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Tinkerbelle by Robert Manry (1967) Tinkerbelle is a 13.5-foot (4.1 m) sailboat in which 47-year-old newspaperman Robert Manry, a copy editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, single-handedly crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1965.
Parry Boat Builder [7] AUS 14: KA–14: 1986: Steak 'n' Kidney: Peter Cole: Consolidated Marine [7] AUS 15: KA–15: 1986: Kookaburra III: Iain Murray & John ...
The Norwegian torpedo boat Rap (Known as the Maelstrom [22] before delivery) was the first in a long series of small fast boats built of steel for naval service. The boat has been preserved at the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum at Horten. 1874 unnamed launch #24 1874 Admiralty No.58 #25 A pinnace for the Royal Navy, capable of 9.2 knots. [23] 1874 ...
C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. [1] C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom one-off and short production run racing and cruising boats.
The revitalized Thompson Boat at St. Charles slowly rebuilt, but bankruptcy was declared in 1993. A new owner came in and got the firm going again. By about 1997 regular production ceased and all boat production stopped by 2000 or 2001. A liquidation auction in 2002 signaled the end of almost 100 years of boat building history. [6] [7]
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The key distinguishing feature of a narrowboat is its width, which must be less than 7 feet (2.13 m) to navigate British narrow canals. Some old boats are very close to this limit (often built 7 feet 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches or 2.17 metres or slightly wider), and can have trouble using certain narrow locks whose width has been reduced over time because of subsidence.
On its blog, Craigslist dismisses Blumenthal's move as a publicity stunt, and emphasizes that "craigslist has gone beyond fulfilling its legal obligations, far beyond classifieds industry norms ...