Real Jaws Boat To Go On Sale

A fishing boat owned by the shark hunter who inspired the JAWS movies is to be sold at auction. New Yorker Frank Mundus, credited as the real Captain Quint from Peter Benchley's Jaws novel, on which Steven Spielberg's movies were based - died in September (08) at the age of 82. His 40 foot wooden boat, Cricket II, will go on sale online in February (08), with a starting price of $25,000.