponsers: Thomas Gallagher and Mary W. Quinaln? | McFague, Arthur (I2943)
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| 1284 |
Sponsers: Willaim & Nancy Kearney | Kearney, Mary Ann (I10386)
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| 1285 |
Sponsers: William & Rosa Kearney | McFague, John (I7628)
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| 1286 |
Sponsers: William and Catherine Carney | Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth (I10415)
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| 1287 |
Sponsor: Anna Maria Fleischmann | Wurster, Anna Marie (I55)
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| 1288 |
Sponsor: Bridget Walsh | Walsh, Hugh (I6128)
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| 1289 |
Sponsor: Bridget Walsh | Walsh, John (I6139)
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| 1290 |
sponsor: Elizabeth Thuley (sp.?) | Wurster, Katherine (I4711)
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| 1291 |
Sponsor: Helen Donovan | Watts, Margaret (I13677)
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| 1292 |
Sponsor: Honor Ridge | Walsh, Margaret (I5912)
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| 1293 |
sponsor: James and Mary Conneely | Conneely, Martin (I6177)
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| 1294 |
Sponsor: Winifred Walsh | Walsh, John (I6098)
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| 1295 |
Sponsors : Timothy Connell and Mary Cronan | Linehan, Anne Marie (I176)
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| 1296 |
sponsors were ? Nyhan and Kate McCarthy | Grace, James (I768)
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| 1297 |
Sponsors were Ed Meany and Mary ? | Meany, John (I158)
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| 1298 |
Sponsors were Edmond Kennedy and Bridge Hennessy | Meany, Patrick (I5868)
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| 1299 |
Sponsors were Edmund Meany and Mary Luby | Meany, Patrick (I470)
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| 1300 |
sponsors were James and Anne Grace | Grace, John (I773)
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