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Infamous rum-runner that eluded US Coast Guard for 13 yrs. Malahat , a large 5-masted lumber schooner from Vancouver , BC, was known as " the Queen of Rum Row " in her day. [ 2 ] She became famous (or infamous ) [ 3 ] for rum-running on the US Pacific Coast between 1920 and 1933.
Pacific coast offshore rum-runner Malahat. A rum row was a Prohibition-era term (1920–1933) referring to a line of ships loaded with liquor anchored beyond the maritime limit of the United States. These ships taunted the Eighteenth Amendment’s prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. [1]
Hunter Marine was an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow.The company did produce the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range power cruisers in the 37 to 110 foot range.
CG-100, a typical 75-foot patrol boat Rum-runner Linwood set afire to destroy evidence Pacific Coast offshore rum-runner Malahat, a five-masted schooner. At the start, the rum-runner fleet consisted of a ragtag flotilla of fishing boats, such as the schooner Nellie J. Banks, excursion boats, and small merchant craft. As prohibition wore on, the ...
C&C 34. The C&C 34 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel or centreboard. It displaces 10,100 lb (4,581 kg) and carries 4,100 lb (1,860 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [3]
William Frederick "Bill" McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States.In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboard, Capt. McCoy, [1] found a role model in John Hancock of pre-revolutionary Boston and considered himself an "honest lawbreaker."
The C&C 34/36 is a Canadian sailboat series, designed by Robert W. Ball and first built in 1989. Ball was the chief designer for C&C Yachts between 1969 and 1991. [6 ...
The Pacific Seacraft 34 is a bluewater cruising yacht produced since 1984 by Pacific Seacraft of Washington, North Carolina.Although of GRP construction, the yacht is traditionally built with a cutter rig, skeg-hung rudder, canoe stern and semi-long keel.