Sad, but some good photography. I had never heard of Mauritania's Nouadhibou Bay...

What an incredible lathe... intro here and then the actual Spar Shop. If you need a spar for a ship, this is the place to go.

We turn wood masts and spars up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet long!

We've had plenty of mentions of George Buehler's Diesel Ducks over the years. Mad Mariner™ has a nice photo gallery of various Ducks, along with one of their "MadCast" audio interviews with the designer himself.

Check it out!

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Some really incredible pictures of waves, by photographer Clark Little.

I don't know that these are really abandoned, although they are obviously not getting quite the maintenance I'm sure they used to. Some massive subs. And to think that these pictures are on the Internet now... imagine the security that used to surround these craft.

Many more pictures (interior and exterior) at the link. read more »

From the WoodenPowerboats mailing list comes this great set of pictures from the 2009 Fern Ridge Spring Messabout. Looks like a great time with some really nice boats.

This is just a gorgeous Diesel Duck that's currently listed on Yacht World. The picture gallery is worth checking out to see a very nicely built and outfitted yacht.

Probably a good price if you can do that.