
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
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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
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.
Perhaps even more amazingly, Continue reading “Jonik at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall”
Dusk at Oare, Ted Brewer schooner, Ian Heard painting
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