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The Dabchick is a South African youth sailing dinghy that is raced two up or single-handed. A Bermuda rigged boat, it has a mainsail and jib. Its hull is very shallow and its skipper sits on its flat deck. This hard chined scow was designed by Jack Köper [1] in 1955. [2]
The third boat (6,000 years old) was 12 meters (39 ft) long and holds the record as the longest dugout in the region. The finds have partly deteriorated due to poor storage conditions. [13] [14] In 1991, remains of a linden wood log-boat of nearly 6 meters (20 ft) were found at Männedorf-Strandbad in Switzerland at Lake Zürich. The boat has ...
104-foot Air Rescue Boat, 1943. Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephens Bros. was building vessels for the U.S. government. The Navy’s Bureau of Ships and the U.S Coast Guard contracted the company to build wooden minesweepers that were used to remove magnetic mines or to protect slower ships from submarine torpedo attacks. At 136 ...
By 1950, the company had 343 authorized dealers and used the marketing slogan "The Thoroughbred of Boats". In the 1960s, Century introduced 45 ft (14 m) motor yachts and jet-powered boats; in 1967 the last wooden boat rolled out of the Manistee Facility in favor of fiberglass.
South African Power Boat Association (SAPBA) was established in the 1940s, [7] [8] for the purpose of administration, promotion and protection of the sport of powerboating in South Africa. SAPBA later changed to PSA and was involved a court battle that lasted for three years with Powerboat Racing South Africa (PBRSA) over the control of the sport.
Hacker-Craft is the name given to boats built by The Hacker Boat Co., an American manufacturer founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1908 by John L. Hacker (1877–1961). It is one of the oldest constructors of wooden motor boats in the world. The company moved operations to New York State in the 1970s and continues to produce hand-built boats.