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Skipjack H.M. Krentz and pushboat. The skipjack arose near the end of the 19th century. Dredging for oysters, prohibited in 1820, was again made legal in 1865. Boats of the time were unsuitable, and the bugeye developed out of the log canoe in order to provide a boat with more power adapted to the shallow waters of the oyster beds.
Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa , California , headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.
Skipjacks are a traditional sail-powered oyster-dredging boat found on the Chesapeake Bay of Maryland and Virginia. Many of these boats have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skipjacks .
The boat was used as a trainer by both the United States Coast Guard Academy and the United States Naval Academy. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "the Skipjack’s design combines ideas from the Finn hull, Mobjack (wide side decks, flat cockpit floor), and Flying Dutchman (single spreader, mid-boom sheeting).
Monterey Bay. The maritime history of California can be divided into several periods: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the Spanish colonial period, 1769 to 1821; the Mexican period, 1821 to 1847; and United States statehood period, which continues to the present day.
This company became the Glasspar Company and moved to larger quarters from Industrial Way in Costa Mesa to Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa, California, in 1950. By 1951, Glasspar moved again to larger quarters in Santa Ana, California. By the mid-1950s, Glasspar was producing 15 to 20 percent of all fiberglass boats sold in the U.S.
KATHRYN (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-117, " KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Tilghman, Talbot County, MD ", 31 photos, 1 color transparency, 8 measured drawings, 15 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
MacGregor was known for using innovative features to provide stability while maintaining light weight and easy trailerability. The swing keel was one of the innovations used on MacGregor's smaller boats, and water ballast was another. The model 26M weighs only 2,550 lb (1,160 kg) dry, 300 lb (140 kg) of which is permanent ballast. When in the ...