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Clipper sailing ships in California. Pages in category "California clippers" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
7,000 sq ft (700 m 2) sail area; wood hull Californian is a 1984 replica of the United States Revenue Marine cutter Lawrence , which operated off the coast of California in the 1850s. [ Note 1 ] On July 23, 2003, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Bill No. 965, making her the "official state tall ship " of California.
After 1885, Glory of the Seas spent the rest of her long life on the Pacific coast, for a time sailing between San Francisco and Puget Sound, British Columbia, and made four voyages to Alaska. [1] In March 1906 she was sold in San Francisco for conversion to a barge but was repaired after the April earthquake and "put under sail again".
Model yacht clubs have existed for many years in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States, most of them holding a number of regattas during each season. The rules do not generally require the owner or skipper of a model to build his own craft, but among model yachtsmen the designing and the construction of the boats constitute as important and interesting a part of the sport as the actual ...
Models and sailing models: outstanding examples of historical ships, where a model of a 24-gun frigate from the 18th century can be seen. In addition, a magnificent collection of model sailing ships in guaiacan wood is exhibited. La Marina del Siglo XX: room dedicated to the 20th century Navy and the great changes that took place. Naval models ...
The company's first model was the Morgan 34 built in fiberglass. This was followed by the Morgan 24, 30, 41, and 45. The Morgan 41 designed by Morgan, his most popular design, became a standard in the sailing charter industry for its strength, simplicity, and space belowdecks.
Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs (the other being the former Tees Conservancy Commissioners' vessel, PS John H Amos), [3] she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.
Wa in the Marshall Islands/Caroline Islands area, prior to 1911 Model of a wa from Woleai in the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) Wa are traditional sailing outrigger canoes of the Caroline Islands, which also includes Palau and Yap. [1] They have a single outrigger. [1] [2] They are similar to the sakman of the Northern Marianas.