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Shot from Castle Island, Boston.

You were on Castle Island for Sail Boston and that's all you show us? Don't bogart them pics, Sir. :eyebrow:

OOOOO... sorry bou that.

Spain shows up with a galleon built in Florda.

and Canada brings the beloved Blue nose.

My FiL spent a couple years balsa modeling this beauty. The Pride of Baltimore.

and dis pretty thang

Thank you, thank you, great pictures.
I wonder what that perch is about, and why it has so much rigging. The only thing I could think of is, being built in Florida, with that perch high and out front, maybe it's for a spotter, watching out for shallow water and reefs? Maybe if it was powered, but under sail I don't think the ship can respond that fast?

I think you've got it. It'd be a good place to watch for obstructions. I just saw an article which said El Galleon was built in Spain.

Floating masses of algae are becoming a big problem is some ports, so the French have built a boat to fight it.

What a rig...

Very cool, now get the fuck off the ramp.

Dumbass. There's no way that was cheaper, nor better, than an actual boat.

No, but it got him a chick willing to handle his lines. ;)

Looks like the USS OKC is open for bidness.

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Is that ^^^a submarine?

Nice the numbered the hatches so they remember where the left the Cruise Missiles. :facepalm:

Looks like the inner round part of the door is water tight and the outer door leaks like a sieve.

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Originally Posted by captainhook455 (Post 998053)

Is that ^^^a submarine?

'Tis. The USS Oklahoma City.

Akula-class on the left, Typhoon-class on the right:

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That's no boat, this is a boat. :haha:

Several years ago when my son was a Lieutenant in the navy I was invited to go on a Tiger Cruise. That is a cruise where parents or others close to the sailor can come and stay on board for several days while the ship or sub moves between ports. However subs seldom offer these as they usually have nuclear weapons on board.

In this case my son's submarine, the SSBN Nevada had been completely overhauled and updated. It was in drydock for over a year and then after initial sea trials was sent from it's home base in Bremerton, Washington to San Diego where it successfully conducted a missile test, firing an unarmed Trident to a target near Hawaii.

I met up with other men (only men at this point were allowed on subs) and we boarded the sub in San Diego and didn't resurface for 5 days when we popped up at the mouth of Puget Sound at the US?Canada border.

Since this was the largest class of subs it wasn't as uncomfortable as smaller attack subs. Luckily I got a lower bunk, don't think I could have hopped up into the upper bunks. They had learning events for us and we got to see our kids manning their posts. I especially liked hanging out in the sonar room where they listened to the area around the sub, reminded me of The Hunt For Red October. The other cool thing was that since there were no nuclear weapons on board we were pretty much allowed to go anywhere other than the radio room or the room where they controls the nuclear propulsion system. I liked to hang out on the upper deck near the missile silos, it was quiet and a good place to nap or read a book.

Some people went nuts with war surplus materials...

~~Questionable~~ alternate history...

Ya seen that fish with the teeth? Ifn ya do tell him I'm lookin fer him.

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I would not want to be in that boat w/50 ppl.

Strange rig, water or ice.

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“Nat Roe has been granted a patent for an ice and water boat.” Source: The Suffolk County news., August 09, 1907, Page 2. From this, I found the July 7, 1907 U.S. Patent Number 859,693 which states in part the following.
“I have produced a motor propelled ice yacht or scooter adapted to skim over ice and plunge into and across water spaces and air-holes with scarcely diminished speed. As an ice motor yacht it is safety controlled under high speed and affords a lively recreation to pleasure seekers and in the event of it plunging into the water in soft ice or open water leads, it would float the same as a boat and could be gotten out by means of ice hooks used to lift its runners on the ice. ”

Nathaniel Roe (1876 – 1957) owned a steel tape factory in Patchogue, and he had over 70 patents to his name at the time of his death. Steel tape refers to what we call tape measures today. He lived in Patchogue, New York his whole life.
His obituary stated in part the following. “Shortly after the turn of the century the noted inventor designed an ice boat and later set a new speed record of more than 100 miles per hour. This was considered to be the fastest speed ever attained by man up until that date.” … “Mr. Roe was the owner of one of the first cars in this area and also was a prominent figure in bicycle racing circles.” Source: The Patchogue advance., January 17, 1957, Page 7

The patent can be easily viewed on the Google patent website by searching for” nathaniel roe Ice and water boat” in the search box.

