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A johnboat in Florida, 1972 A small modern johnboat in the bed of a pickup truck. A johnboat [1] is a flat-bottomed boat [2] constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, wood, or polyethelene with one, two, or three seats, usually bench type. They are suitable for fishing, hunting and cruising.
Ron Jon Surf Shop is a surfer-style retail store chain founded in 1959 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey by Ron DiMenna. [1] "The Original" Ron Jon Surf Shop opened in Long Beach Island, New Jersey in 1961. [2] The store specializes in surfing and bodyboarding equipment, and their Cocoa Beach, Florida, store is currently the largest surf shop in the ...
Merritt Boat & Engine Works, sometimes abbreviated as Merritt's, is a yacht builder and boat yard headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida. Together with Rybovich , Merritt is respected as one of the most historically significant Florida custom sport fishing boat builders.
In 1881, he joined his brother Henry to begin manufacturing boats full-time. [2] In 1910, the brothers joined with other partners to form the Smith Ryan Boat and Engine Company, focusing on building fast, economically-priced runabout boats for mass-market distribution. Their products made their debut at the New York and Chicago Boat Shows that ...
USS PT-96, built by Huckins at Jacksonville, Florida, underway at high speed, circa 1942. Huckins Yacht Corporation built PT boats for two squadrons during World War II. In 1940, three governing bodies – the Bureau of Ships, the Board of Inspection and Survey, and the Navy Personnel Command – had agreed that all PT boats developed up to that time were defective.
A schedule of ship's boats of 1886 shows 34 to 30 feet (10.4 to 9.1 m) cutters pulling 12 oars, 28 feet (8.5 m), 10 oars, 26 to 20 feet (7.9 to 6.1 m), 8 oars and the two smallest sizes of 18 and 16 feet (5.5 and 4.9 m), 6 oars. The smaller boats could be single banked whilst the larger and later examples were generally double-banked. For ...
Trader Jon's was a bar in Pensacola, Florida which operated from 1953 to 2003. It became famous for its owner, Martin "Trader Jon" Weissman's personal eccentricities, "Tradernomics", and large collection of military memorabilia primarily focused on Naval Aviation given the nearby presence of NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field, and the former NAS Saufley Field (now NETPDC Saufley), former NAS ...
Jon Turner is a British yachtsman, boat builder, and engineer.He has won national and world championships in many racing dinghy classes, as detailed below. Turner was originally apprenticed to Souters in Cowes, Isle of Wight, building International 14s and Flying Fifteens.