YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN By HERBERT E. CARSE (January 20, 1902) EDNA George Rice, jr., and his brother, Hayes Rice, have just purchased the sloop Edna from Mr. Bonfilio. The Edna is a staunch craft and built by Carpenter & Cox in New York. She came to this coast with a good reputation as …
HOW THE LATE STORM DEALT WITH THE SHIPS Rush for Coal From Belated Colliers. SAUSALITO YACHTS SUFFERED STRIKE OF LONGSHOREMEN ON THE WRECKED NOYO. Arrival of the British Ship Wallacetown — She Was Compelled to Put Into Coqulmbo in Distress. January 19, 1899 – The storm is over, but tales from vessels that suffered …
Rockland Board Rules Schooner Can Remain Landlocked Rockland, Maine – By Stephen Betts | Jan 19, 2017 — A 65-foot-long cement schooner will be able to remain in front of a maritime museum for at least the next nine months. The Rockland Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Wednesday evening, Jan. 18, to …
British Captain James Cook arrived in the Hawaiian Islands on his third voyage to the Pacific. Commanding the Resolution and Discovery on a mission to explore a Northwest Passage and to plot the transit of Venus, Cook first sighted the islands of O’ahu, then Kaua’i and Ni’ihau on January 18, 1778. Greeted as a sacred …
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BOOT DUSSELDORF (January 21-29) Various senior members of the Claasen Shipyards crew will at the upcoming Boot Dusseldorf show as they kick 2017 off together in style. CEO Joachim Kieft would love to meet you at stand G07 in Hall 7A, where Claasen will have a joint presentation with Vitters and Green Marine. There is …