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A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open water, while modern recreational keelboats have prominent fixed fin keels, and considerable draft.
Lewis arrives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to direct the construction of a 55-foot keelboat with a 32-foot mast and benches for 22 oarsmen. He also purchases a pirogue over 40 feet long. [11] [12] July 18: Clark writes to Lewis accepting his invitation. [13] [14] August 31: After more than a month of delays, the keelboat is completed and ...
Lewis and Clark's keelboat was built as a galley in Pittsburgh in 1803 for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, after detailed specifications by Meriwether Lewis. [1] [2] A keelboat, it could be propelled by oars, sails, poles and towlines. The boat was the expedition's main vessel until the spring of 1805, when it was returned to St. Louis.
Brick (keelboat) 1964: Jean-Jacques Herbulot: Chantier Mallard Archambault Boats [89] Bridges Point 24: 1985: Joel White: Bridges Point Boatyard Bridges Point Boat Company [90] Bristol 29.9: 1977: Halsey Chase Herreshoff: Bristol Yachts [91] Bristol 39: 1966: Ted Hood: Bristol Yachts [92] Bristol 40: 1970: Ted Hood: Bristol Yachts [93] Bristol ...
The J/24 is an international One-Design and Midget Ocean Racing Club trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. [1] The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and handicap racing.
Keelboat: Star • • Post-WWII games (1948—2020) ... together with their crews form an important and significant part of the history of sailing in general and ...
The Herreshoff 12½ Footer is a one-design keelboat. History. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff designed the 12½ footer in 1914.
The Pearson Ensign, or Ensign 22, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a one-design racer and day sailer and first built in 1962. It is the largest full-keel one-design keelboat class in the United States.