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Shad Boats
The North Carolina shad boat is emblematic of the post-Civil War–era South. It embodies innumerable aspects of this period of its region’s historical resource use and development patterns. The changes...
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Sailing Between the Trees
Four camp-cruisers, Goat Island Skiff EPIK, Silmaril TRUK 2, the Grand Silmaril VITAE BREVIS, and the Silmaril KERELEN 4.
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MARGARET PEARL
The 56′ MARGARET PEARL commercial crayfishing vessel designed and built in the Australian island state of Tasmania.
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Moving Heavy Tools
Tricks and devices from the theater world that can be applied to managing tools and other heavy items in a boatshop.
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Perth’s Fleet of Herreshoff H28s
THE FIRST JINDARRA, ANNA, and SWIFTSURE SAGA are among a fleet of wooden-hulled H28s that continue to race regularly as a one-design class out of the South of Perth Yacht Club in Western Australia. About 40 of the boats have been built in the state since the 1940s, following plans by L. Francis Herreshoff.
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Gilles Montaubin’s Small-Craft Minimalism
Simple but fast boats designed by Gilles Montaubin for "sailing light" stood out in an annual gathering for sail-and-oars boats in Europe.
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Free as the Wind
The Breton shipwright Benoît Cayla has led a string of remarkably efficient and intense working-vessel reconstruction projects.
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GERMANIA III
GERMANIA III now sails in the same waters where the Olympic sailing regattas were held in 1936 when she took bronze in the 8-Meter-class competition.
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Forbundet Kysten
Langesund lighthouse marks the entrance to Langesundsfjord in Norway, was once a manned facility but has long been automated.
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GALENE and the Teal Class
GALENE was designed by Albert Luke and built by Luke Brothers in Hamble, England, and is a member of the Teal Class racer-cruiser.
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Joseph Conrad, Sailor
Joseph Conrad was born in Ukraine and possessed a great passion for the sea and based his writing on personal experience with ships and people.
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John Harris and Chesapeake Light Craft
Chesapeake Light Craft boat kits for aspiring builders offering easy-to-build with 120 designs for paddling, rowing, sailing, and power.
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For the Love of an 8-Meter
A collision that sank the historic 8-Meter SEVERN II was traumatic for all involved, the recovery that followed was remarkable.
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Biloxi Luggers
Biloxi luggers have a heritage that began with sailing vessels in the middle of the 19th century and many of the luggers’ builders and crews are descendents of Croatians.
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Aboard: KISMET
This 27' power cruiser built to Bill Garden's Pollywog design, has recently emerged from an extensive refit.