Fabulous photos of US motorboats

Mount Dora

Mount Dora, photo by Bill Prince

The care these people lavish on their boats has to be seen to be believed. It must be love!

http://www.classicyachtmag.com/Mount%20Dora%202007.htm

Jonik at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Jonik

Jonik Jonik

Jonik

Now on the pontoon at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Jonik is a 24ft (7.3m) motor launch built in Fowey in 1934 by Percy Clemens. He used silver spruce and teak to build her, and his craftsmanship is said to have been excellent – it’s sobering to think that he worked without either power tools or electric light.

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Oare Creek at dusk 480 Ted Brewer Schooner Ian Heard painting

Dusk at Oare, Ted Brewer schooner, Ian Heard painting

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