Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom of Thames

The largest-ever post-war salvage operation on the Thames has discovered seven shipwrecks up to 350 years old.

They include a warship that was blown up in 1665, a yacht converted to a Second World War gunboat, and a mystery wreck in which divers found a personalised gin bottle.

Pretty neat... history and boats and England all in one article!

Make sure and follow the link for some slick pictures.

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!

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 »

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 »

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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.

The History of Maritime Piracy

Cindy Vallar, Editor & Reviewer

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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 »

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.