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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”
