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Restored ChrisCraft
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2010-05-06 18:28| Check out this post for a few more details. |
A cousin's family owns this beautiful, restored ChrisCraft. All I really know about it is that it was restored in Michigan by a person who does it professionally.
Manual outboard motor
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2009-07-22 22:10Maybe I should just build my own motor... back when they went for the direct and simple ways (and they worked).
Manual Outboard (courtesy of Google Books)
Wood will last...
Submitted by cac on Sun, 2007-11-18 22:2418th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2010-07-15 15:37Neat find in the build area... remains of an 18th century sailing vessel.
Kelvin Launches
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2010-05-03 21:26A neat page with scans and pictures from an old UK plans catalog. Some nice looking smaller boats there.
Carri-Craft Catamaran Houseboat?
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2009-10-02 23:35I found this page an interesting collection of comments and information about a design I had never seen before. Been many years since it was built, but looks like it might have been a nice boat.
Clear Lake Chapter - Antique and Classic Boat Society
Submitted by cac on Sun, 2009-03-01 16:40
Here's a neat organization following some classic (30's through 60's maybe?) motorboats. Many of you probably grew up with some of these classics. They don't build them like that any more.
Make sure and check out the gallery(s).
Kalakala - The World's First Streamlined Vessel
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-06-20 22:39
Another interesting Navagear post recently included some pictures of the now defunct and abandoned Kalakala (scroll down part way). From there I found the web site of the ship itself, with lots of pictures of her from her heyday. read more »
Vintage Boat Plans
Submitted by cac on Tue, 2008-04-01 23:03Welcome to vintageboatplans.com...
Frecheville Heaney Boatbuilders
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2007-04-23 22:05
Specializing in the restoration and building of fine craft.
An Austrailian company that does some really nice woodwork... check out their various previous and current projects for narrations and pictures describing their work.
From the look of some of those boats, building them new from scratch would have been easier :-)
