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Nov 13, 2018
Comments for Tides
This site help me about my report of how to predict tides and I learned new some here that my teachers didn't lesson.
Nov 12, 2018
Plywood boat seam restoration
I am trying to restore an old Mirror and I am finding it very difficult to find info online about how to seal the seams between the plywood construction.
Nov 12, 2018
Narooma BoatsAfloat 2018 | PHOTOS
Read more by Jeanne Medlicott at Narooma News
Nov 08, 2018
Borum Star Chief
Hi, I was recently given a borum star chief 15ft. I was woundering if anyone has a picture of an original boat so I can see what it was supposed to look
Nov 08, 2018
Comments for Portholes, Portlights and Deadlights
Thanks. It answered my questions.
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Nov 07, 2018
"Judy Mae"
Acquired this 13 1/2 foot lapstrake hulled boat from a gentleman who purchased it in Chicago about 20 years ago. It sat in a storage shed for most of
Nov 04, 2018
Kathleen
Kathleen is a 34 ft Van De Stadt Legend 34 I work on Kathleen most days, replacing the cabin side at the moment, will finish the glassing tomorrow will
Nov 04, 2018
When Form and Function Sail Together
Rat said to Mole, in that memorable passage from Wind in the Willows, “there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Fortunately, on Martha’s Vineyard there are plenty of artistic people who agree with Rat, and some of them have put together a show at Featherstone Center for the Arts.
Read more by Steve Myrick at the Vineyard Gazette
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