I do not believe the boat in the photo above is the one used for the speed record. A much sleeker boat with a bigger engine in shown in the February 10, 1912 issue of Forest and Stream magazine which states the following regarding this boat. “The motor scooter, built by Nat Roe for service on Great South Bay, has made 90 miles an hour, gone over 100 feet of open water and coasted over a mile after power was shut off. She is 20 feet long, 4 feet wide, driven by a 35-horsepower Fiat motor. She is propelled by a spiked wheel fitted in the centerboard trunk.” There is a photo of this boat with the article.

An ad in The New York Dramatic Mirror from April 9, 1910, Page 19, lists a film entitled “Ice Skaters on Lake Ronkonkoma.” The description is, “A series of most exciting pictures of the fastest boat on earth, jumping water holes in the ice at the rate of eighty-five miles per hour. Nat Roe’s motor ice boat, capable of running 120 miles an hour.”
Scientific American went so far to say that the boat could be driven home over snow covered roads in the February 12, 1910 issue.

Methinks there's a lot of hyperbole if not bullshit there. :eyebrow:

I can't tell if that's part of the trailer in the last picture or a steering skate for the boat.

It doesn't look like the runners are steerable since they're flush against the hull. That could be a rear steering combination rudder and skate.

That spiked paddle wheel thing looks like it would splash freezing water all over the pleasure seeker.

Um, is the spike wheel between his legs?

No Jim, he sits further back, watch out for sudden stops though. ;)

This dude obviously has money, I wonder how he got it?
Oh, I know, he's a pirate. :smack:

Gonna need a bigger boat...

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Take all your vehicles on the water...

Don't forget to tie your boat down... :facepalm:

Look at that foeshortening.

In the top picture, the truck is one car length from the stop line.

On the bottom, it looks like it's stopped at the stop line.

Photos lie all the time depending on the angle they are taken from. Makes me wonder how refs at football games can judge field position with any accuracy?

Or are those different trucks? Boats look the same.

Same accident taken by three different people, I just grabbed two of the pictures.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 1017026)

Or are those different trucks? Boats look the same.

I think they have moved the boat some in the top pic trying not to damage the hull.

Same wreck, different times. In the top picture the Boat's been stabilized with poles and the truck has been backed out some.

Stabilized with poles, but I don't believe the truck has been moved.

Me either. That truck is in the same spot. You can tell from the relationship between the roof of the truck and the stern of the boat.

It's a combination of a telephoto being used to take the bottom picture which compresses everything, and the angle it was shot at.

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

"Got one."

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I wonder what it cost to bring the Cole home?

Ah, found it. $4.5 million for the ride home and $250 million to repair.

This Ferry started in San Francisco, had an accident killing five, then a fire at the dock. Next it was rebuilt for Seattle and served up into I think the 70s. First one arc welded together, copper wheel house to not screw up the compass, and other neat stuff.

I saw this Ferryboat in Kodiak when I was there in the '70s.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...kland-why-not/

Nope. Ain't getting on a ferry.:headshake

Ferry not Fairy. What are you some kind of ridge runner or something?

The people poking up out of the port hole things, like little planters, make me LOL.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1025630)

Nope. Ain't getting on a ferry.:headshake

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 1025640)

Ferry not Fairy. What are you some kind of ridge runner or something?

I'll get on a fairy, before I get on a ferry.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1025630)

Nope. Ain't getting on a ferry.:headshake

You are going to miss a lot when you come visit with that attitude mister

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1025617)

I've kayaked right up to the hull of the Kalakala, touched it just to say I had. Who knew today was that day.

Soon after that she was towed away from Lake Union near Ivar's on the lake. It had a little plastic tip jar for donations hanging on a line from the bow.

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1025687)

You are going to miss a lot when you come visit with that attitude mister

I won't miss drowning in a ferry tipover.

I keep looking for evidence that the Table Rock Lake duckboat actually capsized rather than sinking upright.
Maybe a photograph of its upside down hull will surface, so to speak.
The word seems to be used
much less frequently during the investigation than it was during the initial press reporting.
Thanks, Griff, for bringing it up, so to speak.