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Aug 15, 2019
Boat Week hailed as big success
THE ORGANISERS of Shetland Boat Week have hailed this year’sevent as the most successful yet.
Over 500 people flocked to Hay’s Dock in Lerwick each dayduring the family-friendly event, which took place between 5-11 August..
Aug 15, 2019
Neil Pryde Small Boat Sails
Neil Pryde (Formex) Main Sail 42 sqft, Marconi - Luff: 11' 2 and 7' 10 foot. Either Red Stripe on white with white Scamper 60 graphic or yellow & white
Aug 14, 2019
UL education counselor and granddaughter build sail boat together
If there's one thing Irv Esters enjoys more than sailing, it's hanging out with his only grandchild.
Over the last six months, the University of Louisiana Lafayette department head of counselor education and his 3-year-old granddaughter Arya have spent every week building a small sailboat for her.
Read more by Victoria Dodge at the Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Aug 13, 2019
Pacific
This is my boat Pacific. She is a Fleming designed Sharpie and was built in Brisbane, Qld, Australia in 1961 by the Kross Brothers and was originally
Aug 11, 2019
Dunkirk 'little ships' head for the quays of St Katharine's Classic Boat Festival
One of the main attractions at this year's Classic Boat Festival at St Katharine Docks will be some of the veteran "little boats" that took part in the wartime Dunkirk evacuations nearly 80 years ago.
Aug 11, 2019
Super rare boat at the Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival
One of the world’s rarest boats was on display at the 29th Annual Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival in Sturgeon Bay Saturday.
Aug 10, 2019
Lake Tahoe’s love affair with wooden boats has only grown over the decades
Cruising across Lake Tahoe’s blue waters in a vintage wooden boat, its varnished mahogany and chrome lines glistening in the sun, feels like a trip back in time to the days when Frank Sinatra graced the casino stages and gin martinis flowed like the Truckee River.
Aug 06, 2019
How to make Scarf
I have a 51 foot Sitka Spruce Mast off a 38 foot Choey Lee Sloop (1979). The mast is original and still in good shape. The bottom 9 has become dry
Aug 06, 2019
VIDEO: Lefevre family paddles to big win at Ucluelet build-your-own-boat race
Ucluelet’s Lefevre family took top honours at the Ukee Days Nail Sail Bail boat race as brothers Orion and Koen shot out to an early lead before handing their Team Unsinkables2 vessel over to sister Savannah and dad Jason who steadily paddled the ship to victory at the July 28 event.
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