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Advertisement for the $88 Kool cigarettes Snark sailboat offer 1968 Advertisement featuring the Snark sailboat, as a giveaway (San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 1968, comic section) The "unclad" Sea Snark retailed for $119. The Super/Sea Snark with its yellow ABS cladding was marketed at Sears in the late sixties and early seventies for $199. [10]
In 1971, Kool initiated an advertising campaign where consumers could mail order a Snark sailboat with the Kool logo on the sail—for $88 (later $99) along with one Kool carton flap—including delivery. The sailboats retailed at the time for $120. As one of Kool's highest scoring ads, the company received over 18,000 orders for "Sea Snarks ...
In October 2015, Tor Viking rescued a French sailor and his cat from the 30-foot (9.1 m) sailboat La Chimere which had lost its rudder and rigging in heavy seas 400 miles (640 km) south of Cold Bay, Alaska. When Tor Viking arrived alongside in 20-foot (6 m) seas, the man jumped over the icebreaker's railing with the cat tucked in his shirt.
Schock's first boat built and sold was an International 14 that he intended to sail himself and constructed using a cold-molded wood method. Another sailor saw the boat while it was under construction and bought it from Schock. This led to the formation of the company, initially called W. D. Schock Boat Building and Repair. [3]
Others go further and buy their own stretch of paradise, complete with a personal staff and world-class amenities, like Motu Tane in the South Pacific, currently for sale at $37.5 million.
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CCGS Jean Goodwill is an icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) converted to a medium class icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard.She was originally built as Balder Viking for Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS in 2000.