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Hudson Folding Boat pictures
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2008-06-23 22:28.Gavin Atkin at InTheBoatShed.net has had pictures of this nifty folding boat before, but he has recently put this post up with a bunch more, detailed pictures.
People really created works of art with these boats!
Beebe's Passagemaker for sale
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2008-05-21 19:07.If you have followed the passagemaking and long range powerboating world for long, you have heard of Robert Beebe and his boat Passagemaker. The first of the successful, long range cruising power boats for an individual, he designed and had it built and used it many years. Since then, its been through other hands and now sadly sits, fading away. read more »
U.S.S. Slater - Destroyer Escort
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2008-05-19 21:32.
I"ve long enjoyed touring various ships that have been retired and put on display. I ran across the link to the U.S.S. Slater today... looks interesting. Being privately owned by a non-profit organization, they have used volunteer labor (retired Navy personnel and other interested folks) to restore and renovate the only WWII destroyer escort still afloat. read more »
Hudson Folding Boat
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2008-02-06 23:25.Gavin Atkin over at InTheBoatShed.net has an interesting post on the Hudson folding boat. A folding dinghy from the 1930's, it kind of shows that the various folding and Origami Dinghy designs aren't as newfangled as we might think.
Pirates and Privateers
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-01-11 00:37.The History of Maritime Piracy
Cindy Vallar, Editor & Reviewer
Ken's Paper Boat Page
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2007-12-27 22:45.This is a really slick site chronicling the use of 'paper' to build boats... from the 1800's until the present day, this material has been used to build full sized boats. All of us who are interested in building and alternative materials will find something of interest here. read more »
LIfe Along the Manitou Passage
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2007-12-17 22:46.
The Age of Schooners
This is is a nice site with lots of history and details of this Great Lakes area. Sponsored by the Department of the Interior and various Michigan State departments, it is well done and fun to explore.
Wood will last...
Submitted by cac on Sun, 2007-11-18 22:24....at least with the right conditions. Check out this BBC News segment about a 400 year old ship found virtually intact at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Streamlined Outboards
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2007-09-22 18:28.While touring some of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC the other day (make sure and see that if you haven't), I ran across this ad/picture of an old outboard motor. It was giving examples of old style streamlining, etc. Sometimes I think the older styling was better than the modern stuff... of course that might explain the looks of the boat I chose to build :-)
