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The first snagboat on the Sacramento River, Seizer (240 GRT, 1881), had retired in 1921 [3] and its replacement, Bear (242 GT, 1921), [4] was in need of support. Yuba was laid down on 19 November 1924 [5] at the Alameda, California shipyard of A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company [2] who won the contract with a bid price of $78,346. [6]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 30 years ago (1995 ...
Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. It was founded in 1896, by John O. Johnson who had emigrated from Norway in 1893. After working with Gus Amundson [who?] for three years, Johnson started his own boat-building business in 1896. His first major success was the ...
Her namesake was the Bear River, a tributary of the Mokelumne River. She was designed to replace the first snagboat on the Sacramento River, Seizer (240 GRT) operating since 1881. [ 2 ] In 1919, a contract was awarded to Schultz & Schultz of San Francisco who won with a bid of $117,000. [ 3 ]
The Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito (2007) The working boatyard at Spaulding Marine Center Spaulding boatyard at night. The Spaulding Marine Center, (formally the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center), in Sausalito, California, is a living museum where one can go back in time to experience the days when craftsmen and sailors used traditional skills to build, sail or row classic wooden boats on ...
The Bear Lake Marina area provides a sheltered harbor, an 80-foot (24 m)-wide concrete boat ramp, boat slips, 13 campsites, restrooms, and showers. There is also a visitor center, along with a business renting boats and selling fishing and boating supplies. 41°57′54″N 111°23′57″W / 41.96493°N 111.39922°W / 41.96493; -111 ...
Bear Whisperer is a weekly based reality television series that focuses on black bear conservation (Ursus americanus). [1] It aired on Sportsman Channel and ran from 1 January 2011, to 21 June 2012. [2] "Bear Whisperer" pertains to a person named Blaine Anthony. [3] It has been currently running on Pursuit Channel from July 2013. [4] [needs update]
Sailing hydrofoils achieve boat speeds up to twice the speed of the wind, as did the AC72 catamarans used for the 2013 America's Cup. [20] Ice boats can sail up to five times the speed of the wind. [21] [22] Lateral force is a reaction supplied by the underwater shape of a sailboat, the blades of an ice boat and the wheels of a land sailing craft.