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Buffalo Maritime Center. Buffalo Maritime Center is a maritime museum and a collective woodworking and handcrafts center in Buffalo, NY that focuses on boat building and restoration to engage the community. It encompasses a museum displaying historic ships and displays about the history of shipping on the Great Lakes and New York state canals ...
Adirondack guideboat. The Adirondack Guideboat is a rowboat that was developed in the 1840s for recreational activities in Adirondack Park. [1] It was designed to have a shallow draft, carry three people and their gear, and be light enough to be portaged by one man, the guide. Typical dimensions are 16 feet long, with a 38 inch beam, and ...
Spiling (boat building) Spiling is a technique used in building wooden boats in which a smaller component is used as a pattern against which the outline of a larger component can be drawn. This is often used for creating planks on traditionally built boats that have complex shapes. [1][2] Spiling step 1 : transferring the shape from the hull ...
Danish fishing vessels identified with the port letter HG (Hjoring) Port letter and number (PLN) is a code identifying fishing vessels and other boats printed on the boat. [1] This is used in Europe, including the United Kingdom. The format is XYZ123.
Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler . [1] Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats manufactured to date. [2]
Malibu was founded in Merced, California, in 1982 by Bob Alkema and Steve Marshall. [1] During the first year of operation, "production began at a modest pace of two boats per week", using a single-hull design and a blended gel coat. [6] [7] The company quickly developed a backlog, and increased staff and output.
Strip-built, or "strip-plank epoxy ", is a method of boat building. [1] Also known as cold molding, the strip-built method is commonly used for canoes and kayaks, but also suitable for larger boats. The process involves securing narrow, flexible strips of wood edge-to-edge around temporary formers. The temporary formers are usually created via ...
Nicknamed "The Boat" by prison staff and inmates, [6] it was designed to handle inmates from medium- to maximum-security in 16 dormitories and 100 cells. The Vernon C. Bain Center was the third prison barge that the New York Department of Corrections has used. In its history, the prison has served traditional inmates, juvenile inmates and is ...