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October 2021 Chesapeake Bay Boatshop Reports
… Reports It’s October and the fall boat show season is just behind us. The second season of the … boats has yet to occur. One continuing issue that remains a problem for area boatshops is the labor shortage. … group of amateur shipwrights. “We are finishing up restoring a Pete Culler skiff that was donated to us. It …
Kaylie - 10/25/2021 - 11:28
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John and Sandi Pepe, Smith Island Crab Skiff Racers
… I grew up on the Eastern Shore in the early 60s. There were a lot of local hydroplane racers at that time. We could go to a race every weekend in the summer by boat and watch people like the Baker boys, Alton Pierson, … Lauterbach (a many times champion boat racer and builder) restoring a boat for vintage racing. Larry became a lifelong …
Kaylie - 03/07/2022 - 17:18
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Return to the Classics Part III: Restoring a 1948 Chris-Craft
Return to the Classics Part III: Restoring a 1948 Chris-Craft In Part Three of … being made on my 1948 Chris-Craft 25-foot Sportsman boat restoration project by Wooden Boat Restoration in …
Kaylie - 11/21/2019 - 10:17
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Restoring the 21-foot Launch John D.
Restoring the 21-foot Launch John D. I … in 1984 while attending the Classic Yacht Club of America Boat Show held at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in … the harbor. The boat is now comfortably housed in a building that was once the home of the Galesville Fire …
Kaylie - 01/04/2022 - 11:04
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Bay People: Charley Quimby's Labor of Love
… Labor of Love “I’m not really a boater, you know. Oh, I like riding around in them and … on them. I’m a machinist and I love fixing, repairing, restoring, and building them—especially wooden boats.” … Chaley Quimby, self-described picker and wooden boat enthusiast. The first thing you see as you …
Kaylie - 05/31/2022 - 12:10
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Howard Johnson's Special Collection of Whirlwind Boats
… now, both Johnson and roughly 30 Whirlwind boats have found a home in Upper Marlboro, MD, where Johnson is lovingly restoring the old woodies. The original … an “autoclave” for one hour at 375 degrees. After the boat was cooled, final fittings were installed and the whole …
Kaylie - 01/04/2024 - 16:28
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A Restoration Song: Bring a Cold Molded Rowing Dinghy Back to Life
A Restoration Song: Bring a Cold Molded Rowing Dinghy Back … story of one man's desire to build or restore a wooden boat , and the resulting restoration of a cold molded … do the work. Yes, I took a short cut, restoring this small wooden boat with the help of a pro. …
Kaylie - 06/11/2021 - 11:40
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Classic Wooden Boats Reborn at McMillen Yachts
… and smoothly, as though she were cruising through a flowing river of melted chocolate, just as she had done so … summer. It’s a warm July day, and driving this boat is my summer gig, taking partners and guests of … GA, native Earl McMillen III in 1992 with the purpose of restoring and maintaining classic boats, both motor (mostly) …
Kaylie - 06/24/2019 - 16:56
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September 2019 Boatshop Reports Presented by Bay Shore Marine
… we can look back on another good boating season. The fall boat show season is fast approaching and haul outs and … on the Chesapeake . The completed hull of a Weaver 58 BD being flipped and returned to the boat shed … boats. Building them, repairing them, maintaining them, and restoring them are our main concerns. But boats are used and …
Kaylie - 09/12/2019 - 09:45
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Rookie Racing Season with the Southern Maryland Boat Club
Rookie Racing Season with the Southern Maryland Boat Club Being the “new guy” in an … with vintage boats and vintage racers can certainly present a basket of challenges. In the fall of 2015, Steven … will explain the rest. Restoration Restoring the boat was what I thought would be the biggest …
Kaylie - 03/31/2021 - 09:46